Mir Hasil Bizenjo, Minister for Ports and Shipping, revealed to the senate that Pakistan will get only 9 percent of total revenues from Gwadar Port. The remaining 91 percent will go to China over the course of next 40 years as per the agreement signed between the two countries. Senators also raised their concerns over this substantial imbalance of asset sharing with China getting the most out of it.
The numbers were made public after senators pressurized government for keeping the long-term agreement terms secret.
Criticism
The terms of agreement were criticised by not only opposition but by government’s own members. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) Senator Kalsoom Pervaiz indicated that agreement should have been signed on an equal basis.
She further demanded Raza Rabbani, Chairperson Senate, that a separate committee on this matter be established. In response, Chairperson rejected her proposal saying two committees on CPEC have already been established and advised her to present her issues before those committees.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was also not happy with the distribution of revenues between Pakistan and China. Senator Mohsin Aziz of PTI pointed out that businessmen, instead of bureaucrats, should have been the ones formulating the agreement between the two countries.
Criticising the structure of CPEC committees, Sardar Azam Musakhel, senator of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), said that none of the committees of CPEC have a chairman from Balochistan, while Gwadar Port lies in Balochistan province. He further objurgated government saying that authorities are handing out undue favors to China.
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The Defenders
Mir Hasil and Senator Javed Abbasi of PML-N were among the defenders of the Gwadar Port agreement. Mir Hasil said that the agreement follows build-operate and transfer model. Meaning that Pakistan will have full authority over the port and any infrastructure that will be built upon it.
Senator Javed stressed that the investment of $56 billion by China in CPEC is greatly in Pakistan’s interest. He elaborated that many power projects will be initiated along CPEC that will bring down country’s energy crisis. Along with that many industrial zones will be established that will help decrease the unemployment rate in the country.
On distribution of the power projects, senator told that most of these will be built in Sindh and Balochistan.
Via: Dawn
now any one come here for bashing this agreement let me tell you few important things:
1) gwadar is duty free port so they are going to earn from ships rents.
2) amount of money they are going to earn won’t cross port expenses ,so they are earning very little.
3)china making 29 industrial zones in pakistan which benefits pakistan more then earning from a duty free port
4)toll charges from trucks are still going to received by pakistan which worth more then the port earning
5)most of the port earning will be reinvested in gwadar ,rather then going in the hands of corrupt politicians and government
6) Singapore, Shanghai are the product of chinese FTZ(free trade zone)
no i’am not a PMLN supporter
Your point 5 stands above all.
Source please?
Agree, Pakistan will get more, especially doors will be opened for multi national companies. Pakistan expat will get chance to work in home country. unemployment rate will be decreased. In current situation it is good move for our feature.
Could you please share the source of the ‘info’ you shared?
If everything you said is true, then why China invested those $56B? Please don’t tell me that they did it for ‘fraandship’
Govt should not cheat with pakistani people specially the people of Balochistan must get the complete benefits from CPEC. 40 to 50 % should be for China no more than that. because china will export its products so china will be double beneficial of this.
& Pakistan Get THANKS Letter From China :)
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