Pakistan’s Energy Savior: Iran
February 26th, 2013
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Pakistan’s energy ties with Iran: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari arrives in Iran today to sign a series of economic agreements, including one that finalizes the Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline. At the end of January, the two sides agreed to set up a joint construction company to build […]
Read more »Bypassing Pakistan’s Woes, Karachi’s Bourse Booms
January 11th, 2013
Via Emerging Frontiers blog, a look at Pakistan: When Pakistan receives international media coverage, it is usually not pretty. The world’s sixth most populous country has remained in the headlines due to its shaky security situation, including bomb attacks and an ongoing Taliban insurgency near the border with Afghanistan. This year’s upcoming elections will cast […]
Read more »Enjoy. Why Coca Cola Is Investing Another $248m In Pakistan
November 12th, 2012
Via The Express Tribune, an interesting article on how one global beverage giant hopes to increase its market share in the rapidly growing $1.3 billion Pakistani soft drink market: The new plants will follow the establishment of a Coca Cola facility, already completed in 2011, which manufactures Coke cans. It was an announcement made so […]
Read more »TAPI’B? Bangladesh Expresses Interest In Pipeline Project
November 11th, 2012
Via Eurasia Review, a report that Bangladesh has expressed interest in joining the TAPI project. As the article notes: Bangladesh said last week that it is keen to join the TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project. The pipeline is already projected to cover nearly 1,700 km, and would need to be extended if Bangladesh were accepted […]
Read more »Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist: Betting On Pakistan
September 13th, 2012
Via the San Francisco Examiner, an interesting article on Tim Draper’s Pakistani investments: On the anniversary of 9/11, terrorism theorists may be surprised to learn that the smart money is on Pakistani agriculture. Local private equity kingpin Tim Draper, a renowned, international venture capitalist, is quietly investing in Pakistani agribusiness, one of the biggest providers […]
Read more »TAPI pipeline: Bigger May Not Be Better
June 13th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on the TAPI pipeline initiative: Last month saw a major step forward for the proposed TAPI natural gas pipeline. Regarded as a perennial pipe dream by many energy analysts, many critics of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India project were silenced by the signing of a gas sales and purchase agreement between Turkmengaz, […]
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