Ph.D. Dissertation
Pakistan’s Relations with China: A Study of Defence and Strategic Ties during Musharraf Era (1999-2008)
A Thesis Submitted to Faculty of Arts and Humanities University of the Punjab
In Candidancy for the Fulfillment of Doctor of Philosophy
By
Unsa Jamshed
Pakistan Study Centre
University of the Punjab,
Lahore 2016
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Dedication
To My Honourable Supervisor, Prof. Dr. Massarrat Abid
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Declaration
I, Unsa Jamshed, hereby declare that this thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Pakistan-Studies, University of the Punjab, is wholly my personal research work unless otherwise referenced or acknowledged. This thesis has not been submitted concurrently to any other University for any other degree.
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Unsa Jamshed
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Certificate by Research Supervisor
This is to certify that the research work described in this thesis is the original work of the author and has been carried out under my supervision. I have personally gone through all the data reported in the manuscript and certify their authenticity. I further certify that the material included in this thesis has not been used in part of full in a manuscript already submitted or in the process of submission in partial/complete fulfillment of the award of any other degree from any other institution. I also certify that the thesis has been prepared under supervision according to the prescribed format and I endorse its evaluation for the award of Ph.D. degree through the official procedures of the University.
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Prof. Dr. Massarrat Adid, Director Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
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Pakistan’s Relations with China: A Study of Defence and Strategic Ties during Musharraf Era (1999-2008)
CONTENTS
Title Page No
Abstract vi
Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations x
List of Figures xvii
List of Tables xviii
Introduction 1-17
Chapter-1: Pakistan-China Relations: A Brief Historical Survey (1947-1998) 18-33
Chapter-2: Growth of Defence Ties 34-89
Chapter-3: Collaboration in Economic Field 90-156
Chapter-4: Cooperation of China in Energy Sector of Pakistan 157-188
Chapter-5: India-China Relations: Pakistan as a Factor 189-223
Chapter-6: Pakistan-China Friendship in the Context of Terrorism 224-274
Chapter-7: Pakistan-China Cultural and Educational Ties 275-286
Conclusion 287-298
Bibliography 299-387
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Abstract
Pakistan-China defence and strategic ties flourished and consolidated during the
Musharraf era (1999-2008). This era was particularly important because it was the time when big changes occurred in the international environment mainly due to 9/11 (2001) attacks in the
U.S.A., but the event did not affect the deep-rooted Pakistan-China friendship. In fact, the defence and strategic relations grew further during the phase and that was evident from the extensive exchange of defence delegations between the two states. During these exchanges of delegations, other than the matter of professional interest, issues of international significance were also discussed. The improvement in defence relations can also be observed from the joint ventures in the defence sectors between the two States. These ventures enhance the defence capability of Pakistan. The governments of both States tried their best to improve the trade relations that were below the existing potential. These efforts bring positive results but still there is lot of potential to realise and enhance the economic relations. To improve the economic condition of Pakistan, China also helped Pakistan in energy sector. Various projects related to energy were started in Pakistan with the help of China between 1999 and 2008.
In fact, Pakistan and China started and successfully completed strategically important joint ventures during the phase. China also helped Pakistan in the development and upgradation of several projects which were and still are economically and strategically important for
Pakistan. Efforts to create misunderstandings and hurdles in the way of cordial relations were tactfully handled by the Governments of Pakistan and China.
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Acknowledgement
I bow before ALLAH Almighty who has chozen man as His vicegerent and has gifted him with the awesome intellect, thinking and performing. He bestowed the best of potential on me to contribute to the existing ocean of knowledge. I also express my humble gratitude to
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) whose role model gradually enlightened me about my quest for research and knowledge as a noble heritage.
My deepest gratitude is due to my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Massarrat Abid, former Dean of
Arts and Humanities, and Director, Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab Lahore; whose unconditional motherly cooperation and scholarly attitude strengthened and encouraged me to complete my work.
I am thankful to my teachers, Prof. Dr. S. Qalb-i-Abid , Prof. Dr. Farooq Hasnat, and
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Oranskaia (Germany), for their encouragement and help they extended to me.
I am also thankful to all the academics, both from home and abroad who were invited at
Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab for special lectures, seminars and conferences.
They all so very generously gave me time during their stay in Pakistan. These Professors included, Dr. Pippa Verdee (U.K.); Prof. Dr. Rubina Bhatty (U.S.A.); Prof. Dr. Sun Hongqi,
Director, Pakistan Research Centre, China; Prof. Dr. Ka Lin, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,
China; Dr. Wang Weihua, Assistant Director, Institute for Foreign Policy Studies, Shanghai
Institutes for International Studies, China; Dr. Lan Jiang, Associate Professor and Deputy
Director, Pakistan Study Centre, China West Normal University, China; Dr. Li Jian, Deputy
President, Xihua University, Director, Pakistan Study Centre, Sichuan Province, China; Prof. Dr.
Hassan Askari Rizvi, Defence Analyst; Prof. Dr. Farhat Mahmood, Former Chairman,
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Department of History, Government College University Lahore; Prof. Dr. Adnan Sarwar,
Director, Department of Regional Studies, University of Peshawar; Prof. Ali Abbas, Former
Chairman, Department of History, University of the Punjab; Prof. Dr. Ishaq Fani, Directorate of
Distance Education and Institute of Social Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan; and Associate Professor, Dr. Faraz Anjum, History Department of University of the Punjab,
Lahore.
I am grateful to Assistant Professor, Dr. Rizwan ullah Kokab, Government College,
University Faisalabad; Assistant Professor, Dr. Amjad Magsi, Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab; Assistant Professor, Dr. Ejaz Ahmad, Pakistan Study Centre, University of the
Punjab; Prof. Dr. Abdul Samad, Asghar Mall College, Rawalpindi; Lt-Col Hassan Afzal, Brig
Saeed Sharif, Mr. Liu Shijie, The Third Secretary, Chinese embassy in Islamabad; and Mr. Bakht
Baidar, Director Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad for their guidance.
I had the good luck to interact with Dr. Akram Sheikh, Founding Chair, Global Think
Tank Network (GTTN), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad;
Rear Admiral Munir Wahid, Advisor, National Centre for Maritime Policy Research, Bahria
University, Karachi; Dr. Xin Zhang, Faculty Fellow, East China Normal University; Dr.
Mussarat Jabeen, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Political
Sciences, University of Sargodha; Mr. Fazal-ur-Rehman, Executive Director, Pakistan Council on China, Islamabad; during my Ph.D.
I could not have completed my research task without the cooperation of the Chinese
Embassy, Islamabad; Foreign Office of Pakistan, Islamabad; National Archive, Islamabad;
National Documentation Centre, Islamabad; Pakistan-China Institute, Islamabad; and Ministry of
Defence, Rawalpindi. I am also thankful to the Chinese and Pakistani Officials and Staff of
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Neelum-Jhelum Hydro-Power Project that not only provided information and material regarding the project but also granted special permission to visit the site of the project and tunnel that is strategically very important for Pakistan.
I am also grateful to the library and staff of the Punjab University’s History Department,
Centre for South Asian Studies, Central Library, The Quaid-i-Azam Library, Lahore; the Library of ‘The Nation’ Newspaper, Lahore; Punjab Public Library, Lahore; National Library,
Islamabad; Army Central Library, Rawalpindi; the Library of Strategic Studies, Islamabad; and the Library of National Defence University, Islamabad. The staff of Pakistan Study Centre,
University of the Punjab, Lahore, deserves my special thanks for all the help they gave me during my Ph.D.
I am thankful to my family members, Captain Yasir Mehmood (husband), Abdul Ahad
(my Son), Papa, Api, Major Ansar, Fozia, Captain Waqas, Captain Harris, Esha, Sunny, Fatima and Maryum for their love, care and prayers that cover me all the time and lighten my path. I run short of words to say thanks to my Mother and Nana Gee. They not only prayed for me but also extended moral and physical support to me during my Ph.D. I am especially thankful to my friends Faiza, Razia, Ammara, Mehnaz, Nadra, Asia, Salma and all of my colleagues who encouraged and supported me in every moment.
Unsa Jamshed
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Abbreviations
ABM Anti Ballistic Missile
ACFIC All China Federation of Industry and Commerce
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System
BBC British Broadcasting Coorporation
BFA Boao Forum for Asia
BLA Balochistan Liberation Army
BOI Board of Investment
BSERI Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute
BTA Bangkok Trade Agreement
CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China
CAAMS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Science
CAIFC Chinese Association for International Friendly Contact
CATIC China National Aero Technology Import & Export Coorporation
CCPIT China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
CDB China Development Bank
CGS Chief of General Staff
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CCS Combat Commander’s School
Chasnupp Chasma Nuclear Power Plant
CIA Central Intelligence Agencies
CJCSC Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee
CMEC China Mechanical Electric Company
CMIEC Chinese Machinery Import and Export Coorporation
CMT China Machine Tool Company
CNNC China National Nuclear Cooperation
CNPC China National Petroleum Coorporation
CPAPF Chinese People’s Armed Police Force
CPECC China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Group Coorporation
CPLA Chinese People’s Liberation Army
COSTIND Commission of Science, Technology and Industries for National Defence
CRMASC China Railways Materials and Supplies Coorporation
CSSC China State Shipbuilding Coorporation
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CWHEC China National Water Resources & Hydropower Engineering
Coorporation
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DPP Department of Plant Production
ECG Economic Cooperation Group
EDA Economic Affair Division
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EFTZ Economic Free Trade Zone
EHP Early Harvest Programme
EIB European Investment Bank
EPB Export Promotion Bureau
ETIM East Turkistan Islamic Movement
ETLO Eastern Turkistan Liberation Organization
FC-I Fighter China-I
FPCCI Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
FTA Free Trade Agreement
FWO Frontier Work Organization
GBTI Ghazi Barotha Taraqiati Idara
GDP Gross Domestic Production
GHQ General Headquarter
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HIT Heavy Industries Texila
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICWA India Council of World Affairs
IDEAS International Defence Exhibition and Seminar
IMF International Monitoring Funds
IPI Iran-Pakistan-India
ISPR Inter Services Public Relations
JCSC Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
JEC Joint Economic Commission
JF-17 Joint Fighter-17
JIC Joint Investment Company
KANAPP Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
KCCI Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
KKH Karakoram Highway
KSEW Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Work Ltd
KW/hr Kilowatt per Hour
LoC Line of Control
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LOI Letter of Intent
MCC Metallurgical Construction Coorporation
MFN Most Favoured Nation
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MRCC Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
MW Mega Watt
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBP National Bank of Pakistan
NEFA North-East Frontier Agency
NESPAK National Engineering Services Pakistan
NGO Non-Government Organization
NMD National Defence Missile
NOC No Objection Certificate
NORINCO North Industries Coorporation
NPT Nuclear Proliferation Treaty
NSG Nuclear Supplier Group
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PAC Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
PAEC Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
PAMF Pakistan Aircraft Manufacturing Factory
PARCO Pak-Arab Refinery Company
PCICL Pakistan and China Investment Company Limited
PCRET Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technology
PIA Pakistan International Airline
PIDC Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
PLA People’s Liberation Army
PoW Prisoners of War
PRC People Republic of China
PSA Port of Singapore Authority
PSM Pakistan Steel Mill
PTA Preferential Trade Agreement
PTH Pakistan Trade House
SAARC South Asian Association of Regional Corporation
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SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SEATO South East Asian Treaty Organization
SEZ Specific Economic Zone
SMEDA Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority
SUPARCO Space and Upper Atmospheric Research Commission
TMD Theatre Missile Defence
TNSM Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-i-Mohammadi
TV Television
U.S.A United States of America
UNSC United Nations Security Council
WAPDA Water and Power Development Authority
WB World Bank
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List of Figures Fig No Page #
1. Fig 2.1 58 2. Fig 5.1 254
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List of Tables Table No Page #
1. Table 5.1 253
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Introduction
Pakistan and China’s strategic, political and economic relations have not only withstood the various challenges presented by regional and international upheavals but also have developed persistently. This persistance of cooperation between them testifies to the strenght of their ties. In
October 1999, when military took the control of the government in Pakistan, the international community refused to accept the replacement of a democratic government by the military. Most countries tried to isolate Pakistan, except China. The Chinese government stated that the change of government in Pakistan was its internal matter and continued to support Pakistan. The economic condition of Pakistan was not very stable when General Pervez Musharraf took over in
October 1999; Pakistan was under the burden of international sanctions that were affecting the economy of Pakistan adversely. After taking control of the country, General Musharraf looked towards China for economic support. China’s response was positive and as a consequence various economic projects were initiated with its help for the uplift of the economic condition of
Pakistan.
