CPEC woes: UN report warns of India-Pak tensions, violence in Balochistan

It also cautioned that the instability in Afghanistan could cast a shadow over CPEC's viability

The $50-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) traversing through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) could create "geo-political tension" in the region by igniting further tensions between India and Pakistan, a UN report has warned.

The report, released by the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), said that the project could also fuel separatist movement in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

"The dispute over Kashmir is also of concern, since the crossing of the CPEC in the region might create geo-political tension with India and ignite further political instability," said the report on China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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