SINGAPORE: India and China’s quest for clout and resources extends across the globe, but perhaps the best manifestation of this fierce competition, and possible sign of who will ultimately win, lies in a tale of two ports. The port of Chabahar in the southwest corner of Iran, which India is hoping will win it access[…]

KARACHI: Gwadar Port plans to handle 125,000 tons of fertiliser during the current year, but the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is creating hurdles for the port, an official said on Thursday. “The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is creating problems for the Tally Contractor, Hussain Traders.” The contract for Tally services (to monitor the[…]

TASHKENT – Pakistan is now focusing it attention on developing bilateral relations with Central Asian Republics (CARs) in an attempt to prepare itself for handling Afghanistan situation once the ISAF and NATO troops pull out of this war-torn Muslim neighbouring country. Pakistan being a frontline state in the America-led war on terror has it genuine[…]

QUETTA: A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani reviewed ongoing projects and other issues of coastal regions of Balochistan.

BISHKEK – Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed March 15 to revive the dormant Pakistan-China-Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan transit trade pact, originally signed in 2004, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. The Pakistani-Kyrgyz decision occurred during Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan March 15-16. Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev expressed interest in electricity sales to Pakistan[…]

ISLAMABAD: Cash strapped Pakistan would seek assistance from China to carry out Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project to import 750 million metre cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to one billion cubic feet gas per day (bcfd) from Iran. Secretary Petroleum Imtiaz Qazi Friday said, “The government will seek assistance from China for 32 projects in[…]

Ever since the term “String of Pearls” was coined by a team of experts at United States-based consultancy Booz Allen in 2004, journalists and academics have overplayed China’s supposedly malevolent involvement with countries along its Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC), which stretch from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. For them it was[…]

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Country Director, Rune Stroem on Wednesday said that Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline deal is close to completion and gas sale purchase price agreement is likely to be concluded in near future.

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the four units of Pakistan are like a body, stressing the need for the provinces to share their joys, sufferings and resources with each other. The chief minister said that the country could make progress only when all its provinces became prosperous. He said that Balochistan[…]

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Monday offered assistance to Tajikistan by providing easy access to its ports, especially the Gwadar Port. President Asif Ali Zardari made the offer to the visiting Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, saying that Pakistan was ready to discuss the conclusion of a Trilateral Transit Trade Agreement between Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Addressing[…]