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Pakistan, China sign deal to build 200-km-long tunnel through PoK
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MODS: Pleas see if this is a recent news or actually an older one. I saw this news on mewsx tv today. hence posting. But on net am finding some older articles as well(i.e. some 2-3 months old as well). If so please move it to appropriate thread. Thanks.China and Pakistan on Friday signed eight agreements, including a whopping USD 18 billion deal to build a 200 km-long strategic tunnel through the rugged PoK, as the two all-weather allies sought to boost economic ties and supply critical oil to the energy-hungry Communist giant.
According to experts, the corridor will speed up development in Xinjiang, which has seen frequent unrest, and also open up a new route for China's energy imports from West Asia. The corridor will pass through Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), which borders Xinjiang and provides the only feasible transport link between China and Pakistan.
A USD 44 million project was also agreed between the two countries to erect a fibre optic cable from the China-Pakistan border to Rawalpindi, which aims at providing Pakistan more connectivity to international networks.
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