CPEC offers Pakistan an opportunity to upgrade the basic infrastructure of all provinces as the corridor essentially passes through the whole of Pakistan.
New roads, highways, railways, airports, and seaports are to be built and developed according to the blueprint of this ambitious project.
Provinces like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, which lag far behind Punjab in terms of development, are expected to get an infrastructural boost.
Indian Concernd Regarding CPEC
As the corridor passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, which India claims to be its own integral and indispensable territory, illegally held by Pakistan, India has openly opposed CPEC.
Pakistan has continuously accused India of conspiring to disrupt the project by fueling the Baloch insurgency, a claim vehemently contested by Indian state.
Unhealthy Indo-Pak relations cast shadows over the prospects of a peaceful and stable South Asia.
