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CPEC and Sino-Pak Military Cooperation

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Chinese and Pakistani border guards at Khunjerab Pass. (Image: Wikipedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) The 46 billion Dollars Mega Project CPEC is a flagship project of Chinese broader vision of One Belt, One Road (OBOR). It has been rightly termed as “Economic Game and Fate Changer”. CPEC will not only bring prosperity to Pakistan and China but also benefit the region at large. China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has started with dozens of projects under implementation in all regions of the country. CPEC will open doors to immense economic as well as strategic opportunities for the people of South Asia and connect China to promote in Asia, Europe and beyond. The CPEC land route up to Gwadar will shorten the existing circuitous sea route of almost 16,000 kms to about 3,000 kms, greatly reducing the travelling time and economic cost. Despite of the debates being aired in opposition to CPEC, successful realization of CPEC will result in meeting the energy shortfalls, in addition to building ...

Mashal Khan Incident: What We Learned At What Cost!

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File photo of Mashal Khan. There is a Pashto proverb “che rakhtia razi darogho ba kalay wran karay ye” which means, by the time truth is known, lies will have destroyed the village. Lies killed Mashal Khan  before anyone could know the truth. KP’s IG Police Salahuddin Khan Mehsud told a press conference today that no evidence of blasphemy was found against the accused and vowed to bring all the perpetrators to justice. On the other hand, Mashal’s friends have recorded their statements revealing shocking hidden truth that even implicate university administration in this whole saga. This gory act of lynching, torturing, and murdering was not undertaken by some uneducated terrorists but a highly educated cream of our society. Undoubtedly, it has put our lofty heads in shame. It tells us a lot about our education system and the kind of mindset we’re producing. Mashal Khan’s “brutal” killing is a fact. Everyone watched videos of his inhuman lynching. Yet, many among us kept on writing s...