Balochistan sources reported that China's decision to invest in the Gwadar Port in particular, and the USD 60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the larger context, should not be seen only in economic terms, as a certain section of people harbor fears of Pakistan being colonized by the Chinese.
Meanwhile the officials like, Captain Gul Mohammed, the head of Marine Operations at Gwadar Port, however, project a brighter picture, believing that the port will be South Asia's 'Dubai'. Accordingly Sindh Province Governor, Muhammed Zubair, who has been one of the key architects behind the port's development, suggests that China's motives behind making the CPEC, has a larger meaning and purpose.
Moreover the Telegraph report
further quotes Pakistani officials, as saying that the deal with China is
Pakistan's way of actually insurance against a hostile India, and a way of
finally breaking free of an increasingly acrimonious relationship with the
United States. As per report "The dusty towns that dot the
desert are patrolled by heavily-armed Pakistani troops in pickup trucks mounted
with machine guns and anti-IED jamming devices”.
