Gwadar

Ahead of Imran Khan's Washington visit, US declares separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army a 'terrrorist outfit'

The US has declared separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which is fighting Pakistani rule in the restive Balochistan province, as a terrorist organisation, weeks after it attacked a five-star hotel in the port city of Gwadar.

Pakistani security forces kill three insurgents who had stormed Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar; Imran Khan condemns attack

Officials said three gunmen dressed as military officers raided the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel on Saturday, killing three hotel security guards, an employee and a navy soldier in the ensuing gunbattle. The insurgents had been holed up on the top floor of the hotel after security forces arrived. The forces cleared all guests from the premises while cornering the attackers in a staircase.

Armed militants storm 5-star hotel in Pakistan's Gwadar in Balochistan province; all three attackers and security guard killed

Some armed militants stormed a five-star hotel in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar in the restive Balochistan province, police said.

China is expanding access to strategic foreign ports including Pakistan's Gawadar, says Pentagon report

China is expanding its access to strategic foreign ports like Pakistan's Gwadar and Sri Lanka's Hambantota to pre-position the logistic framework necessary to support the growing presence of its military in the Indian Ocean and beyond, the Pentagon said.

Saudi Arabia to set up $10 bn oil refinery in Gwadar; wants to make Pak's economic development 'stable'

Pakistan wants to attract investment and other financial support to tackle a soaring current account deficit caused partly by rising oil prices.

China will have to abandon Masood Azhar row, seek friendly ties with stable India as power equation in Asia is likely to change

India and China are to jointly train Afghan diplomats, and there is a tentative reach out by Uzbekistan to get India involved in railway projects

Saudi Arabia's oil refinery in Gwadar likely to threaten Chabahar port, make China part of Tehran and Riyadh war

Islamabad's latest move was inviting the oil-rich Saudi for investments in the Gwadar refinery and mines in Balochistan.

Saudi Arabia's oil refinery in Gwadar threatens China, may increase risk of Arab nation's face-off with Iran

Pakistan's latest announcement about Saudi Arabia's investment in an oil refinery at the port city of Gwadar has set alarm bells ringing in the international arena.

China, Pakistan should support each other 'more staunchly' in current circumstances, Xi Jinping tells Arif Alvi

This was China's president Xi Jinping's message to Arif Alvi after he was officially declared the 13th President of Pakistan by the Election Commission.

India telling China it won't interfere in Maldives not sign of weakness; military must be beefed up, vulnerable states given aid

So the word is out. According to a senior official quoted in a national daily, India has indicated that it would not intervene in Maldives