Daily Times

Sir: China is showing a great interest in stability, development, and progress of Pakistan by investing lavishly in CPEC. This project is illustrated as a historic and game changer move for serving the interests of both the countries in a marvelous way and, specially, for serving the prosperity of Pakistan. This school of thought and its argument is a rubbish idea.

Some analysts believe that China would seize control of Pakistan under these high investments as East India Company had done to subcontinent. This belief has been counter argued many times by numerous scholars with significantly calculated measures.

Firstly, the colonial trend has been over and global institutions and organizations would never spare such a hostility conducted against any nation and its any territorial integrity.

Secondly, China has no any history aligned with such suspicions. China has never made any attempt to colonize a land throughout her vast history. Also, friendship with Pakistan paves a lasting way for china to furnish her branded influence and soft corner of peace-loving nation in and across the region.

Last but not the least, Pakistan has emerged as a nuclear power and continues to develop her strength of deterrence. No country, and hence China, would ever be careless enough to neglect mutually assured destruction. Besides, Pakistan has well established patriotic nation which has been proving its love and loyalty to the country since its inception, even in the worst times of wars.

These all real grounds highlight the importance of Pakistani territorial integrity for Pakistan and for China, genuinely. Both are working with high technological breakthroughs and possibly available resources for the prosperity of both the nations.

FAHAD KHAN

Naudero

Published in Daily Times, January 18^th 2019.