'No other option' but to implement IMF deal: Pak PM Shehbaz SharifHe regretted that if the government wanted to give any subsidy in any sector, it had to go to the IMF "which is a factor and a painful real...
28 Dec, 2022, 03.18 PM IST
View: It would be wise to learn lessons from the Afghan situation in the 1980sThe 1990s often serve as the natural reference point to the ongoing rapid Taliban military resurgence in Afghanistan. But it may be more in...
10 Aug, 2021, 11.56 AM IST
China reluctant to lend $6 bn for Pakistan infra projectChina has for the first time shown reluctance to approve a $6 billion loan for an infrastructure project in Pakistan, on concerns over its ...
10 May, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
Balochistan & CPEC: China's Achilles' HeelThe progress on CPEC has reportedly slowed down due to the economic downturn, restrictions by the IMF’s bail-out programme on fresh borrowi...
31 Dec, 2020, 09.19 PM IST
China resorting to confrontation along LAC to punish India for rejecting BRI: Swedish journalist"First of all, the confrontation along the LAC between India and China has nothing to do with the border as such, if it should be on this o...
03 Jul, 2020, 11.15 AM IST
Pakistan's 2020-21 budget gives CPEC a missDr Bengali pointed out that despite the economic crisis, the government has not reduced its non-development budget and funds for running go...
16 Jun, 2020, 04.07 PM IST
China denies CPEC intensified Pakistan's economic risksThe China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
08 Apr, 2019, 04.57 PM IST
Cash-strapped Pakistan eying IMF bailout?In October 2016, Pakistan had USD 18.9 billion reserves that were enough to provide import cover for four and a half months. But those rese...
11 Sep, 2018, 07.13 PM IST
China's strict conditions force Pakistan not to include Diamer-Bhasha Dam in CPEC: OfficialsCPEC, a part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), runs through PoK and India has raised objection to the proje...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
Why China is pressuring India to join OBOR meetingChina is sore because India's reluctance has made it difficult for China to extend the OBOR network to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Mya...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.03 PM IST
need2know: 10 macro cues for your day on D-StreetBJP's campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have triumphed over Congress in Gujarat.
15 Dec, 2017, 08.23 AM IST
China stops funding CPEC road projects over graft issue: ReportThe decision by the Chinese government is likely hit over Rs 1 trillion-worth road projects of the Pakistan's National Highway Authority.
05 Dec, 2017, 04.40 PM IST
Thaw in Sino-Indian relations? Modi government's top 3 ministers to visit ChinaIndia is unlikely to participate in the forum until China agrees to make a clear statement that it does not support Pakistan's claim over t...
18 Apr, 2017, 12.39 PM IST
India, China should be sensitive to each other's concerns: Top Beijing diplomatChina yesterday expressed concern over India granting permission to the Dalai Lama to visit the Arunachal Pradesh.
04 Mar, 2017, 05.45 PM IST
PM Modi touches down in China for G20, bilateral meeting with XiModi, who reached here after a two-day maiden visit to Hanoi, begins his programme tomorrow morning by holding talks with Xi, in their seco...
03 Sep, 2016, 07.21 PM IST