Balochistan (Balochi, Pashto, Urdu: بلوچِستان, Balōčistān, pronounced [bəloːt͡ʃɪst̪ɑːn]) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, and largest province in terms of land area, forming the southwestern region of the country. Its provincial capital and largest city is Quetta.
- During the period of the British Raj from the fall of the Durrani Empire in 1823 four Princely States were recognised and reinforced in Balochistan: Makran, Kharan, Las Bela and Kalat. In 1876, Robert Sandeman negotiated the Treaty of Kalat, which brought the Khan's territories, including Kharan, Makran, and Las Bela, under British protection even though they remained independent Princely states. After the Second Afghan War was ended by the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879, the Afghan Emir ceded the districts of Quetta, Pishin, Harnai, Sibi and Thal Chotiali to British control. On 1 April 1883, the British took control of the Bolan Pass, south-east of Quetta, from the Khan of Kalat. In 1887, small additional areas of Balochistan were declared British territory. In 1893, Sir Mortimer Durand negotiated an agreement with the Amir of Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Khan, to fix the Durand Line running from Chitral to Balochistan as the boundary between the Emirate of Afghanistan and British-controlled areas. Two devastating earthquakes occurred in Balochistan during British colonial rule: the 1935 Quetta earthquake, which devastated Quetta, and the 1945 Balochistan earthquake with its epicentre in the Makran region.
-Kalāt or Qalāt (Brahui/Urdu: قلات) is a historical town located in Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Kalat is the capital of Kalat District and is known locally as Kalat-e-Brahui and Kalat-e-Sewa. Qalat, formerly Qilat, is located roughly in the center of Balochistan, Pakistan, It was the capital of the Kalat Khanate. The current Khan of Kalat is a ceremonial title held by Mir Suleman Dawood Jan, and efforts have been made by the Pakistani government to reconcile with him; his son Prince Mohammed, who is next in line to be the Khan of Kalat, is pro-Pakistan.
- The town of Kalat is said to have been founded by and named Qalat-e Sewa (Sewa's Fort), after Sewa, a legendary hero of the Brahui people. The Brahui Speaking tribes arrived from east in the Qalat area way before the arrival of Balochi speaking tribes from the west. The Brohis established a large kingdom in the 15th century, but it soon declined and the region fell to Mughals for a short period. The brahui speaking Khans of Qalat were dominant from the 17th century onwards until the arrival of the British in the 19th century. A treaty was signed in 1876 to make Qalat part of the British Empire.In 1947, the Khan of Kalat reportedly acceded to the dominion of Pakistan. In 1948, Qalat became part of Pakistan when the British withdrew. The last Khan of Qalat was formally removed from power in 1955, but the title is still claimed by his descendants.
- there is a Hindu mandir below citadel of the city, dedicated to Goddess Kali; this mandir dates back to pre-Islamic era of South Asia. Associated with Hindu Hindkowans Bhatia caste
- Mehrgarh (Balochi: Mehrgaŕh; Urdu: مہرگڑھ) is a Neolithic site (dated c. 7000 BCE to c. 2500/2000 BCE), which lies on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan, Pakistan.[1] Mehrgarh is located near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River valley and between the present-day Pakistani cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi. The site was discovered in 1974 by an archaeological team directed by French archaeologists Jean-François Jarrige and Catherine Jarrige, and was excavated continuously between 1974 and 1986, and again from 1997 to 2000. Archaeological material has been found in six mounds, and about 32,000 artifacts have been collected. The earliest settlement at Mehrgarh—in the northeast corner of the 495-acre (2.00 km2) site—was a small farming village dated between 7000 BCE and 5500 BCE.Mehrgarh is now seen as a precursor to the Indus Valley Civilization, displaying the whole sequence from earliest settlement and the start of agriculture, to the mature Harappan Civilisation.
- [文学与神明 饶宗颐访谈录] potteries found to have a sign similar to swastika
- hkej 20feb18 shum article on china reaching out to separatist groups in the area, hkej 4dec18 shum article
Cheena (Urdu: جهينه ) is a village in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Pakistan. The village is about eight miles from Gujar Khan on the road from Gujar Khan to Daultala. Chakri Vakilan, Sasral, Gig Badhal, Bhatt and Garmala are a few villages located in the neighborhood of Cheena.
奇特拉爾Chitral (Pashto/Urdu: چترال; Khowar: چھترار, Khowar for "field") is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the Chitral River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Chitral also served as the capital of the princely state of Chitral until 1947.The Kho Chitralis came to Chitral as part of the Indo-Aryan migration into South Asia. They settled in northern parts of Chitral near the Torkhow and Mulkhow Region.[5] The earliest form of Vedic Hinduism was practiced by these early settlers. The culture of the area flourished in the Vedic period of ancient India.
- 在二○一六年十二月七日，巴基斯坦國際航空公司一架載有四十八人的客機，由北部城市契拉特（Chitral）飛往首都伊斯蘭堡途中失聯，其後證實在北部墜毀。遇難者的遺體遭燒至難以辨認，恐無人生還，一名中國公民在該次空難死亡。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200523/00180_003.htmlThe Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA; Pashto: قبایلي سیمې، منځنۍ پښتونخوا; Urdu: وفاقی منتظم شدہ قبائیلی علاقہ جات) is a semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, consisting of seven tribal agencies (districts) and six frontier regions, and are directly governed by Pakistan's federal government through a special set of laws called the Frontier Crimes Regulations. It borders Pakistan's provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to the east and south, and Afghanistan's provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost and Paktika to the west and north. The territory is almost exclusively inhabited by the Pashtun, who also live in the neighbouring provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern Balochistan, and straddle across the border into Afghanistan. They are mostly Muslim. The largest towns of the territory are Miramshah, Parachinar, Wanna, Khaar, Jamrud, and Landi Kotal. Since the 9/11 attacks in the United States in 2001, the tribal areas are a major theatre of militancy and terrorism. Pakistan Armylaunched 10 operations against the Taliban since 2001, most recently Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan. The operations have displaced about two million people from the tribal areas, as schools, hospitals, and homes have been destroyed in the war.[2] On March 2, 2017, the federal government considered a proposal to merge the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and to repeal the Frontier Crimes Regulations. However, some political parties have opposed the merger, and called for the tribal areas to instead become a separate province of Pakistan.
- hkej 13mar18 shum article
Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu: گلگت بلتستان), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is the northernmost administrative territoryof Pakistan. It borders Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north,Xinjiang, China, to the east and northeast and Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast. The region, together with Azad Kashmir,Aksai Chin, Shakshagam Valley of China and Jammu and Kashmir, is disputed between India, China and Pakistan. The territory of present-day Gilgit-Baltistan became a separate administrative unit in 1970 under the name "Northern Areas". It was formed by the amalgamation of the former Gilgit Agency, the Baltistan district and several small former princely states, the larger of which being Hunza-Nagar. In 2009, it was granted limited autonomy and renamed to Gilgit-Baltistan via the Self-Governance Order signed by Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari, which also aimed to empower the people of Gilgit Baltistan. However, scholars state that the real power rests with the governor and not with chief minister or elected assembly. The Pakistan government has rejected Gilgit-Baltistani calls for integration with Pakistan on the grounds that it would jeopardise its demands for the whole Kashmir issue to be resolved according to UN resolutions.
The Hunza (Burushaski and Urdu: ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza is situated in the extreme northern part of Pakistan.Hunza was formerly a princely state bordering Uyghurstan also called Xinjiang (autonomous region of China) to the northeast and Pamir to the northwest, which survived until 1974, when it was finally dissolved by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and the former princely state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also known as Karimabad); another old settlement is Ganish Village. Hunza was an independent principality for more than 900 years. The British gained control of Hunza and the neighbouring valley of Nagar between 1889 and 1892 through a military conquest. The then Mir/Tham (ruler) Mir Safdar Ali Khan of Hunza fled to Kashghar in China and sought what would now be called political asylum.
Karachi (Urdu: کراچی; ALA-LC: Karācī, IPA: [kəˈraːˌtʃi] ; Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh.Karachi was reputedly founded in 1729 as the settlement of Kolachi.[22] The new settlement is said to have been named in honour of Mai Kolachi, whose son is said to have slain a man-eating crocodile in the village after his elder brothers had already been killed by it. Nickname(s): City of the Quaid, Paris of Asia, The City of Lights, Bride of the Cities. The first inhabitants of the Kolachi settlement were mostly Hindus & Parsi.
- Karachi is one of Pakistan's most religiously diverse cities. Karachiites adhere to numerous sects and sub-sects of Islam, as well as Protestant Christianity, and community of Goan Catholics. The city also is home to large numbers of Hindus, and a small community of Zoroastrians.
- Model Colony is a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan,[1] that is within Korangi District. It is situated on the outskirts of the city about two miles north-east of Jinnah International Airport, Karachi's international airport. Other important buildings in the vicinity are the Security Press, which is Pakistan's mint, and the SOS village which houses about 200 orphans. There are several ethnic groups in Malir Town including Urdu Speakers, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kutchi, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Memons, Bohras, Ahmadies and Ismailis. According to local folklore, Model Colony was envisioned by Fatima Jinnah, the sister of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Syed Mohammad Hussain Qadri who was very close to Mr Jinnah and Fatima Jinnah.She asked a renowned town planner, Mr. Makki, to lay out a plan for a 'Model Muhajir Colony'. From then it was a favored residential area for Karachi's elite until the mid-1980s.The colony has seen sustained deterioration as a result of increased population and ethnic riots that reached their peak from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
Lahore is the historic cultural centre of the Punjab region, and is the largest Punjabi city in the world. The city has a long history, and was once under the rule of the Hindu Shahis, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and the Delhi Sultanate. Lahore reached the height of its splendour under the Mughal Empire, serving as its capital city for a number of years. The city was captured by the forces of Persian Safavid Emperor Nader Shah during his invasion of the Mughal Empire. The city was then contested between different powers before it became capital of the Sikh Empire, and then the capital of the Punjab under British rule. Lahore was central to the independence movements of both India and Pakistan, with the city being the site of both the declaration of Indian Independence, and the resolution calling for the establishment of Pakistan. Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Lahore became the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province.The etymology of Lahore is uncertain, but according to legend the city was once known as Lavapura, in honour of Prince Lava of the Hindu epic poem, the Ramayana. Lahore Fort also contains a vacant Lava temple, dedicated to the mythological founder of the city. Lahore had been called by different names throughout history. To date there is no conclusive evidence as to when it was founded. Some historians trace the history of the city as far back as 4000 years ago. Ptolemy, the celebrated 2nd-century Egyptian astronomer and geographer, mentions in his Geographia a city called Labokla situated on the route east of the Indus River, in a region described as extending along the Jhelum, Chenab, and Ravi rivers which may have been in reference to the ancient settlement of Lahore.The earliest recorded definitive mention of Lahore was written by the Chinese pilgrim Hieun-tsang, who gave a vivid description of Lahore when he visited the city in 630 CE The oldest authentic surviving document about Lahore is the Hudud al-'Alam (The Regions of the World), written in 982 C.E. in which Lahore is mentioned as a town invaded by Arab invaders that had "impressive temples, large markets and huge orchards."
Mong or Mung (مونگ ) is a town and Union Council of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. A local tradition says that Mong was built on the ancient city of Nicaea which was founded by Alexander the Great in commemoration of his victory over Raja Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.[3][4] However, the ruins of the city of Nicea have not been found yet, and any attempt to find the ancient battle site is doomed, because the landscape has changed somewhat.[5][5] The 1910 version of the Encyclopædia Britannicacited Mong as the location of "Nicaea",[6] but the modern version no longer has this claim.According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India: " The overthrow of the Bactrians by the Parthians in the latter half of the second century brought another change of rulers, and the coins of the Indo-Parthian Maues (c. 120 BCE), who is known to local tradition as Raja Moga, have been found at Mong. At the end of the first century CE the whole of the Punjabwas conquered by the Yueh-chi."
