Perhaps you need to have a more passionate approach for achievement and success. CPEC is a success story comparable to any in human history, with the help of the Chinese people, Pakistan has achieved what was deemed impossible. Pakistan has been transformed from a country on the brink of being a failed state to a country with a dynamic and thriving economy and an infrastructure on par with the richest nations of the world. With what little money that was left by the corrupts from the previous govs, the PTI gov have continued the projects and have successfully completed a vast network of roads, bridges, Dams, port/dry ports , power plants and economic industrial zones. PTI had to make hard business sense decisions for continuity based on the state of the finances and the economic climate. PTI economists were obligated and expected to review the whole scheme and cut some projects to balance the books. China accepted the review and the projects were adjusted accordingly.
In a bureaucratic and corrupt country like Pakistan achieving CPEC 1.0 is in it self a huge achievement and praises should be sung for all those who helped achieve it from Nawaz Sharif, President Xi, PM Imran Khan and Pakistan and Chinese armed forces. As you have seen there were huge challenges to overcome and you don't seem to be appreciating the colossal size and scale of the projects, the jobs it has created, the skills and empowerment of the workers and their families. The number of these projects and the technology behind them has awed the world. Chinese technology and Pakistani and Chinese spirit of workmanship has stunned the world who thought it was impossible. Other nations who had looked into the feasibility of such projects always had negative reports and these same projects were drowned as being not feasible or too costly. Only China had the sincerity and commitment to make this happen.
Like all investments there will be people who will get cold feet and worry if it was the right investment. As in all investments there will be people who have unreasonable expectations and timescales. Yes Pakistan did go on a spending spree and, mix in Pakistan's corruption, delays and higher project costs were inevitable. Higher project costs means the debt to China will be increased and they haven't given us free money, China is not a charity , they have 1.4 billion people to feed and CPEC is a business and strategic venture for them and us. it's Pakistan's dependencies on foreign factors (not Chinese) that is undermining rapid CPEC progress including Currency rates, gov and external debt and foreign entities, whose economic system game we are playing, undermine our economic gains through uncontrolled foreign capital flows. This results in Pakistan attempting to reduce debt by borrowing and hence increasing debt causing Pakistan to be stuck in a cycle and trapped. This is a result of our Western trained economists who only know the Western economics game and not a fault of any other nation. Iran realised long time ago that if you play someone else's game and you keep losing then it best to stop playing the game.
The planners were aware of the risks to the project and these were not unfounded. Other than the financial costs Pakistan has had to focus huge resources in security. Building the fence with Afghanistan, allocating two Divisions and more of PA and suffering a relentless Indian sponsored terrorism has increased the costs. There is also a continual spiteful anti-CPEC agenda spread daily by the enemies of Pakistan who attack it from all angles. Like old hags they keep bitching about the debt, pace, wisdom and need for the investments. The enemies of Pakistan want to undermine CPEC at all costs and will spend huge fortunes from it being a success. We need to be disciplined and focused and counter all the negativities being spewed around. Like all investments they focus on the pains of today and not the pleasures of tomorrow which CPEC will bring to countless generations. The sacrifices of todays generation will be appreciated and enjoyed by the next.
