Chinese Investments In Pakistan

Having made significant investments in the conflict-prone Pakistan-Afghanistan region as part of its hugely ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, China is planning to protect its interests in the two countries by stationing its own forces.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today urged the Pakistanis living abroad to emulate overseas Indians and Chinese who have invested heavily in their motherland while assuring them a corruption-free environment to boost the cash-strapped country's economy.

Leading Chinese firms have told Prime Minister Imran Khan that they will invest USD 5 billion in cash-strapped Pakistan in various sectors over a period of three to five years.

China today said the global lender IMF should "objectively and professionally" evaluate its planned investments in Pakistan to ensure that any financial package does not affect close ties between Beijing and Islamabad. Cash-strapped Pakistan has approached the International Monetary Fund or IMF for a bailout, and has agreed to share the details of ...

Pakistan has slashed China's investment in its railways by as much as $2 billion citing a massive burden of loans. By doing so, Islamabad has given credence to reports that the new government led by Imran Khan may scrutinise the multi-billion dollar corridor it calls 'CPEC' or 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor'.

When President Xi Jinping announced in 2015 that China would pump $46 billion worth of investments into Pakistan, the recipients of his largesse seemed less surprised than one might have expected.

China now has a "vested interest" and wants to mediate between India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue because of its nearly US $50 billion investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, an article in China's state-run daily has said.

Pakistan has big plans to export donkeys to China. The government in Pakistan has planned a billion-rupree 'Donkey Development Program' and wants to attract Chinese investment so that they can sell it back to them. They have already selected a region in the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for this purpose. According to the plan, step one i...

Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan after sealing two major deals in recent months, a sign of deepening ties after Beijing vowed to plough $57 billion into a new trade route across the South Asian nation.

The deep-water port in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan is key to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that also encompasses roads and energy projects.

State Grid of China will help build a 4,000 MW power transmission line in Pakistan in a project valued at $1.5 billion, Pakistan said on Friday, the latest in a series of Chinese investments in its South Asian neighbour.

As Pakistan was celebrating Chinese investments worth $46 billion in the country, the militant organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today reported it has successfully test-fired its first indigenously developed missile.

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Pakistan drew to a close on Sunday with a special address to Pakistan's government during a joint session of parliament ahead of his departure.Speaking in parliament Wen promised to stand by Pakistan and the international community in fighting extremism in the country.The threat posed by Taliban and Al-Q...

The second day of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Pakistan drew to a close on Saturday with a meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, followed by a state banquet in his honour.Earlier on Saturday, Wen met Nawaz Sharif, former Pakistani prime minister and head of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), the main opposi...

Having made significant investments in the conflict-prone Pakistan-Afghanistan region as part of its hugely ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, China is planning to protect its interests in the two countries by stationing its own forces.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today urged the Pakistanis living abroad to emulate overseas Indians and Chinese who have invested heavily in their motherland while assuring them a corruption-free environment to boost the cash-strapped country's economy.

Leading Chinese firms have told Prime Minister Imran Khan that they will invest USD 5 billion in cash-strapped Pakistan in various sectors over a period of three to five years.

China today said the global lender IMF should "objectively and professionally" evaluate its planned investments in Pakistan to ensure that any financial package does not affect close ties between Beijing and Islamabad. Cash-strapped Pakistan has approached the International Monetary Fund or IMF for a bailout, and has agreed to share the details of ...

Pakistan has slashed China's investment in its railways by as much as $2 billion citing a massive burden of loans. By doing so, Islamabad has given credence to reports that the new government led by Imran Khan may scrutinise the multi-billion dollar corridor it calls 'CPEC' or 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor'.

When President Xi Jinping announced in 2015 that China would pump $46 billion worth of investments into Pakistan, the recipients of his largesse seemed less surprised than one might have expected.

China now has a "vested interest" and wants to mediate between India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue because of its nearly US $50 billion investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, an article in China's state-run daily has said.

Pakistan has big plans to export donkeys to China. The government in Pakistan has planned a billion-rupree 'Donkey Development Program' and wants to attract Chinese investment so that they can sell it back to them. They have already selected a region in the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for this purpose. According to the plan, step one i...

Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan after sealing two major deals in recent months, a sign of deepening ties after Beijing vowed to plough $57 billion into a new trade route across the South Asian nation.

The deep-water port in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan is key to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that also encompasses roads and energy projects.

State Grid of China will help build a 4,000 MW power transmission line in Pakistan in a project valued at $1.5 billion, Pakistan said on Friday, the latest in a series of Chinese investments in its South Asian neighbour.

As Pakistan was celebrating Chinese investments worth $46 billion in the country, the militant organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today reported it has successfully test-fired its first indigenously developed missile.

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Pakistan drew to a close on Sunday with a special address to Pakistan's government during a joint session of parliament ahead of his departure.Speaking in parliament Wen promised to stand by Pakistan and the international community in fighting extremism in the country.The threat posed by Taliban and Al-Q...

The second day of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Pakistan drew to a close on Saturday with a meeting with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, followed by a state banquet in his honour.Earlier on Saturday, Wen met Nawaz Sharif, former Pakistani prime minister and head of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), the main opposi...