But the most important aspect of the relationship between Pakistan and China is the strategic ties between the two countries. Both China and Pakistan are important for each other in strategic terms. Pakistan and China both share borders with India. Both States have fought wars with India and there are still considerable difficulties in the way of good relations with India.
Although the relations between China and India are improving but China has always felt threatened from India. For most Chinese governments a stable and strategically strong Pakistan was better in order to counter India. China also has some regional interests that it can protect
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with the help of Pakistan, China wants to access the Central Asian States that are rich in energy resources, and Pakistan is providing the shortest possible way to access these States. China also wishes to have access to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan. Pakistan is also serving as a bridge between China and the Muslim States.
In a changing geostrategic environment both Pakistan and China need the cooperation and support of each other. Both countries were supporting each other at international level on various issues. In the start of 21st century there was a number of changes at international level.
Notably, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S.A. mainland changed the scenario of the whole World. The U.S.A. strategy of dealing with the new problem of international terrorism required Pakistan’s help as its ally because of the proximity of Pakistan to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan had been the hub of Al-Qaida terrorist group. At that crucial time Pakistan consulted
China and assured that Pakistan would not allow its land to be used against China. China has always appreciated Pakistan’s efforts and sacrifices made in the war against terrorism.
Fourth months after coming to power, Pakistan’s Chief Executive General Pervez
Musharraf paid a visit to China, in January 2000.1 Pakistan-China relations further improved when Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji visited Pakistan in May 2001. His visit coincided with the golden jubilee celebrations of the establishment of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations. Zhu
Rongji was the first Chinese Prime Minister to visit Pakistan after a long period of about twelve years.2
In the post-9/11 era, Pakistan had to tackle a number of challenges of various extents, threatening it autonomy, territorial integrity and economic progress. The fact that Pakistan-China
1 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/14/content 732562 htm (Accessed on September 4, 2012) 2 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Strategic Studies, XXII, 2, (Summer 2002)
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strategic relations have not only withstood all the challenges stemming from the constantly changing geopolitical environment but these ties have also been developing resolutely, testifies to the strength of these relations.3 After 9/11 events, an emissary of President Jiang Zemin arrived in Islamabad on September 18, 2001. He consulted General Musharraf and some other officials on the situation emerging as a consequence.4
Pakistan’s decision to side with the U.S.A. and to provide the base facilities initially raised concerns in China, which was perhaps the first irritant in the relations of the two countries.
However, some exchanges of high-level visits from both sides clarified Pakistan’s position and, made it clear that under no circumstances Pakistan would allow any effort to undermine Chinese strategic interests in the region. China perfectly understood the constraints and compulsions under which Pakistan made some crucial decisions and in turn expressed its solidarity with
Pakistan.5 The antiterrorism cooperation between China and Pakistan had begun well before the event of 9/11. China had been confronting the menace of separatism, extremism and terrorism perpetrated by the undergoing Uighur (Muslim Separatists of Xingjiang, China) organizations seeking secession from China in the Muslim majority Western province of Xinjiang, bordering
Pakistan. President Musharraf, in his December 2001 visit to China, explicitly expressed support to the Chinese campaign against the Muslim separatists in Xinjiang. Pakistan also institutionalized the anti-terrorism dialogue with China and the two sides agreed to share intelligence on the menace of terrorism. In August 2004, China and Pakistan conducted the first joint anti-terrorism military exercise named ‘Friendship 2004’ in Xinjiang and the second joint anti-terrorism exercise took place in Pakistan in December 2006. Meanwhile, in April 2005,
3 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Corporation between Pakistan and China,” Strategic Studies, XXIX, 2& 3, (Summer & Autumn 2009) 4 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Op.cit. 5 Op.cit.
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during Premier Wen Jiabo’s visit to Islamabad, the two sides signed an agreement on combating terrorism, separatism and extremism.6 The leadership of the China appreciated the tremendous efforts and great sacrifices that Pakistan had made in fighting against terrorism and reiterated its respect and support for Pakistan’s efforts to advance its counter-terrorism strategy and to safeguard its internal and external security.7
In addition to, strategic cooperation, China and Pakistan were engaged in different economic projects during the period under study, namely from 1999 to 2008. In March 2002, construction of the Gwardar Port Project Phase I started after China agreed to provide 198 million US dollars out of the 248 million US dollars required for it.8 On March 22, 2002 General
Pervez Musharraf and the Chinese Vice Premier Wu Bang Guo, attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the proposed seaport which also provided an opening to the landlocked Central
Asian States, Afghanistan and Western region of China.9 The port is strategically located just
250 miles from the straits of Hormuz to serve as a key shipping point in the region. China also financed the Makran Coastal Highway from Gwardar to Central Balochinstan town, connecting
Karachi and Quetta. The construction of the port and highway will give a boost to the domestic economic development of Pakistan by making it a regional hub for commercial traffic, which can influence the geostrategic environment of the region. Pakistan is expected to earn significant profits in transit fees, as the port will enable the transfer of Central Asia’s vast energy resources to world markets. It will also help Pakistan in setting things in the province in order by attracting considerable investments in Balochistan and subsequently, turning it into a hub of economic
6 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Corporation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. 7 Liu Jian, “Pakistan-China Friendship, Embracing the Future,” Daily Times, January 10, 2012 8 Haris Raqeeb Azeemi, “55 Years of Pakistan-China Relationship,” Pakistan Horizon, 60, 2, (2007): 9 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Op.cit.
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activity. The Gwardar Seaport became functional on March 20, 2007.10 China has been importing almost 90% of its domestic energy sources from Middle Eastern countries that reflects the cause of its interest in Gwardar Port. At Pakistan’s invitation, China has continued to develop and construct its strategic naval base at Gwardar on the Makran coast in Balochistan. This
Pakistan China defence project has far wider strategic significance for two reasons. First, it gives
China access and basing facilities in the Indian Ocean and second, it provides close access to the
Strait of Hormuz.11
After the revival of democracy in Pakistan (on October 10, 2002 general election were held to elect the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies. Although these elections were held under the scrutiny of military government of General Musharraf but it revived democracy) ,
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, went on a visit to China and observed that the new leadership in China was keen to build close friendly relations between Pakistan and China.12
Various important agreements and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were signed during
Prime Minister Jamail’s official visit to China in March 2003. During this visit China agreed to help Pakistan to set up another 300MW nuclear power plant at Chashma.13 In November 2003,
President Pervez Musharraf and President Hu Jintao signed the historic declaration on
‘Directions of Bilateral Cooperation’ in Beijing. This declaration charts the trajectory of bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and China in the 21st century. This declaration laid out a solid basis for the continuous strengthening of Pakistan-China friendship.14 In December 2004, during
10 Azeemi, Op.cit. 11 Prakash Nanda, “Between the US and China: Pakistan’s uncertain Strategic Manoeuvres Since 9/11,” in Pakistan in a Changing Strategic Context, eds. Ajay Darshan Behera & Mathew Joseph C, (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2004) 12 Samina Yasmeen, “China and Pakistan in a Changing World,” in Asian Security and China 2000-2010, ed. K.Sanathanam & Srikanth Kondapalli, (New Delhi: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 2004) 13 Azeemi, Op.cit. 14 Text of Pakistani Prime Minister’s Address at Communist Party School, Beijing, Pakistan Perspectives, 12, 1, (January-June 2007)
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to China, the two countries signed seven agreements in trade, communications and energy sectors and drew up a framework for greater cooperation.15
From 5th to 7th April 2005, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Pakistan. During this visit, the Pakistan-China Treaty of ‘Friendship and Cooperation’ was concluded.16 This treaty clearly stated that, ‘neither party will join any alliance or bloc which infringes upon the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of either country’. The treaty also prohibited the two
States from entering into a similar treaty with a third party.17
At the invitation of President Hu Jintao, President Musharraf paid a State visit to China from 19 to 23 February 2006. During his visit President Musharraf addressed the leading
Chinese scholars at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, met members of Chinese business community and attended a special commemorative event marking the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan.18 The two sides decided to use the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties to lift Pakistan-
China relations to a new height. The two sides agreed to hold a “Cultural Week” and a “Film
Week” and to exchange media and academic visits in the same year.19 During this visit of
President Musharraf, China committed to deliver the first small batch of JF Thunder Aircraft to
Pakistan by 2007.20 The Early Harvest Program between the two countries, which was put into operation on January 1, 2006, was afterwards merged into Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The
15 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Economic Relations: Opportunities and Challenges,” Strategic Studies, XXVI, 2, (Summer 2006) 16 Azeemi, Op.cit. 17 Kanti Bajpai, “Managing Ambivalence: Pakistan’s Relations with the United States and China Since 2001,” in Pakistan Regional and Global Politics, ed. Rajshree Jetly, (New Delhi: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009) 18 Joint Statement Issued during President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to China, Pakistan Perspective, 11, 1, (Jan-Jun 2006): 19 Joint Statement between the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, IPRI, Journal, VI, 2, (Summer 2006) 20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People’s_Republic_of_China%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations (Accessed on May 15, 2012)
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FTA could triple Pakistan-China bilateral trade to 15 billion US dollars within five years.
Pakistan, after Chile, became the second country to conclude an FTA with China. Both sides agreed to scale down customs duty to zero per cent on 5,104 tariff lines (products) in three years and on 3,942 items from zero to five per cent within five years after the implementation of the agreement.21
In the military field, Pakistan continues to receive Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
(IRBMs) and missile assemblies from China. China facilitated supplies through North Korea.
China and Pakistan signed a defence pact, which focused on the joint defence research and production. There was exchange of high-level defence visits.22 On May 23, 2006, Pakistan clinched a 600 million dollar defence deal with China which included the construction of four
F22P frigates for Pakistan Navy, for the upgradation of the Karachi dockyard and for development of technology for the indigenous production of a modern surface fleet. During the
Chinese President’s visit to Pakistan in November 2006, the Pakistan Air Force signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Electronic Technology Corporation (CETC) in order to develop aircraft equipped with long range radar.23 Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to China in April 2007 witnessed twenty seven agreements and MoUs to ‘re-energize’ the bilateral cooperation in all fields, including defence, space technology, trade and economics.24
Other than military cooperation China and Pakistan were also cooperating in the socio- economic field. President Musharraf visited China on 10-15 April 2008 at the invitation of
President Hu Jintao. During this visit China expressed its full support to the efforts of the government of Pakistan to promote socio-economic development and in this regard expressed its
21 Azeemi, Op.cit. 22 Nanda, Op.cit. 23 Azeemi, Op.cit. 24 Op.cit.
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readiness to assist Pakistan in the development of the energy, mineral and mining sectors, to enhance the financial and banking sectors’ cooperation, and to extend support for “Projects” under the Pakistan-China joint economic and trade cooperation plan for five years.25
In short, the mutual confidence and understanding needed to face the challenges have been the foundation stone of the unending friendship between China and Pakistan that has over the years flourished into “all weathered friendship” leading to the strengthening of ties.26 It has proved not only useful but indispensable in promoting regional security and the cause of the
World peace.27
The era covered by the research has not been taken up by any researcher for a comprehensive study, although some aspects have been covered in some works. But these works lack details and facts about the Pakistan China relations, hence the need for such a study.
