CPEC

The Apex Committee of National Action Plan, chaired by Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, held a meeting on Sunday and decided to launch Operation ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’ aganist terrorism

There are apprehensions among locals that China is frustrated by the Pakistani military and warned it that if they are not capable of protecting Chinese citizens, Beijing will deploy Chinese soldiers in the Balochistan region, further strengthening the world’s perspective that Pakistan is turning into a vassal state for China.  

Chabahar Port is strategically important for both Iran and India. It has the potential to aid Tehran avoid the adverse impacts of Western sanctions while also providing New Delhi with an alternative route that avoids Pakistan, which blocks India's land access for trade with Afghanistan and Central Asia.

After a suicide bombing in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a Chinese engineering firm has suspended operations and laid off over 2,000 workers.

Two Pakistani security personnel were also injured when the cavalcade of engineers of a Chinese construction company came under attack on Faqeer Bridge in Gwadar.

A meeting, under the chairmanship of Energy and Power Secretary Nisar Ahmad Khan, took place on Monday wherein the security agencies were directed that an integrated strategy would be adopted for the timely completion of hydropower projects worth billions of rupees, reported The Nation.

Following Pakistan, Cambodia and Singapore are listed at the second spot while Thailand at third position, as per the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) report.

Two more Chinese nationals were injured in the attack that took place in Karachi, Pakistan.

MEA said inviting third countries to join the CPEC project directly infringes India's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

With Chinese economy slowing and Pakistan on a brink of financial collapse, the two countries have invited a third country to join CPEC.