QUETTA – Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) lawmaker SanaullahBaloch tabled the resolution for rights of Balochistan in CPEC which wasbacked by legislators from both treasury and opposition benches demandingan equal share for the province.
“Balochistan’s current share under CPEC is only 4.5 per cent,” BalochistanChief Minister Jam Kamal said while commenting on the resolution. If wedon’t include Gwadar Port and HUBCO projects, then “Balochistan’s share inCPEC is reduced to a meagre one percent”, Jam Kamal complained.
While talking about the feasibility of the resolution, Baloch said the”western route [of CPEC] has been completely ignored and all projects havebeen diverted towards the eastern route”.
“Balochistan has been ignored in the $62billion [CPEC] project in terms ofdevelopment schemes and allocation of funds,” read the resolution. Despitehaving a wide coastal belt and plenty of mineral resources, Balochistan hasrepeatedly been denied its due share, the BNP-M lawmaker said.
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Baloch mentioned that 99 per cent investment was done with regards toindustrial development on the eastern route, ignoring Balochistan.
Chief Minister Jam Kamal further complained that during the last five yearsthe province was ignored by Islamabad and that only Rs300 billion out ofthe Rs5,000 billion were spent in Balochistan.
