Pakistan settling outsiders in Gwadar to dilute Baloch influence
Tue, Apr 06 2021 01:48:24 PM
By Rahul Kumar
New Delhi,
Apr 6 (IANS): Pakistan has decided to turn its port city of Gwadar, the starting point of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as the capital of southern Balochistan .
The deep move has several implications. The new administrative change will allow the government to change the demographic complexion of the region, by opening the gates for Pashtun settlers to enter the province, undermining the influence of the more militant ethnic Balochs. If everything goes to plan, the resulting stability in turn will secure the huge investments that are pouring in from China under CPEC. CPEC is the flagship of the Chinese President Xi Jinping s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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