- the only other available alternative language is catala
Mithi Dhatki مِٹّھی , Urdu: مِٹّھی ), is the capital of Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Mithi became the capital of Tharparkar District in 1990, when the district was separated from Mirpur Khas to form a new District. Mithi is one of the very few towns in Pakistan where Muslims do not form a majority. More than 80% of the population in the town belongs to the Hindu community. Both Hindus and Muslims reportedly live peacefully accounting for the lowest crime rate in the town. Local Language is Dhatki which is one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is most closely related to Marwari. Sindhi, Urdu and Punjabi are also understood by the citizens. There is a famous Kertee village, which is much older than Mithi city.
- from wikipedia - An official from Thar Coal Mining Authority said that all preparations have been made for the inauguration of the country's mega-project open pit coal mining, which comprises 12 blocks on over 9,600 square km of Tharparkar District. Buried under this land lies an estimated 175 billion tones of coal, the world's 5th largest reserves of coal. The project is expected to improve this region. Mining in Thar's 9,600 kilometre coal fields is gaining momentum after the arrival of experts from China. Almost 3,000 technicians and engineers are expected to arrive on site to help locals in running the heavy machinery and developing open-pit mining. Many roads, preliminary infrastructure and residential complexes for labors are under-construction.In April 2014, the Government of Sindh announced that it will establish a University of Oxford group and a Cadet College in Mithi, Tharparkar District.
- https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2167595/muslim-majority-pakistan-city-mithi-rare-oasis-love-and Mithi is a mostly Hindu city of 60,000 people, a rarity in a country where some 95 per cent of the population is Muslim. As they enter Shri Krishna temple, the Hindu faithful ring a bell, the sound of which mingles with the azan, the call to prayer for Muslims sounded just a few streets away.The HRCP describes Pakistani Hindus as feeling “uneasy” in their country, saying in its annual report that “the migration of Hindus to India may soon turn into an exodus if the discrimination against them continues”.But none of this appears to affect Mithi, where Muslims and Hindus say they live together in harmony, even sending one another gifts and sweets to mark their religious holidays, residents say.The origins of Mithi’s peaceful existence are rooted in the geographical location of the city, which rose out of the sand dunes in the majestic Tharparkar desert that borders the Indian state of Rajasthan. Local researchers claim a group of peace-loving Hindus founded the town in the early 16th century, as war and looting raged all around. The soil was not fertile and it was difficult to access water, so the city attracted only those of little means who had few other options.
奎達 Quetta (Pashto: کوټه Kwaṭa; Balochi: کویته; Urdu: کوئٹہ; [kʷɛʈə] ); formerly known as Shalkot[4] (Pashto: شالکوټ)) is the provincial capital and largest city of Balochistan, Pakistan.[5] It was largely destroyed in the 1935 Quetta earthquake, but was rebuilt and has a population of 1,001,205 according to the census of 2017[6][3] while the Quetta District has a population of 2,275,699.[7] Quetta is at an average elevation of 1,680 metres (5,510 feet) above sea level,[8] making it Pakistan's only high-altitude major city. The city is known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan," due to the numerous fruit orchards in and around it, and the large variety of fruits and dried fruit products produced there.Quetta, which is a variation of Kōṭ, is a Pashto word meaning "fortress".The immediate area has long been one of pastures and mountains, with varied plants and animals relative to the dry plains to the west. The first record of Quetta is from 11th century CE, when it was captured by Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi during his invasion of South Asia.[11] In 1543, Mughal emperor Humayun came to Quetta en route to Safavid Persia, leaving his son and future Mughal emperor Akbar here. In 1709, the region was a part of Afghan Hotak dynasty and stayed a part until 1747 when Ahmed Shah Durrani conquered it and made it a part of Durrani Empire. The first European visited Quetta in 1828, describing it as mud-walled fort surrounded by three hundred mud houses. In 1876 Quetta was occupied by the British and subsequently incorporated into British India.[11] In 1856, British General John Jacob had urged his government to occupy Quetta given its strategic position on the western frontier.[13] British Troops constructed the infrastructure for their establishment. By the time of the earthquake on 31 May 1935, Quetta had developed into a bustling city with a number of multistorey buildings and so was known as "Little London". The epicenter of the earthquake was close to the city and destroyed most of the city's infrastructure, killing an estimated 40,000 people.
*********Sindh, Sind (/sɪnd/; Sindhi: سنڌ; Urdu: سِندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, in the southeast of the country, and the historical home of the Sindhi people.[5][6] Sindh is the third largest province of Pakistan by area, and second largest province by population after Punjab. Sindh is bordered by Balochistan province to the west, and Punjab province to the north. Sindh also borders the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to the east, and Arabian Sea to the south. Sindh's landscape consists mostly of alluvial plains flanking the Indus River, the Thar desert in the eastern portion of the province closest to the border with India, and the Kirthar Mountains in the western part of Sindh.Sindh has Pakistan's second largest economy, while its provincial capital Karachi is Pakistan's largest city and financial hub, and hosts the headquarters of several multinational banks.Sindh is known for its distinct culture which is strongly influenced by Sufism, an important marker of Sindhi identity for both Hindus (Sindh has Pakistan's highest percentage of Hinduresidents)[10] and Muslims in the province.[11] Several important Sufi shrines are located throughout the province which attract millions of annual devotees. Sindh's capital, Karachi, is Pakistan's most ethnically diverse city, with Muhajirs, or descendants of those who migrated to Pakistan from India after 1947 and throughout the 1950s and 1960s, making up the majority of the population.[12] Karachi and other urban centres of Sindh have seen ethnic tensions between the native Sindhis and the Muhajirs boil over into violence on several occasions.
- The word Sindh is derived from the Sanskrit term Sindhu (literally meaning "river"), that is a reference to Indus River. The official spelling "Sind" was discontinued in 1988 by an amendment passed in Sindh Assembly.The Greeks who conquered Sindh in 325 BC under the command of Alexander the Greatrendered it as Indós, hence the modern Indus. The ancient Iranians referred to everything east of the river Indus as hind.
Association
- thinktank
- http://primeinstitute.org Policy Research Institute of Market Economy
- Pakistan Tanners Association http://www.pakistantanners.org/
- islam
- Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید, born 5 June 1950)[2] is a Pakistani Islamist militant,[3][4] who is a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD), operating mainly from Pakistan.[5][6][7]In April 2012, the United States announced a bounty of $10 million on Saeed for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 164 civilians. While India supported the US move, there were protests against it in Pakistan.[8][9][10]India considers Saeed a most wanted terrorist because of his ties to Lashkar-e-Taiba and his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, and the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. Saeed is listed on the NIA Most Wanted list[11][12] and UN designated terrorist.[13] India has banned his organisations LeT and JuD as terrorist organisations.Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was born in a family of Sargodha, Punjab.[24][25] As told by him, his father, Kamal-ud-Din, a farmer, along with his family started migrating from East Punjab and reached Pakistan in around four months in the autumn of 1947. His family lost 36 of its members when migrating from Hisar, Haryana (erstwhile Punjab) to Lahore during the Partition of India.
company
- stock exchange
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20161208/PDF/a20_screen.pdf據內媒昨日報道稱，上 海證券交易所、深圳證券交易所、中國金 融期貨交易所以及中巴投資公司擬聯合收 購巴基斯坦證券交易所（簡稱：巴交所） 40%的股權，幾大收購方已向巴基斯坦證 券交易所遞出收購意向書，至於四方股權 如何劃分、具體出資份額尚未可知。三大 交易所方面均未對此消息作出回應。 巴基斯坦證券交易所是目前巴基斯坦 唯一的證券交易所，於今年一月由伊斯蘭 堡、卡拉奇、拉合爾三大交易所合併。
Company
- bank
- HBL (Urdu: حَبيب بينك) (formerly Habib Bank Limited) now referred to as HBL Pakistan is a Karachi based multinational bank. It is the largest bank in Pakistan. Founded in 1941, HBL became Pakistan's first commercial bank, in 1951 it opened its first international branch opened in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 1972 the bank moved its headquarters to the Habib Bank Plaza, which became the tallest building in South Asia at the time. The bank was nationalised in 1974 and privatized in 2003 when Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development acquired a controlling share. As of 2016, the bank has presence in over 25 countries spanning across four continents, including 1500 branches in Pakistan and 55 branches worldwide.[3] It has operations in Hong Kong, Kenya, Nepal.
- legal
- www.aliassociates.com.pk (specialising in IP, media and technology)
- textile
- pakistan gem and jewelery development company (state owned)
- china daily 10dec19
trade and investment environment
- privatisation
- "islamabad set privatisation in motion" ft 3aug18
Industry
- energy
- https://www.ft.com/content/bee89ccc-4458-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996 As the fasting period began on Sunday, residents of Karachi, the country’s largest city, were unexpectedly plunged into darkness. The national distribution company blamed a line fault that caused two power stations to fail. But the outage has highlighted the fragility of Pakistan’s electricity network — a problem that threatens to undermine the country’s economic recovery and which is set to become a significant political issue in the run-up to next year’s general election. Recent power cuts have already prompted widespread protests, during which two people reportedly died. “These power cuts in Ramadan will severely undermine the government’s reputation further,” said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a political commentator. “If the government fails to manage the electricity situation, the risks for Nawaz Sharif will mount.”
- automobile
- Wealth and security draw carmakers to Pakistan ft 1mar17
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/73840179.cms pakistan declares national emergency to combat locusts
- cotton
- A massive swarm of locusts has migrated from Iran to Pakistan, raising fears that an attack on the country’s prized cotton crop could be imminent. Millions of insects have recently invaded Sindh, Pakistan’s second-largest cotton producing province, according to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has deployed aircraft and spray-mounted vehicles to treat about 10,000 acres in the southern province as a preventative measure. “The insects have not hit our crops so far, fortunately,” Muhammad Hashim Popalzai, a federal secretary at the food security ministry, said on the phone from Islamabad. Pakistan is desperate to prevent further decline in its cotton industry as it seeks to shore up its economy after securing a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund last month. The country’s textile industry is its biggest job provider as well as its largest foreign exchange earner. Pakistan mainly depends on home-grown cotton for its textile industry. Output in the year to June is forecast to fall about 18% to 9.86 million bales, the lowest in at least 17 years, according to official data.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-19/a-locust-plague-is-raising-fears-over-pakistan-s-cotton-output
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-tourism-idUSKBN15Z27J Atop the piste of Malam Jabba in Pakistan's once dangerous Swat Valley skiers schuss downhill, a new Chinese-built chairlift ferries tourists to the peak, and a luxury hotel is under construction to replace one torched by the Taliban. The Taliban declared skiing "un-Islamic" during their 2007-2009 reign of terror over Swat, but improved security in recent years has allowed ski tourism to re-emerge on Malam Jabba, a hill station in the Hindu Kush mountain range.
