Is China pushing Pakistan to disarm Jihadi groups?

Is China pushing Pakistan to disarm Jihadi groups?

China’s disapproval of Pakistan’s hosting of anti-India terror organisations has prompted Islamabad to quietly start working on plans to disarm these jihadist groups,’ amid an unusually public row between the civilian government, the all-powerful military and the media over the policy shift’, according to Islamabad-based political analyst Tom Husein . Pressure has been mounting at […]

Is China nudging Pakistan to ‘clean up’ ?

Is China nudging Pakistan to ‘clean up’ ?

China has been quietly hinting to Pakistan that it has to get its act together on terrorism, otherwise it might have to rethink its position, according to a report in Asia Times. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,  seems to have finally realized that Pakistan cannot fully reap the benefits of CPEC(China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) if eastern […]

Pakistan basks in “Emerging Markets’ award

Pakistan basks in “Emerging Markets’ award

With local Pakistani media trumpeting ‘Pakistan is the Best’, the administration tries to make much of an IMF recognition, its ambassador in the US showcasing its economic partnership with the Chinese dragon. Pakistan has been recognised as the ‘Best Country for Infrastructure Development in South Asia’ by the “Emerging Markets”, a publication of the IMF/World […]