Pakistan’s Tribal Areas (FATA) and Frontier Regions (FR) are - TopicsExpress



          

Pakistan’s Tribal Areas (FATA) and Frontier Regions (FR) are believed to have massive reserves of oil and natural gas. But this is a highly restive, war-torn area where one right move could make all the difference, and one wrong move could ignite a conflict with irreversible consequences. The US, Israel, Saudi Arabia and India are bent on destabilizing Balochistan as a bulwark against Iran, which has its own restive Baloch population, and the creation of a new energy corridor that would see China in control of another strategic gateway and give it more room to maneuver in the Indian Ocean (China’s “String of Pearls”) zamchaudhry.blogspot/2013/06/tapping-into-pakistans-massive-oil-and.html
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:16:48 +0000

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