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Multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan project will benefit entire region, Pakistani envoy says

Assurances counter Indian analyst’s suggestion that only Islamabad’s elite will benefit from China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Pakistani labourers arrange a welcome billboard featuring the Chinese and Pakistani national flags ahead of a visit to Islamabad by Chinese President Xi Jinping two years ago. Photo: AFP

A multibillion-dollar infrastructure programme to link China and Pakistan will benefit the whole region and not drive a bigger wedge between Islamabad and New Delhi, according to Pakistan’s ambassador to China, Masood Khalid.

Khalid defended the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a major component of China’s ambitious plans to revive trade along the Silk Road, on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Innovation and Development Forum in Hong Kong on Friday.