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3 days, 15 hours ago

Pakistan Cricket Board to hold Pakistan Super League 10 draft in Gwadar

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Friday that the coastal city of Gwadar, located in the restive province of Balochistan, will host the players' draft for the Pakistan Super League on January 11. Gwadar, a key hub of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, boasts one of the most beautiful and scenic cricket grounds in the country. By hosting the PSL player …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Why there’s surge in deadly attacks in Balochistan

Firstpost

Long-term peace is not possible unless the legitimate aspirations and demands of the people of Balochistan are met On Saturday November 9 at least 26 people including 14 Pakistani soldiers were killed and more than 60 injured in a bomb explosion at a crowded railway station in Balochistan, Pakistan’s restive province. While the Balochistan Liberation Army is the most well-known …

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1 month, 1 week ago

New Gwadar airport a symbol of friendship

China Daily

Airport Manager Khalid Kakar talks with Ding Kan, head of the project management team, at the New Gwadar International Airport in Gwadar, Pakistan, on Sept 13. AHMAD KAMAL/XINHUA Pakistan's New Gwadar International Airport, a flagship venture under the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, or CPEC, will transform connectivity and open a new chapter of development for the South Asian nation, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

New Gwadar airport a symbol of friendship

China Daily

Airport Manager Khalid Kakar talks with Ding Kan, head of the project management team, at the New Gwadar International Airport in Gwadar, Pakistan, on Sept 13. AHMAD KAMAL/XINHUA Pakistan's New Gwadar International Airport, a flagship venture under the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, or CPEC, will transform connectivity and open a new chapter of development for the South Asian nation, …

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2 months ago

Rise in violence against Chinese nationals in Pakistan threatens China's 'Silk Road' vision

ABC

When China's Premier Li Qiang visited Pakistan last week — the first such visit in over a decade — the talks focused on boosting security for Chinese projects. "Pakistani authorities suspect the Balochistan Liberation Army, which has safe havens along Iran's border with Balochistan, is being used as a proxy by India," Syed Fazl-e-Haider, author of Economic Development of Balochistan, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

China Inaugurates Beijing-Funded Airport in Pakistan, Sparks Protests

Associated Press

China's Premier Li Qiang has inaugurated a Beijing-funded airport in Gwadar, Pakistan, a week after two Chinese workers were killed and another was wounded in a suicide attack. The airport is part of a massive investment by Beijing that links a deep sea port and airport on the Arabian Sea by road with China.

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why protest by ethnic Baloch has put Pakistan’s key port of Gwadar on edge

Al Jazeera

Authorities block highways to stop a meeting of Baloch groups in the port city, leading to clashes in which at least two, including a soldier, are killed. Islamabad, Pakistan — Tensions are high in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar in the southwestern Balochistan province where an ethnic Baloch group has been protesting for days, following the arrests of some of …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Balochistan National Gathering: Thousands protest against Pakistan govt's atrocities to prevent Baloch Raaji Muchi in Gwadar

Op India

Thousands of Baloch people have gathered near Gwadar port city for the Baloch National Gathering, popularly known as Baloch Raaji Muchi. #BalochNationalGathering pic.twitter.com/WiUULK9tSa — Jamal Baloch July 28, 2024 Earlier in the day, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee said that shopkeepers and entrepreneurs have observed a shutter down strike in most areas of Balochistan, including Khuzdar, Kalat, Mangchar, Nushki, Dalbandin, Mastung …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

CPEC: No free lunches for Pakistan

Hindustan Times

It’s like watching a very bad sequel to Star Wars. The announcement from the Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office on the forthcoming visit of Shehbaz Sharif to China for the ‘launch’ of the second phase of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, was less than enthusiastic, mentioning June 4 as a possible date that could be ‘slightly changed’. China is doing a …