- Pakistan's hair transplants groom a growing trend http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-11/21/content_18954315.htm
- scmp 4aug19 milk tea in hot terra cotta mugs a hit in islamabad
monetary system
- https://www.ft.com/content/11711696-3e3f-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4 Pakistan has stepped up efforts to stave off a foreign exchange crisis, through plans to raise hundreds of millions of dollars both from Pakistani expatriates and wealthy Chinese investors, top officials have told the Financial Times. Islamabad has been battling for several months to restore its dwindling stocks of foreign currency and hopes to avoid asking for help from the International Monetary Fund through measures including raising US denominated debt from Pakistanis living abroad and a Renminbi-denominated “Panda Bond”. The plans come after a fall in Pakistan’s foreign reserves this month to about $11.4bn — equivalent to about 10 weeks of imports — down from around $14.1bn in December. Reserves have been squeezed by a combination of falling remittances from Pakistani migrant workers abroad and rising imports and payments to Chinese companies for infrastructure as part of an ambitious, $60bn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The World Bank warned in October that Pakistan would need to raise $17bn to cover its debt repayments and the current account deficit this year.
infrastructure
- http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21715032-government-building-more-airports-roads-and-railways-even-though-existing-ones-are
education
- The Self-Finance Scheme aims to assist foreign students and dual-nationality holders with educational aspirations in Pakistan. Originally a project of the Economic Affairs Division, the Scheme was transferred to the Higher Education Commission in 2006, and assures a limited number of seats in the disciplines of medicine (MBBS), dentistry (BDS), pharmacy (Pharm-D) and undergraduate engineering (B.Sc Engineering). https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/students/SFS/Pages/Intro.aspx
People
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Urdu: محمد اقبال ) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال), was a poet, philosopher, and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the "Spiritual father of Pakistan". He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages. Iqbal is admired as a prominent poet by Pakistanis, Indians, Iranians, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans and other international scholars of literature. Though Iqbal is best known as an eminent poet, he is also a highly acclaimed "Muslim philosophical thinker of modern times". In much of South Asia and the Urdu speaking world, Iqbal is regarded as the Shair-e-Mashriq (Urdu: شاعر مشرق, "Poet of the East"). He is also called Mufakkir-e-Pakistan (Urdu: مفکر پاکستان, "The Thinker of Pakistan"), Musawar-e-Pakistan (Urdu: مصور پاکستان, "Artist of Pakistan") and Hakeem-ul-Ummat (Urdu: حکیم الامت, "The Sage of the Ummah"). The Pakistan government officially named him a "national poet".[7] His birthday Yōm-e Welādat-e Muḥammad Iqbāl (Urdu: یوم ولادت محمد اقبال), or Iqbal Day, is a public holiday in Pakistan.[14] In India he is also remembered as the author of the popular song Saare Jahaan Se Achcha.
- The Bhutto family (Sindhi: ڀُٽو) has played a prominent role in Pakistani politics and government. An ethnically Sindhi Rajputclan based in Sindh province, the Bhuttos have been settled in the area for over two centuries, having migrated to Sindh from Jaisalmer (in present-dayRajasthan, India) under Setho Khan Bhutto in the seventeenth century. Shah Nawaz Bhutto, a direct descendant, came to prominence during the British Raj as adewan of the princely state of Junagadh (in south-western Gujarat). During thePartition of India of 1947 the Indian Armythwarted Junagadh's accession to Pakistan, and the Bhuttos fled to Sindh. Beginning the political dynasty, Shah Nawaz's third son Zulfikar Ali Bhutto(1928-1979) founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in 1967 and would serve as President and Prime Minister. His daughter, Benazir (1953-2007), also served as Prime Minister, while Benazir's husband,Asif Ali Zardari, later served as president (in office: 2008-2013). The Bhuttos continue to dominate the leadership of the PPP: Benazir's son Bilawal Bhutto Zardaribecame co-chairperson in 2007. The family has experienced many premature deaths, drawing comparisons to the Kennedy curse: Zulfikar was convicted and executed in 1979; Shahnawaz died in mysterious circumstances in France in 1983; Murtaza was killed in a police encounter during his sister's government in 1996; and Benazir died following an assassination in 2007.
- Nawaz Sharif
- Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu/Punjabi: میاں محمد نواز شریف, born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1990 to 1993, from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2013 to 2017. He had previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1985 to 1990. Born into the upper-middle class Sharif family in Lahore, he is the son of Ittefaq and Sharif Group founder Muhammad Sharif, and the elder-brother of three-time elected Punjab Chief Minister, Shehbaz. He is one of Pakistan's wealthiest men with a net worth of $1.4 billion.[1] Sharif studied business at Government College and later law at the University of Punjab before entering politics in the later 1970s. In 1981, Sharif was appointed by Zia-ul-Haq's regime as the Minister of Finance for the province of Punjab. Backed by a loose coalition of conservatives, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab in 1985 and re-elected after the end of martial lawin 1988. In 1990, Sharif led a conservative alliance to victory, leading him to become the Prime Minister. Later it was alleged that the election was rigged in favour of Sharif by the Pakistani intelligence agency, the ISI,channeling millions of rupees into his election campaign. Sharif's first administration came to an end when then President Ghulam dismissed Sharif on corruption charges. Sharif successfully challenged the dismissal in the Supreme Court,[3] but both men were ultimately persuaded to step down in 1993 by army chief Waheed.[3] Sharif's second term also saw tussles with the judiciary and the military. Sharif also forcibly relieved General Karamat from command and replaced him with Musharraf in 1998.[4] However, the Kargil War led to a deterioration of his relations with Musharraf. When he attempted to relieve Musharraf from his command on 12 October 1999, the military instead ousted Sharif's government and exiled him to Saudi Arabia. In 2013 elections, Sharif's Muslim League formed a coalition government. As a result, Sharif was elected Prime Minister by Parliament.[5][6] On security front, in 2015 the military launched an offensive to remove extremist groups in northwestern Pakistan and another paramilitary offensive in 2017.[7][8] Sharif's third term is also underpinned by social centrism rather than the social conservatism, which guided his prior two terms. Sharif's third term has brought macroeconomic stability with the help of substantial loans from the IMF, and multi-billion dollar investment deals with China.
- 謝里夫則表示，很高興今次有機會與梁振英會面，說香港是他在全世界最喜歡的城市之一，又憶述自己在1973年、還是學生的時候首次來港。他當時因為家族有營商需要，被父親派來香港探索棉花出口的業務，並對今次再來香港感到榮幸。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/05/18/a06-0518.pdf
- It was Sharif’s first official overseas trip since Pakistan’s top court on May 5 set up an investigation to probe corruption charges involving him and his family. The scandal stemmed from revelations in the Panama Papers last year that three of Sharif’s children owned offshore companies and assets that had not been disclosed. “The truth is that these are just allegations. They should not prejudge the judicial process. They have to wait for the court verdict,” Khan said, commenting on the petition. Corruption allegations against the prime minister were “unfair”, he added, and there was “no single case of embezzlement of public finances” involving the current government. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2094712/pakistan-prime-minister-invites-hong-kong-invest-country
- The Burusho or Brusho people live in the Hunza, Nagar and Chitral District, and valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan. They are predominantly Muslims. Their language,Burushaski, has not been shown to be related to any other. The Hunzakuts or Hunza people, are an ethnically Burusho people indigenous to the Hunza Valley, in the Karakorum Mountains of northern Pakistan. They are descended from inhabitants of the former principality of Hunza. The Burusho claim to be descendants of the soldiers who came to the region with Alexander the Great's army in the 4th century BC.[citation needed] The Hunzas are Ismaili Muslims. DNA research groups the people of Hunza with Sinti Romani(Gypsies) and the speakers of Bartangi (Pamir language), primarily because of the M124 marker (defining Y-DNA haplogroup R2a), which is present at high frequency in all three populations. However, they have also an East Asiangenetic contribution, suggesting that at least some of their ancestry originates north of the Himalayas.
- The Brahui (Brahui: براہوئی,) or Brahvi people are a Pakistani ethnic group of about 2.2 million people with the vast majority found in Baluchistan, Pakistan. They are a small minority group in Afghanistan, where they are native, but they are also found through their diaspora in Middle Eastern states. They mainly occupy the area in Balochistan from Bolan Pass through the Bolan Hills to Ras Muari (Cape Monze) on the Arabian sea, separating the Baloch people living to the east and west. The Brahuis are almost entirely SunniMuslims.There are three groups of Brahui tribes. The "nucleus" consists of the Achmadzai, Gurguari, Iltazai, Kalandari, Kambrani, Mirwari, Rodeni and the Sumalari, which altogether account for only a small proportion of the total number of Brahuis.
- The Kalasha (Kalasha: Kaĺaśa; Nuristani: Kasivo; Urdu: کالاش), or Kalash, also called Waigali or Wai, are a Dardic Indo-Aryan indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha language, from the Dardic family of the Indo-Aryan branch. They are considered unique among the peoples of Pakistan.[9][10][11] They are also considered to be Pakistan's smallest ethnoreligious group,[12] practising a religion which some scholars characterise as a form of animism, and other academics as "a form of ancient Hinduism". The term is used to refer to many distinct people including the Väi, the Čima-nišei, the Vântä, plus the Ashkun and Tregami-speakers.[13] The Kalash are considered to be an indigenous people of Asia, with their ancestors migrating to Afghanistan from a distant place in South Asia, which the Kalash call “Tsiyam” in their folk songs and epics.[9] Some of the Kalash traditions consider the various Kalash people to have been migrants or refugees.[14] They are also considered to have been either descendants of foreign people, Gandhari people and the Indians of eastern Afghanistan.[15] Based on their shared genetic drift, it is considered that they may be an ancient drifted North Eurasian stock. The neighboring Nuristani people of the adjacent Nuristan (historically known as Kafiristan) province of Afghanistan once had the same culture and practised the same faith adhered to by the Kalash though with some distinctions.[17][18] The first historically recorded Islamic invasions of their lands were by the Ghaznavids in 11th century[19] while they themselves are first attested in 1339 during Timur's invasions.[15] Nuristan had been converted to Islam in 1895—96, although some evidence has shown the people continued to practice their customs. The Kalash of Chitral have maintained their own separate cultural traditions.
- also in bumburate village in northern pakistan, picture of women dancing in scmp 17jun19
- *************traditional headware worn by william and kate https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2019/10/19/in-photos-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-trip-to-pakistan-the-best-display-of-soft-power/#787a1b7c30d5
- https://www.quora.com/Are-the-Kalash-people-a-good-example-of-ancient-Indo-European-people
hindi
- Kirshna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistan's Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, the Pakistan People's Party has said. Kolhi, 39, from Thar is a member of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led Pakistan People's Party (PPP).https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/hindu-woman-elected-to-pakistans-senate-in-historic-first/articleshow/63155570.cms
Islam
- mosque
- The Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi, Urdu:بادشاہی مسجد, Imperial Mosque) in Lahorewas commissioned by the sixth MughalEmperor Aurangzeb. Constructed between 1671 and 1673, it was the largest mosque in the world upon construction. It is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and the fifth largest mosque in the world. It is Lahore's most iconic and famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. Aurangzeb's mosque's architectural plan is similar to that of his father, Shah Jehan, the Jama Masjid in Delhi; though it is much larger. it also functions as an idgah. The courtyard which spreads over 276,000 square feet, can accommodate one hundred thousand worshippers; ten thousand can be accommodated inside the mosque. The minarets are 196 feet (60 m) tall. The Mosque is one of the most famous Mughal structures, but suffered greatly under the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
- Persian (فارسی) was the official and cultural language of the Mughal Empire, a continuation since the introduction of the language by Central Asian Turkic who migrated into the South Asia, and the patronisation of it by the earlier Turko-Persian Delhi Sultanate. Persian was officially abolished with the arrival of the British: in Sindh in 1843 and in Punjab in 1849. It is today spoken primarily by the Dari speaking refugees from Afghanistan and the Hazara community of Quetta.
- note - at the obor conference on 4feb17, speaker said that when pakistan was independent, persian was the official language.
- https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Urdu-the-official-language-of-Pakistan-when-the-most-widely-spoken-language-is-Punjabi
pakistanis - origin
- https://www.quora.com/What-do-Arabs-think-of-Pakistani-claims-of-tracing-their-ancestry-to-them
History
- Chitral (or Chitrāl) (Urdu: چترال) was a princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969.[1] The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.The official language of the state was Persian, a legacy of the adaptation policy of the early Delhi Sultanate and Mughaltimes. The general population of the state was mainly of the Kho people, who spoke Khowar which is a Dardic language in the Indo-Aryan group. The Khowar language is also spoken in parts of Yasin, Gilgit and Swat.Very little is known about the early history of Chitral. The country has historically been divided between two ethnic groups. The people living in the upper part being called Kho and those living in the lower part the Kalash. The two people shared a lot of common cultural traits, yet they have been distinct people since long ago. On the basis of this ethnic division, the country has, most of the time, remained divided into two principalities. Old traditions have saved names of some local rulers like Sumalik and Bahman in the upper part, and Bula Sinhg and Raja Wai in the lower part. These were probably local chiefs, with small areas under them. Oral traditions tell of this region being ruled by great neighboring empires like China and Iran in the distant past. From 1320 to 1698 it was ruled by the Raees Dynasty. During the last years of the seventeenth century, the ancestor of the Katoor Dynasty, overthrew the Raees Dynasty. The head of the family, Mutaram Shah-I became Mehtar or king of the small kingdom. The entire region that now forms the Chitral District was a fully independent monarchy until 1885, when the British negotiated a subsidiary alliance with its hereditary ruler, the Mehtar, under which Chitral became a princely state, still sovereign but subject to the suzeraintyof the British Indian Empire.
