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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan meets the king of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, at Al-Salam Royal Palace in Jeddah on September 19, 2018. Photo: AFP via Anadolu Agency

Beijing, China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan invites Saudi Arabia to join China-led project

by Asia Times staff September 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A fan of 500 rupee banknotes from Pakistan showing the face of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in national dress. Photo: iStock

China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s options for economic crisis

by Zamir Awan September 18, 2018

PM Imran Khan, left, talks to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second right, as Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center left, listens during their meeting at the PM's Office in Islamabad. Photo: AFP / Pakistan Press Information Dept / Ho

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

China poised to become Pakistan’s new strategic benefactor

by Adnan Aamir September 17, 2018

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad late last week. Photo: Pakistani Foreign Office handout / Anadolu

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, World

Pakistan seeks rejig of economic corridor, trade pact with China

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP/Andrew Harnik

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

The way forward for US-Pakistan relations

by Zamir Awan September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

National flags of India and Pakistan. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

China’s CPEC does little for India-Pakistan relations

by Prakash Katoch September 4, 2018

In addition to religious turmoil, violence and terrorism at home, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a broad raft of geopoltical challenges - and opportunities. Photo: AFP

China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Imran Khan takes the pitch as prime minister of Pakistan

by Saikat Datta August 19, 2018February 18, 2020

China's A-share market. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia

China’s multi-front economic war dulls direction

by Gary Kleiman August 14, 2018

Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, addresses supporters in Lahore. Photo: Reuters / Mohsin Raza

Beijing, China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Khan faces huge test as Pakistan teeters on debt crisis

by F.M. Shakil August 7, 2018February 18, 2020

A Pakistani villager casts his vote at a polling station during general election in Mohri Pur, some 60 kilometres from the central Pakistan city of Multan on July 25, 2018.Pakistanis vote on July 25 in elections that could propel former World Cup cricketer Imran Khan to power, as security fears intensified with a voting-day blast that killed at least 30 after a campaign marred by claims of military interference. / AFP PHOTO / SS MIRZA

China, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan witnesses a victory for democracy

by Zamir Awan July 27, 2018

A shopkeeper makes garlands with US dollars and rupee notes at a flower market in Peshawar. Photo: AFP/Abdul Majeed

AT Finance, China, India, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Pakistan’s economic crisis deepens in an election year

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid July 15, 2018February 18, 2020

A map shows the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Wanishahrukh

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Higher education in Pakistan in urgent need of reform

by Zamir Awan July 9, 2018

A Pakistani currency dealer counts Chinese yuan for a customer at his shop in Quetta on January 3. Officials now want to use the Pakistani rupee to pay for imports for a massive Chinese project. Photo: AFP/Banaras Khan

China, Pakistan, South Asia

As Pakistani Rupee falls, a balance of payments crisis looms

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid June 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the BRICS Summit in Xiamen on September 4, 2017. Photo: AFP/Fred Dufour

AT Finance, Australia, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World, Wuhan

Assessing the need for deeper China-India cooperation

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa June 11, 2018

DO NOT USE, USE RESIZED VERSION -Gilgit-Baltistan occupies a strategic area of northern Pakistan. Image: iStock

Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Why Gilgit Baltistan should be a province of Pakistan

by Sabena Siddiqui June 2, 2018

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor aims to strengthen China's strategic and economic ties in South Asia and help Pakistan reduce its dependency on the US and its allies in the West.Image: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Will change of government in Pakistan have any impact on CPEC?

by Zamir Awan June 1, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit last year. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Laos, Maldives, Middle East, Nepal, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s political warfare – how vulnerable is India?

by Prakash Katoch May 22, 2018

Close-up of hands opening a wallet with Chinese currency, the Yuan, and credit cards inside. A Chinese 100 Yuan bill is visible in the wallet. Photographed in studio in horizontal format. Photo: iStock

China, Pakistan, South Asia

Establishing the yuan in Pakistan

by Sabena Siddiqui May 17, 2018

Security officials cordon off an area after a bomb blast in Quetta, Baluchistan in August last year. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, South Asia

Baloch government must get serious about security chaos in Quetta

by Adnan Aamir May 9, 2018

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks to media after appearing before a Joint Investigation Team in Islamabad on June 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

How Sharif managed to outsmart establishment, political opponents

by Imad Zafar May 2, 2018

Chinese troops are seen patrolling the Doklam Plateau. Photo: AFP

Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Wuhan

China, India agree to maintain border peace as Modi wraps up visit

by Reuters April 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A map shows the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Wanishahrukh

China, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan’s CPEC projects leaving Balochistan behind

by Adnan Aamir April 25, 2018April 26, 2018

A father of a member of the Hazara community, who was killed with others by unidentified gunmen, weeps over the death of his son at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters/ Naseer Ahme

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Pakistan, South Asia

ISIS targeting religious minorities and security forces in Balochistan

by F.M. Shakil April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Uyghur men are seen outside Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang province. Id Kah is the main mosque in Kashgar and the largest in China; built around 1442, it can hold up to 20,000 worshippers. The region is inhabited by several ethnic minorities including Muslim Uyghurs that often clash with the central authorities. Photo: Asia Times

Beijing, China, Pakistan, South Asia

Protests loom in Pakistan over China’s jailing of men’s Uyghur wives

by Saikat Datta and Kunwar Khuldune Shahid April 17, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet lands on the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

How China, US are spawning a new great-power naval rivalry

by Alfred McCoy April 9, 2018

Rohingya refugees who were intercepted by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency off Langkawi island are escorted as they are handed over to immigration authorities, at the Kuala Kedah ferry jetty in Malaysia April 3, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar in the Dragon’s jaws

by Prakash Katoch April 4, 2018

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, Kazakhstan March 23, 2017. Photo: Mukhtar Kholdorbekov/Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Alert over Central Asia’s China debt mars Uzbekistan’s BRI debut

by Gary Kleiman March 6, 2018

Vanuatu islands map. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Criticism of Belt and Road Initiative as ‘debt trap’ is flawed

by Ken Moak February 3, 2018February 3, 2018

A scenic part of Iran's strategic Chabahar Port, which will serve a growing volume of Afghan traffic. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Chabahar Port lures Afghan traffic away from Karachi

by F.M. Shakil February 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Belt and Road Initiative. Illustration: iStock

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Maldives, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Plenty of bumps on Xi’s New Silk Roads, on both land and sea

by Danny Lam January 30, 2018