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7 months, 1 week ago

CPEC security key to Sino-Pakistani ironclad relations

China Daily

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY While the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects have yielded tangible benefits for the local economy and its people, recent attacks targeting the CPEC should serve as a cause for serious concern. In the context of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and its extraordinary importance for Balochistan, Gwadar in particular, and Chinese nationals working on projects there, it would not …

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7 months, 1 week ago

As India signs major 10-year pact with Iran over Chabahar port, read how maritime trade is the new strategy for India

Op India

The Bilateral ties between India and Iran are set to strengthen further as India’s shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal is travelling to Iran on the 13th of May to ink a contract with Iran regarding the strategic Chabahar Port. Chabahar Port and its significance for India and Iran Chabahar, located near the mouth of the Gulf of Oman, is Iran’s first …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan: 7 workers shot dead by unknown gunmen in Gwadar, CM vows revenge for 'open terrorism'

India TV News

Quetta: In a harrowing incident, seven labourers were shot dead in Pakistan's Balochistan province and one other injured on Thursday by unknown gunmen while they were sleeping in their residential quarters in Surbandar, Gwadar, according to Dawn. Gwadar Police Station Station House Officer Mohsin Ali told Geo News that terrorists attacked residential quarters near Fish Harbour Jetty in Sarband, Gwadar …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Eye on the Middle East | In Chabahar, the city of four springs, India is stuck in a long winter

Hindustan Times

Chabahar, in Persian, means “four springs” – a city where all four seasons resemble spring. Despite this early expression of government interest, India’s involvement in Chabahar has long struggled to feel the effects of spring – dealing instead with a long winter. Even as Pakistani officials played down the potential of Chabahar under-cutting Gwadar’s potential as a regional trade hub, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

How CPEC Has Become the Curse of Balochistan

News 18

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has become a contentious issue for the indigenous Baloch population in Balochistan, a province strategically positioned geopolitically. Despite the purported economic integration goals of CPEC, the Baloch people express profound concerns regarding potential repercussions on their natural resources and the delicate ecological balance of the region. This sentiment perceives CPEC not merely as an economic corridor …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan suffered 245 terror attacks in first quarter of 2024, 432 people killed: Report

India TV News

Islamabad: Pakistan saw at least 245 terror attacks, primarily in the violence-prone Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, during the first quarter of 2024 that resulted in 432 deaths and 370 injuries among civilians, security personnel and rebels, according to a think tank report. According to the security report issued by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa suffered …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests

Al Jazeera

Attacks on strategic facilities linked to China surge, as the killings of Chinese nationals test Pakistan’s new government. That pattern has prompted concerns within Pakistan’s security establishment, which believes that attacks on the Chinese in Pakistan is part of a “larger plan” to hurt the economic interests of the country, as well as sabotage ties between the countries, said Iftikhar …

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9 months ago

China condemns attack on Gwadar Port wherein Beijing vowed to build a world-class port in Pakistan

India TV News

Beijing: China on Thursday condemned the Baloch militants' attack on Pakistan's Gwadar Port, which is part of the multi-billion dollar CPEC, saying Beijing firmly backs Islamabad’s efforts to fight terrorism and defend national security. Two soldiers of the Pakistani Army were killed and eight Baloch militants were "sent to hell" when security personnel foiled an attempt by heavily armed Baloch …

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9 months ago

Eight militants and two soldiers killed in attack near Pakistan's Gwadar port

ABC

In short: Eight militants were killed after attacking a strategic port in Pakistan. Pakistan security forces have killed all eight militants involved in an attack on a complex outside the strategic port of Gwadar, known for its connection to multi-billion-dollar Chinese investment. Government officials said that Baloch separatists attacked the Gwadar port on Wednesday with guns and bombs, killing two …

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9 months ago

Baloch militants attack Pakistan’s Gwadar Port; 7 terrorists killed

The Hindu

Baloch insurgents armed with automatic assault weapons stormed the Gwadar Port Authority complex in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on March 20, but security forces foiled the attack and claimed killing at least seven militants. Commissioner Makran Division Saeed Ahmed Umrani confirmed the attack and said the attackers entered the Gwadar Port Authority building and the clearing operation was going on. The …

