- By: Capt. Umar Farooq (R)
Sino Pakistan friendship is a unique, everlasting and reliable friendship. China and Pakistan have been knotted in the knot of friendship for 50+ years. In the history of the world no two countries have come closer to such an extent in which China and Pakistan have come closer and made world records. Basically it’s the sincerity and the role of the well wisher exhibited by China in the last 50+ years. China is like the custodian, guardian and supervisor of Pakistani interests and has always gone to the unlimited level to secure, prosper and guard Pakistan.
This Sino Pakistan friendship is studied as an example in the curriculum of different countries and quoted as a role model. The very interesting point of this friendship is that it is not disastrous to any country and no bad intention to any nation.
China if on one side has empowered the strategic and defensive position of Pakistan by helping in production of armament and advanced ammunition and tech like drones rifles, guns, artillery guns and lots of other categories and on also helped in strengthening the non conventional weapons its production, strength and research. China has recently sent two satellites of Pakistan in orbit, one on moon and another in space for advanced research. This is the climax of friendship.
Recently China has announced plans to send an astronaut from Pakistan to space next year. China has developed gawadar seaport and strategically uplifted Balochistan province and converted gawadar into a gateway to the gulf and other world.
To further enhance the friendship China has developed and sponsored CPEC road from gawadar to gilgit and further inside china. This is a game changer. China has helped Pakistan to develop nuclear submarines to defend waters of Arabian sea in Karachi. China has recently helped to complete Gwadar international airport and technical training center hospital to uplift the life of locals and community mobilization.
China has imparted the tech to Pakistan to develop F17 thunder J10 fighter jets which recently performed miracles in pak india war. China has developed many industrial setups in Pakistan and many economic zones in Pakistan. Chinese investors and multi national chief executives are in Pakistan for many years and investing in different sectors. Thousands of Pakistani students engineers pilots and technical officers get admissions every year in University and tech institutes in China to get advanced knowledge and get intellectual expertise.
China has constructed many small dams in Pakistan and also built major water reservoirs like Dasu Dam. Apart from this defense economic infrastructure and industrial sector and power sector, China is helping Pakistan in the agriculture sector also to develop advanced vegetables, fruits and crops. China has grown the tea leaf gardens in Mansehra to make Pakistan self-reliant in tea production. To save Pakistan from being a defaulter or bankrupt state, China is helping in rolling over the loans for the last 10 years and compromising the return of the loans.
Millions of dollars of fish and sea food collected from the sea coast of Karachi and Gwadar is exported to China. Chinese products have entered Pakistani markets and they have all types of brands from cheaper to very expensive. Stationary items, shoes, electric items, and lots of other things are being imported from China. Pakistan has developed many Chinese language centers where Chinese language is taught to young students and skilled persons who want to visit China.
China has played its role to bring Pakistan closer to Russia. Frequent visits of pak army senior commanders, president, prime minister and federal ministers to Chinese and their president prime minister and military officials visit to Pakistan keep both countries very close in all aspects. It seems like God has given duty to China to save, secure and prosper Pakistan. Joint exercises of pak army air force and navy with Chinese armed forces is another shining perspective of sino Pakistan perspective. China and Pakistan have kept diplomatic relations to the best level and no conflict or stance has made two countries mad on one another.
China and Pakistan have another golden aspect of friendship that Chinese friendship with Pakistan has not compelled Pakistan to get away diplomatically from America. Pakistan in a very fine manner has kept the relations best with both the world superpowers. Pakistan has been given a specific role in the SCO conference by China and Pakistani leaders constantly visiting the SCO conferences. Pakistan strongly supports the stance of China on Taiwan and all other international conflicts and issues.
China has never blackmailed and threatened Pakistan and Chinese radio and television always broadcast programs in Urdu for Pakistani people. On this golden occasion of the SCO conference, PM Shebaz Shareef has reached China to attend the conference, we pray for both countries to have golden friendship.