Via Eurasia Review, an interesting OpEd on two strategic decisions recently taken by Pakistan: Aerial view of Gwadar Port, Pakistan Pakistan has recently made two very bold, but strategic decisions, which have drawn the concern of regional and global superpowers. These decisions are: 1) transferring management of the Gwadar port located in Balochistan to China [...]
Read more »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 »Via the Council on Foreign Relations, a quick look at China’s potential plans for Gwadar port in Pakistan: A view of Pakistan’s deep-sea port of Gwadar on the Arabian sea in the southwestern province of Baluchistan on February 6, 2007. There is a lot of speculation as to China’s intentions surrounding the acquisition of [...]
Read more »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 »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 »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 [...]
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