Opinion Editorials

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor, commonly known as CPEC, is one of the prime projects of Beijing’s grandiose Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China announced BRI in 2013; it has two components: land driven, famously known as the Silk Road Economic Belt, and maritime driven, twenty-first-century, the Maritime Silk Road.…

The decision by the Punjab government to celebrate completion of 65 years of Pak-China friendship in a befitting manner is a welcome step as the focal point of Pak-China friendship is to stand shoulder to shoulder and work hand-in-hand in times of difficulty. Being a trustworthy friend, China always tries…

IT was around thirty years back, I was attending a seminar organized by Abacus being addressed by its CEO. It was revelling that China in the millennium has been dominant economy of the world for two third of the period. In the later part of nineteenth and earlier part of…

Celebrating a multi faceted and enduring friendship The longstanding diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China established on 21 May 1951-in the wake of Mao Tse Tung’s take over – against the wishes of the western countries have withstood the test of time and grown into an enduring, multifaceted, deep-rooted friendship…

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) attracts huge regional attention. The CPEC is more about regional trade connectivity by providing a modern and efficient corridor for regional trade. The CPEC, in other words, is a symbol of trade connectivity. Because of difficult terrain and regional geographical dis-connectivity for ages, further compounded…

Known to all is the fact that, Pakistan holds great strategic, political, geographical, economical and organizational importance in the global sphere and as a matter of a futuristic approach, Pakistan has long been known as one such country which is rich in terms of its natural resources and all the…

Officially announced in 2014, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was the ray of hope Pakistan’s economy was desperate for. The extensive plan entails a national agenda for economic betterment, beginning from measures to be taken to increase energy production in the power-deficient country, stressing the importance of special economic…

The concept of globalisation can well be defined as global interconnectedness, which is achieved through regional connectivity. The regional connectivity in turn is achieved through the development of communication network between two or more states and even within the boundaries of a state. In summary, the essence of globalisation is…