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You can’t say that China is short on ambition. The country’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) project is a massive infrastructure program that will stretch into 60 countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. It will cover 60% of the world’s population and represent one-third of the world’s gross domestic...

Connectivity without political bottlenecks /BIGSTOCK India must re-think the One Belt One Road initiative The One Belt One Road (OBOR) mega project, now renamed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is arguably the greatest trade connectivity and infrastructure project in the history of mankind...

Chinese laborers work on the Karakoram highway in Gulmit village of Hunza valley in northern Pakistan. Hundreds of trucks are transporting Chinese workers by the thousands to build the new Silk Road in northern Pakistan. The Belt and Road Initiative is expected to lay the groundwork for...

Chinese President Xi Jinping. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: The first One Belt, One Road (OBOR) party is over and the Silk Road express has left the station. While Chinese diplomats consider the first OBOR forum as a great success story that has led to getting the buy-in from 30 states, the ultimate...

The Modi Sarkar has finally completed its three years, which can be best described as extremely tumultuous and highly controversial. A brief look at the BJP’s reign in India explains what the man has done. First, he and his party have increased hatred towards the minorities in India on the...

Last week, Pakistan achieved a quiet milestone, returning to the prestigious MSCI Emerging Markets Index after losing its status in 2008. Joining 23 other countries on the index, from high-growth Asian economies to large Latin American and rising Eastern European ones, Pakistan has now returned...

India and Pakistan will join as full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at the Astana summit on June 8-9, 2017. Last year, both countries signed the 30-odd obligatory papers necessary to join the pan-Eurasian grouping. Chinese officials have already warned the two new...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Monday expressing his government's complete solidarity with Prime Mnister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan would face serious repercussions if the Prime Minister was removed through unconstitutional means. Addressing at a...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Monday said tremendous work had been done during the last four years under the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to resolve the energy crisis and due to untiring efforts of the prime minister, energy crisis was about to an...

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb has felicitated Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on the successful completion of four years out of his five years mandated period, recounting the achievements of the government under his...

Independent power producers’ mode set for financing China Sunec, Salt Range, Zonergy plants Though Pakistan has been experiencing electricity shortage, however three energy projects of 1250 megawatts proposed to be completed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been shelved...

New York Terming the “One Belt and One Road” a great initiative for development, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi has said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) helped Pakistan’s economy leap forward. “One Belt and One Road” initiative...

PESHAWAR: Indian industrialists should not be afraid of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and if they want to be a part of it they may formally send a request to our government, Regional Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Standing...

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor infrastructure projects and a stable macroeconomic environment is contributing to an increase in private investment in Pakistan, a latest World Bank report says, forecasting the economic growth to remain strong. According to the World Bank’s June 2017 Global...

ICCI signs MoU with China Council to promote int’l trade Observer Report Tianjin The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has signed an agreement of cooperation with China Council for the promotion of international trade, Tianjin Sub-Council to promote business linkages between...

THE announcement of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) vision accentuated Pakistan’s pivotal position in Eurasian economic connectivity. Consequently, Pakistan has become an attractive country for the foreign...

BEIJING: With the formal commissioning of its second unit later this month, the Sahiwal power plant will become one of Pakistan’s clean coal power plants with the largest installed capacity of generating 9 billion kWh of electricity per year. The electricity produced by the plant will meet...

Washington The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor infrastructure projects and a stable macroeconomic environment is contributing to an increase in private investment in Pakistan, a latest World Bank report said, forecasting the economic growth to remain strong. According to the World Bank’s June...

Fawad Yousafzai ISLAMABAD - China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) early harvest projects have created direct employment for over 30,000 Pakistani engineers and workers, official data revealed. According to the planning commission data available with The Nation, out of the total 38,000 jobs...

China's new submarine engine is poised to revolutionize underwater warfare It looks a lot like 'Red October' in real life. By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer June 2, 2017 RED OCTOBER SSBN The Red October, a fictionalized version of the Akula (NATO reporting name Typhoon) submarine, has two...