Pakistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove and the advisor to Balochistan CM Lala Rasheed, on a visit to Gwadar, expressed hope of ending the two-month-long 'Haq Do Tehreek' (HDT) protests by locals.
Defence Expert Praful Bakshi on Sunday said what Rahul Gandhi said about China and Pakistan acting hand-in-glove, is nothing new and the Army is ready to deal with an attack from both countries.
After Rahul Gandhi said that China and Pakistan are together now and in case of war India will have to fight both, defence expert Anil Gaur on Sunday said that what the Congress leader said is not new and the Army is prepared for any situation.
Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan are caught in China's debt track but while China has offered a bailout package to Pakistan, it has refused to defer loan repayments of Sri Lanka, True Ceylon News reported.
India's intensified interest in Chabahar has the potential to partly counter China's massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure project, reported Asian Lite International.
Aside from mistrust, the dearth of transparency and the Chinese tendency to shun locals have created resentment amongst the Pakistanis, who are expressing their ire through street protests and violence targeted at the Chinese.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should have criticized Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto over his remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Following Pakistan, Cambodia and Singapore are listed at the second spot while Thailand at third position, as per the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty report.
Pakistan Army was recently sent to Gilgit Baltistan under the pretext of protecting locals but on the contrary, it is actually facilitating the Chinese in the over-exploitation of natural resources and this is causing anger among the locals, reported IFFRAS.
Noting that governments and non-state actors harass and kill individuals on account of their beliefs, Blinken said the United States will not stand by in the face of these abuses.