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Category: Pakistan

Posted inPakistan

Chinese power loans fueling a debt trap in Pakistan

by FM Shakil February 23, 2021February 28, 2021

PESHAWAR – 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 years Chinese loans have fueled a massive buildout of Pakistan’s power generation, financing that […]

Posted inPakistan

Pakistan elites claw back local power and money

by Salman Rafi Sheikh February 20, 2021February 24, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Huawei digitally connects Pakistan beyond India’s reach

by FM Shakil February 15, 2021February 19, 2021
Posted inPakistan

China’s Pakistan investments a double-edged sword

by FM Shakil February 2, 2021February 5, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Top court upholds Daniel Pearl murder acquittal

by Zain Zaman Janjua January 28, 2021January 28, 2021
Posted inPakistan

China’s role in knocking the lights off in Pakistan

by FM Shakil January 21, 2021January 25, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Purja admits ‘tough call’ to climb K2 without oxygen

by Dave Makichuk January 19, 2021January 19, 2021
Posted inPakistan

How Pakistan lost $6 billion on a gold mine

by FM Shakil January 18, 2021January 21, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Sherpa team summits winter K2, but climber dies in fall

by Dave Makichuk January 17, 2021January 18, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Purja set to conquer winter K2 with Sherpa ‘team’

by Dave Makichuk January 16, 2021January 18, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Diehard terrorists and a docile state in Pakistan

by Salman Rafi Sheikh January 13, 2021January 16, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Why Pakistan won’t be next to normalize with Israel

by Efraim Inbar January 12, 2021January 14, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Disaster on K2: The ‘Savage Mountain’ strikes back

by Dave Makichuk January 12, 2021January 12, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Meet the militants chasing China out of Pakistan

by FM Shakil January 11, 2021January 14, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Oxygen controversy rages as teams prepare for K2 summit

by Dave Makichuk January 9, 2021January 10, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Pakistan looks beyond the Gulf towards China

by Salman Rafi Sheikh January 6, 2021January 9, 2021
Posted inPakistan

Sherpa team ‘set’ for winter summit push on K2

by Dave Makichuk December 31, 2020January 14, 2021
Posted inPakistan

China’s new deal with Pakistan has India in mind

by Salman Rafi Sheikh December 29, 2020January 4, 2021
Posted inPakistan

China slowly retreating from Pakistan’s Belt and Road

by FM Shakil December 26, 2020December 31, 2020
Posted inPakistan

Gwadar port sealed off to protect Chinese firms

by FM Shakil December 25, 2020December 31, 2020

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