Washington: Pakistani People and the media are scared of speaking against the multi-billion-dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as if any voice will come out that that critical voices are being suppressed, a former Obama Administration official told to US lawmakers.
She Said, you will rarely read an article that Critical About the CPEC In The Pakistani Media Because there’s been a media capture essentially and there is only the CPEC Narratives Because their people are scared or they already have been intimidated or threatened, Samila Chaudhary From the John Hopkins University School said.
Testifying before a congressional committee last week, Chaudhary already served for the Obama Administration, and she told the lawmakers that at the lawmakers at the very local level that the people who talk or critique about the CPEC Are often labeled as terrorists.
Further added that There are anti-terrorism laws that should be used against them. But the Worse things could happen. So it’s a very big issue and threat which already done a lot of damage to civil society and the democratic culture, despite their country’s history with democracy.
Choudhary said The Chinese model and doesn’t come here to build the relation or learn the culture or they’re not there to become part of the culture or learn about the communities or have a cross-cultural dialogue.
Chinese Are making money in Pakistan only she alleged. They live in enclaves and essentially what people call Chinese colonies and go to their restaurants.
This is not something that’s going to favor China, Pakistan, or China’s cooperation with any country for that matter in the long run And the Local communities will Never like this she believes
Informing to the lawmakers that the Financial Assistance of the Chinese To Pakistan is being kept secret, and she said that information has been shared with the International monetary fund so that it can be revealed out of the Current Financial Crisis.
Apart from this she said, It may seem like they improve security after China provides surveillance, data collection capabilities, and new hardware to the Pakistani military but such tools also increase the likelihood of invasive data collection, misuse of information, and violations of privacy.
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She told the lawmakers that in Pakistan, the influence of the Chinese stands alone, and They are changing the rules for everyone.
Like, Pakistan can’t not publicly discloses the terms of its loans from China. Indeed, CPEC Pretends that it has the immense Geo Economic And political advantage for china but its repercussions will dwarf any comparable American influence.
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