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9 months ago

Pakistan's Gwadar Port attacked after armed assailants enter complex, eight terrorists dead

India TV News

Pakistan: At least eight terrorists were killed in Pakistan's Gwadar Port attack after some heavily armed assailants forcibly entered the complex on Wednesday. A gunfire erupted after armed Baloch militants forcibly entered the Gwadar Port Authority Complex and opened fire while multiple explosions were also reported in the area in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province, a media report said. The latest …

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9 months ago

Pakistan’s Gwadar port attacked, eight armed fighters killed

Al Jazeera

Security forces fought for two hours before the attackers were killed, at a facility that is a showpiece project and is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s security forces foiled a major attack in Gwadar, a port city in the southwestern province of Balochistan, when eight armed fighters were killed on Wednesday when they tried to …

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1 year ago

Key corridor brings green energy transformation

China Daily

Outbound passengers await departure to Pakistan from Khunjerab Pass, a port in Kashgar in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Nov 6. Launched in 2013, CPEC is a corridor linking Pakistan's Gwadar port with Kashgar in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, highlighting energy, transport and industrial cooperation. By the end of 2022, CPEC had brought a direct investment …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan and China: CPEC’s journey from glittering ambition to virtual stall

The Hindu

The story so far: Seeking urgent funds to the tune of $65 billion via infrastructure investment, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar,on October 20, completed a five-day trip to Beijing. The main project was establishing the corridor connecting Pakistan’s Gwadar port in Balochistan to China’s Kashgar in south-western Xinjiang region. Moreover, Gwadar port has been leased to the China …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan: 14 soldiers killed as terrorists target security forces in Gwadar

Op India

At least 14 Pakistani soldiers were killed when rebels attacked two vehicles carrying security forces in Pakistan’s Gwadar, Pakistan-based Geo News reported citing military’s media wing. Earlier on October 29, two soldiers were killed during an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Awaran district of Pakistan’s Balochistan, Pakistan-based ARY News reported citing Inter-Services Public Relations. The soldiers who were …

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Pakistan Cricket Board to hold Pakistan Super League 10 draft in Gwadar

Why there’s surge in deadly attacks in Balochistan

New Gwadar airport a symbol of friendship

New Gwadar airport a symbol of friendship

Rise in violence against Chinese nationals in Pakistan threatens China's 'Silk Road' vision

China Inaugurates Beijing-Funded Airport in Pakistan, Sparks Protests

Why protest by ethnic Baloch has put Pakistan’s key port of Gwadar on edge

Balochistan National Gathering: Thousands protest against Pakistan govt's atrocities to prevent Baloch Raaji Muchi in Gwadar

CPEC: No free lunches for Pakistan

CPEC security key to Sino-Pakistani ironclad relations

As India signs major 10-year pact with Iran over Chabahar port, read how maritime trade is the new strategy for India

Pakistan: 7 workers shot dead by unknown gunmen in Gwadar, CM vows revenge for 'open terrorism'

Eye on the Middle East | In Chabahar, the city of four springs, India is stuck in a long winter

How CPEC Has Become the Curse of Balochistan

Pakistan suffered 245 terror attacks in first quarter of 2024, 432 people killed: Report

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests

China condemns attack on Gwadar Port wherein Beijing vowed to build a world-class port in Pakistan

Eight militants and two soldiers killed in attack near Pakistan's Gwadar port

Baloch militants attack Pakistan’s Gwadar Port; 7 terrorists killed

Pakistan's Gwadar Port attacked after armed assailants enter complex, eight terrorists dead

Pakistan’s Gwadar port attacked, eight armed fighters killed

Key corridor brings green energy transformation

Pakistan and China: CPEC’s journey from glittering ambition to virtual stall

Pakistan: 14 soldiers killed as terrorists target security forces in Gwadar