Balochistan crisis Situated in the southwest of the country‚ and spread over 347‚190 sq km‚ the province of Balochistan comprises 43% of Pakistan’s territory. In the west it has common borders with Iran and in the northwest with Afghanistan. In the south‚ Balochistan has a long coastline on the Arabian Sea. Greater part of Balochistan is mountainous‚ although there are some plains and desert areas also. The terrain is generally barren and rugged. The land of Balochistan is rich in mineral resources
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DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING STRATEGIC RELATIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND CHINA - ADVANTAGES AND IMPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. Sino-Pakistan relations stand out as one of the few enduring friendships that have withstood the pressures of time and shifting geo-strategic conditions. The defense and security dimensions of the Sino-Pak relationship have been based on shared strategic interests and geo-political goals. Various important political and geo-strategic issues have affected this relationship over
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former minister‚ the government had planned five major initiatives to meet these energy requirements. They included three gas import pipelines‚ Gwadar port as energy hub and LNG import. However‚ four of these measures‚ including the three import pipeline projects‚ show no signs of progress for various reasons while concentration on energy facilities in Gwadar would chiefly depend on
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Exploring the China-Pakistan Relationship Roundtable Report Kerry B. Dumbaugh CNACHINAySTUDIES MISCD0022883.A1/Final June 2010 20100721022 CNA ANALYSIS & SOLUTIONS CNA is a non-profit research and analysis organization comprised of the Center for Naval Analyses (a federally funded research and development center) and the Institute for Public Research. The CNA China Studies division provides its sponsors‚ and the public‚ analyses of China’s emerging role in the international
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Introduction Airblue is a private Pakistani airline based at Jinnah International Airport Karachi. It started its operations on May 24‚ 2004. It was the first private carrier of Pakistan to operate the Airbus A320 when it initially started. Airblue has been expanding rapidly despite experiencing competition from the other three airline operators in Pakistan. The airline mainly flies on domestic routes plus internationally to Dubai International Airport and also has plans to fly to the Gulf‚ UK‚
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after US Navy Seals killed Osama Bin Laden‚ the Pakistani Prime Minister flew to Beijing and invited China to build a naval base at Gwadar‚ a Pakistani port approximately 400 km from the Strait of Hormuz. Several days later‚ Pakistan’s defense minister reiterated this request publicly‚ declaring: “we have asked our Chinese brothers to please build a naval base at Gwadar.” For many analysts‚ this event attests to the deep bond between Pakistan and China‚ an “all-weather friendship” that Chinese President
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Compiled By: Mirza Rohail B ©Our leader – Musharraf http://presidentmusharraf.wordpress.com/ All this is all the more amazing when one considers that just six years ago‚ Pakistan was on the verge of bankruptcy‚ with only a little more than $1bn in foreign exchange reserves and its stock market teetering at 1‚000 points (worth $5 billion only) and foreign debt servicing at 65% of GDP. Our exports were at a pitiful $7.5 billion. The once ever-declining rupee stood stable at around 60-61 to
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The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapore’s harbours and which handle Singapore’s shipping. Currently the world’s busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage‚ it also tranships a fifth[1] of the world’s shipping containers‚ half of the world’s annual supply of crude oil‚ and is the world’s busiest transshipment port. It was also the busiest port in terms of total cargo tonnage handled until 2005‚ when it
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STRING OF PEARLS Introduction String of pearls is the name given to strategic encirclement of India by China in Indian Ocean WHICH comprises a chain of Chinese facilities‚ commercial or military‚ along its sea lanes of communication‚ extending from the Chinese mainland to Africa. This runs through many choke points like Strait of Mandeb‚ Strait of Hormuz and Strait of Malacca. The term was first used in US DoD report. But China insists that its strategy is entirely peaceful;
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22 January 2014 GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 1 Shafiq -Ur-Rehman Lecturer Of I.R WHAT IS GEO-STRATEGY? GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF PAKISTAN GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 1. PROXIMITY OF GREAT POWERS 2. GATEWAY TO CENTRAL ASIA 3. SIGNIFICANCE AS A TRANSIT ECONOMY 4. IMPORTANT LINK IN THE CHAIN OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES 5. ONLY MUSLIM COUNTRY WITH NUCLEAR CAPABILITY 6. CHINA’S LINK TO THE MIDDLE EAST 7. REDUCE INDIAN
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