Pakistan does enjoy a special status in terms of Chinese strategy to maintain a presence in South Asia. The port at Gwadar and prospective minerals in Balochistan make Pakistan dear to the Chinese

KARACHI: The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) rescued a distressed boat out in the sea near Gwadar. A MSA release issued here on Sunday said that its headquarters received a message regarding a distressed fishing boat, Al-Qasim (BFD-8479), on December 31, 2010. According to the information, the fishing boat flooded and sunk, approximately two nautical miles[…]

QUETTA: Balochisan Chief Minister Muhammad Aslam Raisani said that he had asked the relevant authorities to supply fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan through the Gwadar Port. He said the provincial government was ready to provide security to NATO supplies if they were transported through the Gwadar port.

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has said that Afghan transit trade through Gwadar port could boost economic activities in the province.

Chief Minister Balochisan, Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani said Afghan Transit Trade through Gwadar Deep Sea Port could promote trade and business in Balochistan besides opening new opportunities for employment.

Plans are underway to launch a ferry service between Oman and Pakistan in a bid to bolster trade, the Pakistani Prime Minister has said. The ferry service will operate between Gwadar and Muscat and will transport goods between the two countries, Yousuf Raza Gilani told a press conference in Muscat.

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.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday emphasised the importance of the implementation of a trilateral transit trade agreement with Afghanistan and Tajikistan and the connectivity between Tajikistan and Pakistan through construction of a road between Chitral and Tajikistan through the Wakhan Corridor to promote trade and economic ties.

QUETTA, Pakistan – The reported United States plan to use Predator drone aircraft to attack targets in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan may affect activity there by the Chinese, who have focused most of their investment in the country in that area, notably around the seaport of Gwadar, according to local analysts.