Brother, the PTI Government already froze CPEC project for a full one year for these feasibility reasons and then re-started it doubling down by establishing the CPEC Authority and pretty much handing it over to the military.
Now, what did the PTI Government actually find during that one year pause when they re-evaluated everything. Nothing.
But I can tell you one thing (which is what upsets me personally in respect to the PTI Government) is that China launched the CPEC project with $45 billion with the PML-N Government in 2015. The Chinese were impressed with the Pakistani co-operation to the extent that they enhanced it to $62 billion in 2017. The Chinese were next planning with the PLM-N Government to
enhance the project further to $150 billion by 2025.
But what has happened? PTI Government came, made it look as though CPEC is a disaster, mired in corruption and put the project on hold for a full year.
Around $30 billion of projects were completed during the PML-N's tenure (2015-2018). The Chinese are no longer talking with Pakistan about investing $150 billion. They're not even talking about $62 billion. In fact, they're reluctantly just trying to finish the original $46 billion just because CPEC Authority has been setup.
Now brother, you as a patriotic Pakistani not looking at this from a political party point of view, just look at it from a Pakistani Government point of view. Why Pakistan's largest ever infrastructure project that was launched with $46 billion, enhanced to $62 billion, planned to become a $150 billion just by 2025, stopped at $30 billion and seems to be only heading as far as the initial $46 billion project.
Why has this regression happened? Who's to blame for it? Do you think China wants Pakistani military owning their CPEC which they deliberately chose to do with a specific civilian Government?