- Independence Day (Urdu: یوم آزادی; Yaum-e Āzādī), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan. It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence and was declared a sovereign nation following the end of theBritish Raj in 1947. Pakistan came into existence as a result of the Pakistan Movement which aimed for the creation of an independent Muslim state by division of the north-western regions of South Asia. The movement was led by the All-India Muslim League under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The event was brought forth by the Indian Independence Act 1947 under which the British Raj gave independence to the Dominion of Pakistan(later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) which comprised West Pakistan (present-day Pakistan) and East Pakistan (nowBangladesh). In the Islamic calendar, the day of independence coincided with Ramadan 27, the eve of which, being Laylat al-Qadr, is regarded as sacred by Muslims.
usa
- 美國國防部上周六表示，由於巴基斯坦未採取果斷行動打擊區內武裝組織，決定取消給予該國的三億美元（約廿三億四千萬港元）援助，改為用於其他更緊急的事務上。華府早前暫停發放該筆援助，現時最終決定取消，反映美巴關係變得緊張，但決定有待國會通過。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180903/00180_009.html
netherlands
- https://tribune.com.pk/story/1842160/1-threats-dutch-envoy-pakistan/ The Netherlands said on Tuesday that its ambassador to Pakistan has faced “threats”, reportedly from people angry over blasphemous tweets by the far-right politician Geert Wilders.
- scmp 27jan19 dutch envoy returns despite islamist death threats
Saudi Arabia
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a65d2616-a78b-11e5-955c-1e1d6de94879.html Dozens of students emerge from Karachi’s Jamia Binoria Aalimiyah Islamic madrassa on a sunny afternoon, dressed in the white, Arabian-style robe with long sleeves known as the thawb. Normal garb in the Gulf states, it is striking on the streets of Pakistan, where clothes tend to be more colourful and tailored in the south Asian manner. Binoria is an Islamic school devoted to the Deobandi tenets of Sunni Islam, a conservative interpretation akin to the Wahhabi tradition practised in Saudi Arabia, and it is one of the institutions watched by western governments suspicious of links to Islamist violence and possible financial support from Saudi and other patrons in the Gulf. Saudi Arabia’s influence began to grow in Pakistan in the 1970s when Riyadh’s ultra-conservative ruling establishment teamed up with Pakistan’s military ruler, General Zia ul-Haq, and the US to aid the mujahideen fighting the Soviet occupation of neighbouring Afghanistan. After the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Saudis developed proxies in Pakistan to block the influence of Tehran. “Since Iran’s revolution, the Saudis have tried to build close ties with some political parties, the Islamic ones in particular, to expand their influence in Pakistan,” says a senior western diplomat in Islamabad. Riyadh’s influence has been felt in mainstream Pakistani politics. The Saudis helped prime minister Nawaz Sharif after his arrest in a 1999 military coup. He was subsequently exiled to Saudi Arabia but returned to Pakistan seven years later and resumed his political career after the Saudi leadership intervened on his behalf with General Pervez Musharraf, the military leader at the time. Pakistan’s policymakers recall the generous Saudi bailout following Islamabad’s maiden nuclear tests in 1998, when the kingdom sent them free oil for three years to counter punitive global sanctions. Al-Huda denies radicalising students. It says it has seen more than 20,000 women graduate in the past two decades and that its credentials have never been questioned. “We only teach the Koran and other subjects of Islam. Our message promotes peace,” Al-Huda says. A senior Pakistani official estimates that 80 per cent of the country’s madrassas are Deobandi, and as many as 2,000 “are involved in violent activities”.
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/477ff0de-e5d8-11e5-bc31-138df2ae9ee6.html Pakistan’s prime minister and army chief have flown to Saudi Arabia ahead of a large-scale international military exercise on Thursday, as they seek to reinforce the close ties between the two countries. The visit by Nawaz Sharif and Raheel Sharif for Thursday’s “North Thunder” event comes amid a growing debate in Pakistan over whether it should scale up its military relationship with Saudi Arabia — including taking a bigger role in Riyadh’s “military alliance” of Muslim nations fighting terrorism.
- 「隨着沙特阿拉伯同意以100億美元的投資加入中國─巴基斯坦經濟走廊（CPEC）項目，這個項目將得到大力推動」，《巴基斯坦日報》9月20日披露了這則消息。報道稱，隨着沙特加入「一帶一路」倡議（BRI），主要利益攸關方「伊斯蘭堡和北京」將加快努力，盡快完成CPEC項目。巴基斯坦正義運動黨中央副秘書長烏斯曼達爾20日也在推特上確認了這一消息稱，該國總理伊姆蘭汗領導的政府已經與沙特阿拉伯達成了100億美元的協議。報道稱，沙特阿拉伯將把位於俾路支省西南部的一個重要港口加達爾港變成一個石油城市。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180922/PDF/a17_screen.pdf
- ft 21nov18 Saudi Arabia has lent $1bn to Pakistan to help boost its liquid foreign currency reserves
uae
- https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2181078/united-arab-emirates-hands-pakistan-us6-billion-lifeline Pakistan is set to receive a US$6.2 billion lifeline courtesy of the United Arab Emirates, according to a senior government official in Islamabad.The package, which will include US$3.2 billion of oil supplies on deferred payment, was finalised during a meeting between Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday, said the official, who was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.
- 「隨着沙特阿拉伯同意以100億美元的投資加入中國─巴基斯坦經濟走廊（CPEC）項目，這個項目將得到大力推動」，《巴基斯坦日報》9月20日披露了這則消息。報道稱，隨着沙特加入「一帶一路」倡議（BRI），主要利益攸關方「伊斯蘭堡和北京」將加快努力，盡快完成CPEC項目。巴基斯坦正義運動黨中央副秘書長烏斯曼達爾20日也在推特上確認了這一消息稱，該國總理伊姆蘭汗領導的政府已經與沙特阿拉伯達成了100億美元的協議。報道稱，沙特阿拉伯將把位於俾路支省西南部的一個重要港口加達爾港變成一個石油城市。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180922/PDF/a17_screen.pdf
- ft 21nov18 Saudi Arabia has lent $1bn to Pakistan to help boost its liquid foreign currency reserves
uae
- https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2181078/united-arab-emirates-hands-pakistan-us6-billion-lifeline Pakistan is set to receive a US$6.2 billion lifeline courtesy of the United Arab Emirates, according to a senior government official in Islamabad.The package, which will include US$3.2 billion of oil supplies on deferred payment, was finalised during a meeting between Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday, said the official, who was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.
India
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170809/00178_004.html 巴基斯坦與印度在邊境衝突不斷，巴基斯坦日前在兩國交界立起一根約一百二十二米高的旗杆，計劃在下周一獨立日舉行升旗儀式。據悉旗杆將懸上長度逾三十六米的巨型巴基斯坦國旗。印度已率先表示不滿，指摘旗杆威脅印方安全。
- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/pakistan-lifts-ban-on-indian-cotton-imports/articleshow/55873021.cms Pakistan has lifted an "undeclared" ban on import of ginned cotton from India, days after rejecting a consignment of 10,000 bales of cotton from India citing violation of plant quarantine rules by importers.
- article on pakistan banning bollywood firms scmp 26feb17
- 非洲以至西亞多國遭蝗蟲侵襲，巴基斯坦本月初更宣布進入全國緊急狀態應對。雖然巴基斯坦去年因喀什米爾爭議而中止與印度的外交及貿易聯繫，但英媒引述巴方昨天會議的議程，指當局正考慮從印度入口殺蟲劑，以解決蝗災。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200219/00180_006.html
saudi arabia
- Pakistan wants to build an oil refinery near the deep-water port of Gwadar to reduce petroleum product imports, a planning official said on Tuesday as the government hosted a Saudi delegation reported to be considering funding the project. Pakistan is also during the Saudi visit expected to seek financial assistance from its oil-rich ally to avoid another bailout by the International Monetary Fund amid a foreign currency crisis fuelled by a widening current accounts deficit.https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4N1WI321
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170809/00178_004.html 巴基斯坦與印度在邊境衝突不斷，巴基斯坦日前在兩國交界立起一根約一百二十二米高的旗杆，計劃在下周一獨立日舉行升旗儀式。據悉旗杆將懸上長度逾三十六米的巨型巴基斯坦國旗。印度已率先表示不滿，指摘旗杆威脅印方安全。
- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/pakistan-lifts-ban-on-indian-cotton-imports/articleshow/55873021.cms Pakistan has lifted an "undeclared" ban on import of ginned cotton from India, days after rejecting a consignment of 10,000 bales of cotton from India citing violation of plant quarantine rules by importers.
- article on pakistan banning bollywood firms scmp 26feb17
- 非洲以至西亞多國遭蝗蟲侵襲，巴基斯坦本月初更宣布進入全國緊急狀態應對。雖然巴基斯坦去年因喀什米爾爭議而中止與印度的外交及貿易聯繫，但英媒引述巴方昨天會議的議程，指當局正考慮從印度入口殺蟲劑，以解決蝗災。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200219/00180_006.html
saudi arabia
- Pakistan wants to build an oil refinery near the deep-water port of Gwadar to reduce petroleum product imports, a planning official said on Tuesday as the government hosted a Saudi delegation reported to be considering funding the project. Pakistan is also during the Saudi visit expected to seek financial assistance from its oil-rich ally to avoid another bailout by the International Monetary Fund amid a foreign currency crisis fuelled by a widening current accounts deficit.https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4N1WI321
- https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2181866/saudi-arabia-build-us10-billion-oil-refinery-china-funded Saudi Arabia plans to set up a US$10 billion oil refinery at Pakistan’s deep water port of Gwadar, which is being developed with the help of China, the Saudi energy minister said on Saturday.
