Far from a routine trip, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s five-day visit to China came as Pakistan faces its worst economic crisis in decades.

As the newly re-elected Hassan Rouhani said after the twin terror attack in Tehran, the people of Iran – the fastest growing economy in the region – are moving forward.

The true measure of the success of the Chabahar port project will be if it is implemented quickly and leads to a quantum leap in Indian trade and investment relations with Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia.