Conspiracies against Pak-China economic corridor

[Saifullah Sani]

Debate over China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's route indicator of project's momentum, but protest risks will increase

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, left, meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz during a state visit to Pakistan, on 12 February 2015. Source: PA

EVENT
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi reiterated calls for the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to be expedited during his two-day visit to Pakistan on 12 February.

As part of China's wider plans to increase connectivity in Asia, the CPEC is planned to connect Gwadar port in Pakistan's Balochistan province to Kashgar in China's western Xinjiang province through road infrastructure, railways, and oil and gas pipelines. In November 2014, the Chinese government committed to investing USD45.6 billion until 2020 for the various projects included under the CPEC, of which USD15 billion will be spent on renewable energy projects to alleviate Pakistan's energy shortages.

However, the CPEC's route has been the subject of intense domestic debate in Pakistan over the past month, resulting in two walk-outs from parliament. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provincial governments have accused the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) federal government, which draws its support primarily from Punjab, of altering the CPEC's road transportation route away from the two comparatively underdeveloped provinces. The PML-N government on the other hand argues that it plans to use the existing road network in Punjab and Sindh on an interim basis while the route through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan is developed, which could take as many four years according to current government estimates.

FORECAST
While the intensity of debate indicates the CPEC's likely initiation, the possibility of losing the broader development that it represents underpins the risk of protests and riots in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan in at least the three-month outlook. Already in Quetta, Balochistan's provincial capital, traders went on general strike backed by local political parties on 13 February. Protests are likely to remain relatively peaceful and cause less than 24 hours of disruption, unless a major political party intensifies its opposition. The most likely is Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which heads the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. The party has already launched two major protest movements, including a four-month anti-government sit-in that ended in December 2014 as well as a cargo blockade in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from November 2013 to February 2014.

Debate over China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's route indicator of project's momentum, but protest risks will increase - IHS Jane's 360

 

[Edevelop]

Parties vow to resist change in Pak-China corridor route

ISLAMABAD: Maulana Attaur Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F, National Party leader Hasil Bizenjo, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Qaumi Watan Party head Aftab Sherpao and other leaders pictured at the conference on Pak-China Economic Corridor here on Tuesday.—INP

ISLAMABAD: The participants of a multi-party conference (MPC) organised by the Awami National Party (ANP) on Tuesday vowed to resist the government’s alleged plan to change the route of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor.

The speakers, mainly from the nationalist parties of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, warned that the federation could face “serious consequences” if the PML-N government insisted on excluding the backward areas of the two smaller provinces from the economic route.

Also read: Corridor furore

The event was attended by representatives of almost all the political parties, including those in the coalition governments with the PML-N. However, no one from the ruling PML-N attended the conference to respond to the criticism.

Speaking on the occasion, ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said the changes in the economic corridor would increase the sense of deprivation among the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and smaller provinces.

The ANP chief said Pakistan was the only country where leaders had not learnt from the past mistakes.

He said all the parties had supported Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif when he was facing a political crisis, but now all of them were being pushed away. He said Mr Sharif was the only prime minister who created crises for his own government.

Mr Khan regretted that the PML-N leaders had not even consulted their coalition partners while changing the design of the proposed economic corridor. He vowed to make the project controversial like Kalabagh Dam if the original route was not restored.

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah said such controversial decisions would weaken the federation. Claiming credit for the project, Mr Shah urged the government not to change the route that had been agreed during the PPP government. He also called for raising the issue at the Council of Common Interests (CII).

Vice-chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi termed the project useful for the whole region, saying that no sane person could oppose it. However, he said, the government was bent upon making it controversial. He alleged that the centre had not consulted the provinces before changing the plan.

Abdul Rauf Mengal of the Balochistan National Party-M alleged that the Baloch people were still collecting bodies of their loved ones during the so-called democratic regime.

He asked the government to ensure peace in Balochistan before embarking upon such a huge project.

