Pakistan pins hopes on Russian energy imports shrouded in secrecy

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Workers check the deck of the Russian oil tanker Pure Point, carrying crude oil for delivery to Pakistan, sits at anchor in Karachi on June 13. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's government is trumpeting its first Russian oil imports as a game changer for the sinking economy, but experts stress that it is too early to say how much the opaque arrangement will help.

A ship carrying the equivalent of about 330,000 barrels of Russian crude oil docked at the port of Karachi on Sunday. Another vessel with slightly more oil is expected to arrive next week. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed the imports transformative for the country.

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