Articles by Syed Fazl-E-Haider

China arms Pakistan and raises stakes with India

India-Pakistan tensions are escalating after cross-border strikes. China, Pakistan’s “ironclad friend”, is backing Islamabad with missile delivery and diplomatic support, sending a clear message to India and safeguarding its strategic interests in the region, says columnist Syed Fazl-e-Haider.

Syed Fazl-e-Haider

09 May 2025

Will Pakistan's Gwadar port resolve China's Malacca dilemma?

While Pakistan's prized port at Gwadar in Balochistan province is supposed to open up an energy corridor from Central Asia and the Gulf across Pakistan to western China, security is the actual key to the Beijing's grand energy security plan, which includes developing Gwadar port as an alternative to the Strait of Malacca - a narrow waterway between Indonesia and Malaysia.

Syed Fazl-e-Haider

30 Nov 2023

Is China engaged in resource politics in Afghanistan?

With increasing stakes in Afghanistan's vast mineral and energy deposits, China is engaged in resource politics in the war-wracked but resource-rich country. Maintaining control of the country's strategic mineral and energy reserves is the name of China's new great game in Afghanistan.

Syed Fazl-e-Haider

20 Sep 2023

Why Baloch separatists in Pakistan want China's BRI out

With more attacks on Chinese nationals threatened by Baloch separatists in Pakistan, Beijing has pressured Islamabad to take foolproof security measures to protect its nationals and interests in the South Asian country. Columnist Syed Fazl-e-Haider explains.

Syed Fazl-e-Haider

28 Aug 2023