Centrality of CPEC in shaping regional and global political environment highlighted
Lahore: The centrality of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in shaping the regional and global political environment and alignments was highlighted at a seminar here.
The Punjab University Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) organized the seminar on ‘CPEC, and the Geo-Strategic Impact of Gilgit-Baltistan: Challenges and Prospects.’
Karakoram International University Department of International Relations’ Assistant Professor Dr Mir Waheed Akhlaq was the keynote speaker while Director CSAS Professor Dr Umbreen Javaid, faculty members and scholars attended the event.
In the lecture, Dr Mir Waheed Akhlaq underscored the core aspects of China-Pakistan relations and the impact on regional integration.
The speaker also highlighted centrality of CPEC in shaping the regional and global political environment and alignments. He reiterated the need to resolve the long standing issues pertaining to Gilgit-Baltistan.
The region’s constitutional, economic and social development should be prioritized in order to reap the full fruits of CPEC, he added.
In his speech, Dr Umbreen Javaid mentioned that the uplifting the living standard of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan would help strengthen economic cooperation and political alliance foreseen by the Chinese and Pakistani policymakers.
Other speakers on the occasion stressed that the CPEC was a matter of life and death for Pakistan and the country must take maximum advantage from China’s generosity.
