Gwadar remains a microcosm of the Baloch discontent. It not only represents civil, and military bureaucracy’s disregard for public sentiment but also a disinclination...
Are power projects completed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at risk? Why one Chinese company is reluctant to guarantee more loans, and how it is becoming Imran Khan's dilemma. Imtiaz Gul analyses one more emerging challenge for Pakistan.
Recent interactions with Chinese stakeholders in Pakistan and Beijing lead to one unambiguous conclusion; the state of relations is not good. Multiple factors including...
Afghanistan remained a key diplomatic challenge for Pakistan in 2017, with various strategic, security, economic and internal political implications. The US pressed Pakistan hard...
At a May 2015 global forum in Beijing, former President Hamid Karzai had talked of high time to "recommit ourselves to peaceful conflict resolution,...
The extremely cautious and calculated Chinese approach -meticulous planning and patient/quiet execution represents a sharp contrast to the way Pakistani politics and bureaucracy works....
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an inescapable part of the conversation, whenever officials, private businessmen or intelligentsia from both countries meet — regardless where.
In Islamabad,...
An economic force-multiplier encompassing road connectivity, energy, and infrastructure outlays, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) faces a host of internal and external security challenges. ...