Pakistan and Turkmenistan are looking to strengthen their economic and energy ties. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met with Turkmen Ambassador Atadjan Movlamov in Islamabad on Monday. Both leaders discussed boosting trade, investment, and infrastructure cooperation. The meeting highlighted the growing importance of their bilateral relationship. Aurangzeb welcomed stronger ties and stressed Pakistan’s commitment to the […]
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Pakistan’s foreign office investigates diplomat’s denied entry to the US
Pakistan’s Foreign Office has confirmed that its ambassador to Turkmenistan, K K Wagan, was denied entry into the United States. The incident occurred when Wagan arrived in Los Angeles for a personal visit. US immigration authorities stopped him and ordered his immediate deportation back to his last point of departure. A spokesperson for the Foreign […]
Turkmenistan says China gas pipeline debt paid off
Turkmenistan’s autocrat leader said that his country’s debts to China for a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline and another gas project had been paid off “in full”, state media reported Saturday. China has invested billions in the development of Turkmenistan’s gas industry, establishing itself as the isolated country’s number one destination for exports. Beijing’s most important projects […]
New opportunities
Sir: Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) constitute an important storehouse of natural resources; and have hence attracted several countries for establishing economic cooperation with them in the past. Recently, a new economic corridor is being proposed for connecting landlocked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent by establishing a new corridor through […]
Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns
Hatred of journalists whipped up by populist and authoritarian leaders is degenerating into violence across the world, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Thursday. And the number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, its annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Political leaders’ hostility towards the media “has incited increasingly frequent acts […]
TAPI pipeline to unite the region, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday termed the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project as means to boost socio-economic development and bring unity to the region. Speaking to the ceremony of the link-up projects of electricity transmission lines and fibre optics at Serhatabad, PM Abbasi said that the project will bridge gaps between nations […]