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Posts published in “Day: June 20, 2017

China, Pakistan and the challenges of Silk Road connectivity

by Wendy Wu in South China Morning Post, June 20, 2017 Connectivity is seen as a good thing for nations, but sometimes achieving it can be far more difficult and complex than expected, even for close allies, as Pakistan’s latest anti-dumping ruling against Chinese steel products shows. Islamabad’s latest ruling against China – its “all-weather friend”, according to the official rhetoric – may fuel scepticism about China’s massive “Belt and Road” globalisation initiative. If China…

‘Motorway police have no capacity to patrol all of CPEC’

By Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, June 20th, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has expressed its inability to police the length of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with the existing force and resources at its disposal. The department revealed that it had insufficient manpower and resources to do the job during a meeting of National Assembly Standing Committee on Communi­cation, held at the NH&MP office in Sector G-13, on Monday. The…

2 Navy sailors gunned down in Gwadar shooting

by Syed Ali Shah in Dawn, June 20th, 2017 Islambad: Two Navy sailors were martyred and at least three others were wounded when their vehicle was attacked in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district, Balochistan on Monday. The sailors were transporting iftar items during a routine run from Jiwani city when their vehicle was ambushed by four assailants on two motorbikes, a senior local administration official told DawnNews. The assailants opened fire on the vehicle…

Number of rich Chinese rises nearly nine-fold in decade, survey suggests

Reuters report in South China Morning Post, June 20, 2017 The number of rich people in China has risen nearly nine times in a decade, a private survey released on Tuesday showed, as strong growth in the world’s second-largest economy spurred wealth creation. Chinese with at least 10 million yuan (US$1.47 million) of investable assets hit 1.6 million in 2016, up from 180,000 in 2006, according to the 2017 China Private Wealth Report by Bain…

Islamophobia vigilance urged in China as affirmative action to minorities causes friction

Comment in Global Times, June 20,2017 Monday’s deadly attack near a London mosque has sparked discussions on Islamophobia in China, with experts on ethnicity and religion calling for vigilance against those who stoke hatred towards Muslims, as the public feels strongly about terror attacks linked to Islamic extremism and separatism. The attack in London has killed at least one and injured 10 others after a man drove a van into worshippers near a London mosque…

‘Vision 2030 is BNP’s plan for Bangladesh’s future’

by Manik Miazee in Dhaka Tribune, June 19, 2017 at 08:57 PM BNP Standing Committee member and former commerce minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury speaks to the Dhaka Tribune’s Manik Miazee about his party’s strategy for the next general election and its ‘Vision 2030’ development plan for Bangladesh that Khosru helped design. What are the differences between Vision 2030 and the BNP’s election manifesto? Vision 2030 is not our election manifesto. It is our vision…

BNP wants next parliamentary elections under older delimitation

Bilkis Irani in Dhaka Tribune, June 18, 2017 at 09:04 PM BNP has demanded the next general election be held under the 1984 delimitation as such a move ensures a level playing field for all partiesDhaka Tribune The BNP standing committee member said that no objection was raised about the 1984 delimitation in 2008, but the 1/11 government changed it for unknown reasons. BNP has demanded the next general election follow the parliamentary constituency delimitation…