European Investors Bet On Pakistan’s Leading Technology Startups
October 8th, 2015
Via Frontera, an interesting look at Pakistan’s online market sector: Pakistan maintains the world’s sixth largest population, and online businesses there dream of the untapped potential among its consumer base of nearly 200 million people. However, with nationwide internet penetration currently at only 15%, that potential may remain untapped for some time to come. Nonetheless, foreign investors […]
Read more »Pakistan: The Next Colombia Success Story?
August 9th, 2015
Via Forbes, an interesting article on Pakistan: Pakistan has the potential to be a global turnaround story. I recently spent time in-country listening to a wide range of perspectives and I am convinced that U.S. policymakers and business leaders need to look at Pakistan beyond the security lens. Getting our relationship right will require deeper […]
Read more »Pakistan Prepares To Proceed With Iranian Pipeline Project
July 19th, 2015
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on an ambitious pipeline plan between Pakistan and Iran: The removal of economic sanctions on Iran will clear the way for Pakistan to pursue an ambitious gas pipeline for eventually importing up to $2.5bn worth of Iranian gas annually, says Pakistan’s petroleum minister. Pakistan’s energy-starved economy currently has a deficit […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Gas Line: A Pipe Dream?
July 16th, 2015
Via BBC, an article on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline: For many, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline is nothing but a pipe dream. Its starting point is in Turkmenistan, one of the most isolated and closed-for-business states in the world, before it goes through war-torn Afghanistan and then reaches two countries that are hard to describe […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Balochistan Natural Gas Reserves
May 20th, 2015
Via Global Voices online, an interesting look at Balochistan’s natural gas potential: Balochistan is the most underdeveloped province of Pakistan, and Dera Bugti is one of the most underdeveloped parts of this province. In Dera Bugti is located Sui, the area which has come to be the backbone of Pakistan’s economy. Natural gas was discovered at Sui […]
Read more »Iran-Pakistan Pipeline: Is There Scope For Hope?
March 25th, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the proposed Iran-Pakistan oil pipeline: The stalled Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline is symptomatic of the reshuffle in the bilateral relations between India and Iran and Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. As Iran shifts its focus towards India, Saudi Arabia has channelled its efforts towards strengthening ties with Pakistan. The fate […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.