The comments from the official came after AIIB president Jin Liqun on Tuesday made a mention about China's Belt and Road Initiative in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Cutting of jungles, mountains and increase in heavy vehicular movement in the region poses a serious threat to glaciers
India has objected to the $50 billion CPEC as it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
On December 8, the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan warned CPEC's Chinese workers that they might be targetted
India has raised concerns over the project as it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
The senior officials from Pakistan and China on Monday decided to formally move ahead despite hurdles and finance at least three special economic/industrial zones
The CPEC connects China restive Xinjiang province with Gwadar Port in Balochistan
When the CPEC was announced a few years back, it was anticipated that the project would mostly be funded with Chinese money as Pakistan was not in a position to deploy the necessary capital
Some analysts believe the project will heavily cause an ecological imbalance in the region
The CPEC is not a conspiracy against anyone: Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal
Human rights activists have, time and again, spoken about and highlighted the growing atrocities of Pakistan on the indigenous people of Balochistan
India has openly opposed the Belt and Road, whose CPEC cuts through Pakistan-administered Kashmir
He also said India and China should resolve their border issues through give and take
China and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen anti-terrorism and security cooperation along a USD 50 billion economic corridor that links the restive regions of the two countries through a network of rail and road projects. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) connects Xinjiang province in northwest China with the deep-water Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea in southwestern Pakistan. It faces challenges from Islamic militants in both the regions. The CPEC, a part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road (B&R) initiative, runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and India has raised objection to the project. The security cooperation agreement was reached when Meng Jianzhu, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party Central Committee, met visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and Pakistani National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua yesterday in Beijing. Reports have said that Pakistan deployed a 15,000-strong military
The murder of two Chinese teachers has left Beijing in no doubt about these risks
With $33 billion earmarked for energy, the CPEC is also set to make Pakistan a global player
India is protesting against the CPEC as it passes through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Pakistan told the Chinese Foreign Minister that protecting Chinese in Pakistan is Islamabad priority
Despite India's repeated objections, China maintains the project has nothing to do with dispute
A Chinese newspaper today took exception to a Pakistani scholar's remarks that Pakistan will become a "colony of China" once the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is operationalised, describing it as an example of the deceptive use of history. "Concerns that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will result in colonialism in Pakistan by China are not new and still wrong," an article in the state-run Global Times said today, countering top Pakistani political economist S Akbar Zaidi's assertion that the project may bring some power and jobs in the short run but would enslave the country in the long run. "People often use warnings from history, but those warnings can sometimes be misplaced. The CPEC- a flagship project under the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative - would be a new form of colonialism seems to be an obvious example of the deceptive use of history," the article said. The Global Times article while refuting Zaidi's charge said "of course, only time will tell whether or .