CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Pakistan's Balochistan with China's Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of China's ambitious multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 17, 2022 (ANI) Having made significant investments in the conflict-prone Pakistan-Afghanistan region as part of its hugely ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, China is planning to protect its interests in the two countries by stationing its own forces in specially created outposts, according to top diplomatic sources. China Wants Military Outposts in Pakistan To Safeguard Its Investments Under Belt & Road Initiative.
Given the huge imbalance of power in its favour, China has begun to pressurize Pakistan to allow the building of outposts where it would station its armed personnel, news agency ANI reported.
Karachi police said an in-depth investigation into April’s bombing that killed three Chinese teachers and their Pakistani driver led to the arrest of an “important accused”.