“There Is No CPEC in Gwadar, Except Security Check Posts”
March 6th, 2024
Via The China File, commentary on CPEC, China’s trade route through Pakistan which promised investment but faces regional backlash: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the major spokes of Beijing’s multi-trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious attempt to remake global trade and transport infrastructure. CPEC’s terminus is Gwadar, a port […]
Read more »Pakistan Will Build Pipeline to Iran to Import Natural Gas
March 3rd, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report that Pakistan plans to build a pipeline to Iran to import natural gas: Pipeline faced delays over Pakistan’s concerns of sanctions Pakistan says its needs to replenish dwindling supplies Pakistan is moving ahead to build a pipeline that will transport natural gas from Iran, a move it says is needed […]
Read more »Pakistan Needs A Plan
February 18th, 2024
Via Noahpinion, commentary on Pakistan’s need for stability, privatization, education, foreign investment, and peace: Pakistan is a vast country of 231.4 million people. It’s one of only nine countries in the world with nuclear weapons. It’s located in South Asia, which is now one of the world’s most dynamic and fast-growing regions. It has generally […]
Read more »CPEC: Is the Belt and Road Initiative’s Crowning Project A Failure?
February 7th, 2024
Via Brown Political Review, analysis of the CPEC: In October, China celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with a global forum of partnered countries. The mood was triumphant, with China reporting that the initiative has resulted in as much as $1 trillion in financial assistance to its constituents. The event, however, glossed […]
Read more »Fastest Growing Countries for Software Development: Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Pakistan
February 5th, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at new data showing a rising tide of coders in Bangladesh and Nigeria: GitHub has released new data tracking developer accounts by country. Year over year, the data shows Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Pakistan had the fastest-growing developer population. For developers around the world, a busy GitHub profile is one […]
Read more »Addis Opens Arms Wide to Pakistani Businesses
January 16th, 2024
Via African Intelligence, a look at how Pakistan – as part of its Africa strategy – is adopting a proactive strategy towards Ethiopia: The ratification by Ethiopia’s parliament in mid-December of a trade agreement with Pakistan is set to speed up the establishment of Pakistani companies in the African country. Pharmaceutical firms Sitara Chemicals Industries, D.Watson Pharmacy and Atco […]
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.