afghanistan
- 巴基斯坦軍隊近日出動火箭炮，轟擊阿富汗坎大哈省的邊境城市平布爾達克，造成後者十五死逾八十傷。雖然巴阿兩國基於英國殖民統治時期遺留的歷史問題，一直存在領土糾紛，但雙方多年來大致保持克制。在南亞局勢動盪的當下，巴軍下重手炮擊阿國，顯然並非出於偶然。由於美國急欲撤離阿國，使得它扶植的政府頓失依靠。阿國政府目前面對最大威脅來自塔利班，這使得它急需找尋新靠山以求自保。有消息指，阿國當局正向印度招手，希望得到新德里軍事支持，自然引起巴國不安。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200807/00192_001.html
malaysia
- Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday praised Malaysia
for its friendship and promised to buy more palm oil from the Southeast Asian nation, as he acknowledged pressure from “friends” was behind his withdrawal from last December’s summit of Muslim world leaders organised by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3048956/pakistan-buy-more-palm-oil-malaysia-pm-khan-explains-withdrawal
chinese
- 內地不少單身男士遠赴巴基斯坦娶妻，官媒提醒公民，不要經非法婚姻介紹公司娶妻，同時不要為娶妻而假裝入教，否則最高可被判監七年。文章又提醒巴國女性的合法結婚年齡為十八歲，法院經常以金錢、彩禮為判斷拐賣人口的依據，巴國習俗新郎一般送給新娘家人不超過五千盧比（約二百五十四港元）的禮物。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190915/00178_025.html
China- 巴基斯坦軍隊近日出動火箭炮，轟擊阿富汗坎大哈省的邊境城市平布爾達克，造成後者十五死逾八十傷。雖然巴阿兩國基於英國殖民統治時期遺留的歷史問題，一直存在領土糾紛，但雙方多年來大致保持克制。在南亞局勢動盪的當下，巴軍下重手炮擊阿國，顯然並非出於偶然。由於美國急欲撤離阿國，使得它扶植的政府頓失依靠。阿國政府目前面對最大威脅來自塔利班，這使得它急需找尋新靠山以求自保。有消息指，阿國當局正向印度招手，希望得到新德里軍事支持，自然引起巴國不安。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200807/00192_001.html
malaysia
- Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday praised Malaysia
for its friendship and promised to buy more palm oil from the Southeast Asian nation, as he acknowledged pressure from “friends” was behind his withdrawal from last December’s summit of Muslim world leaders organised by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3048956/pakistan-buy-more-palm-oil-malaysia-pm-khan-explains-withdrawal
chinese
- 內地不少單身男士遠赴巴基斯坦娶妻，官媒提醒公民，不要經非法婚姻介紹公司娶妻，同時不要為娶妻而假裝入教，否則最高可被判監七年。文章又提醒巴國女性的合法結婚年齡為十八歲，法院經常以金錢、彩禮為判斷拐賣人口的依據，巴國習俗新郎一般送給新娘家人不超過五千盧比（約二百五十四港元）的禮物。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190915/00178_025.html
- history
- The history of the military collusion between China and Pakistan goes back over fifty years. During the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan wars, China had made some threatening military manoeuvres in Tibet in support of Pakistan. It is also noteworthy that during the Kargil conflict in 1999, Chinese military advisors were reported to have been present at Skardu in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. China has consistently shown inflexibility on the resolution of the territorial and boundary dispute with India since the two nations fought a war over it in 1962. Despite 18 rounds of talks between political interlocutors and many meetings of the Joint Working Group, there has been no progress. Even the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has not been clearly demarcated on military maps and on the ground due to China's intransigence. https://www.dailyo.in/politics/pakistan-china-xi-jinping-gwadar-nuclear/story/1/3246.html
- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/nation/2015-02/17/content_15228929.html Trip likely to take place at early date, senior Islamabad envoy says. President Xi Jinping's expected visit to Pakistan this year will "mark a visible upgrading" of the bilateral relationship and add new substance to current strategic ties, a visiting senior Pakistani diplomat has told China Daily. Syed Tariq Fatemi, Pakistan's Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said the visit is "likely to take place at an early date". Pakistan "attaches the highest importance" to the visit and the two sides will spare no effort to make it "a historic occasion" that "leaves a deep imprint" on the relationship. Fatemi, a veteran Pakistani diplomat, pointed out that if the visit goes ahead it will be the first by a Chinese head of state in nine years. Then-president Hu Jintao visited Pakistan in 2006. The diplomat anticipated that the Pakistan visit will be the first stop of Xi's foreign tour in 2015.
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1772371/china-and-pakistan-push-all-weather-ties
- 中國國務院總理李克強昨日在北京同巴基斯坦總理伊姆蘭·汗舉行會談。李克強指出，中巴經濟走廊實施的項目是經過充分論證、符合商業原則、有經濟回報的。中方願繼續按照公開、透明原則，同巴方持續加快推進中巴經濟走廊建設，造福兩國人民。伊姆蘭·汗表示，巴方視中巴經濟走廊為重大發展機遇，極大提升了巴人民福祉，促進了巴經濟社會發展，將繼續致力於堅定推進中巴經濟走廊建設，採取有力措施保護走廊項目和中方機構人員安全。會談後，李克強和伊姆蘭·汗共同見證了兩國科研、司法、減貧、衛生、海關等領域十餘項雙邊合作協議的簽署。中巴同意建立兩國外長戰略對話。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/11/04/a11-1104.pdf
- 國家主席習近平昨日在北京會見了巴基斯坦陸軍參謀長巴傑瓦。習近平說，中巴是全天候戰略合作夥伴，是鐵桿朋友。雙方在重大國際和地區問題上保持了高度一致，中方始終高度重視中巴關係。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/09/20/a18-0920.pdf
- 國務委員兼外長王毅在阿富汗喀布爾出席第二次中阿巴三方外長對話後向中外記者表示，對話取得圓滿成功，我們就三方合作達成新的廣泛共識http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/12/16/a04-1216.pdf
- https://www.ft.com/content/543a4fb6-29ae-11e7-bc4b-5528796fe35c China’s investments, rather than prioritising Pakistan’s development interests, favours its own strategic ones. But it will be Pakistan that has to pay back the loans that fund the projects. China is planning up to $55bn worth of infrastructure and energy projects as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. This will link its west with the Gwadar port in southern Pakistan through railways, roads and energy supply pipelines. Pakistan has also become the biggest importer of Chinese military hardware and has eight submarines on order. The terms of these contracts are not disclosed, making it impossible for Pakistanis to determine whether they are getting value for money. Nor is there any guarantee that the projects will be commercially viable. You do not have to look far to find Chinese-backed white elephants. The Hambantota port in Sri Lanka, which struggles to pay staff salaries, is one. The most obvious risk for China is that Pakistan ultimately proves unable to honour its debts, and that it becomes as undependable a client as it has for the US. Islamabad has encouraged fundamentalist Islam with one hand of the state while checking it with another, poisoning relations with Washington. For the same reason, it may be a complicated partner for the Chinese, who have every reason to fear Islamist influence spreading across their western border. It might be tempting for the US to breathe a sigh of relief as China bails out its erstwhile client. This would be a mistake. It would also be a mistake for the US to see Pakistan as the object of rivalry between itself and China. Instead, the two superpowers have a common interest in a prosperous Pakistan, one that stops exporting terrorists around the world and begins to stabilise its tortuous relationship with its other neighbour, India.
- 5日，记者在哈电集团哈尔滨锅炉厂（简称哈锅）了解到，由哈锅自主设计製造的巴基斯坦萨希瓦尔2台66万千瓦超临界燃煤电站2号机组锅炉圆满完成168小时满负荷试运，标誌着中巴经济走廊首个能源项目全部建成投产。巴基斯坦萨希瓦尔2台66万千瓦燃煤电站工程是中巴经济走廊优先实施的能源项目，自2015年7月31日开工到建成投产，歷时22个月，比原计划提前6个月，创下了中国企业海外同类型电站项目建设新纪录，被巴基斯坦政府誉为“创造了巴基斯坦电力建设史上的奇迹”。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170706/PDF/a21_screen.pdf
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150813/PDF/a7_screen.pdf 據中新社報道， 中巴經濟走廊論壇（新疆．克拉瑪 依）12日落下帷幕。論壇簽署了20 項合作備忘錄，總值約103.5億元人 民幣，論壇同時審議通過了《克拉 瑪依宣言》。 簽約的清單內容包括中巴雙方 在能源、電力、工業園區等基礎設 施建設項目，積極服務中巴雙方的 經濟發展；也包括教育、培訓、醫 療、農業、民生、文化等領域的合 作，讓發展成果切實惠及民眾；還 包括中巴經濟走廊（新疆．克拉瑪 依）論壇的聯合規劃與建設協議， 努力搭建可持續的對話協商平台。 論壇上，中國喀什地區與巴基 斯坦吉爾吉特─巴爾蒂斯坦地區宣 布正式建立友好地區關係。 這些合作項目的達成，進一步 深化中巴雙方在政治、經濟、社會 、文化、生態等領域的交流合作， 促進政策溝通、設施聯通、貿易暢 通、資金融通和民心相通，為加快 建設中巴經濟走廊和 「一帶一路」 產生了積極推動和示範效應。 閉幕式上還審議通過了成果文 件《克拉瑪依宣言》。 《宣言》強調了 「共商中巴合 作，共建繁榮走廊，共享和諧發展 」這一主題，重申了和平合作，開 放包容、互學互鑒、互利共贏的古 絲綢之路精神，讚賞 「絲綢之路經 濟帶」和 「21世紀海上絲綢之路」 為古絲路精神在新時期的傳承和發 展，為沿線國家最終打造政治互信 、經濟融合、文化包容的利益、責 任和命運共同體制定了宏偉藍圖和 美好願景。
- trade ties
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2015-04/20/content_20482475.htm Back in the 1960s and 1970s, tens of thousands of Chinese workers and engineers were sent to Pakistan to help build the Karakoram Highway connecting Pakistan to China. Hundreds died during the construction, and 88 of those are buried in the cemetery near Manzoor's home. His father helped build the cemetery in early 1970; afterward, he applied to be its keeper. "I was told that those Chinese workers were very disciplined. They lived in tents, planted vegetables around their tents and cooked by themselves. They built roads for us, but never took advantage," Manzoor said.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150421/PDF/a6_screen.pdf 中國駐巴大使館經商處提供的數據顯示，去年中巴貿 易總額為160.06億美元，其中中國對巴基斯坦出口132.48億 美元，兩國貿易結構存在明顯順差。薩利姆認為，一旦瓜港 成為伊朗、阿富汗等周邊國家對華出口前哨，將有利於平衡 兩國貿易。新疆是 「一帶一路 」核心區，沿着始建於上世紀60年代的喀喇崑崙公路一路往 西南方向，便到了巴基斯坦伊斯蘭堡首都經濟圈。拉合爾、 卡拉奇所在的旁遮普省和信德省把持着巴國近七成國民經濟 ，與佔國土面積近半的俾路支省落後的交通和經濟地位形成 強烈反差。薩利姆也感到是時候解決區域發展失衡了， 「俾 路支省的情況與新疆不如上海發達一樣，中國人建設並運營 瓜達爾港，能夠把中國西部和暖海連接，帶動俾路支的發展 。 『中巴經濟走廊』成型後，新疆也將從中國的西部變成中 亞的中心。具體來看，原來從瓜達爾港出發，經馬六甲海峽 到中國的上海，需要一個星期時間，但經 『中巴經濟走廊』 ，從瓜達爾港可直接通往新疆，這最多只要兩天。也就是說 ，作為 『一帶一路』核心區的新疆獲得了一個省時省力的出 海口。」「中巴經濟走廊」給這個港口帶來了新商 機，尤其是和空間幾近飽和的卡拉奇港相比， 卡西姆港有更多的閒置土地可供開發。阿克塔 說，卡西姆港和新加坡聖淘沙地理結構相似， 「你看港口操作區以外還有這麼多相互獨立的 小島，我們會疏浚新航道，每個小島都可以作 為單獨的企業工業園區。」 阿克塔說他十分了解中國今後有巨大的海 外工業園建設需求，並不諱言卡西姆港的全新 規劃就是瞄準了有轉移生產力需求的中國企業 ， 「想買一個也可以，若打包都買走，我更歡 迎。」他還強調， 「對於那些想要開拓中亞和 中東以及東非市場的中國企業而言，入駐卡 西姆港是不二之選。」 在卡西姆港的國際集裝箱貨櫃碼頭，記 者見到了經營這個碼頭的瓦斯姆．阿瑪德． 可汗。一談起最近碼頭的生意，可汗就直 吐苦水， 「阿富汗戰爭的時候，美軍的軍 火都從這兒走，生意好得不得了，但現 在運轉量只有滿負荷時的七成。」更令 人感到憂慮的是，巴基斯坦國內本就虛 弱的製造業還紛紛出走到孟加拉等國 ， 「失業率也居高不下，我特別希望 中巴經濟走廊沿線的產業能 夠成為我們的拯救者。」
