A Pakistani naval personnel stands guard beside a ship carrying containers during the opening of a trade project in Gwadar port, some 700km west of Karachi. The port is a key component of a trade route linking the Gwadar to the Chinese city of Kashgar. Photo: AFP
A Pakistani naval personnel stands guard beside a ship carrying containers during the opening of a trade project in Gwadar port, some 700km west of Karachi. The port is a key component of a trade route linking the Gwadar to the Chinese city of Kashgar. Photo: AFP
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China in the middle: Pakistan trade corridor under spotlight after Indian ‘spy’ gets death sentence

India has labelled a Pakistani military court decision to sentence a naval officer to death as ‘premeditated murder’

Tom Hussain
Tom Hussain

Updated: 11:00am, 15 Apr, 2017

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A Pakistani naval personnel stands guard beside a ship carrying containers during the opening of a trade project in Gwadar port, some 700km west of Karachi. The port is a key component of a trade route linking the Gwadar to the Chinese city of Kashgar. Photo: AFP
A Pakistani naval personnel stands guard beside a ship carrying containers during the opening of a trade project in Gwadar port, some 700km west of Karachi. The port is a key component of a trade route linking the Gwadar to the Chinese city of Kashgar. Photo: AFP
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