China has expressed its intention to give the burden of protecting its citizens present in Pakistan to any Chinese agency. It is clearly China’s problematic approach to pursue its projects there, distrusting the ability of another country.
It would have been better if China would have considered the question, why is there a growing opposition to its infrastructure projects in a friendly country like Pakistan? China calls them projects for the benefit of all. But why are they upset with the people for whose alleged benefit they are being created? But instead of considering it, he now wants to deploy his security forces in Pakistan. At present, Pakistan is in deep economic crisis. China and Saudi Arabia are the only two countries that have come forward to help him on this occasion. Therefore, it is difficult to say how long Pakistan will be able to reject the Chinese intention. But distrusting the ability of another country to pursue its projects there has a problematic mindset. According to a special report of a website, China has expressed its intention to give the responsibility of protecting its citizens present in Pakistan to a Chinese agency.
It is worth noting that recently there have been attacks on many Chinese projects in Pakistan. Chinese citizens have also died in them. According to the news that has just come, the request of China has not been accepted by the Pakistan government at the moment. But China has kept pressure on the Pakistan government on this issue. Pakistan is an important destination under China’s ambitious plan Belt and Road Initiative. China has invested a lot there. But recently there have been signs of increasing anti-China sentiments among the people of Chinese project areas. There has also been a movement in Balochistan regarding this. Terrorist attacks on Chinese bases have been considered part of this series. Whereas there is a general understanding that if Chinese security agencies are deployed, then public opposition to China will increase further. Especially this will happen in Balochistan, where anti-China sentiments are already strong. It would be better if China tries to understand these sentiments. Otherwise, even if his security personnel have been deployed, it is not possible for them to provide flawless security.