Hasil Bizenjo, whose National Party (NP) is a coalition partner with the PML-N in Balochistan, was of the view that the project was vital for China as well and the government should not make it controversial. Interestingly, instead of the Balochistan chief minister who belongs to his own party, Mr Bizenjo asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister to take the matter to the CCI.

Aftab Sherpao of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) said only strong provinces could ensure a strong federation.

The participants approved a declaration urging the government not to change the route.

“As we know, the Karakorum Highway enters Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from Gilgit-Baltistan. So the shortest and logical route would have been through southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Zhob, Quetta and Gwadar,” said former KP information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, who read out the declaration.

“In fact, it is the route that was selected originally as the maps on the website of the Planning Commission indicate,” he said.

He said the government now argued that since the building of original route would take a lot of time, it had decided to fill some gaps in the existing road systems and start using them for connecting Gwadar with the Karakoram Highway. The proposed route, he said, would now be passing thorough Islamabad, Lahore, Multan and Sukkur and then enter Balochistan.

“This development has created serious concerns and doubts in the minds of people in KP, Fata and Balochistan,” says the three-page declaration.

“The federal government is supposed to represent the interests of all the federating units. There can’t be core areas and peripheries. That will be against the Constitution of the country and unacceptable to the people of smaller federating units. The other fact is that there is uneven socio–economic development in Pakistan.

“Unfortunately, the unevenness has deepened over the last many years. Fata and KP have been used more as strategic space for playing ‘Great Games’ rather than an area where there are human beings with aspirations of their own,” it says.

“Terrorism, which has been an unfortunate product of the misguided state policies, has brought death and destruction on a large scale in Fata, KP and Balochistan. To rectify these heavy losses, the Pakistani state will have to make proactive policies. Sticking to the original route of the Pak-China Economic Corridor and building it will show that it is honest and sincere in rebuilding the most under-developed part of Pakistan. “If our legitimate rights were trampled upon once again we shall have no other option than resorting to peaceful political agitation,” the declaration concludes.

Parties vow to resist change in Pak-China corridor route - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

[Samlee]

Parties vow to resist change in Pak-China corridor route

ISLAMABAD: Maulana Attaur Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F, National Party leader Hasil Bizenjo, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Qaumi Watan Party head Aftab Sherpao and other leaders pictured at the conference on Pak-China Economic Corridor here on Tuesday.—INP

ISLAMABAD: The participants of a multi-party conference (MPC) organised by the Awami National Party (ANP) on Tuesday vowed to resist the government’s alleged plan to change the route of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor.

The speakers, mainly from the nationalist parties of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, warned that the federation could face “serious consequences” if the PML-N government insisted on excluding the backward areas of the two smaller provinces from the economic route.

Also read: Corridor furore

The event was attended by representatives of almost all the political parties, including those in the coalition governments with the PML-N. However, no one from the ruling PML-N attended the conference to respond to the criticism.

Speaking on the occasion, ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said the changes in the economic corridor would increase the sense of deprivation among the people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and smaller provinces.

The ANP chief said Pakistan was the only country where leaders had not learnt from the past mistakes.

He said all the parties had supported Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif when he was facing a political crisis, but now all of them were being pushed away. He said Mr Sharif was the only prime minister who created crises for his own government.

Mr Khan regretted that the PML-N leaders had not even consulted their coalition partners while changing the design of the proposed economic corridor. He vowed to make the project controversial like Kalabagh Dam if the original route was not restored.

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah said such controversial decisions would weaken the federation. Claiming credit for the project, Mr Shah urged the government not to change the route that had been agreed during the PPP government. He also called for raising the issue at the Council of Common Interests (CII).

Vice-chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi termed the project useful for the whole region, saying that no sane person could oppose it. However, he said, the government was bent upon making it controversial. He alleged that the centre had not consulted the provinces before changing the plan.

Abdul Rauf Mengal of the Balochistan National Party-M alleged that the Baloch people were still collecting bodies of their loved ones during the so-called democratic regime.

He asked the government to ensure peace in Balochistan before embarking upon such a huge project.

