In the wake of weeks of widespread anti-Indian demonstrations in occupied Kashmir, which even New Delhi’s spin doctors have been unable to blame on Pakistan, India has deployed its top Russian-made fighter jets in the beleaguered valley, ostensibly for “better border management,” but analysts said the move was aimed at Pakistan after relations between the […]
Chitral forest a `windfall’ for timber mafia
By Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: The timber mafia in NWFP has wreaked havoc on the forest of Chitral by illegally felling green trees and smuggling them to other parts of the country. However, the government has failed to take action against the network despite initiating investigations through the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Chitral’s […]
India Going Places In Search Of Energy
Trilateral talks for Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline have started again and construction work on this project will commence in 2009. India has joined the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan pipeline project construction for which is scheduled to start in 2010. India is also looking to get oil & gas from the Black Sea and Caspian sea through an Israeli pipeline. […]
Bangladesh faces gas shortage as demand picks up
Bangladesh faces shortages of natural gas of up to 200 million cubic feet a day (mmcfd) in coming months due to rising demand and the failure of past governments to find new sources, energy officials said on Sunday. ""We don’t have any magic touch to solve such a problem overnight, but we undertook a series […]
Bangladesh eyes energy security beyond 2011
Bangladesh, struggling to ensure energy security after 2011 when its proven and recoverable reserves of gas runs out, will intensify efforts to diversify energy sources, a senior official said on Tuesday. Bangladesh faces a shortage of 100 million cubic feet (mmcf) of gas every day now and if it fails to find and explore new […]
Oil prices rose after the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto
NEW YORK – Oil prices rose Thursday after the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto raised concerns about stability in the Middle East Bhutto died in a suicide attack that also killed at least 30 others at a campaign rally, aides said. "It’s definitely instability," said James Cordier, president of Liberty Trading Group in […]
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