[Cronos]

After a $2 billion loan rollover in March, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited last week approved another assistance of a $1.3-billion. Despite this, bilateral loans from friendly countries are now shrinking amid the geopolitical and geo-economic uncertainties. This has caused concerns for Islamabad.

Pakistan—in case of a default– will be the second South Asian country to go bankrupt after Sri Lanka.

Incidentally, Sri Lanka too kept denying reports of a default until it officially announced bankruptcy.

[Karl Spooner]

If there is trouble in a country, it's always wise to check the presence of US/CIA involvement.

"This is a list of activities ostensibly carried out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) within Pakistan."

Where there is trouble, there is the....

[Bookshelf]

Practically since the founding of the Pakistan state — a country with a multitude of ethnicities that have little love for one another — and now for 75 years, the Pakistan Military ISI intelligence element has played a direct role in the state. For decades it has been involved in narcotics trafficking out of Afghanistan, and it has become a popular assignment for corrupt officers on the make. The CIA knows all about it, as do most European services. They play along because Pakistan’s civilian politicians have historically been as corrupt as the military.

[sauropod]

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[VTenigma]

Substitute the word America for Pakistan and see the future. You too can be a psychic.