Hasil Bizenjo, whose National Party (NP) is a coalition partner with the PML-N in Balochistan, was of the view that the project was vital for China as well and the government should not make it controversial. Interestingly, instead of the Balochistan chief minister who belongs to his own party, Mr Bizenjo asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister to take the matter to the CCI.

Aftab Sherpao of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) said only strong provinces could ensure a strong federation.

The participants approved a declaration urging the government not to change the route.

“As we know, the Karakorum Highway enters Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from Gilgit-Baltistan. So the shortest and logical route would have been through southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Zhob, Quetta and Gwadar,” said former KP information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, who read out the declaration.

“In fact, it is the route that was selected originally as the maps on the website of the Planning Commission indicate,” he said.

He said the government now argued that since the building of original route would take a lot of time, it had decided to fill some gaps in the existing road systems and start using them for connecting Gwadar with the Karakoram Highway. The proposed route, he said, would now be passing thorough Islamabad, Lahore, Multan and Sukkur and then enter Balochistan.

“This development has created serious concerns and doubts in the minds of people in KP, Fata and Balochistan,” says the three-page declaration.

“The federal government is supposed to represent the interests of all the federating units. There can’t be core areas and peripheries. That will be against the Constitution of the country and unacceptable to the people of smaller federating units. The other fact is that there is uneven socio–economic development in Pakistan.

“Unfortunately, the unevenness has deepened over the last many years. Fata and KP have been used more as strategic space for playing ‘Great Games’ rather than an area where there are human beings with aspirations of their own,” it says.

“Terrorism, which has been an unfortunate product of the misguided state policies, has brought death and destruction on a large scale in Fata, KP and Balochistan. To rectify these heavy losses, the Pakistani state will have to make proactive policies. Sticking to the original route of the Pak-China Economic Corridor and building it will show that it is honest and sincere in rebuilding the most under-developed part of Pakistan. “If our legitimate rights were trampled upon once again we shall have no other option than resorting to peaceful political agitation,” the declaration concludes.

Parties vow to resist change in Pak-China corridor route - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

All Traitors Have United To Oppose Another Game Changer Project Just The Same Way They They Opposed KBD

 

[insight-out]

The biggest conspirators who are keeping the Gwadar project from taking off are the corrupt and incompetent government and bureaucracy. If there is genuine will and honesty, these "foreign conspiracies" cannot succeed in sabotaging/delaying the project.

 

[Edevelop]

 

[Muhammad Omar]

There is no conspiracies, China is backing out & this all thanks to continues blunders from corrupt politicians, first it was PPP & now it is PML-N. China knows Pakistan is rule by corrupt politicians & they know there is ONLY corruption in Pakistan which is developing & nothing else, so after all this crap they are backing of.

Can you provide a good source which says China is backing of from this Project

 

[Saifullah Sani]

China rejects rumors about change in proposed route of economic corridor

Islamabad: Chinese officials have said there is no change in the proposed route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and that the two countries had agreed on a single route.

The first ever clarification from Chinese officials came following claims by some political leaders that the government has modified the CPEC’s original road.
The Awami National Party alleges that the PML-N gov’t has altered the route that could deprive parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

But Chinese officials insist that Pakistan and China had “agreed on a single route and no question arise to change it.”

“The debate should come to an end for the fundamental interest of Pakistan.

All circles in Pakistan are expected to understand and support the construction of CPEC, work together to build a friendly environment of public opinion, promote the projects and benefit local people as soon as possible,” a Chinese official told a group of journalists in an informal interaction on Sunday.

The CPEC starts from Kashgar in China’s Xinjiang province runs throughout the whole Pakistan, and finally reaches Gwadar Port in the south in Balochistan.

In May 2013, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang paid a visit to Pakistan and reached important consensus with Pakistan leaders on planning and constructing the CPEC. During Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to China in July, 2013, the construction of CPEC was reiterated.

