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Militants kill seven paramilitary troops in southwestern Pakistan

November 16, 2024 6:53 pm

The early-morning attack in the mountainous Kalat district, some 150 km south of Quetta, capital of the southwestern Balochistan province, continued for several hours, said police officer Habib-ur-Rehman.

Gwadar's recently built deep sea port, completed in 2007 and handed over to a Chinese operating company in 2013, was to become the heart of the CPEC: It would be integrated into a new special economic zone that would transform Gwardar into a bustling port city.

Pakistan's Gwadar port: Why China's BRI flagship is stalling

May 13, 2024 6:48 pm

DW has collated information on at least 38 ports that have been built with Chinese investment since 2000; an additional 43 ports are planned or in construction. Seventy-eight existing ports also have Chinese stakeholders, DW found.

Responding to the recent attacks, the Pakistani establishment has vowed to crush the resurgence of terrorism. (File Photo)

Turbat, Dasu, Gwadar: Terror attacks in Pakistan are of its own making

April 04, 2024 10:39 am

It reflexively blames India for unrest on its soil to hide its own flawed policies that are responsible for this insurgence

What Pakistan thinks of India’s democracy index

March 23, 2024 6:21 pm

The View from Pakistan: A weekly wrap-up of the issues being debated in India’s neighbourhood

Gwadar attack and Pakistan Army's failures: Beyond the 'foreign hand' excuse

March 22, 2024 12:00 pm

Apart from serious domestic troubles on security, Pakistan does not enjoy good relations with most of its neighbours at the moment. The growing infrastructure for violence in the country does not augur well for the region

Why Balochistan remains Pakistan’s ‘problem province’

March 22, 2024 11:24 am

Eight militants and two soldiers were killed in an attack on a complex outside Pakistan’s strategic port of Gwadar, in its restive Balochistan province.

Pakistan repulses attack near Chinese-funded port in southwest, killing 8 insurgents, officials say

March 20, 2024 10:25 pm

The attack comes on a day when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asserted that his government will not tolerate any acts of cross-border terrorism.

Pakistan, China vow to tap full potential of strategic Gwadar Port

December 31, 2021 9:23 pm

The CPEC is the flagship project of China's ambitious USD 60 billion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and it links China's Xinjiang province with Pakistan's Gwadar port in Balochistan province.

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Share India's concerns over projects that don't have economic basis: US on China's OBOR

November 22, 2019 9:09 pm

India has been “crystal clear from the outset they saw the geopolitical elements of the One Belt One Road,” Alice Wells was quoted as saying. “We share India's concerns over projects that don't have any economic basis and that leads to country ceding sovereignty,”she added.

Pakistan hotel attack: Four killed as armed militants storm 5-star hotel in Gwadar port city, says police

May 12, 2019 12:10 am

A shootout between the militants and the security forces broke out at the hotel as the anti-terrorism force, the Army and the Frontier Corps were called in, Gwadar Station House Officer (SHO) Aslam Bangulzai said.