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Chris Kay London, GB twitter.com chriskay.contently.com Senior Editor at Bloomberg News I'm a senior editor at Bloomberg News in London. Previously, I was the Pakistan & Afghanistan bureau chief in Karachi, Nigeria bureau chief in Lagos and a reporter in Abuja, London and Nairobi. Filter by Clients Apply Topics Arts & Entertainment Business & Industrial Business News Government Law & Government News Apply Skills Article writing Apply Formats Article / blog post Apply PROJECTS 167 projects for 3 clients View Bloomberg The Economic Pressures Behind the Latest India-Pakistan Clash On a dark Friday evening, Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman looked calm in a blue suit jacket and white-collar shirt as he was escorted by Pakistani servicemen in front of TV cameras across the floodlit frontier point of Wagah. View Bloomberg A Water Crisis Is Brewing Between South Asia’s Arch-Rivals Women and children walk miles each day in search for water in a crowded, downtrodden district of Pakistan’s financial capital, Karachi — a scene repeated in cities throughout the country. View Bloomberg Derelict Pakistan Hospital Signals Imran Khan's Health Challenge In a red-brick hospital in the southern Pakistani town of Nindo, plastic transparent sheets cover unused equipment, and dusty halls and rooms are empty for a lack of staff and patients. View Bloomberg Facing Trump Attacks, Pakistan Military Seeks Peace With India Pakistan’s military is making an unusually strong effort to mend ties with arch-rival India, as top generals worry about a deteriorating economy amid fractious relations with U.S. President Donald Trump. View Bloomberg Chinese Businesses Face Resentment, Terror Attacks in Pakistan An attack on a diplomatic mission in Karachi last week shows the risks Chinese businesses face as they expand across Pakistan in the face of growing resentment over Beijing’s influence in the economy. View Bloomberg Imran Khan Says Karachi Attack Caused by Chinese Trade Deals Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said Friday’s assault on China’s diplomatic mission in Karachi was due to trade deals signed between the two nations earlier this month. View Bloomberg Musharraf Warns of Proxy War in Afghanistan If U.S. Departs Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf warned a proxy war between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan would erupt in Afghanistan if U.S. forces exit the country. View Bloomberg The Man Steering Pakistan's Economy Isn't Afraid to Take Risks Asad Umar’s expertise in hazardous materials should come in handy for his new job: managing Pakistan’s economy. View Bloomberg ‘Bankrupt’ Pakistan Grid Adds to Khan’s Economic Quandary In Pakistan’s Tharpakar desert, Chinese and Pakistani workers toil in the blistering heat to complete the construction of a massive open pit coal mine and an adjacent 660 megawatt power plant four months before schedule. The roadblocks will come soon after. View Bloomberg Imran Khan's Party Asks Minority Pakistan Economist to Quit Pakistan’s government asked an economist from a persecuted and minority Muslim sect to step down from an adviser role days after it defended his appointment in the face of criticism from a hard-line Islamist party. View Bloomberg Former JPMorgan Banker Sets Up Fund in...Afghanistan In a four-story building guarded by men with Kalashnikov rifles near a dusty intersection in Kabul, Felix von Schubert speaks enthusiastically about the investing opportunities in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops have been locked in a bloody conflict for 17 years. View Bloomberg Protest Over Dutch Mohammed Contest to Test Pakistan’s New Leader A hard line Islamist group that made surprise gains at last month’s elections in Pakistan plans to protest a Dutch politician critical of the Prophet Mohammed, testing how new Prime Minister Imran Khan handles religious organizations that helped him take power. View Bloomberg Meet the New Pakistan, a Lot Like the Old Pakistan “We will run Pakistan like it has never been run before,” said Imran Khan during his first televised address after his party’s decisive election win on July 25. He did so below a picture of a young Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the nation’s revered founder when it won independence from the British Raj in 1947. View Bloomberg Skeptical India Wonders If Pakistan’s Army Backs Khan’s Peace Push Imran Khan announced victory in Pakistan’s election and immediately caused a stir by saying his government was open to peace talks with his country’s historic foe India. “If you take one step forward, we will take two steps forward,” he said. “We need to move ahead.” View Bloomberg Pakistan Heads Into Its Most Controversial Election in Years Pakistanis are voting today in a closely fought election that will determine the course of the nuclear-armed nation central to U.S. anti-terrorism efforts and China’s global infrastructure ambitions. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By continuing without changing your cookie settings, we assume you agree to this. Privacy Policy Accept...