China-Iran Pact Boosts Pakistan’s Trade Hub Dream
April 19th, 2021
Via The Asia Times, a report on how Islamabad’s rhetorical shift to all things ‘geo-economic’ has been influenced by China’s $400 billion plan for neighbouring Iran: When China and Iran recently announced their landmark 25-year economic and security agreement, Pakistan’s military leadership was coincidently touting its new “geo-economic vision” for more infrastructure development and integration in […]
Read more »Pakistan Takes Desperate Measures To Revive Gwadar
April 18th, 2021
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Pakistan’s increasingly desperate measures to revive the Belt and Road’s Gwadar port: Pakistan’s federal and regional governments are taking a series of actions, including giving the status of regional subcapital and promoting tourism, to revive the struggling town of Gwadar, whose port — built and operated by the Chinese — […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Geoeconomic Dreams
April 8th, 2021
Via Foreign Policy, an article on Pakistan’s geoeconomic dreams/delusions: In recent weeks, senior Pakistani officials, including the country’s powerful army chief, have signaled or outright said that, from now on, their country’s foreign policy will emphasize geoeconomics. This is a welcome rhetorical shift. Decades of bartering Pakistan’s geostrategic value—including as a “front-line state” in the Cold War and […]
Read more »The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Hard Reality Greets BRI’s Signature Initiative
April 5th, 2021
Via the Council on Foreign Relations, an article on how China’s Belt and Road Initiative’s flagship project in Pakistan is struggling to fulfill China’s hopes: During an April 2015 visit to Islamabad, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif unveiled the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) flagship […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Offered Access To Pakistani Ports
March 12th, 2021
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, an article on potential cooperation between Uzbekistan and Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday assured Uzbekistan of complete facilitation in access to Pakistani ports. Mr Khan held out the assurance during a meeting with Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdulaziz Kamilov, who was on a two-day visit to Pakistan. Mr Khan, […]
Read more »Chinese Power Loans Fueling A Debt Trap In Pakistan
February 26th, 2021
Via Asia Times, an article on how Chinese power loans are fueling a debt trap in Pakistan: Pakistan is the latest nation struggling to repay Chinese loans extended under the Belt and Road Initiative, with indications emerging that Islamabad will soon seek to reschedule as much as $22 billion in outstanding power sector credits. In recent […]
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