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| Pak beefs up military protection of Chinese investments |
| 2016-02-09 |
| A heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress, as Pakistan's powerful military seeks to protect billions of dollars of Chinese investment. Securing the planned $46 billion economic corridor of roads, railways and pipelines from northwest China to Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast is a huge challenge in a country where Islamist militants and separatist gunmen are a constant menace. On a recent visit, an SUV carrying Chinese visitors was escorted by two police cars and an army vehicle, while police blocked traffic at every crossroad along the route. It was not clear who the passengers were. "We consider the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as ... an occupation of Baluch territory," said rebel spokesman Miran Baluch, a member of the Baluchistan Liberation Front (BLF), adding its fighters would attack anyone working on the project. "Thousands of Baluch families have been forced to flee the area where the CPEC route is planned. (The) Baluch (people) will not tolerate such projects on their land." |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #2 JM, why does it have to be either or? Seems like Pakistan could make coin transporting Afghanistan's mineral wealth to China and the world. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-09 21:48 |
| #1 Yuuup. * "An occupation of Baluch territory" > which islamabad = Pakistan deems to be better than seeing Pakistan lose Baluchistan to independence, or worse to Afghanistan as Kabul's "Road/Path/ Corridor to the Sea" [maritime trade] + Afghan National Prosperity [also read, US SUCCESS]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-02-09 01:03 |