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That much for Pakistan being a gateway to Xingjian!Pak claim of contributing to Xingjian's growth falls flat
Pakistan's claim of playing a key role in developing China's Muslim-dominated Xingjian province as an international gateway has now proved to be a sham. Pakistan contributed less than 2% of Xingjian's cross-border trade with neighbours worth $22.8 billion in 2011, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Xingjian shares borders with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, besides a host of central Asian nations and Russia. Beijing's assertion comes on the eve of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meet where Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari will pitch for full membership status citing Islamabad's contribution to development of the restive Xingjian province. Pakistan currently enjoys observer status.
Jittery China trains guns on US over its naval strategy - The Times of India
That much for the Pakistani claim of being a great gamechanger wherein she has the right to be in the SCO.
All this will do is to make Pakistan the gateway to terrorism in Xingjian and that is one commodity - terrorists - that Pakistan is a world leader in abundance of the same.