Significance of Study
The Musharraf era was important because during this time the defence and economic ties
between Pakistan and China got stronger as different projects were initiated in Pakistan
with the help of China.
During Musharraf’s time the friendship between Pakistan and China strengthened and
matured, although there were a few elements that created difficulties and problems for the
two countries but both China and Pakistan successfully dealt with those irritants.
25 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 5, 2008 26 Muhammad Ishaq Fani, “Pak-China Security Relations and Mutual Ventures,” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 46, 2, (July-December 2009) 27 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” in Reading in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1998, ed. Mehrunnisa Ali, (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001)
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China’s relations with India are growing fast; according to some analysts this may have a
negative impact on Pakistan-China relations. This study has tried to analyze the impact of
growing India-China ties on Pakistan-China friendship.
This study has also highlighted those issues on which China and Pakistan had been
supporting each other and had similar views.
A change in China’s policy over Kashmir was evident. The shift in its policy of support
for the right of self-determination for the Kashmiris to neutrality on the dispute has been
discussed with a focus on the Musharraf era.
China helped Pakistan in the establishment of the nuclear plant and in becoming a nuclear
power. This work has briefly described the nuclear energy collaboration and cooperation
between the two States from 1999 to 2008.
Pakistan had been facing energy crisis since last ten years, overcome this problem, the
country signed several agreements (Hydal and nuclear) with various companies of China
during the Musharraf era. This work describes the importance and generation capacity of
the energy production projects and evaluates the effects on the economy of Pakistan.
During the Musharraf era Pakistan and China signed Free Trade Agreement (2006),
under which both sides agreed to scale down the customs duty to zero per cent in
different phases. This study provides an analysis of how it affected the two countries
trade relations.
This study also provides an analysis of Pakistan’s efforts to control the extremist
elements existing in Xinjiang province of China.
This study will also highlight the Pakistan-China joint efforts to combat terrorism.
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Statement of the Problem
The following research questions were formulated to carry out the study:
How did the defence ties between Pakistan and China help them to consolidate their
relations from 1999 to 2008?
In what way were the strategic ties between Pakistan and China affected by the growing
India-China relations?
What were the regional issues on which the views of China and Pakistan converged or
diverged (1999-2008), and to what extent, and what were its impact on the relations
between these two countries?
How did the economic cooperation between the two countries facilitate the strategic ties
during the Musharraf era and what impact did it have on the comprehensive relationship?
How did the energy related cooperation move ahead during the Musharraf era?
Sources
The latest books on Pakistan-China relations, was consulted because very little material was available on Pakistan-China relations during the Musharraf era, so the information has been collected from newspapers, research journals, and official publications. Moreover, the interviews of academicians, scholars, politicians, government officials, ministers and ambassadors, have also been conducted for gathering of information on the period under research. Newspapers and
Journals of China have also been consulted and for that purpose the researcher learned the
Chinese language.
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Literature Review
The literature available in the form of books, research articles, and newspapers was found to be more helpful in writing the thesis. The latest information on the subject was collected from different government reports, speeches of important political actors, Foreign Office Papers,
Government Publications, National Assembly/ Senate Record, Speeches and Statements, Cabinet
Papers, and Reports of Special Committees.
A number of Foreign Ministers and ambassadors of Pakistan have written on Pakistan-
China relations. Akram Zaki28, Abdul Sattar29 and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto30 are a few among those.
Akram Zaki has given an account of rising of China as a Political and Economic power at global level and he also has provided an overview of the relations between Pakistan and China since early 1950s. The study is an important source of information because the author served as an ambassador to China witnessing many agreements and economic issues between the two states.
However, the book only deals with political and economic issues, other aspects of relations have not been discussed in detail.
Abdul Sattar, a diplomat and lawyer, served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1999 to
2002. His book Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History provides a history of
Pakistan’s relations with various countries. An important part of this book deals with Pakistan’s relations with China during the Ayub era. This book is an authentic source of information.
28 Akram Zaki, “China of Today and Tomorrow: Dynamics of Relations with Pakistan,” (Islamabad: Institute of Policy Study, 2010) 29 Abdul Sattat, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History,” (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2007) 30 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, “Foreign Policy of Pakistan: A Compendium of Speeches Made in the National Assembly of Pakistan 1962-64,” (Lahore: Classic, n.d.)
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Z. A. Bhutto served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1963-1966 and has been considered as the architect of Pakistan-China relations. His book Foreign Policy of Pakistan: A
Compendium of Speeches Made in the National Assembly of Pakistan 1962-64, describes the main causes of Pakistan’s support to Chinese’s admission in the U.N.
A group of authors who have highlighted Pakistan-China relations in the context of the foreign policy of Pakistan include S.M Burke, Lawrence Ziring31, Mehrunnisa Ali32, Shahid M.
Amin33. Burke and Ziring have provided a scholarly and lucid analysis of Pakistan’s foreign policy, beginning with early years after Pakistan’s creation, and leading up to 1989. The book is very informative and helps to understand the foreign policy of Pakistan from the early years of
Pakistan to Zia’s era. Their work is helpful because it gives an analytical account of these relations. Mehrunnisa Ali has highlighted the foreign policy of Pakistan during the cold war and post-cold war period, dealing also with China’s diplomacy during the India-Pakistan war of
1971. Shahid M. Amin, in his book has explored India as a factor in the Pakistan China relations.
Shahid M. Amin served in the Pakistan’s Foreign Services from 1958-1997.
Many authors such as Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri34, Farhat Mahmood35, Prakash Nanda36,
Kanti Bajpai37, Hasan Askari Rizvi38, and B. M, Jain39 have written on Pakistan-China relations
31 S. M Burke and Lawrence Ziring, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Historical Analysis,” (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1990) 32 Mehrunnisa Ali, (ed.) “Readings in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1998,” (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001) 33 Shahid M. Amin, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Reappraisal,” (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000) 34 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” in Reading in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1998, ed. Mehrunnisa Ali, (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001) Mohammed Ahsen Chaudhri, “Pakistan and the Great Powers: A Study of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1954- 1970,” (Karachi: Royal Book Company, 2000) Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Pakistan and the Troubled World,” (Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1993) Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “In Search of Peace and Security: Political Relations between Pakistan and the United States (1947-1967)” in In Search of Peace and Security: Forty Years of Pakistan United State Relations, ed. Rais Ahmed Khan, (Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1990) 35 Farahat Mahmood, “A History of U.S-Pakistan Relation,” (Lahore: Vanguard, 1991)
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focusing on the strategic dimensions. Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, has written several articles and books on Pakistan and China relations. Security dimension is the main focus of his concern.
He has discussed various security aspects of Pakistan-China. His books and articles have also been helpful in understanding the historical perspective of strategic relationship between
Pakistan and China.
The main theme of the books by Farhat Mahmood40, Prakash Nanda41, and Kanti Bajpai42, is that in Pakistan-China relations the U.S.A. has been an important factor. Farhat Mahmood in his book has addressed only the Ayub era while Prakash Nanda and Kanti Bajpai have discussed
Pakistan, China and U.S.A. relations till the 9/11 episode. Farhat Mahmood’s book is important to understand the history of Pakistan, China and U.S.A. relations while other two books have addressed the present situation of relations. Hasan Askari Rizvi has mainly focused on the
Pakistan’s foreign policy with emphasis on geostrategic environment of the period from 1972 to
1990. The book also provides information about Pakistan-China relations regarding security issues from 1972 to 1990. The book deals with the period from the separation of East Pakistan
(1971) and when a change in the foreign policy of Pakistan was evident. B. M. Jain, has examined India as a rising global power by reevaluating its foreign policy and relations, from
Nehru’s period to the present through an analytical framework. He presents a fundamental
36 Prakash Nanda, “Between the US and China: Pakistan’s uncertain Strategic Manoeuvres Since 9/11,” in Pakistan in a Changing Strategic Context, eds. Ajay Darshan Behera & Mathew Joseph C, (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2004) 37 Kanti Bajpai, “Managing Ambivalence: Pakistan’s Relations with the United States and China Since 2001,” in Pakistan Regional and Global Politics, ed. Rajshree Jetly, (New Delhi: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009) 38 Hasan Askari Rizvi, “Pakistan and the Geostrategic Environment: A Study of Foreign Policy,” (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993) 39 B. M. Jain, “Global Power: India’s Foreign Policy 1947-2006,” ( New York: Lexington Books, 2008) 40 Farahat Mahmood, “A History of U.S-Pakistan Relation,” Op.cit. 41 Prakash Nanda, “Between the US and China: Pakistan’s uncertain Strategic Manoeuvres Since 9/11,” in Pakistan in a Changing Strategic Context, Op.cit. 42 Kanti Bajpai, “Managing Ambivalence: Pakistan’s Relations with the United States and China Since 2001,” Op.cit.
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reappraisal of the everchanging relationship between India and other major regional powers, paying special attention to its relationship with China and Pakistan. An important part of this book deals with China-India relations from different angles and its impact on Pakistan. This study proved useful in writing China-India relations and its impact on Pakistan-China relations.
This book is also important because it gives Indian point of view on India-China relations and the impact of these relations on Pakistan. This book provides information on India-China relations from 1947 to 2005.
Other writers, namely N.M. Butt43, Ashok Kapur44, Bhumitra Chakma45, Swara Singh46,
Arpit Rajain47, Savita Pande48, Kamal Matinuddin49, T.V. Paul50, and Zafar Iqbal Cheema51 wrote on China’s cooperation and the process of nuclear development in Pakistan. Zafar Iqbal has discussed the history of nuclear policy of Pakistan in different phases. He holds the view that the nuclear programme and policies of Pakistan have been linked with India, while India’s policies are associated with China and China’s policies are linked with Russia and the U.S.A.
Savita Pande has given details about how China had transferred the nuclear technology to
Pakistan till 1986 and why both countries signed the nuclear cooperation agreement in 1986.
