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Is Pakistan 'Drowned In Debt' And Losing Its Political & Strategic Autonomy To China?-527081

Is Pakistan ‘Drowned In Debt’ And Losing Its Political & Strategic Autonomy To China?
Sun Online Desk
1st January, 2021 08:14:26
China, with its BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) project, is making sure that Pakistan is completely debt-trapped, forced to ‘part’ with its territories, and loses political and strategic autonomy significantly.
Media reports have indicated that China is not inclined to entertain Islamabad’s request to finance the US$6.1 billion Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway project, the biggest component of the Chinese flagship CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) project, at a 1 percent interest rate.
In the ML-1 project, the interest rates have been negotiated, re-negotiated, suspended, and re-commenced. Beijing is aware that in the given global scenario and Pakistan’s precarious financial state, it cannot dictate terms and hence after some posturing, will be forced to accept the Chinese terms, whatever be the cost political, economic, ....

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China, with its BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) project, is making sure that Pakistan is completely debt-trapped, forced to ‘part’ with its territories, and loses political and strategic autonomy significantly.
Media reports have indicated that China is not inclined to entertain Islamabad’s request to finance the US$6.1 billion Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway project, the biggest component of the Chinese flagship CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) project, at a 1 percent interest rate.
In the ML-1 project, the interest rates have been negotiated, re-negotiated, suspended, and re-commenced. Beijing is aware that in the given global scenario and Pakistan’s precarious financial state, it cannot dictate terms and hence after some posturing, will be forced to accept the Chinese terms, whatever be the cost political, economic, and strategic. ....

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