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China's overland Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road Thread
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Hard and Tough Areas of project, making impossible to possible
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multibillion-dollar infrastructure investment project, is heralded as a game changer for Pakistan’s economy.
It is part of the major development initiative led by China, known as ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR), connecting Asia with Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and for those involved it evokes hopes, a myriad of interests, and it spurs a geopolitical shift (Ze 2015; 2014, October 2014). However, such a mega project also raises numerous questions, especially with regards to the feasibility of its implementation in view of tremendous security challenges. In order to guarantee a secure environment for the CPEC development, the military is expanding its power.
This phenomenon significantly affects the country’s civil-military relations and civilian control over the military, while challenging the process of democratic transition. To assess the correlation between CPEC development and quality of democracy, the paper applies the ‘Heidelberg Model of Civilian Control’ (Croissant et al. 2013, 2011 April, 2011, 2010, 2009); it analyses the influence of the military on the decision-making and implementation process vis-à-vis the civilian government, understood as the elected representatives of the people.
It will be argued that: First, the way in which CPEC is being implemented limits the decision-making powers of the civilian government and hampers civilian control over the military. Second, since civilian control of the military is interpreted as a prerequisite for democracy, the CPEC development is undermining the process of democratic transition initiated by the 2013 general elections. Third, to ensure the CPEC development, the military has built-up a parallel governance structure, exercising tremendous executive and judicial powers and side-lining the civilian government.
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- Highway (N-40) is one of National Highway running from Lakpass near Quetta to the border town of Taftan via in , Pakistan extending into Iran via Road It is a two lane highways with total length of 610 km. It is maintained and operated by Pakistan's National Highway Authority.
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Merchant Shipbuilding: plans to develop shipyard....
#Pakistan has unveiled plans to develop Gwadar shipyard in order to promote merchant shipbuilding in the country on fast-track basis to meet the increasing national needs, sources said.
Sources in the Ministry of Ports and Shipping told The Nation that the development of Gwadar shipyard to build new generation commercial vessels would also enable Pakistan to compete with other regional countries.
The plan envisages constructing ships of very large crude carrier and ultra large crude carrier dimensions and mass, besides establishment of two drydocks to handle up to 600,000 dead weight tonnage.
The proposed Gwadar shipyard besides building the merchant ships would also help promote building of barges, survey vessels, tugs and tugs to support the port’s activities in the country.
The sources further said that some Chinese investors had also shown their interest to invest in the proposed Gwadar shipyard project.
The development also aims at leaving Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works Limited (KSEW) to meet the national defence needs.
Pakistan has so far been relying on the KSEW for merchant shipbuilding since its inception is undergoing infrastructure expansion and modernisation to uplift its capacity to meet the increasing needs of the Pakistan Navy.
signed a $30 million deal with -based TTS Group for the Syncrolift ship lift-and-transfer system that would link via rail the Syncrolift with 13 in-land workstations, enabling the KSEW to expand its capacity and ship turnover “by three times.”
Karachi shipyard is the only shipyard and oldest heavy engineering establishment of Pakistan, catering for shipbuilding, ship repair and general heavy engineering.
It has played a historical role in transferring of technologies and broadening the industrial base since its inception in 1957.
shipyard had built numerous cargo ships, oil tankers, tugboats and support vessels, landing crafts, naval vessels and submarines.
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Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong will visit Faisalabad next month to inaugurate a Chinese desk at the chamber of commerce in a bid to facilitate businessmen planning to launch joint ventures with Chinese counterparts under the industrial cooperation phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
This was disclosed by Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) Vice President Engineer Ahmed Hassan, after holding a meeting with the Chinese envoy at a function organised to mark the 90th anniversary of China’s People’s Liberation Army.
The function was hosted by Chinese embassy’s Military, Naval and Air Attache Major General Chen Wenrong. It was attended by Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and high civil and military officers.
On his return back to Faisalabad, Hassan said $58 billion would be spent on CPEC under a government-to-government arrangement while $150 billion was expected to be invested by private sectors of the two countries under CPEC’s industrial cooperation phase. He emphasised that the Chinese desk was being created to provide necessary information and guidance to the businessmen associated with the FCCI, who were eager to participate in the investment phase.
He said he invited the Chinese ambassador to visit and inaugurate the desk, which the envoy immediately accepted, saying he would try his best to visit Faisalabad in September.
Hassan was of the view that language was the main barrier in the way of strengthening linkages between the people, industrialists and businessmen of the two countries.
Realising the obstacle, the FCCI has arranged a Chinese language course and its fourth batch is going to start next week.
Hassan pointed out that the research and development wing of the FCCI had so far published two studies on the challenges and opportunities under the CPEC project.
A CPEC directory is also being compiled which will have data of various industrial and commercial units going to participate in CPEC.
Hassan said he also presented a book on CPEC prospects and challenges for agriculture in Pakistan to the ambassador.
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to create trading bloc of three billion people...
While speaking at a roundtable jointly organised by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and Chinese Centre for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE), the Chief Economist Ms. WenLing Chen cited CPEC as an excellent example of intergovernmental coordination.
She said BRI is for cooperation, peace, and mutual benefit of the 60 plus countries involved in this initiative. Pakistan's WTO ambassador, Dr. Tauqir Shah participated in the dialogue and said that CPEC is a $54 billion project that has all the vital elements for economic development including transport, information technology and renewable energy. He highlighted that OBOR is 'critically important for Pakistan'.