Kamal Matinuddin has given the chronology of Pakistan’s nuclear programme till 1998 but he
43 N.M Butt, “Nuclear Development in Pakistan,” in Arms Race and Nuclear Developments in South Asia, eds. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Imtiaz H. Bokhari, (Islamabad: Islamabad Policy Research Institute, 2004) 44 Ashok Kapur, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Development,” (London: Croom Helm, 1987) 45 Bhumitra Chakma, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons,” (London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009) 46 Swaran Singh, “The China Factor in South Asia’s Nuclear deterrence,” in The India-Pakistan Nuclear Relationship: Thories of Deterence and International Relations, ed. E. Sridharan, (New Delhi: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2007) 47 Aprit Rajain, “Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: China, India and Pakistan,” ( New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 2005) 48 Savita Panda, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy,” (Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation, 1991) 49 Kamal Matiniddin, “The Nuclearization of South Asia,” (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2002) 50 T. V Paul, “The Causes and Consequences of China-Pakistani Nuclear/ Missile Collaboration,” in South Asia’s Nuclear Security Dilemma, India, Pakistan, and China, ed. Lowell Dittmer, (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2005) 51 Zafar Iqbal Cheema, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Policies: Attitudes and Posture,” in Nuclear Non-Proliferation in India and Pakistan South Asian Perspectives, eds. P. R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema & iftekhruzzaman, (Karachi: Vanguard Books (PVT) LTD, 1996)
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has not given any inside detail. N.M. Butt has discussed in a very brief manner how China helped Pakistan to install nuclear power reactors. Bhumitra Chakma has discussed the three phases of nuclearization process of Pakistan. The first phase was from 1954 to 1971, the second from 1971 to 1989 and the last phase was from 1990 to 1998. He discussed that the second phase was very important one because during this phase the already existing China-Pakistan nuclear cooperation was strengthened due to Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. All these scholars have discussed the nuclear cooperation between Pakistan and China chronologically, so there is a need to study the nuclear cooperation between the two States in the start of 21st century.
Some authors H.K. Chhabra52, Zubeida Mustafa53, Jagannath T. Panda54 have discussed
China’s policy towards South Asia. Their works have been helpful to understand the Chinese policy particularly towards Pakistan.
A number of researchers have written on Pakistan-China relations covering different dimensions of their relations. Fazal-ur-Rehman, Director, China Study Centre and East India,
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, has written a number of articles on Pakistan-China relations most of them have been published in the various issues of the Journal of Strategic
Studies. Articles on Pakistan-China relations include Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing
Geo-Strategic Environment, China and India, Traditional and Emerging Areas of Cooperation between Pakistan and China, Pakistan Embraces the Shanghai Spirit, Pakistan-China Economic
Relations: Opportunities and Challenges, China’s Power Projection, Prospects of Pakistan becoming a Trade and Energy Corridor for China, and Targeted Attacks on Chinese: Myth and
52 H. K. Chhabra, “Relations of Nations,” (Delhi: Surjeet Publications, 1983) 53 Zubeida Mustafa, “Pakistan: The Focus of China’s South Asian Policy,” in Pakistan in a Changing World, ed. Masuma Hasan, (Karachi: Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, 1978) 54 Jagannath P. Panda, “Dragon Looks South: Curent Drives in China’s South Asian Neighbourhood Policy,” in China and its Neighbors, eds. Srikanth Kandapalli & Emi Mifune, (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2010)
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Reality. These articles are helpful in understanding the different dimensions of Pakistan-China relations. Ghulam Ali, Ph.D. scholar Monash University has also contributed some articles on
Pakistan-China relations. His articles on Pakistan-China relations include Sino-Pakistan relations: The Indian Factor, China’s Seat in United Nations: An Analysis of Pakistan’s Role,
China’s Kashmir Policy: Back to Neutrality, and Significance of Gwardar Port. His articles have been helpful to write on Pakistan-China relations.
Articles written by Chinese scholars on Pakistan-China relations also provide useful information. A few of these include, China’s Foreign Policy by Xu Yixin, China-Pakistan
Relations and Situation in South Asia by Zhang Ghenjli, Five Decades of New China’s Foreign
Policy by Lu Shulin, Pakistan-China Relations by Lin Shanglin, China and the Enlargement of
Security Council by Zang Chuxiang, has been consulted to get the Chinese views on Pakistan-
China relations.
Research Methodology
In order to discover the facts about the Pakistan-China friendship all available published materials including books, newspapers, research journals, and government publications have been consulted. Interviews of selected politicians, some Former Foreign Ministers, Defence
Ministers, and scholars have been conducted. The Foreign Office of Pakistan, Chinese Embassy, and Defence Ministry were visited for the collection of data.
After the collection of primary and secondary data, it was analyzed by using qualitative, quantitative and analytical methods. The thesis has been supplemented with tables, maps, statistical diagrams and visuals.
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Place of Work and Facilities Available
The research had been conducted at Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab Lahore.
The libraries of different departments of the Punjab University, such as Pakistan Study Centre,
Political Science, International Relations, History, and Central Library of the Punjab University were consulted. Some other libraries located in Lahore including Quaid-i-Azam Library, Library of the Nation Newspaper, and Punjab Public Library were consulted. Moreover National Library
Islamabad, The National Archive Islamabad, National Documentation Centre (NDC), Ministry of Defence, and Chinese Embassy were also consulted.
Professors of Universities and the research staff of other research institutions were also consulted to gather some information.
Some Chinese scholars were interviewed, when they visited Pakistan Study Centre,
University of the Punjab, or some other institutions. These interviews were helpful to get the
Chinese views on Pakistan-China relations.
Plan of Chapters
Introduction
Chapter 1: Pakistan-China Relations: A Brief Historical Survey (1947-1998)
Chapter 2: Growth of Defence Ties
Chapter 3: Collaboration in Economic Field
Chapter 4: Cooperation of China in Energy Sector of Pakistan
Chapter 5: India-China Relations: Pakistan as a Factor
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Chapter 6: Pakistan-China Friendship in the Context of Terrorism
Chapter 7: Pakistan-China Cultural and Educational Ties
Conclusion
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Chapter 1
Pakistan-China Relations: A Brief Historical Survey (1947-
1998)
Due to the close cooperation which spread over six decades (1950-2000), Pakistan-China relationship has been termed as "higher than mountains", "deeper than oceans" and "sweeter than honey". The relationship is an exemplary model of harmonious coexistence between the countries with different social systems and cultures.55 The history of relations between the two states goes back to more than two hundred years, when the Silk Road served as a bridge for exchanges of commerce as well as ideas and knowledge.56 At that time there were contacts between the people of China and Gandhra Civilization.57 It was Taxila from where the message of Buddha had been carried by the clerics and scholars to Duan Huang in the Gansu province of
China. In the 7th Century A.D., a Chinese cleric, Xuan Zang from the Tang Dynasty visited the
Taxila and Gandhara region.58 The purpose of his visit was to seek the Buddhist Sutra. He described his travel and the society of Taxila in his book ‘Record of Western Travels’.59 This
55 Liu Jian, “Pakistan-China Friendship, Embracing the Future,” Daily Times, January 10, 2010 56 Message of Felicitations from the Foreign Minister to the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic Relations, 21 May 2001Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 5,6, (May, June : 2001) International Conference on “China and the Emerging Asian Century” Organized by the Hanns Seidl Foundation and the Institute of Strategic Studies: Islamabad; 27-28 September 2005, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXII, IX, (10-30 Sep : 2005) English Rendering of the Speech of Thanks by premier Zhu Rongji at Welcoming Dinner Hosted by Chief Executive Pervez Musharraf, 11 May 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 5,6, (May, June : 2001) 57 Message of Felicitations from the Chief Executive of Pakistan to the Premier of the State Council of the people’s Republic of China on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic Relations, 21 May 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 5,6, (May, June : 2001) 58 Speech by the President of Pakistan, Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, At the Banquet in Honour of Premier of the State Council of China, Mr. Zhu Rongji, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 5, 6, (May, June: 2001) 59 The News, May 14, 2001
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book is a historical legend in China.60 Another historic connection between the people of China and Pakistan is that the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, Sambahava, belonged to Swat Valley
(Pakistan). He also travelled to the Chinese Tibet more than a thousand years ago.61 During the period of colonialism, contacts between China and the British India, what is now Pakistan and
India, were restricted at both official and unofficial levels.62
When Pakistan emerged as an independent country, China was passing through a phase of transformation. A civil war between Mao’s Red Army and Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist forces was in progress.63 Although Pakistanis were not disposed towards Communism, they welcomed the end of civil strife in China and the establishment of the People’s Republic in
1949.64
1.1 Pakistan-China Relations 1950-58
On 4th January 1950, Pakistan became the third non-communist country, and the first
Muslim nation, to recognize the newly established People’s Republic of China (PRC).65 On 4th
May at the Press Club in Washington, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan publically recognized
60 English Rendering of the Speech by premier Zhu Rongji at Civic Reception, Lahore, 13 May 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVII, 5, 6, (May, June : 2001) 61 “55 Years of Pak-China relations” An Article by Syed Ali Nawaz Gilani, Secretary-General, Pak-China Friendship Association NWFP, As Appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on 24 May 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, V, (May : 2006) 62 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” in Reading in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1998, ed. Mehrunnisa Ali, Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001, 317- 27 63 S.M Burke and Lawrence Ziring, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Historical Analysis,” Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1990, 101 64 Anwar Syed, “Sino-Pakistan Relations- An Overview,” Pakistan Horizon, XXII, 2, (Second Quarter, 1969): 107-119 65Raja Muhammad Khan, “Prospects of Sino-Pak Relationship,” Current Affairs Digest, Book 217, (September 2012): 19 Khalid Mahmud, “Enduring Friendship with China,” Dawn, May 26, 2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People’s_Republic_of_China%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations (accessed on, May 15, 2012)
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China.66 In September Pakistan also raised its voice in the United Nation, General Assembly for the membership of PRC.67 These were the bold steps taken by Pakistan at the time when the
U.S.A. was hostile towards PRC and it had recognized only Chiang Kai-Shek’s government in
Tiawan (Formosa) as the legitimate Government of China and wanted it to be the representative of China at the UN.68 Pakistan formally established diplomatic relations with China in May
1951.69 Mr. Han Nianlong was the first Chinese ambassador who arrived in Karachi on
September 3rd and General N. A. M. Raza, the first ambassador of Pakistan to China presented his credentials to Chairman Mao Tse-Tung at Beijing (Peking) on November 13.70
In 1951, when China entered the Korean War to safeguard her security, the United
Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to brand China as an aggressor State and imposed embargo on the export of certain Chinese goods.71 Pakistan abstained from voting to brand China as an aggressor State.72 U.S.A. requested Pakistan to send its troops to support the U.S.A. in
Korean war but Liaquat Ali Khan refused to fight along with the United Nations forces against
North Korea and its ally China.73 The Chinese leadership appreciated Pakistan’s stand.
