Pakistan-China Cooperation and its Impact on South Asia

Abstract

It is fact that there is no permanent friend and no permanent enemy in the international Politics but those are only interests which are permanent. But it is global fact that China and Pakistan are only friends which are only permanent friends in the world and now relationship seems deep-rooted and appears at higher levels in all contemporary times and all aspects. Since establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, China and Pakistan have developed an all-Weather friendship which is based on equality, brotherhood and overall cooperation. Recently Pakistan-China relations have entered into new peak when Pakistan and China signed 51 agreements worth of US $46 billion and agreed to build China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) which shall not only the shortest route for business to China but will serve as a cheapest trade route from Arabian Sea of Afghanistan and Central Asian States. Though, after development of China- Pakistan Economic corridor, the whole region of Asia would enter into new era of progress and prosperity. According to experts, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will prove as a game changer in the region.