ISLAMABAD – Aiming to protect the multi-billion dollar China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC) project in Gwadar and Balochistan the Pakistanimilitary is in the process of raising a division headquarters of the 44thLight Infantry.
The Division is raised in Balochistan’s Gwadar to coordinate securityinitiatives and protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
India has opposed the project as it passes through the disputed territoryof Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
“India has consistently expressed concerns to both China and Pakistan onthe projects in so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is on theterritory of India”, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokespersonRaveesh Kumar stated in September.
The CPEC is a flagship infrastructure-related project of China in Pakistanand is a part of the over $50 billion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) thataims to link the continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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The move to create the new division headquarters was taken to ensureproper security for the project and the thousands of Chinese workers in thearea, media reports said.
A series of attacks link this year andearlier from Baloch activists has raised concerns for China; on 12 May,gunmen stormed in PC Gwadar and killed five people, Sputnik has reported.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), an ethnic Baloch group fighting for theindependence of Balochistan province, claimed responsibility for the attack.
