Is Imran Khan’s call to abandon coal power just a pipe dream?
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Experts wonder what prompted Islamabad to shift policy when Pakistan has just started using coal to meet its electricity requirement.
In the early 1990s, a geological survey found vast amounts of coal reserves in the Thar desert of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province enough to fix the country s chronic electricity outages for years to come.
Studies were undertaken, ministerial discussions held, and coal samples dug out. But the project to excavate the coal and convert it into electricity kept getting pushed forward even as cities were incessantly plunged into darkness.
China bails out Pakistan again, provides $1.5 billion to repay Saudi Arabia debt
China has emerged as the largest creditor to Pakistan in recent years, the country that has been struggling to secure funds after the IMF suspended its $6 billion loan.
Stones pelted by protestors at the vehicle of BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal.
Pakistan s all-weather friend China has bailed out the country once again as the latter has provided an immediate $1.5 billion financing line to repay the $2 billion Saudi Arabia debt. Pakistan has to repay $1 billion on Monday and the remaining $1 billion is due next year in January.
Pakistan sees new path of potential balance with Biden administration Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/10 15:43:40
Biden Photo: AFP Pakistan s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi shared his opinions about Pakistan s future relationship with the US under a Biden administration on Sunday. Qureshi believes that Biden will have a different approach than Trump, saying the incoming administration would, prefer negotiations over confrontation with Pakistan, according to Pakistan media.
Qureshi s vision of future US-Pakistan relationship is reasonable. A Biden administration will help thaw relations between the US and Pakistan that have been damaged under Trump.
For years, the close ties between the US and Pakistan have been sustained by Pakistan s substantial contribution to the war on terror in Afghanistan. But the bilateral relationship has experienced a sharp break since the Trump administration took a tougher line on Islamabad. Trump cut US aid to Pakistan in 2018
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