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Sino-Pakistan trade corridor: A regional ‘game changer’

By: Haroon Baloch Chairman Pakistan-China Institute, also an active legislator in upper house of Pakistani Parliament, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed stressed Pakistani leadership to join international community’s bandwagon, especially the deeds of China if development is its desired outcome. Economic cooperation between China and Pakistan, the two time-tested friend countries, do not reflect the true nature Sino-Pakistan ties. Bilateral trade between the both nuclear powers is not more than 13 billion USD with Pakistan’s exports to China slightly over 3 billion UDS. The volume of its imports abuts 10 billion USD, which shows a clear trade imbalance. Both the countries have extensively cooperated in the defense sector. JF-17 Thunder fighter jets and modern tank technology like Al-Khalid are results of this cooperation. Pakistan is also a client of Chinese missiles, flight system, radars and satellite. Former Air Chief Marshal, Pakistan Air Force Rao Qamar Suleman, in an i