Pakistan Slashes Port Qasim Export Fees 50% in Bid to Revive Trade, Lure Ocean Carriers. Glenn Taylor . Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 12:25 PM 4 min read.

On February 18, the Pakistani government transferred operational control of its strategically-located deep-sea port at Gwadar, Balochistan province to China. India, a rival of Pakistan and of ...

A new port is a boon locally, a potential military asset for Beijing and a worry to the U.S. ... Pakistan’s largest port, during a war between the two rival countries in 1971.

India’s economic exposure to Pakistan has been negligible since 2019, when it imposed a 200% import duty following the Pulwama attack. Trade has been largely symbolic since then.

Pakistan’s rush to import items to tame Asia’s fastest inflation is clogging the nation’s busiest ports and is hiding something else in plain sight — exporters’ pain.

The port gives China a shorter route for trade with the Middle East and Central Asia. Despite Pakistan’s failure to market Gwadar port and airport to international businesses, Sydney-based ...

GWADAR, Pakistan - Witnessing increasing business for his bank in Gwadar port, a formerly remote fishing village in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, Shakeeb Yusuf said he made the ...

China’s New Silk Road Hinges on a Small Pakistan Port. Mountains, disputed territory and armed rebels lie in the way of China's route to the Arabian Sea. Gawadar, Pakistan, on ...

FILE - A general view of the port before the inauguration of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor port in Gwadar, Pakistan Nov. 13, 2016. “We are happy Chinese are building port, ...