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Mariyam Suleman Anees

Mariyam Suleman Anees

Mariyam is a development specialist and a freelance writer from Gwadar. She tweets at @mariyamsuleman

Mariyam Suleman Anees is a development specialist, freelance writer, and researcher from Gwadar. She completed her masters in Gender and Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Her main focus is Gwadar and the Balochistan region, and she writes on politics, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and gender and development issues. Her work has appeared in Dawn, Herald, and Global Editors’ Network Den. She is also a scholar of the British High Commission’s Chevening program.
Follow her on Twitter @mariyamsuleman.
Posts by Mariyam Suleman Anees
January 17, 2025

Will the Trump Administration Grant the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project a Sanctions Waiver?

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
If Pakistan does not keep its part of the pipeline agreement with Iran, it will have to shell out a potential $18 billion to Tehran.

December 27, 2024

Competing Visions: Gwadar and Chabahar in Regional and Global Rivalries 

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
Gwadar and Chabahar emerge as more than ports – they are strategic battlegrounds where economic ambitions, regional and global power collide.
December 23, 2024

Pakistan Debates Madrassa Reform Rollback

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
The rollback of the 2019 reforms will undo the little progress made in modernizing Pakistan’s religious seminaries.

November 27, 2024

How Vulnerable Is Gwadar to Climate-related Risks?

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
Rising sea levels and groundwater rise are climate vulnerabilities faced by coastal towns worldwide, including Gwadar. But a more critical concern is Gwadar’s geography.

October 24, 2024

New Gwadar International Airport: An Asset for Pakistan or Another Economic Burden for China?

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
Located in the sparsely populated Gwadar district of Pakistan’s insurgency-wracked Balochistan province, the airport’s economic viability is doubtful.

September 30, 2024

Turkmenistan Eyes Pakistan’s Gwadar Port for Trade Expansion

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
But Ashgabat could hesitate to fully commit to the project, given the dire security situation in Balochistan and regional security challenges.
August 29, 2024

Can Gwadar Port Handle Half of Pakistan’s Cargo Shipments?

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
Currently, if functional, the port can manage only 11 million tons of bulk cargo annually, just 17 percent of Karachi Port’s cargo.

July 31, 2024

Pakistan Expands Surveillance Powers Yet Again in the Name of ‘National Security’

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
The pervasive atmosphere of being surveilled is likely to increase.

July 17, 2024

From Activism to Provincial Assembly: A Conversation With Gwadar’s Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
The leader of a major protest movement in Gwadar is now a member of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly.

June 24, 2024

Why Barrick Gold Remains Interested in Pakistan’s Reko Diq Reserves

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
Beneath the rugged terrain, sandy expanses, and arid deserts of Chagai lies one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold and copper reserves.

May 23, 2024

Why Are People Protesting Against a Fence in Gwadar?

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
The government says the fence is to enhance security. But will it? The fence along the Durand Line has not reduced terrorism emanating from Afghanistan.
April 30, 2024

Balochistan as a Major Departure Point for Human Smuggling

By Mariyam Suleman Anees
An estimated 80,000-100,000 Pakistanis – those smuggled as well as the trafficked – cross international borders illegally annually.

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