“The debate on the alignment of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will only add divergence between different regions and parties in Pakistan. It is not conducive to the unity and development of Pakistan,” said the Chinese official, who wished not to be identified by name as he is not allowed to speak on the record.

“The current alignment of CPEC is out of thorough and in-depth feasibility studies and will bring about great benefits to Pakistan. That’s why both sides decided to start with KKH Phase II, highway between Multan and Sukkur, some energy projects, among others.”

The early harvests from these projects will help accumulate good experience and pave the way for the future cooperation between the two countries, he said, adding with the construction of CPEC, more projects will be built in every region of Pakistan.

“The Economic Corridor will cover the populated and major areas of Pakistan and consists of energy projects, transportation infrastructures and economic zones along it. The construction of these projects will promote the flow of goods, information, and other resources, including and people,” the Chinese official went on to say.

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[B+ Dracula]

Ab is BAK-BAK say agay bhi sochna hoo gaa, Kia CONSTRUCTION hoo rii hy?.........Iam tired of cospiracy theories bla bla

 

[OrionHunter]

By da way, he is talking bout India or Iran or any other country? Whos that SOME COUNTRIES?

I think it is India, USA and Iran.

Pakistan must realize that what China is doing by making an 'economic corridor' from Khasgar in China to Gwadar is meant for China's own national interests with the crumbs going to Pakistan. There are no freebies in this world and Chinese are businessmen first, friends later. This corridor is basically a shortcut to the Middle East for the Chinese.

When the Pakistanis have to pay through their noses to use even small stretches of this Chinese highway at toll booths, they'll understand the implications which would be too late by then. '16000MW being added to benefit the industrial zones and domestic consumers in the country' is not free. It would be double the rates of what is being coughed up by citizens today. Will the ordinary folk be able to afford it?

All this talk of “The Pak-China economic corridor is not a game changer but a fate changer for Pakistan and for the prosperity of three billion people of the region,” is a lot of chest thumping and hot air. The cost that an ordinary Pakistan would need to pay for the services would be exorbitant.

Unfortunately, most are under the impression that all this development being done by the Chinese is for free. They're in for a rude surprise!

 

[lasttry]

Living Life one conspiracy theory at a time. Sigh!

 

[xyxmt]

The biggest conspirators who are keeping the Gwadar project from taking off are the corrupt and incompetent government and bureaucracy. If there is genuine will and honesty, these "foreign conspiracies" cannot succeed in sabotaging/delaying the project.

they succeeded against Kalabagh dam, too many "leaders" live on Indian money

 

[SBD-3]

Not Iran,as it would benefit them too.I think he might be talking about India .

Iran and UAE would lose direct business to Gawadar.

 

[Samlee]

I think it is India, USA and Iran.

Pakistan must realize that what China is doing by making an 'economic corridor' from Khasgar in China to Gwadar is meant for China's own national interests with the crumbs going to Pakistan. There are no freebies in this world and Chinese are businessmen first, friends later. This corridor is basically a shortcut to the Middle East for the Chinese.

When the Pakistanis have to pay through their noses to use even small stretches of this Chinese highway at toll booths, they'll understand the implications which would be too late by then. '16000MW being added to benefit the industrial zones and domestic consumers in the country' is not free. It would be double the rates of what is being coughed up by citizens today. Will the ordinary folk be able to afford it?

All this talk of “The Pak-China economic corridor is not a game changer but a fate changer for Pakistan and for the prosperity of three billion people of the region,” is a lot of chest thumping and hot air. The cost that an ordinary Pakistan would need to pay for the services would be exorbitant.

Unfortunately, most are under the impression that all this development being done by the Chinese is for free. They're in for a rude surprise!

I Love How This Project Has Caused Sleep Loss In You Trolls

All of A Sudden Every Indian Has Become An Economist and Geostrategic Expert

 

[Cherokee]

corridor se pehle conspiracy ban gayi .

 

[Echo_419]

Racist parties start getting cash from India again.

Racist parties start getting cash from India again.

You have any proof to support that claim or is it a Kiali Pulaoo