66 “Fifty-Five Years of True and Tried Friendship,” An Article by Former Ambassador Dr. Samiullah Koreshi, as Appeared in Daily ‘Pakistan Observer’ on 21 May 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, V, (May: 2006) 67 Daily Jang, March 5, 2006 68 Imtiaz Rafi Butt, “Pak-China Friendship and the America (Pak-Chine Dosti or America),” Daily Jang, September 26, 2001 Imtiaz Rafi Butt, “Rise of China-Impact on Pakistan,” The Post, May 19, 2006 69“ Sino-Pak Ties in Changing Context” A Write-up by Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik, As Appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on 7 August 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, VIII, (Aug : 2007) 70 Syed A.M Nawaz Gilani, 55 Years of Pak-China Relations, The Post, May 27, 2006 Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Pakistan, IPRI Factfile, China-Pakistan Relations A Profile of Friendship, VII, 3, (March 2005): 4-5 http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg/tyfls/tyfl/2631/tl5496.htm Burke, Op.cit., 103 71 Anwar Hussain Syed, “China & Pakistan : Diplomacy of an Entente Cordiale,” Delhi: The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst, 1974, 54-55 72 Text of the Resolution 500(v) Adopted by the General Assembly on 18 May 1951. Pakistan Abstained from Voting, Decuments on Pakistan and International Conflicts, Vol. 12 eds. M.S. Deora & R. Grover, New Delhi: Anmol Publications PVT LTD,1993, 235-36 73 Imtiaz Rafi Butt, “Pak-China Friendship and US,” The News, October 9, 2001
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Following the Korean War, there was a big slump in the world trade, China imported a big portion of Pakistan’s raw cotton and jute, and saved Pakistan from an economic crisis.74
When Pakistan joined South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), China did not criticize Pakistan but it strongly criticized the pact because it was against the Communist bloc.75
China understood the compulsion that pushed Pakistan to join this alliance.76 In 1955, at the
Afro-Asian Summit Conference in Bandung, Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra met Premier
Zhou Enlai and explained to him the reason of joining the SEATO.77 He said that Pakistan’s membership was not directed against China but against India that was accepted by Zhou.78 This explanation also paved the way for bilateral relations between the two States. At the invitation of
Chinese Government, Prime Minister Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy visited China in October
1956.79 In Beijing he again assured Chinese government about the SEATO.80 Zhou in his speech at the banquet arranged for Suharwardy said that “Our two nations do not have any conflict of interest.”81 Zhou also visited Pakistan in December (1956).82
Rasul Bux Rais, “China and Pakistan: A Political Analysis of Mutual Relations,” Lahore: Progressive Publishers, 1977, 3-5 74 Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit. 75 G. W. Choudhury, “India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Major Powers: Politics of a Divided Subcontinent,” New York: Collier Macmillan Publisher London, 1975, 158-164 “Future of Relations with China” An Article by Ambassador (R) Javid Husain, As Appeared in Daily ‘Dawn’ on 17 October 2005, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXII, X, (1 Oct-13 Nov: 2005) 76 Pakistan joined these pacts for her own security mainly threat from India not from China. 77 Khalid Mahmood Hasheemi, “What Pakistan has Learned from the Friendship of China? (Chine ke Dosti se Pakistan ne kia Sekha?)” Nawa-i-Waqt, January 14, 2005 Abdul Sattar, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History,” Karachi: Oxford Uniersity Press, 2007, 68-69 78 Gurnam Singh, “Pakistan’s China Policy: Causal Considerations 1960s,” in Pakistan Foreign Policy : Indian Perspectives, ed. K. Arif, Lahore: Vanguard Books LTD, 1984, 273 79 The Nation, November 23, 2006 Ahmad Rashid Malik, “Sino-Pak Ties,” The Nation, February 22, 2006 80 Mohammed Ahsen Chaudhri, “Pakistan and the Great Powers: A Study of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1954-1970,” Karachi: Royal Book Company, 2000, 86 81 Khalid Mahmud, “Pak-China Strategic Ties,” The News, May 25, 2001 82 New Phase in Ties with China, IPRI Factfile, China-Pakistan relations A Profile of Friendship, VII, 3, (March 2005): 95-97 Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, “A Model Friendship,” The Nation, April 6, 2005
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1.2 India-China War of 1962
There two main causes that brought Pakistan closer to China in 60s were Indian aggression against China and American massive military aid to India. In 1962, a border war broke out between India and China, in Ladakh (Kashmir) and in the area of North-East Frontier
Agency (NEFA).83 During the war China asked Pakistan to get back the area of occupied
Kashmir from India as China had engaged India in NEFA. But Ayub did not follow it due to the pressure of the U.S.A.84 The Americans wanted to support India in the war, but Pakistan supported China and called India an aggressor state. Pakistan Foreign Minister Muhammad Ali
Bogra stated that the conflict had stemmed from India’s impractical and deceptive foreign aggression.85 A British Journalist Neville Maxwell, has recently brought to light some evidence to the effect that India’s China War 1962 was a unilateral act of passive-aggressive folly of
Jawaharlal Nehru’s Government.86 Pakistani support for China during the war brought the two nations (Pakistan and China) closer and they concluded a number of agreements- economic, cultural, and border.87
Text of Speech by Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar at the China Institute for International Strategic Studies, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 4, (April: 2001) 83 Mohammad Ayub Khan, “Friends not Masters,” Islamabad: Mr.Books n.d, 154-155 84 Javed Saddiqui, “55 Years of Pak-China Relations (Pak-Chine Safarti Talukat Kay 55 Sal),” Nawa-i- Waqt, January 4, 2006 85 Masood Hassan Raja, “China is Our Trustworthy Friend (Chine Humara Ba-Ahtimad Dost),” Nada-i- Milat, December 13, 2006 H.K. Chhabra, “Reations of Nations,” Delhi: Surjeet Publications, 1983, 108 86 Neville Maxwell, Interview Published in The Weekly Newsmagazine, Outlook, (October 22, 2012): 36- 40 87 Chhabra, Op.cit.
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1.3 Border Agreement
In September 1959 Government of Pakistan noticed a Chinese map showing some parts of Hunza Valley of Pakistan as Chinese territory.88 Ayub Khan decided to solve the border issue with China but China did not give response till the end of 1960.89 When China at last responded, the negotiations on border agreement were started in 1961 which lasted till December 26, 1962 and reached a successful conclusion.90 On 2nd March 1963, Pakistan and China signed a boundary agreement in Great Hall (Beijing), in the presence of Chairman Mao Zedong, President
Liu Xiao Ji and Premier Zhou Enlai.91 On Pakistan’s behalf this agreement was signed by
Foreign Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his counterpart Chen Yi from the Chinese side.92 The immediate cause that compelled both States to sign the border agreement was the U.S.A. extensive military aid given to India during the India-China war of 1962.93 As a consequence of border agreement, China ceded 650 square miles of territory to Pakistan, and Pakistan recognized the Chinese sovereignty over hundreds of square kilometers of land in Northern
Kashmir and Ladakh.94 Both States agreed that whenever the Kashmir issue would be resolved the border talks would reopen between them.95 This agreement was not recognized by India due
88 Syed, Op.cit., 110 89 Ayub Khan, Op.cit., 184 Zubeida Mustafa, “Pakistan: The Focus of China’s South Asian Policy,” in Pakistan in a Changing World, ed. Masuma Hasan, Karachi: Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, 1978, 200 90Muhammad Ijaz Bhutt, “China and the Kashmir Issue,” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, XXXVI, 2, (April 1999): 34-35 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Pakistan and the Troubled World,” Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1993, 96 91Aman Memon, “Redefining the Indian Factor in China-Pakistan relations in Post-Cold War Era,” Pakistan Perspectives, 12, 1, (January-June 2007): 93 Rana Abdul Baqi, “Pak-China Friendship in Historic Prospective (Pakistan-Chine Dosti, Tarikh Kay Jarokay Se Ak Nazar),” Nawa-i-Waqt, April 16, 2008 92 Daily Jang, March 5, 2006 93 Atta-ur-Rehman, “Pak-China Friendship and Difficulties of Contemporary World (Pak-Chine Dosti or Nahy Ahad ke Muushkilat),” Nawa-i-Waqt, November 26, 2006 94 Agha Shahi, “Pakistan, China and NMD,” Dawn, May 19, 2001 95 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Pakistan-Agreement (accessed on November 10, 2015)
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to the Pakistani recognition of Chinese sovereignty over the land of Kashmir. This agreement also strained the relations between Pakistan and the U.S.A. Pakistan got closed to communist
China.96
1.4 Breaking of Chinese Isolation
After the border agreement another step towards the cordial relationship was Pakistan’s help to China to break its isolation.97 This was the time when most of Western countries were trying to isolate China.98 Pakistan became the first non-socialist State to start a regular air service to China in April 1964.99 Pakistan International Airline (PIA) became the first international flight that flew to Shanghai (China).100 Zhou Enlai himself was there to receive the flight.101 On that occasion Vice-Premier Chen Yi said that ‘the hostile attempt to isolate China gets failed.’102
1.5 Indo-Pakistan War of 1965
A full scale war broke out between India and Pakistan over Kashmir on September 6,
1965, at this crucial time China helped Pakistan.103 China diplomatically raised the voice for
Pakistan in the United Nations and other world forums and provided militarily assistance to
Pakistan during the war.104 The first military aid came to Pakistan from China on September 8, when America stopped the supply of weapons due to military embargo imposed on India and
96 historypak.com/Pakistan-china-boundary-agreement-1962/ (accessed on November 10, 2015) 97 Nasim Zehra, “A Rock Solid Partnership,” The News, November 27, 2006 98 ‘President Musharraf’s Visit to China,’ An Article by Lt. General Kamal Matinuddin, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 03 March 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, III, (March : 2006) 99 Rana Qaisar, “Warm Welcome Awaits Chinese PM Today,” The Nation, May 11, 2001 100 Dawn, December 18, 2004 101 ‘A Rock Solid Partnership,’ An Article by Nasim Zehra, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 27 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, (2006) 102 Maqbool Ahmed Bhatty, “New Era of Partnership,” Dawn, January 1, 2005 103 Excerpts from an Address by China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mr. Luo Zhaohui at a Seminar Entitled, ‘China-Pakistan Relations’ held at the Institution of Strategic Studies, Islamabad on 29 October 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, X, (Oct: 2007) 104 A Write-up by Salim Bokhari “Premiers Journey to China, A Big Success”, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 01 January 2005, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXII, 1, (10 Jan-Feb: 2005)
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Pakistan.105 This embargo seriously affected Pakistan because its armour stock was mostly
American while only 10% Indian weapon were of American origin.106 China rejected India’s claim that the attack on Lahore was a defensive measure.107 Ayub Khan visited China on the night of 19/20 September. Premier Zhou advised him to fight a guerilla type war.108 China also issued two ultimatums to India to dismantle alleged outposts on the territory claimed by
China.109 Ayub did not wait for the expiration of the Chinese ultimatum given to India and also did not follow the Chinese advice and accepted the United Nations call for ceasefire.110 Ayub told Mao Zedong that to continue war was too costly for Pakistan both economically and diplomatically although Mao was in favour of continuing the war.111
March 1966, China provided large quantities of arms and ammunition: “three fully equipped infantry divisions, including guns military vehicles, 900 Chinese tanks and MiG-19F aircraft for the air force.”112 An outcome of the Chinese support during the war was that China acquired place in the hearts of the people of Pakistan and they considered China as a reliable friend.113 Another important development in Pakistan-China relations, both from military and
105 Nawa-i-Waqt, October 10, 2008 106 Shahzad Akhtar, “Sino-Pakistani Relations: An Assessment, Strategic Studies,” XXIX, 2 & 3, (Summer & Autumn 2009) Kamal Matinuddin, “Sino-Pakistan Relations,” The News, May 12, 2001 107 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “In Search of Peace and Security: Political Relations between Pakistan and the United States (1947-1967)” in In Search of Peace and Security: Forty Years of Pakistan United State Relations, ed. Rais Ahmed Khan, Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1990, 44-45 108 Babar Ayaz, “What’s Wrong with Pakistan,” India: Hay House India, 2013, 291 ‘Ayub flew secretly to China and met with Premier Zhou. He advised him that if necessary Pakistan would give up Lahore, Sialkot and other cities, withdraw to the mountains and fight India from there, even it would take decades, because “It will make a nation out of you”. But at that moment Ayub thought Zhou was mad.’ (Humayun Gauhar, “The East is Red. . .and Blue. . .and Green too),” The Nation, May 11, 2001 109 Ahmad Faruqui, “How Ayub Wasted the China Card,” Daily Times, December 31, 2006 110 Humayun Gauhar, “The East is Red. . .and Blue. . .and Green too,” The Nation, May 11, 2001 111 Faruqui, Op.cit. 112 Ahmad Faruqui, “The Complex Dynamics of Pakistan’s Relationship with China,” IPRI Journal, (Summer 2001): 2 Malik Qasim Mustafa, “Pakistan’s Defence Production: Prospects for Defence Export,” Strategic Studies, XXIV, 4, (Winter 2004): 113 113 Dawn, May 11, 2001
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commercial point of view, was the reopening of the Silk Route in 1967.114 Before the opening of the Silk Route, military aid to Pakistan from China used to come through sea.115
1.6 Pakistan and Establishment of U.S.A. China Relations
In the 1970s Pakistan played an important role in the normalization of relations between
China and the United States.116 In November 1970, General Yahya Khan brought a secret letter from American President Richard Nixon which formally paved the way for his visit to Beijing.117
Nixon’s representative, Henry Kissinger, first visited Beijing through Pakistan in July 1971 and worked out details of Nixon’s visit.118 Nixon visited China from February 21 to 28, 1972.119 The famous remarks of Premier Zhou to Kissinger were, “Now that we have established contact, do not forget the friends in Pakistan. A bridge does not lose its importance just because it has been used.”120 Other than the normalization of relations the advantage of Nixon’s visit to China was that America signed the Shanghai Communiqué in which it accepted the Public’s Republic of
China (PRC) as the sole legitimate government of China.121 It means that Pakistan had also played an indirect role for the recognition of PRC as a legitimate government.
