Can China help Pakistan?
With the new governments ready to assume duties both at the federal and provincial levels, all eyes are on significant challenges and immediate risks, which necessitate comprehensive scrutiny. These challenges…
Gas tariffs and reforms—II
However, some increase in small and medium category tariff will have to be, willy-nilly, done to cover the costs. In Bangladesh, minimum monthly charge is PkRs 1380-1500 per MMBtu for…
Journey of economic revival
On April 19, 2022, I faced the most challenging day of my life when I took on the role of federal minister for planning, development & special initiatives. I was…
A new mediator in the region
Earlier this year, China emerged as a new trustworthy mediator in the Middle Eastern region by successfully brokering a detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The subsequent Sino-Palestinian strategic partnership…
A decade of CPEC
In recent times, hardly has any other strategy or initiative gained any such global limelight than Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The US’s Build Back Better…
A very unique relationship
A few days ago, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was successfully concluded, and so was Prime Minister Shehbaz’s maiden official visit to China. For China…
Future of CPEC projects
The high point of roll out-of mega projects under the CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) was in the last tenure of PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) government from 2013-18. During this period…
Industrial cooperation The future of CPEC
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has witnessed a quantum leap with the signing of the much-anticipated Framework Agreement on Industrial Cooperation during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to…
Game changing bombast
NOW here is something amusing. Remember that huge project that the minister for maritime affairs, Ali Zaidi, announced towards the end of September? It was called the Karachi Coastal Comprehensive Development…
Pak-US relations
Pakistan’s relationship with the US is once again at the crossroads. This is not happening for the first time. The situation was similar as far back as in the late…