- fta
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150114/PDF/a5_screen.pdf 中國商務部13日透露，中國─巴基斯坦自貿區第二階段談判第三次會議於2015年1月6至8日在伊斯蘭堡成功舉行。雙方同意，加快第二階段談判進程。商務部13日發布的新聞稿稱，本次會議中，中巴雙方就中巴自貿區第一階段降稅實施效果、第二階段貨物貿易降稅模式、服務和投資領域擴大開放等議題進行了磋商，談判取得積極進展。與此同時，雙方還討論了下一步工作安排，同意加快談判進程，早日結束第二階段談判。
- 據商務部網站報道：《 中華人民共和國政府和巴基斯坦伊斯蘭共 和國政府關於修訂自由貿易協定的議定 書》於2019年12月1日正式生效。《議定 書》規定，中巴兩國間相互實施零關稅產 品的稅目數比例將從此前的35%逐步增加 至75%。 《議定書》對原自貿協定中的貨物貿 易市場准入及關稅減讓表、原產地規則、 貿易救濟、投資等內容進行了升級和修訂 ，並新增了海關合作章節。 其中，核心內容是在原自貿協定基礎 上，大幅提高貨物貿易自由化水平。根據 《議定書》，雙方將對佔各自稅目數比例 5%的其他產品實施20%幅度的部分降稅 。經雙方協商，關稅減讓將在完成必要國 內程序後盡快實施。 中巴自貿協定於2006年11月簽署， 2007年7月生效實施。雙方於2011年3月 啟動自貿協定第二階段談判，於2019年4 月結束談判並簽署《議定書》。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20191203/PDF/a11_screen.pdf
- military
- 據深圳 海關統計，今年前11月，深圳海關為深圳外貿企業簽 發中巴自貿協議原產地證書2357份，企業享受關稅減 免約為1140萬美元。http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/201912/1204/HZ21C04CHBB_HKCD.pdf
- 中國與巴基斯坦海軍周一在北阿拉伯海，舉行為期九日的聯合海軍演習。中國南部戰區派出五艘軍艦，展開防空反潛訓練。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200108/00180_009.html
- 巴基斯坦在接壤印度的前線空軍基地，部署與中國合作研製的JF17戰機，演練緊急起飛。巴國空軍參謀長恩沃爾汗（Mujahid Anwar Khan）上周五至六前往視察。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200730/00178_014.html
- arms trade
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/02/us-china-pakistan-idUSKBN0MT05M20150402 Pakistan is close to agreeing a multi-billion dollar deal to buy eight submarines from China, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, in what would be one of China's largest overseas weapons sales. The decision had been agreed "in principle", the newspaper said, citing a hearing in the Pakistani parliament's defense committee. Pakistani newspaper the Dawn said negotiations with China were at an advanced stage. Pakistani defense officials could not immediately be reached for comment. China's Ministry of Defense declined to comment. A former senior Pakistan navy officer with knowledge of the negotiations told the Financial Times the contract could be worth $4 billion to $5 billion. It was unclear what type of submarine Pakistan was looking to buy but China has poured resources into developing diesel- and nuclear-powered submarines in recent years.http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a2c22012-d845-11e4-ba53-00144feab7de.html
- 梟龍戰機的出世，創下中國戰機研 製乃至軍貿史上多個首次。梟龍飛機 的研製非常有針對性，其戰技指標完 全是巴基斯坦空軍根據其作戰需求給 出，屬於「客戶需要什麼，我們才設 計、生產、銷售什麼」，這實現了中 國軍貿模式的創新。 依照慣例，研製新機型，一般需 要十幾年甚至 20年時間。梟龍戰機 從簽訂研製合同到完成首飛，僅僅 用了 4年時間。從凍結技術狀態到首 飛成功，僅僅用了 23個月時間，創 造了中國航空發展史上的奇跡。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/04/28/a05-0428.pdf
- 巴基斯坦海軍上將扎考拉周日表示，巴國海軍已經和中國簽署最終合同，將向中方採購多艘新型護衞艦。這是首次傳出巴國向中方購買護衞艦的確切消息，但目前尚未知巴方選擇的軍艦型號。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171010/00178_004.html
- 南亞局勢緊張之際，新型JF17B戰機已進入巴基斯坦空軍第16黑豹中隊服役。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200728/00180_005.html
- 山西太原衞星發射中心周五上午十一時廿二分，利用長征四號乙運載火箭，成功將包括中巴地球資源衞星04A星在內的九顆衞星順利送入預定軌道。此次任務同時搭載了中國贈埃塞俄比亞的微小衞星，以助該國應對氣候變化研究。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191221/00178_009.html
- Gwador Port
- The word "Gwadar" is a combination of two "Balochi" words-"Gwat" means wind and "Dar" means Gateway. so the meaning of Gwadar is "The Gateway of wind". A theory is that the name derived from the ancient name of Baluchistan, "Gedrosia", which was given by the Greeks to the arid area of southern Baluchistan.
- 「觀察者」網報道，由中國援建、 巴基斯坦第三大港口瓜達爾港已基本竣工，預計4月中 旬投入運營。據悉，2013年3月，中國公司取得瓜達爾 港的運營控制權。起點從瓜達爾港終點到喀什，貫穿巴 基斯坦南北和連結中國西部的中巴鐵路與公路一旦貫通 ，將石油運到瓜達爾港，再由陸路輸往中國，中國的石 油運輸路程將縮短85%。 據悉，瓜達爾港的基礎設施建設已到收官階段，正 全力建設自貿區，眾多國內國際公司已在當地建立商展 中心，將利用瓜達爾港作為其主要進出口港。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150222/PDF/a9_screen.pdf
- hkej 23apr15 a24 沈旭暉' s article on Gwador as China's "Hong Kong" in Pakistan
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150910/PDF/a9_screen.pdf 巴基斯坦瓜達爾港港務局日前表示，當局將把瓜達爾港2000畝土地租賃給中國43年，用於建設瓜達爾港首個經濟特區，預計該經濟特區相關基礎設施建設耗資3500萬美元。分析指，瓜港首個經濟特區的建立，不但能對巴基斯坦的經濟發展模式，產生示範作用，還能進一步提振經濟水平。 據鳳凰衞視、國際在線報道：據瞭解，瓜達爾港務局於今年6月完成了1500畝土地的徵收工作，另外500畝的徵收工作也將很快完成，所徵土地主要來自巴基斯坦海軍和俾路支省政府緊鄰規劃的集裝箱貨堆區，該經濟特區相關基礎設施建設預計耗資3500萬美元。瓜港務局表示，目前已將這2000畝地租賃給中國，中方將享有43年的租賃權。巴基斯坦前駐華大使馬蘇德．汗表示，這對提振巴基斯坦經濟大有助益：“我認為巴基斯坦所能獲得的最大益處主要還是在於經濟互通領域”。
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20151111/PDF/a8_screen.pdf巴基斯坦政府於11月11 日向中國海外港口控股有限公司移交瓜達 爾港自貿區2281畝土地使用權，租期43年 。據悉，瓜達爾港自貿區建設旨在消除關 稅壁壘，減少行政審批程序，從而增強其 吸引外資和商貿往來的能力。分析指，包 括瓜達爾港建設在內的中巴經濟走廊合作 不僅是中巴全天候戰略合作夥伴關係的體 現，同時瓜港首個經濟特區的建立還能對 巴基斯坦的經濟發展模式產生示範作用， 提振當地經濟水平。
- http://www.hkcd.com.hk/pdf/201511/1130/HS01B30CHAA.pdf
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160916/PDF/a5_screen.pdf聯通 中巴經濟走廊南端的瓜達爾港自由區九 月正式啟幕。瓜達爾國際碼頭有限公司 總裁戴小龍向大公報記者透露，目前已 經有中資企業啖頭湯，巴基斯坦國內多 個部門亦和自由港簽署合作備忘錄，支 撐未來發展。大公報記者了解到，首批入駐園區 企業和項目包括總部位於武漢東川可耐 特水務技術公司、臨沂商城商貿物流園 區等。http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-china-port-idUSKBN1380LU Pakistan's prime minister and army chief welcomed on Sunday the first large shipment of Chinese goods through the renovated port of Gwadar, part of a trade link between western China and the Arabian Sea
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/11/27/a10-1127.pdf 據俄羅斯衛星新聞網引述巴 基斯坦《論壇快報》（The Express Tribune） 報道稱，巴基斯坦打算向中國和土耳其購買軍 艦，以組建中隊確保瓜達爾港附近水域安全。
- 今年春节前，首批从瓜达尔港沿陆路运输的巴基斯坦海鲜，只需10天时间便可以经由红其拉甫口岸进口到中国新疆，比原定海上运输的时间节省约25天至30天，价格亦比市面同品种便宜。今年4月1日起，随着红其拉甫口岸正式开关，新疆从巴基斯坦进口海鲜将常态化，标誌着中巴经济走廊贸易新年开新局。分析指，中巴陆路贸易、中国和南亚西亚贸易将迎来快速增长期。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170214/PDF/a20_screen.pdf
- 據中新社報道，中交二航局昨日發佈消息稱，該局承建的巴基斯坦瓜達爾自由區當天正式開園，並舉辦第一屆瓜達爾國際商品展銷會。巴基斯坦總理阿巴西、中國駐巴基斯坦大使姚敬出席了當天的相關活動。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/01/30/a15-0130.pdf
- financial
- banks
- hydropower- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2153268/china-lends-us1-billion-pakistan-speculation-over-imf China has lent Pakistan US$1 billion to boost the South Asian country’s plummeting foreign currency reserves, two sources in Pakistan’s finance ministry told Reuters, amid growing speculation of another International Monetary Fund bailout.
- banks
- 新疆首家外国银行─巴基斯坦哈比银行乌鲁木齐分行日前在乌鲁木齐高新区（新市区）创新广场正式开业，这将加快“中巴经济走廊”发展，推动新疆丝绸之路经济带核心区建设。据悉，哈比银行是巴基斯坦最大私营银行，乌鲁木齐分行是哈比银行在中国设立的首家营业性机构。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170322/PDF/a6_screen.pdf
- 阿里巴巴集團昨日宣佈，在巴基斯坦總理謝里夫（Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif）到訪位於杭州的阿里巴巴總部時，與該國貿易發展局（TDAP）簽署戰略合作備忘錄，將攜手通過電子商務促進巴基斯坦中小企業全球化。根據合作備忘錄，阿里巴巴、螞蟻金服和TDAP將通過電子商務發展，提升巴基斯坦中小企業面向全球的產品出口增長。阿里巴巴還將提供培訓計劃，對中小企業進行線上和線下培訓，從而協助中小企業登陸阿里巴巴平台、通過電子商務改善出口業務。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/05/17/b06-0517.pdf
- 螞蟻金服宣佈已與挪威Telenor集團達成戰略合作夥伴關係，螞蟻金服將出資1.845億美元（約11.5億人民幣）購入Telenor在巴基斯坦的子公司TMB（Telenor Microfinance Bank）45%股權。螞蟻金服將通過分享支付寶的技術和經驗，為更多的巴基斯坦用戶提供移動支付等數碼普惠金融服務。螞蟻金服相關負責人表示，冀助當地最大的手機金融服務平台Easypaisa，未來升級成當地版「支付寶」。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/03/15/b02-0315.pdf
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/05/09/b02-0509.pdf阿里巴巴集團已收購其南亞電商平台Daraz Group的全部股權。Rocket Internet未披露財務細節。Daraz於2012年在巴基斯坦創立，在巴基斯坦、孟加拉、緬甸、斯里蘭卡和尼泊爾經營在線市場。Rocket表示，在出售給阿里巴巴之後，Daraz將繼續以原來的品牌營運。
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-12/19/content_27704359.htm China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co Ltd or CET, a subsidiary of State Grid Corp of China, said it will participate in the largest direct-current high-voltage transmission project along the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The 910-km, 660-kilovolt Matiari-Lahore DC transmission line, a project to be built on engineering, procurement and construction or EPC basis, also includes two converter stations. EPC contracts are common in the construction industry. The transmission line is being constructed as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or CPEC. It starts from a converter station at Matiari near Hyderabad city in Sindh province and ends at Nankana Sahab near Lahore city in Punjab province.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170516/PDF/a8_screen.pdf據觀察者網報道 ：中巴兩國13日簽署具有里程碑意 義的水利合作備忘錄，涉及印度河 流域的5個水庫項目，項目總金額達 500億美元（約3,896億港元），電站 建成後將釋放該區域約4萬兆瓦的水 電潛能，約佔巴基斯坦全國水電總 量的2/3。其中，迪阿莫—巴沙大壩 （Diamer-Bhasha Dam）建設是上述 項目中的重中之重，涉及金額達120 億美元，預計9年內完工，目前已在 進行水文地質方面的可行性研究。
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2120261/pakistan-pulls-plug-dam-deal-over-chinas-too-strict Pakistan has decided to cancel a US$14 billion infrastructure agreement with China because it could not accept the hyper strict conditions, local media reported, in another setback to Beijing’s overseas ambitions.
