NEW DELHI – Pakistan has formally pitched Gwadar Port to Tajikistan as its primary transit hub, anchoring the proposal on a single geographic fact: Gwadar is 588 km closer to Dushanbe than Iran’s Chahbahar, at 1,562 km against 2,150 km. The pitch is directed at a landlocked country that currently relies on Iran and Afghanistan for transit, paying the price in higher costs and longer times. What the proposal does not address is that Gwadar, despi…
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