Geopolitics and economics are no longer distant neighbours but have become deeply entangled, especially for countries like Pakistan whose economic fortunes are bound to global oil markets. The unfolding war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel – and the consequent de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz – has not only sent shockwaves […]
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Pakistan plans maritime energy hub, ports as Hormuz crisis disrupts trade
Pakistan plans to develop a maritime energy city and new deep-sea ports along its coastline to strengthen its role in regional energy logistics, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry said on Wednesday, as the Iran war and disruption of the Strait of Hormuz reshape global trade flows. The initiative comes as the […]
Saudi pipeline hits capacity as Hormuz remains shut
Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which circumvents the Strait of Hormuz, is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port on the Red Sea have now ?reached 5 million barrels a day, […]
Solar Power vs the Strait of Hormuz
Pakistan has learnt, often the hard way, that every crisis in the Gulf eventually lands at its own doorstep. The Strait of Hormuz may lie hundreds of kilometres away, yet each disruption there finds its way into domestic fuel prices, transport fares and kitchen budgets with unsettling speed. That pattern has held for decades, from […]
Western allies snub Trump’s call to help reopen Hormuz
NATO allies and other Western nations pushed back Monday on US President Donald Trump’s demand that alliance members help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical conduit for crude oil that Iran has effectively closed. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said London was working with allies to craft a “viable” plan to reopen the waterway, […]