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Pakistan's Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has passed instructions to the concerned officials to begin the process for abolishing the authority. "We will move a summary seeking Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's approval to abolish the CPEC Authority," Iqbal confirmed to The Express Tribune.

“The Pakistan side briefed the Chinese side on the latest developments on the situation in Jammu & Kashmir, including its concerns, position and pressing issues at the moment. The Chinese side has reiterated that the Kashmir issue was a dispute left from history, and should be properly and peacefully resolved based on the UN Charter, relevant security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements," read the joint statement posted by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (P-MFA).

The NSA's remarks came in an interview with the Beijing Review where he mentioned that some countries and their proxy actors do not want the CPEC to succeed, as they see the Pakistan-China partnership as a "threat". Yusuf acknowledged that there have been a number of attacks on the CPEC projects, highlighting that India supported and funded them through anti-Pakistan militant organisations operating from third countries, the report said.

Baksh is also associated with Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman Baloch who is leading a powerful civil rights movement for the Baloch people against the Pakistan government. Degrading life conditions in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar has resulted in the citizens feeling that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has robbed them of their dignity in their own land.

Beijing's deep seaport construction in Gwadar which is a part of the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has resulted in a severe shortage of water and electricity, unnecessary checkpoint setups, and threat to the livelihood of fishermen. The worrisome living conditions in the city gave rise to the ‘Give rights to Gwadar’ rally.