114 Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit. 115 Ashok Kapur, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Development,” New York: Croom Helm, 1987, 245 116 The News, November 10, 2000 117 Farhat Mahmud, “A History of US-Pakistan Relations,” Lahore: Vanguard, 1991, 340 118Henry Kissinger, “White House Years,” London: Phoenix Press, 1979, 1050-1095 Farrukh Saleem, “Is China Drafting Away from Pakistan?,” The News, December 1, 2000 119 Claude A. Buss, “China: The People’s Republic of China and Richard Nixon,” New York: W. H. Freeman and Company San Francisco, 1972, 95 Rober G. Sutter, “Chinese Foreign Policy After the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1977,” Colorado: Westview Press, 1978, 94-95 The Nixon-Chou Shanghai Communiqué (February 27, 1972), in China and the Three Worlds: A Foreign Policy Reader, ed. King C. Chen, London: The Macmillan Press LTO, 1979, 127-32 120Sirajuddin Aziz, “China’s New Realities,” The Nation, May 12, 2001 ______, “Sino-Pakistan Relations,” The Nation, May 12, 2001 121 Zahid U Kramat, “Mission to China,” The Post, April 19, 2008 Jimmy Carter, “White House Diary,” New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, 266
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1.7 Iran-China Diplomatic Relations: Pakistan’s Role
The trade relations between Iran and China were established in the fifties but the two countries did not establish their diplomatic relations till the 1970s. Pakistan played an important role in the establishment of diplomatic relations between Tehran and Beijing in 1971.122 In May
1971 Iranian Princesses Ashraf and Fatima visited China along with the wife of Pakistan Air
Force Commander-in-Chief Adul Rahim Khan. This visit was facilitated by the government of
Pakistan. This visit paved the way for diplomatic relations between Iran and China. The negotiations on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Tahran and Beijing took place in Islamabad with the help of the government of Pakistan.123
1.8 Chinese Approach towards East Pakistan Crisis (1971)
When the separatist’s movement in East Pakistan gained momentum, China (February
1971) advised Pakistan to seek a political solution of East Pakistan crisis with the help of political leadership of East Pakistan rather than using the military means.124 Zhou wrote a letter on 11 April to Yahya in which he criticized India for interfering in the internal matter of other
States. He also recommended solving the problem according to the wishes of the people of East
Pakistan.125 But Yahya ignored the Chinese advice and launched ‘Searchlight Operation’ against the Mukti Bahini fighters who wanted a separate independent State of Bangladesh.126 China considered the “Peace, Friendship and Cooperation Treaty” signed between India and Russia in
122 John S. Park and Cameron Glenn, Iran and China, United States Institute of Peace, The Iran Primer, iranprimer.usip.org/resource/iran-and-china (accessed on November 10, 2015) 123 Sixty Years of Diplomatic Relations between China and Pakistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China 124 Ikram Sehgal, “The Crossroads of Friendship,” The Nation, May 19, 2001 125 Matinuddin, “Sion-Pakistan Relations,” Op.cit. 126 Faruqui, Op.cit.,3
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August (1971) as a source of strength for India to open aggression against Pakistan.127 China diplomatically supported Pakistan and criticized India and Russia on various occasions, such as at the reception of Independence Day of Albania, National Day of Tanzania, at the Banquet of the delegation from Sudan and in the United Nations.128 The Chinese representative in the UN pointed out that India was committing acts of aggression against Pakistan, and Russia was behind the aggression.129 When India invaded East Pakistan, then a special envoy of President
Yahya under the leadership of Mr. Bhutto visited China. The Chinese leadership showed their inability to help Pakistan due to the treaty signed between India and Russia.130 Russia had moved several military divisions along its border with China in Manchuria to build pressure on China not to go against India.131
When Pakistan had lost its Eastern wing as well as much of its military hardware in the war with India, China came to rescue Pakistan and made up a major portion of the loss, despite the fact that China was then recovering from the impact of the Cultural Revolution.132 Pakistan received tanks, guns and nine Shanghi-class motorboats of which four were converted into firing missiles.133 China also assisted Pakistan in establishing her defence related industry.134 In 1971, a protocol of cooperation for Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) was signed between Pakistan and
127 Chun-tu Hsueh & Robert C. North, “China and the Superpowers: Perception and Policy,” in China’s Foreign Relations New Perspectives, ed. Chun-tu Hsueh, New York: Praegar Publisher, 1982, 29 128 Mehrunnisa Ali, “China’s Diplomacy during the Indo-Pakistan War, 1971,” in Readings in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1998, ed. Mehrunnisa Ali, Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001, 36 129 S.S. Bindra, “Indo-Pak Relations: Tashkent to Simla Agreement,” New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1981, 187-89 Eds. M.S. Deora & R. Grover, “Documents on Pakistan and International Conflicts, Vol. 3.” New Delhi: Anmol Publications PVT LTD. 1993 130 Anwar Kamal, “A Time-Tested Friendship,” Dawn, November 12, 2006 131 Faruqui, “How Ayub Wasted China Card,” Op.cit. 132 Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit. 133 Ahsen Chaudhri, Op.cit. 134 Ahsen Chaudhri, “In Search of Peace and Security: Political Relations between Pakistan and the United States (1947-1967),” Op.cit.
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China, mainly to rebuild the T-59 Tanks for Pakistan army.135 The factory was inaugurated in
November 1979, when the first tank rolled out. This was the major Chinese contribution towards
Pakistan’s “strength through self-reliance”.136 HIT produced modern Main Battle Tank Al-
Khalid-2000 in Pakistan in a joint venture with China.137 In 1973, the Pakistan Aeronautical
Complex at Kamra was also established with the help of the Chinese assistance. 138
President Bhutto visited China from January 31 to February 2, 1972. He discussed the matter of Prisoners of War (PoW) with Zhou. Both leaders called upon India to release PoW under the Geneva Conventions without further delay.139 With the efforts of Pakistan ambassador to China Agha Shahi, China used its first Veto in the United Nations Security Council on the issue of recognition of Bangladesh as a gesture to support Pakistan.140 China also made it clear that it would not recognize Bangladesh unless Pakistan would do so.141 Chinese use of veto pushed India and Bangladesh to review the plan to hold a public trial of 195 Pakistani Officers as war criminals.142
135 Malik Qasim Mustafa, “Pakistan’s Defence Production: prospects for Defence Export,” Strategic Studies, XXIV, 4, (Winter: 2004): 120-21 136 Eas Bokhari, “The China Factor,” The Nation, November 6, 2003 137 A.R. Siddiqi, “HIT: Rebuild to Manufacture,” Selections from Regional Press, Centre for South Asian Studies, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, (August 1st -31st, 2001) 138 Hasan-Askari Rizvi, “Pakistan and the Geostrategic Environment: A Study of Foreign Policy,” Hong Kong: Macmillan Press LTD, 1993, 157 139 Joint Communique Issued on the Visit of the President of Pakistan to China; 31 January-2 February, 1972, Joint Communiques, Jan 1968-Dec 1973, Ministry of Foreign Affair, Islamabad,( 1973) 140 (“Agha Shahi convince Premier Zhou to use its first ever veto to prevent Pakistan from surrender on the Kashmir dispute. He said “China to throw us a rope so we could climb out of this pit.” He said there was also something in it for China as before this permanent member used their right of veto to support their allies to violate the international justice,but at this time the Chinese veto would uphold the international law, to force Bagladesh to comply with the Geneva Conventions. Zhou after hearing Shahi said, “Go tell Bhutto China will support Pakistan up to even vetoing against Bangladesh.”) Nasim Zahra, “The Chinese Veto Which Foiled India’s Design on Kashmir,” The News, May 12, 2001 Shahzad Akhtar, “Sino-Pakistani Relations: An Assessment,” Strategic Studies, XXIX, 2 & 3, (Summer & Autumn 2009) 141 Rafi Bhutt, Op.cit. 142 “Hu’s Vision of Grandeur Edifice, Op.cit. Zahra, Op.cit.
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1.9 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Impact on Pakistan China
Relations
Chinese were not as friendly with General Zia-ul Haq as they were with Bhutto because the Chinese government put efforts for the release of Mr. Bhutto by writing letters and through diplomatic channels but Zia did not bother about it. When Mr. Bhutto was executed the Chinese newspaper ‘China Daily’ reported “Bhutto was executed by military regime.”143 China had increased its military assistance to Pakistan soon after the Soviet armies entered Afghanistan in
1979. Beijing perceived the invasion in Afghanistan not only as a threat to the security of the neighbouring countries, but also as a threat to the international peace.144 China had assured
Pakistan that in case of foreign aggression, the Chinese government would stand by Pakistan.145
China not only supported the Afghan Mujahideen during the ‘Jihad (fight for God)’ against
Soviet Union, Chinese instructors along with American and Pakistani instructors gave training to
Afghan Mujahedeen (Fighter of God).146 China fully agreed with Pakistan that the Afghan people were free to have the right to determine their own future.147
1.10 Nuclear Cooperation between Pakistan and China
Dismemberment of Pakistan and Indian nuclear explosion of May 1974, were two major factors that compelled Pakistan to adopt a nuclear posture.148 The nuclear cooperation between
143 Professor Dr. Farhat Mahmood, Government College University, Lahore, interviewed on May 12, 2015 144 M.S. Deora, & R. Grover, “Documents on Pakistan and International Conflict,” Vol. 19. New Delhi: Anmol Publications PVT LTD, 1993, 145 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Pakistan Horizon, XXXIX, 4, (Fourth Quarter 1986): 26 146 M.K. Bhadrakumar, “A US-China Entente in Afghanistan,” Daily Times, January 29, 2013 Deora, & R. Grover, “Documents on Pakistan and International Conflict, Vol. 19.” Op.cit. 147 Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit. 148Bhumitra Chakma, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons,” New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 10-11
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Pakistan and China started in the 1970s (Bhutto tenure), when Western World had become non- cooperative towards Pakistan in the nuclear field.149 The immediate cause of their non- cooperation was Indian nuclear explosion. The Western non-cooperation went to that extend that even Canada, which had installed the 137 MW power reactor in Karachi in 1972 to fulfill the energy needs, refused to supply fuel for the reactor.150 In response to a cut-off of Canadian nuclear aid, in 1976 Pakistan and China signed a nuclear agreement.151 There were two main factors due to which China came to cooperate with Pakistan in the nuclear field. Firstly, China wanted to keep Pakistan away from the West and secondly, the Indian nuclear explosion created the power gap or imbalance of power in South Asia. To fulfill this gap, China helped Pakistan.152
Due to Bhutto’s efforts to make Pakistan a nuclear State Kissinger warned Mr. Bhutto “We will make a horrible example out of you.”153 Although much was not achieved in the nuclear field during the Bhutto era because when the negotiations were going on, he was removed by General
Zia-ul Haq in July 1977.154
China did not move forward in nuclear cooperation between 1977-79 because the
Chinese did not trust Zia as they did Bhutto.155After the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, nuclear cooperation between Pakistan and China suddenly increased.156 In 1981 there were reports
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, “Nuclear Development in Pakistan: Future Directions,” in Nuclear Non- Proliferation in India and Pakistan South Asia Perspective, eds. P. R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema & Iftekhruzzaman, Karachi: Vanguard Books (PVT) LTD, 1996, 104-08 149 T. V Paul, “The Causes and Consequences of China-Pakistani Nuclear/ Missile Collaboration,” in South Asia’s Nuclear Security Dilemma, India, Pakistan, and China, ed. Lowell Dittmer, New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2005, 180-81 150 N. M. Butt, “Nuclear Developments in Pakistan,” in Arms Race and Nuclear Development in South Asia, eds. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema & Imtiaz H. Bokhari, Islamabad: Asia Printers, 2004, 51-52 151 Ashok Kapur, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Development,” New York: Billing & Sons Ltd, 1987, 245 152 Swaran Singh, “The China Factor in South Asia’s Nuclear deterrence,” in The India-Pakistan Nuclear Relationship: Thories of Deterence and International Relations, ed. E. Sridharan, New Delhi: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2007, 287-88 153 Sehgal, “The Crossroad of Friendship,” Op.cit. 154 Singh, Op.cit. 155 Savita Panda, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy,” Delhi: B. R. Publishing Corporation, 1991, 73 156 Kapur, Op.cit.
