KARACHI, Pakistan—A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in a southern Pakistan city killed at least 10 people and injured 13 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a bank building in…
Gas Explosion in Sewer Kills 12 in Pakistan’s Largest City
KARACHI, Pakistan—A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a local bank building…
China Expands Its Influence in South Asia
December 14, 2021
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News Analysis China’s main adversary in South Asia is India. Beijing is focused like a laser beam on reducing New Delhi’s influence in the region. The two countries have fought several recent military skirmishes and also a border war in 1962 over disputed territory in the Himalayan Mountains and the Seven Sister States of northeast…
US-China Strategic Rivalry Plays Out in Pakistan
December 11, 2021
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News Analysis U.S. interests in Pakistan include maintaining stability in South Asia, preventing war between India and Pakistan, containing international terrorism launched from Afghanistan, as well as countering the Chinese regime’s expanding influence and alliance building. Once the primary U.S. ally in the region, as Pakistan sinks deeper into China’s orbit, U.S.-Pakistan relations become more…
Alliances Shifting in South Asia: India-US Versus China-Pakistan
December 10, 2021
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News Analysis India is preparing to fight a war on two fronts, while Pakistan is discovering that the cost of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) includes crippling debt, loss of U.S. alliance, and potential conflict with India. In 2018, the World Bank warned countries participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that the project…
Chinese Building Infrastructure for Pakistan on Disputed Border Along Kashmir: Sources
NEW DELHI—The Chinese are allegedly building infrastructure for the Pakistanis on the disputed India-Pakistan border inside Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, a development that is likely to further complicate the Kashmir issue over which India and Pakistan have fought multiple wars. A source in the government confirmed to The Epoch Times that the Indian government is aware of…
US Blacklists a Dozen More Chinese Entities Over Military Links
November 24, 2021
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The U.S. Commerce Department has added a dozen Chinese companies to a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns and some of the firms’ involvement in aiding the Chinese military’s quantum computing efforts. The list on Nov. 24 covers 27 new entities from four countries, including China, Japan, Pakistan, and Singapore, with several China and Pakistan-based…
Train Hits Van in Pakistan, Killing 3, Injuring 7 Students
LAHORE, Pakistan—A passenger train crashed into a college van carrying female students at an unmanned railway crossing in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday amid smog, killing three people and injuring seven others, police said. The accident happened in the district of Sheikhupura in the Punjab province, according to Rana Shakeel, a senior district administration official. He…
22 Killed in Bus Accident in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan—At least 22 passengers were killed on Tuesday in Pakistan’s part of Kashmir after a bus they were on skidded off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine, police said. The accident happened in Pulandri, a district in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, senior police official Fayyaz Abbasi said. He said…
Spain Evacuates 160 More Afghans via Pakistan
MADRID—Spain’s defense ministry has completed the evacuation of another 160 Afghans who had initially been left behind following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The new group joins the 83 people Spain flew into an air base near Madrid on Monday. The defense ministry said that the mission was able to extract the Afghan workers and…
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