How Asia-Pacific is fighting a fuel shock that could get worseAsian nations are grappling with prolonged energy supply strains due to the Middle East conflict, prompting governments to implement costly...
28 Apr, 2026, 07.52 AM IST
Pakistan says all options on table for funding, weighs strategic fuel reservePakistan is exploring various financing options, including Eurobonds and commercial debt, to replace a $3.5 billion UAE facility and bolste...
14 Apr, 2026, 08.43 AM IST
Saudi Arabia major source of cheap foreign loans for Pakistan: reportSaudi Arabia remains a key lender for Pakistan, offering loans at a 4% interest rate, significantly lower than other sources. Pakistan reli...
21 Sep, 2025, 11.04 AM IST
China assures Pak USD 3.7 billion loan to keep foreign exchange reserves in double digitsChina has assured Pakistan it will re-lend USD 3.7 billion in Chinese currency before the end of June, bolstering Pakistan's foreign exchan...
28 May, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
Pakistan jittery as suspense continues on energy sector loan from ChinaTwo Pakistani ministers, Muhammad Aurangzeb (Finance) and Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Laghari (Energy), are in Beijing to discuss rescheduling ...
27 Jul, 2024, 06.05 PM IST
- China falls into its own debt trap as loans under Belt and Road Initiative pile up
Under the BRI, China dumped over USD 1 trillion as loans to nearly 150 developing and least developed countries at high rates of interest, ...
03 Oct, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
Pakistan: Main Line Railways project under CPEC may be shelved due to China's disagreements over feasibility costs"Ministry of Railways stated that PC-1 of ML-1 project was not feasible as costs were not agreeable to the Chinese side," the sources said ...
28 Apr, 2022, 10.10 PM IST
China agrees to rollover USD 4.2 billion Pakistan debt: Shah Mehmood QureshiChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in his meeting with Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the 3rd meeting of the '...
30 Mar, 2022, 10.00 PM IST
Cash-strapped Pakistan says China agreed to rollover $4.2 billion debtPakistan had made repeated requests to Beijing to rollover the debt and the latest request was made last week to the top Chinese leadership...
24 Mar, 2022, 12.02 AM IST
Mission China: Pakistan PM seeks additional loans and investmentsPakistan English daily Express Tribune recently reported that the government was considering requesting that China approve another $3 billi...
04 Feb, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
Imran Khan attacks political opponents on economic crisis; mum on Chinese loansKhan targeted the country’s two main opposition parties and vowed to "go after thieves who left the country badly in debt" over the last 10...
12 Jun, 2019, 10.38 PM IST
Pakistan's China debt at $6.6 billion in past 10 months; funds mostly used on two nuclear plantsChina gave $628.4 million for the construction of two ongoing nuclear power plants in the past 10 months, Pakistan finance ministry statist...
01 Jun, 2019, 07.54 AM 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
No IMF money to Pakistan to repay Chinese debt: US"We are working and making clear within the IMF that if it were going to supply any funding to Pakistan it would not be used to repay Chine...
13 Dec, 2018, 12.10 PM IST
IMF should evaluate CPEC projects objectively while granting bailout package to Pakistan: ChinaHe said an IMF team is scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on November 7 to negotiate the programme, likely to span over a three-year period.
15 Oct, 2018, 04.28 PM IST
Pak borrows USD 1 billion from Chinese banks to avoid crisis: ReportPak's heavy borrowing from Chinese banks in April has helped the country avert a foreign exchange crisis, but there may also be a CPEC angl...
24 May, 2018, 06.24 AM IST
A grim reminder for Pakistan how it is sliding into the Chinese debt trapChina’s grab of Sri Lankan Hambantota port after Sri Lanka found itself unable to repay expensive Chinese loans is a lesson for Pakistan.
11 Dec, 2017, 04.48 PM IST