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published in the Western media in which the U.S.A. warned Pakistan that if it exploded an atom bomb on the Chinese territory then economic and military aid to Pakistan would be immediately cut off. This warning was given to Pakistan just after the visit of Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang to
Pakistan in 1983. America also warned China if it continued its nuclear support to Pakistan then the agreement on bilateral nuclear cooperation between China and the U.S.A. that was in process would be harmed.157 In 1986 China-Pakistan nuclear cooperation was signed and China transferred nuclear technology to Pakistan, bearing the U.S.A. sanctions and threats.158
According to this agreement, all the material and equipment would be placed under International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguard.159
In the 1990s U.S.A. stopped supplying military and economic assistance to Pakistan under the Pressler Amendment to produce nuclear weapons.160 America also put pressure on
China to stop exporting nuclear material and technology to Pakistan.161 Putting all pressures and threats aside, China continued its support to Pakistan. China had supplied Pakistan with equipment to advance nuclear programme, such as in building the Khushab Reactor, which played a key role in Pakistan’s production of Plutonium.162 According to the U.S.A. analysts,
Khushab has a 1,000 MW reactor that would produce 200 kg of weapon grade plutonium per
157 Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit. 158 Muhammad Ijaz Butt, “Chinese-Aided Development Projects in Pakistan,” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, XXXVII, 3, (April 2000): 33-39 159 Zafar Iqbal Cheema, “Pakistan’s Nuclear Policies: Attitudes and Posture,” in Nuclear Non-Proliferation in India and Pakistan South Asian Perspectives, eds. P. R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema & Iftekhruzzaman, Karachi: Vanguard Books (PVT) LTD, 1996, 113 160Keesing’s Record of World Events 1993, Longman, 39, 12, (1993) The Nation, November 5, 2003 161 Arpit Rajain, “Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: China, India and Pakistan,” New Delhi: Saga Publication, 2005, 339-40 162http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People’s_Republic_of_China%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations (accessed on, May 15, 2012)
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year that would be more than enough for 50 bombs.163 In 1996, China provided 5,000 ring magnets to A. Q. Khan (Abdul Qadair Khan) Laboratory Kahuta. These ring magnets doubled the capacity of Pakistan to enrich uranium for nuclear weapon production.164 In November 1997,
Chinese President Jiang Zemin made it clear to America that the nuclear cooperation between
Pakistan and China was for peaceful purposes. He also reaffirmed his commitment to help
Pakistan to set up a nuclear power plant.165
After the Indian and before the Pakistani Nuclear tests (1998), some countries tried to budge in the Security Council a resolution calling for Iraq-like sanctions against any country testing a nuclear device in future. This attempt was prevented by the threat of Chinese Veto in the UN Security Council.166 Pakistan conducted six nuclear tests on 28 and 30th May, 1998.167
President, Jiang Zemin, on June 3, 1998, decisively put responsibility on India for creating tension in South Asia, in his response to the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan.168
After assuming the office in October 1999, General Pervez Musharraf paid an official visit to China in the start of 2000. The Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji also visited Pakistan in May
2001.169 His visit coincided with the golden jubilee of the establishment of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations. After the visits of head of the States of both countries, there were frequent exchanges of high level of delegations between the two States.
163 Kanti Bajpai, “Managing Ambivalence: Pakistan’s Relations with the United States and China Since 2001,” in Pakistan in Regional and Global Politics, ed. Rajshree Jetly, New Delhi: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 80 164 Kamal Matinuddin, “The Nuclearization of South Asia,” Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2002, 309 165 Muhammad Ishaq Fani, “Pak-China Security Relations and Mutual Ventures,” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 46, 2, (July-December 2009): 166 Chakma, Op.cit. 167 Matinuddin, Op.cit. 168 Fani, Op.cit. 169 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Strategic Studies, XXII, 2, (Summer 2002): 41
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Chapter 2
Growth of Defence Ties
China had been one of the most important and reliable sources to provide military hardware to Pakistan. Chinese weapons are not as advanced in technology as the Western weapons but reliability, continuity and low cost factors made China a major source of weapons supplier to Pakistan. This source had not dried up at the times of urgent need. It also helped
Pakistan to seek the self-reliance in the defence production. China helped Pakistan to develop tanks, anti-tanks artillery, aircraft and small arms and ammunition. Former Senator and
Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies, Mushahid Hussain said that ‘Self-Reliance’ in the field of defence production was the hallmark of Pakistan-China friendship.170 The exchange of military delegations between the two States further consolidated the defence relations. During the visits of delegations the discussions were held to start various joint defence projects to increase the defence capability of Pakistan and to retain her sovereignty. The exchange of views on national and international issues of mutual interest was also part of their discussions.
Pakistan China cordial relations emerged in the backdrop of their defence and security needs. In the early stage of its creation, Pakistan wanted to join some alliances or bloc considering that it would provide a guarantee against external threat especially from her Eastern neighbour (India). The security threat from India also brought Pakistan closer to China.
Following the formula of ‘the enemy of an enemy was your friend’ made Pakistan and China
170 The Nation, January 16, 2001
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good defence partners. Pakistan and China signed their first defence agreement in 1963.171 In
June 1963, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlia ensured Pakistan of their support in case of a foreign aggression. On October 8, 1963, Foreign Minister Z. A. Bhutto stated in the parliament of
Pakistan, that in case of any Indian aggression against Pakistan, China would stand by it. When
President Ayub visited China in March 1965, China again assured him of its support in case of foreign aggression.172 These were not just verbal statements; China practically supported
Pakistan during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war. China not only threatened India with grave consequences but also deployed its troops alongs the Indian border.173 Beijing sent a warning message to India, through the U.S.A. embassy in Poland, not to attack East Pakistan. It was believed that this warning prevented the Indian attack on East Pakistan that was defenceless at that time. Chinese warning brought an early solution of the problem and the United Nations
Security Council passed a resolution for a ceasefire.174 According to Ayub Khan, all friends of
Pakistan including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia, Jordan and Turkey spoke in support of Pakistan during the war but China spoke the loudest.175 According to Pakistan’s former ambassador to
China, M. Akram Zaki, Chinese strong support to Pakistan during the war led the foundation stone of their long term cooperation.176 The first agreement for military assistance of $ 120 million between Pakistan and China was also signed in 1966.177
171 Nadeem Upal, “Promise of Exemplary Friendship (Dosti Ke Lazawal Rashty ka Tajdiday Ahad),” Khabreen, Special Edition, November 25, 2006 172 Afzaal Mahmood, “Realist Review of Pak-China Friendship (Pak-China Dosti Ka Haqiqat Pasandana Jiaza,” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 20, 2001 173 Zubair Mirza, “Friends not Masters,” The Nation, December 2, 2006 174 Shahid M. Amin, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Reappraisal,” Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000, 157-63 175 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Pakistan and the Troubled World,” Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1993, 92-99 176 M. Akram Zaki, “Half a Century of Friendship,” Dawn, May 10, 2001 177 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1978, ed. Mehrunnisa Ali, Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001, 317-27
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During the 1971 India-Pakistan war, China supported Pakistan but not as strongly as it did in 1965. Mr. Bhutto believed that China did whatever it could within its limitations.178 The causes of its inability included first, its engagement in its own internal matters e.g. Cultural
Revolution. Second because of Russian support for India, China was not willing to confront
Russia which had warned China to stay away from the crisis.179 Thirdly, China had taken the
East Pakistan crisis as an internal affair of Pakistan and as per their policy, Chinese would not interfere in the internal matters of other States. In his message Premier Zhou paid tribute to the people of Pakistan against the Indian aggression.180 During the decade of seventies, Chinese Vice
Foreign Minister (Chiao Kuan Hua), Foreign Minister (Chi Peng Fei), and Deputy Chief of Staff
(Chang Tsai Chien) visited Pakistan while from Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff (General Tikka
Khan), and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Defence (Aziz Ahmad), visited China to enhance their military cooperation.181
It was due to the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan that the military interaction between
Pakistan and China increased. Only in the 1980s, five exchanges of delegation took place between the two States to discuss regional situation.182 During this phase, China had increased its military assistance for Pakistan. In 1981 China delivered 25 F-6s to Pakistan and at the end of
1982 the number of planes delivered to Pakistan rose to 300.183
An agreement was signed in June 1990, between Pakistan and China for the transfer of technology and cooperation in the defence production, including the production of T-59 and T-
178 H. K.Chhabra, “Relations of Nations,” Delhi: Surjeet Publications, 1983, 107-109 179 Amin, Op.cit. 180 Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit. 181 Hasan-Askari Rizvi, “Pakistan and the Geostrategic Environment; A Study of Foreign Policy,” Hong Kong: St. Martin’s Press, 1993, 143-44 182 Rizvi, Op.cit. 183 Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit.
