Ten years of China’s Belt and Road: what has $1tn achieved?
The massive infrastructure initiative has granted Beijing additional influence, but critics question whether the cost has been worth it
https://www.ft.com/content/83501dd5-fe6d-4169-9d83-28a8cf46e681
“When you give roses to others...
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Israel-Hamas-war/Pakistan-adopts-careful-tone-on-Israel-experts-read-between-lines
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has responded to the Israel-Hamas war with an unusually measured tone, standing out among Asia's Muslim-majority countries and fueling speculation about the...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/us/politics/canada-sikh-leader-killing-intelligence.html
U.S. Provided Canada With Intelligence on Killing of Sikh Leader
American spy agencies provided information to Ottawa after the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in the Vancouver area, but Canada...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-new-mossad-canada-murder-has-thrown-a-spotlight-on-indias-spy-network-8fk0jqpck
‘The new Mossad?’ Canada murder has thrown a spotlight on India’s spy network
In the spring of 1993 bomb blasts in 12 locations across Mumbai killed 257 people and injured...
The last paragraph in thist article is key. Canada has secret recordings between Indian officials and Indian diplomats that prove India's involvement
Joe Biden raised issue of Canadian Sikh’s death with Indian leader Narendra Modi
White House says targeting dissidents in other countries...
India’s foreign spy agency drawn out of the shadows by Canadian allegations
https://archive.ph/8dsx9
R&AW has aided insurgencies in south Asia — but Sikh activist’s slaying in Vancouver would be first in a western country
India’s spy agency dubbed it Operation Hornet. As Abdul Khan went into...
Dispute comes just as Western nations are trying to woo India's government, with some success
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-india-nijjar-sikh-trudeau-modi-1.6971670
The United States says it's asserting its support for Canada in the midst of a foreign-affairs crisis that places it in...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-says-credible-allegations-indian-government-involved-in-slaying-of-sikh-leader-in-b-c-1.6566740
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says national security agencies are investigating "credible allegations" that the "agents of the government of India" were...
https://archive.ph/iHjPc
Turkey pushes alternative to G20’s India-Middle East trade corridor plan
Ankara seeks to emphasise its traditional role as a route for goods moving from Asia to Europe
Turkey is in “intensive negotiations” over its alternative to the India-Middle East trade corridor...
https://thebulletin.org/premium/2023-09/pakistan-nuclear-weapons-2023/
Pakistan continues to gradually expand its nuclear arsenal with more warheads, more delivery systems, and a growing fissile material production industry. Analysis of commercial satellite images of construction at Pakistani...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/05/ex-pakistan-pm-warns-of-deepening-crisis-as-fears-of-new-election-delay-grow
Ex-Pakistan PM warns of deepening crisis as fears of new election delay grow
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says parliament has lost its credibility as military continues to wield...
https://www.dawn.com/news/1774148/what-plans-did-army-chief-share-with-businessmen
KARACHI: Amid a gloomy economic atmosphere and lingering wheat, cotton and dollar crisis, Army Chief General Asim Munir has signalled towards the country’s bright future in view of the upcoming huge foreign...
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/31/pakistan-us-military-aid/
The Department of Defense would be barred from providing assistance to Pakistan under a new amendment to the House of Representatives’ annual appropriations legislation. The measure, introduced by Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12424949/Pakistani-police-say-tremendous-pressure-family-members-murdered-ten-year-old-Sara-Sharif-amid-claims-British-High-Commission-threatening-send-investigators.html
Police in Pakistan have said they are under 'tremendous pressure' from the British...
Looks like a decent choice for finance minister given her extensive economics background.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/pakistan-said-to-appoint-ex-central-banker-as-finance-minister-1.1959767
Bloomberg) -- Pakistan has selected Shamshad Akhtar as the finance minister for the interim government...
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/16/imran-khan-cable-pakistan-us/
For a year and a half, Pakistani politics has been gripped by word of a diplomatic cable said to describe U.S. State Department officials encouraging the removal of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from power. Last...
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2430846/bushra-bibi-appears-before-jit-in-toshakhana-case
Bushra Bibi travelled to Islamabad accompanied by her legal team to appear before the JIT that is investigating the Toshakhana case. SCREENGRAB
Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Main quote in article:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Pakistan-census-sparks-accusations-of-manipulation
Pakistan's outgoing government is taking criticism for allegedly using the recent national census to delay elections for its own benefit, while a curious sudden reduction of the...
Qatar brokered deal:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-releases-5-americans-prisoner-swap-6bn-frozen-oil-revenue
Iran has released five Americans from prison into house arrest while discussions for their complete release are in progress, a US National Security Council spokesperson said...