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BEIJING: Work on lying a fiber optic cable line linking China to Pakistan is set to begin soon.
Sources said that the link will give China access to Pakistani military's communication networks. Radio Pakistan reported that a team of exports have visited parts of the area to be covered by the line and plan to begin work soon.
Telecom experts recently carried out inspection in Sost and Khunjarab in the upper Hunza area of Gilgit Baltistan, Radio Pakistan said quoting officials of the communication department in the area.
The new lines will also connect Rawalpindi, the military headquarters of Pakistan and Gilgit Baltistan including areas in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, sources said.
Pakistani experts have talked about the security challenges faced by the project including the possibility of the communication lines being monitored and disrupted by Taliban militants but they have not expressed any worry about the access it would give to Chinese authorities, observers said. This may be because Pakistan regards China as an all-weather and trusted friend, they said.
China and Pakistan signed an agreement for the optic fiber project by the Chinese company Huawei during the visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Beijing in July.
The fiber cable connecting Rawalpindi and Khunjarab on the Pakistan-China border will be 820 km long and will cost $44 million.
Both neighbors have opted for additional measures to mitigate security challenges because voice and data traffic along the militant infested border could be monitored and disturbed, sources said. Erratic climatic conditions in the area also pose a challenge.
The project planners have provided for an alternative link between Pakistan and Trans-Asia Europe cable in China to ensure connectivity with the international telecom traffic in case of disruption, APP, the Pakistani news agency reported.
Optic fiber line to give China access to Pak military networks - The Times of India
Sources said that the link will give China access to Pakistani military's communication networks. Radio Pakistan reported that a team of exports have visited parts of the area to be covered by the line and plan to begin work soon.
Telecom experts recently carried out inspection in Sost and Khunjarab in the upper Hunza area of Gilgit Baltistan, Radio Pakistan said quoting officials of the communication department in the area.
The new lines will also connect Rawalpindi, the military headquarters of Pakistan and Gilgit Baltistan including areas in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, sources said.
Pakistani experts have talked about the security challenges faced by the project including the possibility of the communication lines being monitored and disrupted by Taliban militants but they have not expressed any worry about the access it would give to Chinese authorities, observers said. This may be because Pakistan regards China as an all-weather and trusted friend, they said.
China and Pakistan signed an agreement for the optic fiber project by the Chinese company Huawei during the visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Beijing in July.
The fiber cable connecting Rawalpindi and Khunjarab on the Pakistan-China border will be 820 km long and will cost $44 million.
Both neighbors have opted for additional measures to mitigate security challenges because voice and data traffic along the militant infested border could be monitored and disturbed, sources said. Erratic climatic conditions in the area also pose a challenge.
The project planners have provided for an alternative link between Pakistan and Trans-Asia Europe cable in China to ensure connectivity with the international telecom traffic in case of disruption, APP, the Pakistani news agency reported.
Optic fiber line to give China access to Pak military networks - The Times of India
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