International relationsPakistan and China hail 'brotherhood' but IMF terms spell friction
Xi-Sharif meeting overshadowed by Islamabad's need to renegotiate power deals
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, meets Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16. © Xinhua via AP
MIFRAH HAQ, Contributing writer
September 17, 2022 17:15 JST
KARACHI -- Pakistan and China trumpeted their "all weather" friendship after their leaders met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on Friday, but analysts warn that Islamabad's scramble to extricate itself from an economic crisis could stoke tensions.