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2015-04/21/content_20496280.htm Karot Hydropower Project to be run by China for 30 years before handover. China's $40 billion Silk Road Fund for investment, part of the nation's commitment to the Belt and Road initiative, announced its first project on Monday during President Xi Jinping's visit to Islamabad. Silk Road Fund Co, the management arm of the fund, has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Three Gorges Corp and the Pakistan Private Power and Infrastructure Board to provide capital to build the Karot Hydropower Project on the Jhelum River in northeast Pakistan. It is the fund's first investment project since being established in Beijing in December. According to the agreement, the fund will provide capital and serve as a major shareholder in China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd, a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corp, to support clean-energy development projects in Pakistan. The fund also will provide loans to the project by joining in a consortium led by the Export-Import Bank of China. Karot Hydropower Station is a priority project within the broader China-Pakistan Economic Corridor initiative, proposed by Premier Li Keqiang in May 2013. The initiative aims to build a $46 billion, 3,000-km-long route from China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region through the Karakoram mountain range and Pakistan's Balochistan, to the Gwadar Port, connecting China, Pakistan and the Arab world. The project is in the fourth stage of the river's five-stage development plan, with an installed capacity of 720,000 kilowatts, and an annual power generation capacity of 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours. It requires a total investment of about $1.65 billion. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-21/china-picks-pakistan-dam-as-first-stop-on-40-billion-silk-road
- w.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/1774877/damned-if-you-do-china-avoids-involvement-pakistans-contentious China's US$45 billion push into Pakistan is skirting one of the Indian subcontinent's most dangerous flashpoints. The proposed 4,500-megawatt Diamer Bhasha hydropower plant in Kashmir would eliminate about half of Pakistan's power shortfall and irrigate more than a million hectares of parched farmland. While both the US and China have promised to help Pakistan find private investors for the dam, they've resisted putting up the cash themselves. China's reluctance shows that its push to finance infrastructure across Asia hardly amounts to a blank cheque. It also keeps leaders in Beijing away from a project in a disputed area that has triggered three wars between Pakistan and India, where tensions over shared waters are rising. "China is doing a smart thing by putting money up for smaller projects with better returns," said Priyanka Singh, an associate fellow at the New Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, who has published papers on the Diamer Bhasha project. "China has made its calculations and concluded that it doesn't directly serve its interests."
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-03/10/content_28502746.htm China has contracted to build a hydroelectric power project in Pakistan, with the first phase of investment reaching $2.5 billion. China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd has agreed to invest more than $1.72 billion for the construction of the main works of the 5,400MW Dasu hydropower project in the country, cooperating with the local water and power development authority, the company said on Thursday. According to Deng Yinqi, vice president of CGGC, a member company of the China Energy Engineering Corporation, the construction of the hydropower project is a significant milestone in Chinese construction going global.
- The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/05/07/a09-0507.pdf巴基斯坦尼魯姆－傑盧姆 水電站項目引水隧洞全線貫通儀式當地時間 5日在巴控克什米爾地區項目基地舉行，標 誌着這一由中企承建的巴最大在建水電項目 核心工程完工。該項目由中國葛洲壩集團股份有限公司和 中國機械設備進出口總公司組成的聯合體負 責建設、葛洲壩集團第三工程有限公司牽頭 實施，於 2008年 1月 30日正式開工。總裝機 容量 969 兆瓦。項目為長隧洞引水式發電 站，其中總長約 68公里的引水隧洞貫穿喜馬 拉雅山西段複雜地質帶，是整個項目建設中 最關鍵、施工難度最大的工程。
- highway
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-02/22/content_23585618.htm The improvement of the Karakoram Highway of the China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor has greatly boosted transportation of farm produce and tourism in thenorth of Pakistan, said top executives of China Communications ConstructionCompany Ltd or CCCC that has aided the renovation. The highway, which used to be open for only four months every year, runs throughthe year now. "The improved road has enhanced the economic ties between China and Pakistan.It is a road leading to abundant wealth and prosperity for the Pakistani people," saidSun Ziyu, vice-president of CCCC, a major Chinese State-owned enterpriseprincipally engaged in the design and construction of transportation infrastructure. "A smooth road plays an important role in China's investment in agriculture,infrastructure and energy in Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is akey hub along the Belt and Road Initiative since it connects the Silk Road EconomicBelt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road," said Sun. The Karakoram Highway is the northern section of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a $46-billion project that connects Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistanto China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region via a vast network ofhighways and railways. The 1,224-kilometer Karakoram Highway is one of the highest paved internationalroads in the world. It connects Xinjiang of China and Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistanacross the Karakoram mountain range at a height of 4,693 metres from the sealevel. The construction of the highway started in 1960s with China's aid, and finished in1979. It is the only land way to connect the north of Pakistan with the capitalIslamabad and the southern coastal regions. It is also the only route on the landbetween China and Pakistan.
- 據新華社報道，巴基斯坦拉合 爾軌道交通橙線項目當地時間 10日舉行建成和 試車儀式，標誌着巴基斯坦首條城市軌道交通項 目建設完成。 該項目位於巴基斯坦東部旁遮普省首府拉合爾 市，是中巴經濟走廊早期收穫項目之一，由中國 鐵路總公司和中國北方工業公司聯合承建。項目 總投資約16億美元，於2015年9月動工。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2019/12/12/a12-1212.pdf
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170211/PDF/a9_screen.pdf中国和巴基斯坦“陆地生命线”最艰险的一段、全长70.2公里的中巴公路G314线奥依塔克镇至布伦口段，近日竣工通车。
- nuclear
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-05/31/content_25544297.htm Construction is expected to start next month on the third unit at the K3 plant－theKarachi nuclear power plant using a reactor developed by China National NuclearCorporation. The plant is being built by CNNC using Hualong One, its own third-generationnuclear reactor design. CNNC spokesman Pan Jianming said on Monday it is the second nuclear powerproject in Pakistan to use the Hualong One technology, after construction started atthe K2 plant in August last year. "Hualong One was developed based on very mature technologies and the project isgoing very smoothly. It will help ease power shortages in the Karachi region aftercompletion," Pan told a forum in Fuqing, Fujian province, where the Hualong Onepilot project is based.
- 印度新德里电视台（NDTV）9月8日报道称，巴基斯坦总理沙希德．哈坎．阿巴西于当天为恰希玛核电站四号反应堆机组揭幕，标誌着该反应堆正式投入商业运行。该机组是巴基斯坦第5座反应堆，也是中国对巴出口的第4座核能机组。该机组装机容量340兆瓦，技术来源是中国秦山核电站一号机组。巴基斯坦为解决电力缺口问题，计划建造4座300兆瓦级和7座1000兆瓦级核反应堆，而这些核电机组，都将来自中国。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170910/PDF/a6_screen.pdf
- 中核集團5日披露，繼全球首堆開始裝料後，中國自主三代核電華龍一號建設進展再傳佳音。當地時間9月4日，華龍一號海外首堆──巴基斯坦卡拉奇核電K-2機組完成一回路降溫降壓，標誌着K-2機組熱態性能試驗圓滿結束，為後續機組裝料、併網發電等重大節點奠定了堅實基礎，進一步增強了「一帶一路」沿線國家對華龍一號的信心。http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/232108/2020/0906/494777.html
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2016-08/20/content_26542626.htm Chinese clean-energy group Golden Concord Holdings Ltd is competing withShanghai Electric Power Co for control of K-Electric Ltd, the $2.3 billion Pakistaniutility, people with knowledge of the matter said. The two Chinese companies are among bidders asked to submit binding offers bythe end of this month for Abraaj Group's 66 percent holding in K-Electric, accordingto the people. French utility Engie SA and at least one investment fund are also inthe final round, one of the people said, asking not to be identified because theinformation is private. The stake was valued at about $1.5 billion based on thecompany's stock price Thursday in Karachi, according to data compiled byBloomberg.
- http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-09/02/content_26678747.htm Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd, a Shanghai-listed power supplier, said it intends to acquire a majority stake in K-Electric Ltd, a Pakistan power utility, from a Dubai-based investor, according to its filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2016-10/31/content_27224588.htm China's Shanghai Electric power company will buy a controlling stake in K-Electric, a power generation and distribution company in Pakistan's largest city, for $1.77 billion
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170323/PDF/a9_screen.pdf中國電 力國際有限公司參與投資建設的胡布燃煤 電站項目21日在巴基斯坦俾路支省胡布地 區舉行開工儀式。這標誌着中巴經濟走廊 又一大型能源項目正式破土動工。
- telecom
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/tech/2017-02/10/content_28159429.htm China Mobile Communications Corp, the world's largest telecom carrier by subscribers, will invest $200 million in Pakistan this year to expand its presence. The Beijing-based company confirmed to China Daily on Thursday that it will expand its Pakistani network by adding 3G and 4G sites, taking the overall tally to more than 10,000 sites by the end of 2017. China Mobile's Pakistan branch, also known as Zong, has pumped $2.1 billion into the country. As of 2016, it had about 6,000 4G sites.
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2017-03/31/content_28749351.htmFree eye surgeries done by Chinese medical teams will help 500 cataract patients in Pakistan see better this year, under a plan released on Thursday by the Chinese Foundation for Lifeline Express. The medical aid - the fund's second such trip outside China - is expected to bring a higher quality of life to more people in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, according to Nellie Fong, who started the foundation.
- measures for chinese
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2015-09/22/content_21943760.htm Pakistan offers unique opportunities for Chinese small and medium-sizedenterprises, its commerce minister said, citing his country's educated workforce,growing economy, strategic location and enhanced security. The country has made detailed plans for its armed forces and local lawenforcement to better protect Chinese citizens working there, Pakistani Minister ofCommerce Khurram Dastgir Khan said in an interview on Thursday in Beijing. "Security is being taken care of at the highest level. We take security very seriously,and want to ensure nothing happens," Dastgir said. More than 13,000 Chinesecurrently work in Pakistan, a number that is expected to increase as trade tiesdeepen, according to Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khalid.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2826904/Pakistan-wins-China-investment-worth-42-billion.html
- http://online.wsj.com/articles/pakistans-sharif-heading-to-beijing-to-sign-energy-infrastructure-pacts-1415293363, hkej 10nov14 a21
- http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1645846/china-commits-us456b-economic-corridor-pakistan, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/21/us-pakistan-china-idUSKCN0J51C120141121 The Chinese government and banks will financeChinese companies to build $45.6 billion worth of energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan over the next six years, according to new details of the deal seen by Reuters on Friday. The Chinese companies will be able to operate the projects as profit-making entities, according to the deal signed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a visit to China earlier this month. At the time, officials provided few details of the projects or the financing for the deal, dubbed the China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC).
- marriage
- 中國與巴基斯坦經濟關係日趨緊密，不少內地人決定到巴國定居，近年興起一股中巴婚姻的中介熱。惟當中陷阱處處，有山東男子深陷騙局，不但追不回中介費，還被軟禁索錢；更甚者有人到巴國娶妻未成，還客死異鄉。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191125/00178_009.html
- 美聯社近日報道，巴基斯坦有人蛇集團將六百二十九名年輕女子或婦女賣到中國當新娘，其中許多人被迫賣淫及受到虐待。有消息人士指出，巴國政府內部有人憂慮調查會損害巴中關係，因此向調查人員施壓停止調查，中國籍疑犯更無罪釋放。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191208/00178_023.html
- investors from china
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-10/30/content_22313432.htm Port infrastructure company Zhuhai Port Holdings Group Co Ltd has pulled off acoup of sorts by bagging a 6.5 billion yuan ($1.02 billion) construction order fromChina Overseas Port Holding Co, a State-owned company which operates theGwadar port in Pakistan. Zhuai Port shares jumped 10.07 percent on Thursday, the highest intraday gain in amonth, after the development.
