पाकिस्तान के एक वरिष्ठ मंत्री ने यह स्वीकार किया है कि चीन-पाकिस्तान इकोनॉमिक कॉरिडोर (CPEC) से उनका मुल्क कोई लाभ नहीं उठा सका. पिछली सरकारों की वजह से चीनी निवेशकों को देश छोड़ने पर मजबूर होना पड़ा है. और पढ़ें द एक्सप्रेस ट्रिब्यून की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, पाकिस्तान के योजना मंत्री अहसान इकबाल ने कहा … Read more
Pakistan and China have reiterated their commitment to further deepen their “all-weather strategic” partnership, including work on the “high-quality development” of the second phase of the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Partnership, according to media reports on Saturday. The development came during the fourth round of Pakistan-China Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) in Beijing on Friday, … Read more
Pakistan has requested an additional 10 billion yuan (USD 1.4 billion) loan from China as the cash-strapped country has already used the existing 30 billion yuan (USD 4.3 billion) Chinese trade facility, a media report said on Sunday. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, who met with China’s Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min on the sidelines … Read more
Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, district in the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s military on May 7 said a suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in March was planned in neighbouring Afghanistan and that … Read more
Islamabad: China on Monday asserted that its “ironclad friendship” with Islamabad will always remain “rock-firm and unbreakable” irrespective of any changes in the international landscape and the domestic situation in Pakistan, as it congratulates Anwarul Haq Kakar on his appointment as caretaker prime minister. Earlier in the day in Islamabad, 52-year-old Kakar, an ethnic Pushtun … Read more
The projects under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have had a negative impact on the environment of all the countries where they have been implemented. They have increased the environmental crisis in already vulnerable regions by increasing air and water pollution and have led to water shortage and soil erosion. According to a World … Read more
China has noted big increase in bilateral trade with India to claim positive trajectory in partnership yet emphasised on CPEC and Hambantota Port as its South Asian connectivity initiatives disregarding New Delhi’s concerns. Trade between China and India in the first nine months this year reached $103.6 billion, up 14.6 percent year-on-year, the Chinese Foreign … Read more
China which is already suffering from a poor image in corporate ethics, has hit another blow as Chinese companies have violated the laws of the land in Bangladesh causing loss to the exchequer. Bangladesh authorities have found that a Chinese company China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) … Read more
China has been regarded the world’s largest creditor as its total outstanding claims exceed more than 5% of the global GDP. It has even surpassed the world’s official leading creditors such as IMF, World Bank etc. Till 2019, China Development Bank and China Import-Export bank granted loans worth almost $120 billion to the developing countries … Read more
Situation in Balochistan, Pakistan’s biggest province, could emerge as Achilles’ Heel for China’s mega BRI and its jewel in the crown CPEC. The progress on CPEC has reportedly slowed down due to the economic downturn, restrictions by the IMF’s bail-out programme on fresh borrowings, outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Beijing also appears hesitant to take … Read more