China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and middle-income countries, according to data from the World Bank's 2024 report ...

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday hosted a luncheon in honor of Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang ...

The Gwadar port aimed at connecting China’s Xinjiang province to the Arabian Sea was envisaged to be a trade hub. Besides being an idle port, other issues relating to security breach ...

Wall St. Insights Chinese overseas investment outranks the U.S. by a factor of 10. Since 2000, China has funded the ...

Beijing has realised over the years that the Pakistani army is unable to control the rising freedom movement in Balochistan; ...

China is taking this step because CPEC is being constantly attacked by Baloch rebels, due to which major projects like Gwadar ...

In the aftermath of the conflict between Pakistan and India in May 2025, many feared New Delhi’s outreach to the Taliban-led ...

The UK's agreement to cede the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius presents India with a strategic opportunity in the Indian Ocean. This move allows India to enhance its maritime influence and counter ...

Pakistan and China’s militaries are highly integrated and poised to continue threatening New Delhi’s position in multiple ...

The committee noted that despite Gwadar’s strategic importance — it offers China a reduced maritime ... In 2009, 70 ships docked at Gwadar Port, while only four arrived last year.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s major ports remain among the most expensive for international shipping lines in comparison to key regional ports. This was revealed in a special report presented to the ...