The China-Pakistan Friendship Highway runs over 1,300 kilometres from the far western Chinese city of Kashgar through the world’s highest mountain pass and across the border. For China, the two-lane thoroughfare symbolises a blossoming partnership, nourished with tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure investment. But for many Pakistani businessmen living and working on the Chinese side of the border, the road is a one-way street. “China says our friendship is as high as the Himalayas and as deep as the sea, but it has no heart,” said businessman Murad…
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For Pakistanis, China ‘friendship’ road runs one way
TASHKURGAN, CHINA: The China-Pakistan Friendship Highway runs over 1,300 kilometres from the far western Chinese city of Kashgar through the world’s highest mountain pass and across the border. For China, the two-lane thoroughfare symbolises a blossoming partnership, nourished with tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure investment. But for many businessmen living and working on the Chinese side of the border, the road is a one way street. Also Read:Shehbaz Sharif advised to stay put in Punjab The project is a crown jewel of China’s One Belt, One Road [OBOR] initiative,…
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