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By PTI | Updated: Aug 26, 2017, 02.47 PM IST

The initiative, known as the revival of the ancient Silk Road trading route, would link Asian markets with economic groups in Europe.WASHINGTON: China might be interested in stability in Afghanistan and South Asia as it is building an ambitious infrastructure network in the region, a senior Trump administration official has said after Beijing backed Pakistan when the US president sternly warned it against providing safe havens to terrorists.Donald Trump, who announced his Afghanistan and South Asia policy on Tuesday, slammed Pakistan for providing safe havens to "agents of chaos" that kill Americans in Afghanistan and warned Islamabad that it has "much to lose" by harbouring terrorists."I think we see China is interested in seeing stability in this region. They have their On…

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6IslamabadMinistry of Energy’s Petroleum Division would execute two new projects worth Rs 190 million for coal exploration and evaluation in different localities of Balochistan besides carrying out a survey for underground water in Quetta.
“Out of total Rs 190.033 million estimated cost, an amount of Rs 88.023 million has been allocated to carry out two new schemes for coalexploration and evaluation in Nosham and Bahlol Areas of Balochistan, and the underground water survey,” official sources said.
Answering a question, they said the ministrywould spend Rs 554.291 million, under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2017-18), to execute four ongoing and two new projects to step up exploration activities of natural resources for achieving self-reliance in the energy sector.
An amount of Rs 415.807 have been earmarked to acquire four drilling rigs and their accessories for the Geological Survey of …

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Dawn.comAugust 26, 2017
The Balochistan FC has increased intelligence-based operations (IBO) throughout the province in the past four days "on confirm[ed] intelligence", Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army's media wing, said on Saturday."Over the past week, IBOs were carried out under Operation RaddulFasaad in different areas of Quetta, Kleri Dhal, Dera Bugti, Dashat areas of Balochistan," the ISPR said.The security forces through these operations foiled at least one major act of terrorism in Balochistan, according to the ISPR.“Various suspects were apprehended during these operations … [while] a large cache of arms and ammunition — including explosives, IEDs, grenades, rockets, detonators and communication equipment — were also recovered from the terrorists' hideouts.”ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADOn June 4, 12 “hardcore terrorists” were killed in a gun battle during an IBO carried out by security forces, including …

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ColumnsComment24 SECONDS AGO BY MIANABRAR

It’s going according to planDevelopment of Free Economic Zone is already in the process at Gwadar Portwith a cost of US$32 million.Under the project,100pc private investment inside Free Zone would be ensured

 Once a sleepy fishing town located on the shores of the Arabian Sea next to the Pakistan-Iran border, Gwadar is a busy settlement today with construction activities in a full swing.Located at the face of the Iranian Plateau, Gwadar is a doorway to the oil rich Persian Gulf which leads to the Central Asia, Africa and Europe. The significance of Gwadar Port could be gauged by the fact that almost 97 percent of world trade passes through the same Persian Gulf in the Strait of Hormuz.The features which make Gwadar surpass other compatriots are all natural. Gwadar has a deep, clean and warm water coast which is without parallel in the entire region. It is situated at a …

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IANS | Islamabad Aug 27, 2017 03:00 AM IST
Several suspects were arrested and a heavy cache of arms and ammunition were recovered by Pakistani security forces during last four days in an ongoing operation in different areas in the country's Balochistan province.
The intelligence based search and hunt operation in the province is part of the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad was launched by the Pakistan Army in support of local law enforcement agencies to de-weaponise the society and to eliminate the hidden terrorist sleeper cells across the country on February 22 this year after a series of lethal terrorist attacks.During the last four days, Frontier Corps conducted intensive operations in areas of Summany, Kleri Dhal, Dera Bugti, Dashat and also in the provincial capital of Quetta after secret agencies alarmed that terrorists are …

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By News DeskPublished: August 26, 2017

The CPEC map. PHOTO: FileThe recently-unveiled Afghan strategy that President Donald Trump has announced is a ploy against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a Russian political analyst and journalist has claimed.In an opinion piece for Global Village Space, an online forum, Andrew Korybko argues that Trump’s new Afghan strategy is much wider than just Afghanistan. It “includes components of a reworked approach to South Asia as a whole”.The US president had earlier this week backtracked from his earlier position of pulling out of Afghanistan and cleared the way for more American troops on the ground in the war-torn country. Although Trump didn’t specify any figure, official announcements came from the White House that it had been agreed that up to 4,000 more troops would be deployed.ADVERTISEMENTAdRussia warns Trump against piling…

By Shahram Haq Published: August 26, 2017 A truck drives along the China-Pakistan Friendship Highway before the Karakorum mountain range near Tashkurgan in China's western Xinjiang province. PHOTO: AFP LAHORE: The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China has had a significant impact on the amount of trade between the two countries. This has prompted a shift from higher productivity to lower productivity in firms, which is far from optimal in the context of Pakistan’s growth strategy.The relationship between the two countries has a long history and over the last few decades this relationship has been accompanied by significant economic interactions, which include the 2006 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China as well as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC According to study conducted by the LahoreS Schoolof Economics, Pakistani tariffs on Chinese goods have negatively affected productivity in those sectors that have become more vulnerable to Chinese …

Below is latest message from Dr.Allah Nazar Baloch, head of Baloch Liberation Front, this is a text we have converted from video message. We apologise for any Errors in the below message in advance .. BalochHouse▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶▶
My Baloch nation and respected listeners!
Today Pakistani forces have been defeated on moral as well as military grounds. The Pakistani occupation of Balochistan has been further been weakened. However, now the enemy has resorted to evil designs. Hopefully, Baloch nation will also counter these tactics with sincerity, patriotism and with love for freedom.
Few sardars from Jhalawan and Sarawan on behest of Pakistani state, army and ISI are trying to create differences on the fake pretext that Balochi and Brahvi are two different nations. We would like to tell them that they will be unsuccessful in this conspiracy too. Balochi and Brahvi are two languages of Baloch nation. From North to South and East to West wherever the Baloch inhabit on this land we might sp…