What does UAE's latest investment in Karachi Port mean for Pakistan? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Sabena Siddiqui

Sabena Siddiqui

Jun 29, 2023

Shipping containers are seen stacked on a ship at a sea port in Karachi on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images) — Shipping containers are seen stacked on a ship at a sea port in Karachi, Pakistan, April 6, 2023. — Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images

Fishing boats are moored at Karachi port as a part of precautionary measures before the due onset of cyclone, in Karachi on June 14, 2023. More than 40,000 people have been evacuated across India and Pakistan as a cyclone approaches their coast, officials said on June 13, with gales of up to 150 kilometres per hour predicted. (Photo by ASIF HASSAN / AFP) (Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sabena Siddiqui

Sabena Siddiqui

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Irani workers stand near as a security helicopter lands near the pipeline during a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, in the city of Chahbahar in southeastern Iran March 11, 2013. Ahmadinejad and Zardari marked the start of Pakistani construction on the much-delayed gas pipeline on Monday, Iranian media reported, despite U.S. pressure on Islamabad to back out of the project. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTR3EUW9

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UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed meeting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Photo: UAE Presidential Court)

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