“Wherever we go . . . everyone supports Imran Khan. I haven’t seen one person supporting another party.”
Pakistan’s old guard confronts shock Imran Khan upset in Punjab, the country's heartland. Our @FT story
Benjamin Parkin
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Benjamin Parkin
@b_parkyn
@FT Middle East and Africa News Editor. Previously in India. [email protected]
London, UK
Joined April 2014
- Our @FT interview with Imran Khan: “Our relationship with the US has been as of a master-servant... But for that I blame my own governments... The Pakistan I want to lead must have good relationships with everyone, especially the US" enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/8caa389…
- Russian oil exports to India have already quadrupled this month. "Committed oil cargoes from Russia that can’t find buyers in Europe are being bought by India" Fascinating story by @harrydemps @ChloeNCornish
- I'm excited to start a new role for the @FT covering South Asia from New Delhi. I'll continue to report on India as well as covering countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Please get in touch with introductions, suggestions etc
- I've started a new role as @FT Middle East and Africa News Editor in London. I loved my 5+ years in India and am grateful to everyone who shared their time, knowledge and experiences with me. Excited for the new opportunity
- "Everywhere that China is, they are also there doing something to get a foothold" Our @FT Big Read on how India has stepped up infrastructure lending to try and counter China's Belt and Road in its neighbours. W/@ChloeNCornish enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/cdced20…
- "Bollywood is kind of in this identity crisis right now. It feels besieged by the government, and by bad box office returns" My @FT column on the comeback of India's biggest superstar
- Bangladesh’s finance minister tells the @FT that developing countries must think twice about taking more loans through China’s Belt and Road Initiative as global inflation and slowing growth add to the strains on indebted emerging markets
- Exclusive: Top fashion brands are shifting orders away from Bangladesh amid the turmoil that surrounded the government's collapse, manufacturers say. Winter season deliveries are delayed and factories owned by suppliers to H&M, Zara etc were torched on.ft.com/3SNZoih
- Anil Ambani, once the world's sixth-richest man, now says he has lost it all. Our look at the tycoon's rise and fall over the past decade: “In India, the business goes bankrupt but the businessmen never go bankrupt."
- India’s huge wave of Covid-19 infections has hit the shipping industry as crews come down with the disease and ports deny entry to vessels. The Suez Canal blockage “will be nothing compared to the disruption"... ft.com/content/cf40d7… w/@harrydemps
- Our @FT story on Nita Ambani's Olympic publicity blitz and what it says about the growing influence of tycoons over public life in India on.ft.com/3AcF97A w/@christopherkay @JoshTANoble
