Pakistan’s been chasing oil since the 1950s. Trump is now exploring this decades-old oil fantasy to gain leverage in trade talks with India. He knows this kind of hyphenation with Islamabad triggers New Delhi. In episode 1705 of CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekar Gupta talks about decades of failed oil exploration in Pakistan and how Trump is weaponising this ‘fantasy’.
Pakistan’s decades-long fantasy of finding oil & fictitious reserves as Trump seals deal,snubs India
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