CPEC: Pakistan army to gain control of $60 billion Belt & Road projects
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This story is from December 14, 2020
CPEC: Pakistan army to gain control of $60 billion Belt & Road projects
Armaan Bhatnagar / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Dec 14, 2020, 20:12 IST
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NEW DELHI: Pakistan recently cleared a bill in Parliament that will virtually give the powerful army sweeping control over the $60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects while diminishing the role of the civilian government. The proposed law has caused discomfort in the opposition ranks and sparked concerns over the possible implications of establishing a parallel government . Here s what the proposed law means and why it s controversial:
Pakistan’s love for military now has Chinese money and will soon have legislative power
Sun Online Desk
11th December, 2020 11:57:27
An interesting new legislation has recently been passed in the Pakistan National Assembly. This law proposes to create a China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority that would essentially take control of the billion dollar CPEC away from the civilian bureaucracy to the Pakistan Army. Most democracies would have a virtual army of bureaucrats and auditors to handle such a project. But not in Pakistan, where the creation of an army-run supranational authority is in line with other actions, which have put the country so close to army rule that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference.