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No passengers, no planes: Pakistan's newest airport is a bit of a mystery

An airport with a 4,00,000-passenger capacity isn't a priority for the city's 90,000 people.

This Nov. 11, 2024, photo provided by Pakistan Airports Authority shows a view of the then-under-construction new Gwadar airport in Pakistan.(AP)
Published on Feb 24, 2025 09:34 PM IST
AP |

Xi Jinping meets Pakistan President Zardari, praises 'ironclad' friendship

Xi said that China and Pakistan enjoy ironclad friendship and are all-weather strategic cooperative partners, official media here reported.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, AP/PTI(AP02_05_2025_000482B)(AP)
Published on Feb 05, 2025 08:33 PM IST
PTI |

The Baloch attacks and continuing turmoil in Pakistan

Over the years, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has fuelled discontent due to the part it has played in marginalising the ethnic Baloch community

TOPSHOT - People look at a charred vehicle near a collapsed railway bridge a day after a blast by separatist militants at Kolpur in Bolan district, Balochistan province on August 27, 2024. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Aug 31, 2024 07:05 PM IST
BySaman Ayesha Kidwai

India rejects reference to Jammu and Kashmir in China-Pak joint statement

The China-Pakistan joint statement had opposed “any unilateral action” to resolve outstanding disputes, including the issue of J&K

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 7 (AP FILE)
Published on Jun 13, 2024 08:03 PM IST

CPEC: No free lunches for Pakistan

This article is authored by Tara Kartha, director, (R&A), Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi.

Pakistan' Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Shehbaz Sharif.(AFP / File)
Published on Jun 03, 2024 12:33 PM IST

The iron brother’s iron clasp

Author: Tara Kartha, distinguished fellow, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.

A Chinese national flag at the Great Hall of the People following the closing of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bloomberg)
Published on Mar 18, 2024 06:43 PM IST

China stands ready to work with Pakistan to upgrade CPEC project: Report

China stands ready to work with Pakistan to upgrade CPEC project: Report

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Published on Jan 25, 2024 02:44 PM IST
PTI |

China’s perspective on ties with Pakistan and CPEC’s prospects

This paper is authored by Antara Ghosal Singh, ORF.

The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China. (File Photo)(REUTERS)
Published on Jan 16, 2024 07:59 PM IST
ByORF

Pakistan, China to launch 3 new corridors besides CPEC: Report

Ambassador Haque said Pakistan has a rich repertoire of talent and human resources in different fields of science and technology, asserting that IT-based science and technology has become very important for Pakistan.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and China President Xi Jinping.
Updated on Oct 22, 2022 10:18 PM IST
PTI |

MEA: Move to involve third parties in CPEC projects to be treated accordingly

MEA spokesperson Arindam Baghchi said India firmly and consistently opposes projects in the “so-called CPEC, which are in Indian territory that has been illegally occupied by Pakistan”.

File photo of ministry of external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.(HT_PRINT)
Updated on Jul 26, 2022 10:51 AM IST

Hutong Cat | The Pak-China all-weather strategic partnership

That multi-dimensional description of ties has stuck, and has been put to good use, maybe more times than former PM Imran Khan’s tally of runs in test cricket, whenever China-Pakistan ties are to be described in glowing terms.

Beijing would have closely followed the political turmoil faced by Khan and his PTI given the billions of dollars it has invested in the country, by some accounts around $60 billion for CPEC itself.(Reuters)
Updated on Apr 19, 2022 03:51 PM IST

What extending CPEC to Afghanistan will mean for China, Pakistan, and India

Although not an entirely new idea, recent discussions suggest its possibility. This will give fresh impetus to the project, but will also see the exploitation of Afghanistan's untapped mineral reserves by China 

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi (right) with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting deputy prime minister of the Afghan Taliban’s caretaker government, in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 24(AP)
Published on Mar 29, 2022 04:11 PM IST

China, Pakistan review CPEC project

In the past, India strongly rejected references made to Jammu and Kashmir in a statement by Pakistan and China and asserted that the union territory as well as Ladakh have been and will remain its integral and inalienable part.

The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China’s Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).(Reuters File Photo)
Published on Feb 07, 2022 08:05 AM IST
BySutirtho Patranobis, Beijing

Will the China-Pakistan-Taliban troika in Afghanistan make India irrelevant?

The study has been authored by Hemant Adlakha

There are verbal agreements between Beijing and the Taliban about investments.(AFP)
Published on Jan 18, 2022 09:14 PM IST

China reluctant to clear $6 billion loan for CPEC project over debt concern

With the CPEC, Beijing aims to expand its influence in Pakistan and across Central and South Asia in order to counter the influence of the United States and India.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) runs from Kashgar in China to Gwadar port (in picture above) in Pakistan.(Reuters / file photo)
Published on May 09, 2021 02:54 PM IST
ANI | , Islamabad

Imran Khan gets squeezed between shrinking economy and proactive opposition

Differences between China and Pakistan over funding of CPEC's biggest railway project spotlights the growing pressures on PM Imran Khan on the economy front

Pakistan's opposition parties had united last year under the aegis of Pakistan Democratic Movement to launch coordinated attacks on Prime Minister Imran Khan(AFP)
Updated on Jan 20, 2021 05:48 PM IST
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