- China Railway Construction Corporation (601186.SH) announced Wednesday that a consortium formed by its subsidiary China Railway 20 Group and Zahir Khan & Brothers Engineers & Constructors (ZKB) had won a lump-contract bid for building the section III of the Karachi-Lahore expressway in Pakistan. The bid, covering engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the project, will have a contract value of 148.654 billion Pakistan rupees, or approximately 9.376 billion yuan. The Karachi-Lahore expressway project has a total length of 1,152 kilometers, with the section III to extend 230 kilometers in length, according to the announcement. Construction of the section would last for 30 months. http://en.xinfinance.com/html/Companies/2015/175475.shtml
- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2015-12/22/content_15361993.html A consortium led by China Machinery Engineering Corp is set to finance a coal-based power plant and a mining project being developed by Engro Corp, a Pakistani firm. The first phase of the US$2 billion project will consist of a coal-based power plant with two 330-megawatt units in Thar Block II in the Sindh province of Pakistan and a coal mining project for power generation. The project is also part of the cooperation along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which runs about 3,000 kilometers from Gwadar to the northwestern Chinese city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, a part of the ancient Silk Road linking Eurasia and Africa, CMEC said in a statement. Zhang Chun, president of CMEC, said that it is the first integration project of coal mining and coal-based power plant among the projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is expected to push forward the economic development in Pakistan.
- 黃雲濤稱，2004年就登陸香港資本市 場的中電國際，早年在內地運營管理了許 多燃煤電廠。隨着 「一帶一路」倡議和 「 中巴經濟走廊」實施，未來則會瞄準海外 市場，目標國家則集中在東南亞及中亞地 區國家。 至於為何選擇中國港灣作為合作夥伴 ，黃雲濤表示，胡布燃煤電廠位於海邊， 碼頭和電廠需要同步投產，中國港灣是世 界領先的海事工程企業，在 「一帶一路」 沿線建設了一大批重要港口及其他基礎設 施項目。 中國港灣總經理唐橋樑說，中國港灣 深耕巴基斯坦近30年，在巴基斯坦水工市 場擁有豐富經驗、佔據絕對份額。雙方此 次合作將有利於實現優勢互補，成為大型 央企攜手 「走出去」的典範。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160608/PDF/a17_screen.pdf
- https://www.quora.com/What-do-Pakistanis-think-of-China/answer/Shoaib-Sajid-3
Hong Kong
- leaders' visit
- http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2094712/pakistan-prime-minister-invites-hong-kong-invest-country
On the second day of their visit, Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held meetings with Hong Kong’s outgoing and incoming leaders and businessmen, as some 200 Pakistani local residents took to the streets in the evening to protest against corruption allegations involving Sharif and his family members.The purpose of the Pakistani visit, Khan said, was to “boost confidence” in his country among Hong Kong investors and companies. Before arriving in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the Pakistani delegation was in Beijing to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on China’s ambitious plan to open up trade along a new Silk Route.“She [Lam] noted that the Pakistani community in Hong Kong is well integrated and that she wanted to build on that strength and forge closer links,” Khan said, referring to the more than 30,000 Pakistanis living in Hong Kong.
- The Pakistan Association of Hong Kong, Ltd was incorporated on May 4, 1963 by
- tdc youtube video, including meeting with CE and CE-elect, investment forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXyuRMt8Y7E
the endeavors of a dedicated group of Pakistani brothers. The Association has multifold objectives in relation to serving the Pakistani population in Hong Kong and providing them with various cultural and recreational activities. It strives to promote the social, economic, educational and physical welfare and advancement of its members. The Association Club at Princess Margaret Road in Jordan was built at the same time as the inception of the Association. Throughout its existence, the Club has played a key role in being a focal point for the Pakistani community to gather together to celebrate common cultural and religious heritage. http://www.pakassociation.com.hk/history.html- chamber of commerce in hk
- Persin to kiv - wu zhi jian, chief patron scmp 1jul17
- 嘉里物流聯網（0636）於巴基斯坦成立新附屬公司，以擴展在當地的業務據點並捕捉南亞的貿易增長機遇，同時發掘「一帶一路」倡議的主要領航計劃─中巴經濟走廊沿線之新商機。新附屬公司的辦事處位於卡拉奇及拉合爾，提供空運及海運、來往阿富汗及中國的跨境陸運、項目物流及內陸運輸服務。嘉里物流的服務能力因此得以強化，從而在兩國之間的貿易增長中受惠。嘉里物流聯網亦會透過旗下成員公司蘭州捷時特物流，為客戶在中巴經濟走廊沿線提供涵蓋班列及陸運服務的多式聯運解決方案，於內地多個地區作起點，途經喀什和蘇斯特，直達巴基斯坦的伊斯蘭堡和拉合爾，甚至遠及卡拉奇。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/09/11/b02-0911.pdf
- Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed $240 million worth of investment by Hong Kong-based port operator, Hutchison Port Holdings.The matter came up for discussion in a meeting between a delegation of Hutchison Port Holdings, led by its Group Managing Director Eric Ip, and PM Imran on Tuesday.The prime minister welcomed the investment from Hutchison Port Holdings and its commitment to support Pakistan’s economic prosperity. He reiterated the government’s commitment to focus on facilitating investment and ease of doing business, which would lead to economic growth and employment generation in the country.https://tribune.com.pk/story/2080189/2/
- education
- 本港有逾萬巴基斯坦人，伍少梅中學 也有不少學生來自巴基斯坦等 「一帶一路 」沿線國家。鑒於他們對一些通識科的單 元未必熟悉，該校初中通識科統籌陳明慧 ，特意在初中通識科 「一帶一路」的課節 中，抽兩至三個星期講授有關中巴關係， 並讓同學分組研習某些專題，探究中巴關 係的發展。論壇結束之際，一眾來自 「一帶一路 」的學生及伍少梅通識科老師合唱名為《 我的朋友》（Dost Mai or Toun）的歌，期 望中巴兩國的友誼長青。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180613/PDF/b6_screen.pdf
- scmp supplement
- 14aug15
- 23mar16
- 14aug16
- 23mar17
- 23mar18 (national day)
- 14aug19(independence day)
- china daily supp 20may16
- hkcd national day supp 22mar2020 a11
- ip event in hk
- pakistani in hk
- hkcd national day supp 22mar2020 a11
- ip event in hk
- pakistan investment forum in hk ad scmp 16may17 a18
- pakistan hk opportunities conference (held at tdc sme centre) on 25oct18, ihk involved
- 有投資私募基金嘅香港表廠商會副會長高偉國（Tim），最近喺巴基斯坦投資一個電召電單車嘅手機平台，結果唔夠兩年就錄得廿倍嘅投資回報，真係勁和味。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20180324/00176_133.html
- pakistani in hk
- scmp 15aug19 "beyond the great divide" when india was partitioned in 1947, some sindhi hindus who fled pakistan ended up in hk
- 「巴基之星」馬主巴基斯坦裔商人Kerm Din，原來能操流利廣東話，還有個中文名叫丁志強，他居港多年，在香港和澳門都開設公司，專門從事滅蟲、殺白蟻和木蝨等生意，是這方面的專家。近年澳門賭業大旺，亦令丁志強撈得風生水起，蓋他有不少大型賭場滅蟲生意。http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/racing/20160801/55438425
- http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/2024544/pauper-prince-man-behind-hong-kong-racing-sensation-pakistan-star
- Mohamed Din Butt, hkpc appledaily 7aug19 heung's article
- 林慕德 hkej 25jul17 c3
- http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20160118/19456595 在港土生土長的17歲巴基斯坦裔少女Asma，中四獲獎學金，原可往新加坡留學3年，先被新加坡拒發簽證，再被入境處拒批特區護照，錯失機會。入境處則聲稱審批申請不受種族、膚色或宗教因素影響。全名Butt Asma Ali的Asma，中文名畢艾美，現時就讀中六，視香港為家。爺爺在英殖時期在香港做警察，父母20年前從巴基斯坦來港定居，在香港出生的Asma說得一口流利廣東話，贏得多個朗誦獎項，中四及中五更成為學校的總領袖生，「我同華語同學一齊生活、一齊慶祝生日、一齊出去溫書，喺香港過節日，例如新年我會去老師屋企，好開心喺香港融入呢個社會」。在香港土生土長的Asma，在前年雨傘運動爆發初期，適逢巴基斯坦新年，但她仍與朋友去金鐘聲援，「我唔會覺得我係一個巴基斯坦人，就唔使理香港發生乜事。調番轉，我覺得我喺香港出世，我基本上係香港人，我應該主動去了解香港文化、𠵱家發生緊乜事」。Asma雖是香港永久性居民，亦有永久居民身份證，但一直持巴基斯坦護照。中四那年她考獲全額獎學金可去新加坡留學3年，但申請學生簽證被拒，3次上訴也失敗。另外兩位考獲獎學金的巴基斯坦裔學生持特區護照，則成功申請簽證。她決定申請特區護照，但現行法例要求中國公民才可申請，未滿18歲亦需與父母一同申請，Asma和爸爸決定先申請歸化中國籍。兩人向入境處提交申請9個月後，獲回覆指歸化申請被拒，無法申請特區護照，「去年10月知道結果，就係個申請被拒絕，又係冇原因」。入境處回覆指，不評論個別個案，根據《中國國籍（雜項規定）條例》，處長毋須就決定給予任何理由，任何人不可針對決定上訴，但可去信要求覆檢，覆檢由較高級人員處理。而申請人的種族、膚色或宗教因素不影響申請，處理申請會考慮各項因素。處方指巴基斯坦人士是最多提出申請加入中國籍的外籍人士，其次是印尼籍、印度籍、越南籍和菲律賓籍。近4年加入中國籍的申請平均成功率有73%，巴基斯坦人士成功率有72%。Asma近期收到入境處電話，建議她覆核決定，她雖然已入紙覆核，但仍忐忑不安，擔心需時極長，失敗後又不解釋原因，質疑港府漠視少數族裔融入社會，「究竟當唔當我哋非華裔係香港一分子呢？」
- http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2104600/hong-kong-slave-husband-pakistan-warns-marriage-migration A Pakistani man claiming he was deprived of food and forced to work as a “slave husband” after he immigrated to Hong Kong is speaking out to prevent others from living his heartbreaking story.The case is yet another in a phenomenon of “slave grooms” first reported by the Postin May. Men who have been tricked into arranged marriages get trafficked to Hong Kong and forced into indentured labour by their bride’s family. Ashraf said his mother-in-law promised he would enjoy a better life in Hong Kong and be able to support his parents financially. Ashraf said this prospect led him to agree to the marriage.
- 港超球隊愉園昨天在官方 臉書公布，陣中巴基斯坦籍前鋒簡嘉亨終領 取特區護照，將以本地球員身份註冊港超， 可望獲得更多上陣機會。 19歲小將簡嘉亨於去年加盟愉園，他移 居香港已經近10年，由決定放棄原有國籍起 ，經歷大半年的等待，現時將可以本地球員 身份註冊參與港超。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20200910/PDF/b1_screen.pdf
- dubious link
- 在香港一個「一帶一路」研討會上，清華大學巴基斯坦文化與傳播研究中心主任、聯合國教科文組織媒介素養與文明對話教席負責人李希光表示，中巴經濟走廊將貫通中亞、南亞、西亞、中東和東非，形成新的區域性經濟，故他相信這可促進區域性政治的和解與穩定，重新定義南亞的地緣政治，最終實現利益共同體、命運共同體、文化共同體等願景，創造出新的世界秩序。「正思香港大講堂」昨日舉辦系列論壇，李希光以《從中巴經濟走廊看一帶一路的國際化與全球新秩序》為題發表主旨演講，他表示，中巴經濟走廊首要的價值，就是為巴基斯坦注入新的經濟活力，重建巴基斯坦的國際形象。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/05/21/a08-0521.pdf
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