Sir: After reading the dawn report titled “CPEC Master Plan”, one of the things I understood from this is that in the first phase, China wants to provide infrastructural support,including transportation, electricity supply, and after that, it will start to enter nearly every sector of Pakistan’s economy through companies, which will, in theory, create jobs for the local population.But the perks being given to the Chinese investors might hurt our own business community. If we want to do this right, we must give opportunities to our businesses to expand so that they can actually compete with the Chinese investors. Otherwise, Pakistan’s economy and nearly all its sectors like agriculture, textile, manufacturing, etc., will be controlled by the Chinese. This is alarming to the extent that we might lose our control on our economy. Secondly, China wants to create industries here not because it’s a friend but because we have cheap raw materials. They are establishing industries that will form value added products that will be exported to Europe or the Middle East and the profits will the repatriated to China. So the main problem is: will Pakistan’s economy be strong enough to handle the pressure? My take is that CPEC is a good omen for our economy, but we need rapid economic reforms in our country. We need to tackle corruption. We need to study the pros and cons of CPEC for Pakistan and address the problems because no one from outside will volunteer to sort out the mess. AREEB AHMED SHARIF Karachi