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U.S. Designation of Baloch Militants Deals Blow to India, Secures Chinese Projects in Pakistan, Chinese Commentator Says
On August 11, the U.S. State Department announced it was designating the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its armed wing, the Majeed Brigade, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) effective immediately, while also listing the Majeed Brigade as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group (SDGT). ...
Pakistan Takes Delivery of Chinese Z-10ME Attack Helicopters
The Pakistani Army inducted a new fleet of advanced Chinese-made attack helicopters on Saturday, marking the first time the Z-10MEs have been put to use by a foreign military. The Z-10ME is similar to the U.S.-made Apache AH-64 attack helicopter with ...
China’s Solar Exports Fuel Rooftop Energy Revolution in Pakistan
By Zain Zaman Janjua Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favor of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt.
SCO Foreign Ministers Meet as Internal Rifts Deepen
The nine foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will meet this week in the Chinese coastal city of Tianjin. It's a bit hard to believe that this is a group that's almost 25 years old now, since it has few, if any, notable achievements.
Pakistani Army Chief Rejects China Allegations
The head of Pakistan's army, Field Marshal Asim Munir, rejected comments by a senior Indian defense official that Pakistan received active support from China in its recent conflict with India. On Friday, the deputy chief of the Indian army, Lieutenant ...
China, Bangladesh, and Pakistan Eye New Regional Grouping
The governments of China, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are reportedly in advanced talks to establish a new regional cooperation bloc. The Pakistani newspaper Express Tribune reported that the high-level meeting held between representatives of the three countries in Kunming on 19 June mainly focused on laying a new regional ...
Bangladesh Joins China-Pakistan Cooperation Framework
China solidified its triangular relationship with Pakistan and Bangladesh at a meeting late last week. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong met with Bangladesh’s Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique and Pakistan’s Additional Foreign Secretary for Asia-Pacific Imran Ahmed Siddiqui on the sidelines of the China-South Asia ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Xi Jinping to Attend Central Asia Summit in Astana
Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the Kazakh capital, Astana, next week to take part in a summit with Central Asian leaders. Xi is also scheduled to hold separate bilateral talks with his five counterparts from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic.
Pakistan to Acquire Chinese Missile Defense System
The official X page of the Pakistani government announced on Friday that it had been offered a range of advanced Chinese weapons. They include the HQ-19 long-range air defense missile system. The system, made by China Aerospace Science and Technology ...
Pakistan, Afghanistan Agree to Promote Regional Railway Project
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan’s Acting FM Amir Khan Muttaqi agreed to push forward a regional rail project that would connect the two countries to Uzbekistan. This emerged after a call between the two on Sunday. The call follows ...
Why China’s “Overcapacity” Looks Very Different in the Global South
A new Financial Times article about rapid changes in Pakistan’s electricity mix highlights how the large-scale production of solar panels and batteries in China, criticized as overcapacity by G7 governments, provides Global South countries the opportunity to rapidly expand their electricity supply and decarbonize their economies.
China’s J-10CE Fighter Jet Getting Lots of Attention at Malaysia Weapons Show
Sales representatives from the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC), maker of the newly popular J-10CE fighter jet, were especially busy last week at a major weapons exhibition in Malaysia. The J-10CE got a boost earlier this month when it was used in combat ...