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    ISAS Briefs

    Quick analytical responses to occurrences in South Asia

    364: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

    Sajjad Ashraf, Consultant at ISAS

    9 April 2015

    Pakistan's National Assembly, the Lower House of Parliament, has given post - facto approval for a major project that has come to be known as China - Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The addition of CPEC to the China - Pakistan agenda blends with Beijing's Sil k Road initiative that is designed to connect China, through a series of infrastructure projects, with Central and South Asia and even the eastern edges of the Persian Gulf region