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Turkmenistan’s Export Crisis: Is TAPI the Answer?

TAPI gas pipeline consortium plans investor roadshows in November

Luca Anceschi Is Turkmenistan slowly entering an unprecedented export crisis? Recently, the regime’s key diversification failure—namely that affecting the country’s production structure, which remained unchanged throughout the post-Soviet years—has been compounded by an unexpected yet not unpredictable reduction of Turkmenistan’s export options. Exporting gas—Turkmenistan’s main source of revenue—might soon become a more challenging undertaking. This short piece in-tends to contextualize Turkmenistan’s export conundrum by questioning whether the TAPI pipeline can ultimately be seen as an adequate answer to the medium term export crisis faced by the regime headed by GurbangulyRead More


Pakistan rejects NDS allegation regarding involvement in attack

Pakistan strongly rejects baseless allegations carried by a media section quoting National Directorate of Security (NDS) Spokesman alleging Pakistan’s involvement in recent attack on Afghan Parliament.The allegations fall within the familiar pattern of certain spoilers whose objective is to disrupt the improving relations between the two brotherly nations. We are sure that neither the Afghan people nor the international community would be misled by these motivated allegations.Pakistan has always supported strong and sustainable democratic system in Afghanistan and condemned all cowardly acts of terrorism.The Government of Pakistan reiterates its condemnationRead More


Fault in submarine cable affects Internet services

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 25 (DNA) The International submarine cable SEA-ME-WE 4 has experienced a fault in Arabian Sea, impacting internet services in the region including Pakistan.The restoration work has been initiated by the international consortium that manages the submarine cable systems.Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) by virtue of its investments in diversified International Submarine Cable systems, has already undertaken necessary measures to provide internet connectivity to its customers across Pakistan. However, due to the fault in this undersea cable, the internet users may experience slow browsing during this period.