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85/11 tanks, and also for the development of a new tank in Pakistan.184 Chinese total military aid to Pakistan till 1996 rose to $ 1.5 billion.185 In 1997, the member of China’s Central Military
Commission and Chief of the Gerneral Political Department of People’s Liberation Army (PLA),
General Yu Yong Bo and Chief of the Gerneral Political Department of PLA, and Vice Admiral
Shi Yunsheng, Commander of PLA (Navy) visited Pakistan. Government of Pakistan awarded them with ‘Nishan-i-Imtiaz: Military’. This award was given to them in recognition of their services to enhance the military cooperation between the two States. Chief of Naval Staff,
Admiral Fasih Bokhari’s successful visit to China in March 1998 paved the way for more cooperation.186 In 1999, there was an extensive exchange of military delegations between the two
States. These delegations were headed by Chinese Defence Minister (February), Pakistan Naval
Chief (March), Chief of Army Staff (May), Chinese Chief of Air Staff (August). The main agenda of all these visits was to discuss the regional security situation which had emerged due to the nuclear tests in South Asia and Kargil conflict.187
2.1 Exchange of Visits: Impact on the Defence Relations
The first official visit of General Musharraf to China took place in January 2000.188 The purpose of his visit was to consult the Chinese leadership on the issue of signing of the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Pakistan was under tremendous pressure from the
U.S.A., Japan and Britain to sign this Treaty. General Musharraf gave priority to discuss the issue with China. Besides China, Pakistan had taken Saudi Arabia and Iran into confidence over
184 Rizvi, Op.cit. 185 Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, “Entering the New Millennium,” The Nation, February 1, 2000 186 Pakistan Foreign Relations, 1997, A Year in Retrospect, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad 187Musa Khan Jalalzai, “Pak-China Relations and Balochistan,” The Post, July 19, 2006 Foreign Office Year Book 1998-9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 188 Keesing’s Record of World Events (2000): 43362
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the issue.189 Musharraf told the Chinese leadership that discussions and debates had been initiated in Pakistan and a decision would be made on the bases of national consensus. A national consensus on the issue was important because it was to directly impact the defence of
Pakistan.190 China did not press Pakistan to sign the treaty because it knew that it would have implications for China as well.191 The Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said his country had already signed the CTBT and it would undertake procedures for its approval as soon as possible.192
Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar believed that the CTBT only dealt with the ban on tests and it had no connection with nuclear arsenals. However, it may be pointed out here that the major political parties of Pakistan, including the Muslim League, People’s Party and National Awami Party favoured the signing of the CTBT.193
After Musharraf’s visit to China in February (2000), a four member delegation from
China State Shipbuilding Coorporation (CSSC), visited Pakistan. This delegation was led by
CSSC’s President Li Jian. They visited Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Work (KSEW). The purpose of their visit was to explore new avenues in small and medium size shipbuilding. China offered Pakistan to provide designs for firefighting Tags, and Pilot Boats. During the visit the
Managing Director of KSEW, Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed, stressed the need for closer cooperation between KSEW and CSSC. He said that the CSSC had vast experience in designing of ships and KSEW would benefit from its experience through joint ventures.194 Another six member Chinese military delegation led by Lt-General Liu Shunyao, Commander of the Air
189 The Nation, January 13, 2000 190 The Nation, January 18, 2000 191 Rashid Patel, “India America and Pak-China relations (Bharat America or Pak-Chine Taluqat),” Daily Jang, Lahore, January 28, 2000 192 The Nation, January 18, 2000 193 Op.cit. 194 The Nation, February 25, 2000
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Force of the PLA visited Pakistan, on February 26, for five days.195 Lt-General Liu along with
Air Officer Commanding Southern Air Command, Air Marshal Pervez Iqbal Mirza visited the mausoleum of the Quaid-i-Azam to pay homage to the great leader. At the mausoleum he observed silence to pay respect to the father of the Nation. He also laid floral wreath there. Lt-
General Liu also met with General Pervez Musharraf in General Headquarters (GHQ).
According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), two leaders discussed the matters of professional interests. The meeting led to strengthen the relations between the armed forces of the two States.196 Musharraf presented him with a crest of his office and he also reciprocated the gesture. Liu also visited air defence command office, where he met with Air Officer
Commanding, Air Defence Command, Air Vice Marshal Sarfraz Arshad Toor.197 This visit of the Chinese delegation was regarded as important because it took place in the backdrop of intense pressure on Pakistan by the U.S.A. for the signing of the CTBT and its involvement in the transfer of missile technology.198
In June (2000), Deputy Political Commissioner of Chinese People’s Armed Police Force
(CPAPF), Lt. General Zhang Yu Zhong while heading a delegation visited Pakistan. During their visit they met with Secretary, Lt-General (Retd) Nasim Rana and discussed with him matters of mutual interests. The Secretary said that such visits and exchanges of officials would provide opportunities to learn from the experiences of each other, adding further that these would be
195 Daily Din, February 26, 2000 Foreign Office Year Book, 2000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistsan The Nation, February 26, 2000 Dawn, February 26, 2000 196 The Nation, February 29, 2000 197 The News, February 29, 2000 198 Detail of transfer of missile technology and American pressure is given on the section Chinese cooperation in .missile technology. Nawa-i-Waqt, March 1, 2000
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helpful in overcoming the difficulties Pakistan was facing internally or externally.199 A six member Chinese People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) delegation visited Pakistan in November.
The delegation was led by General Fang Zuki, Political Commissioner of Nanjing Military
Command. They visited the Corps Headquarters (Lahore), where they met with Corps
Commander, Lt-General M. Aziz Khan and discussed with him the matters of professional interest. The delegation also visited the Wagha border and witnessed the change of guard ceremony. They also visited the historical places of Lahore, the Miner-i-Pakistan, the Badshahi
Mosque, the Lahore Fort Diwan-i-Khas, the Diwan-i-Aam and the Shish Mahal. They were impressed by the architectural treasure of the Mughal era.200
The number of exchanges of military delegations increased between the two States in
2001 in connection with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Pakistan-
China diplomatic relations. The first, high-level Chinese defence delegation, headed by Liu Jibin,
Minister Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (COSTIND) visited Pakistan in April 2001.201 The delegation met with Secretary Defence Production, Air
Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees and discussed the matters related to defence production.202 Air
Marshal Zahid appreciated the assistance of China in defence production and termed the different facilities built with the assistance of China as eternal monuments of Islamabad-Beijing
Friendship.203 Another Chinese delegation consisted of senior officials of People Liberation
Army (PLA), Navy and Air Force paid very successful visit to Pakistan in April.204 This military delegation was led by Chief of General Staff of PLA, General Fu Quangyou. The delegation
199 The Nation, June 19, 2000 200 The Nation, November 20, 2000 201 The Nation, April 1, 2001 202Nawa-i-Waqt, April 1, 2001 203 Dawn, April 1, 2001 204Daily Jang, May 2, 2001
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called on President Rafiq Tarar at Aiwan-e-Sadar. While talking with Chinese General Fu, the
President pointed out that friendly relations between the two States were a guarantee of peace and stability of South Asia.205 They also discussed the prevailing situation on Eastern border of
Pakistan. Rafiq Tarar said that Pakistan had become the victim of Indian aggression in the past and would not remain ignorant about its national security. Later on the delegation met with
General Pervez Musharraf. According to the ISPR,
“The Chief Executive welcomed the delegation and expressed the
hope that their visit would help in further strengthening the
relations between the armed forces of the two countries.”206
The delegation also visited the Joint Services Headquarters (JSH), where they were welcomed by a guard of honour. At JSH, they met with Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza. They also visited Air Headquarters and met with Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and discussed with him the matters of professional interests.207 The delegation met with Chief of General Staff,
Lt. General M. Yousaf Khan at General Headquarters and signed a memorandum of understanding for the mutual cooperation of the armed forces of the two States.208
In May, Premier Zhu Rongji visited Pakistan. Zhu said that China was cooperating with
Pakistan in defence sector but this cooperation was within the parameters of international agreement.209 He pointed out that the Chinese assistance to Pakistan in defence sector was not against any third country.210 He further said that China was not going to enter into any defence
205Daily Pakistan, April 21, 2001 206 The Nation, April 21, 2001 207Daily Jang, April 21, 2001 208Nawa-i-Waqt, April 21, 2001 209 Dawn, May 13, 2001 210 Syed Talat Hussain, “Defence Ties not Against any other Country,” Dawn, May 13, 2001
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pact with Pakistan as it did not subscribe to defence alliances.211 In the backdrop of a hike in
Indian defence budget, he was asked about Chinese position to support Pakistan in defence sector, he said,
“We are cooperating in all fields but defence is Pakistan’s internal
affair.”212
In May another Chinese delegation led by Rear Admiral Zhang Yan, Deputy Commander
North Sea Fleet came to Pakistan. The Chinese delegation comprised of Chinese Council
General at Karachi, Lin Shanglin, Defence Advisor, Major General Zhang Chengming, Political
Commissioner Captain Zhang Zhongxi, Destroyer Flotilla Captain Wu Hongle, Deputy
Commander Destroyer Flotilla Captain Zhang Taoxi, Commanding Officer TAICANG and
Command Liyujie, Commanding Officer HARBIN. This delegation was particularly in Pakistan in connection with the 50th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China. Two Chinese naval ships also came to Pakistan to participate in the celebration of the
50th anniversary of Pakistan-China relations.213 These Chinese ships were received by two
Pakistan navy Destroyers and encored them to the port.214 Rear Admiral Shahid Karamullah welcomed the Chinese Rear Admiral Zhang Yan.215 In his welcome address, Rear Admiral
Shahid Karimullah Commander Pakistan Fleet said that Pakistan-China relations represent a model for peaceful cooperation and friendly relations between the countries with different political and social systems. The induction of PNSNASR, the fleet tanker from China had improved the relations between the two States. The development of JALALAT type missile
211 The Nation, May 13, 2001 212 Rana Qaisar and Maqbool Malik, “China Supports Pak Stand on Kashmir,” The Nation, May 12, 2001 Afzaal Mehmood, “What Realism Demands,” Dawn, May 21, 2001 213 The Nation, May 23, 2001 214 Dawn, May 21, 2001 215Nawa-i-Waqt, May 21, 2001
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boats equipped with state-of-the-art anti-ship missile, acquisition and successful testing of surface-to-air missile system onboard and Type-21 destroyers were the hallmark of our developing naval relations.216 During his address at Pakistan navy dockyard, Zhang expressed his confidence that his visit would further strengthen the existing relations between the navies of the two States.217 Zhang during his stay in Pakistan also visited the headquarters of Commander
Pakistan Fleet Commander Karachi and Commander Logistics.218 He met with Corps
Commander Lt. General Tariq Waseem Ghazi at the Corps Headquarters.219 During his meeting with Admiral Abdul Aziz, he said China would continue its cooperation with Pakistan not only in defence sector but also all other sectors.220
A six member Chinese defence delegation came to Pakistan in July. The delegation visited the historical places of Lahore and witnessed the flag lowering ceremony at Wagha border.221 On the defence day (September 6, 2000) of Pakistan Chief of Staff PLA, Air Force Lt-
General Zhang Shenxia praised the defence potential of Pakistan. He said Pakistan Army was strong enough to safeguard its territorial integrity and they were in a position to help their friends in the field of defence production. He expressed these views while talking to Pakistan ambassador to China, Riaz Khokhar at a reception held at the embassy on the defence day of
Pakistan.222 A report appeared on October 4, in London based Sunday Times, said that Pakistan may move all or part of its nuclear weapons to China for safekeeping from fundamentalists.
216 The Nation, May 22, 2001 217 Dawn, May 22, 2001 218 Dawn, May 21, 2001 219 The Nation , May 23, 2001 220Nawa-i-Waqt, May 13, 2001 221 The Nation, July 5, 2001 The Nation, July 4, 2001 222 The Nation, September 7, 2001
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Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Zhu Bangzao rejected these reports and said that such reports were “totally groundless”.223
On December 21, Chinese Minister Chi Haotian accompanied by Chief of General Staff
Fuquan You called on President Musharraf. They noted that Pakistan-China cooperation was of strategic importance for regional peace and stability.224 It was agreed that the armed forces of the two States would continue to help each other in defence production. Musharraf appreciated the
Chinese assistance in defence production.225 He said Pakistan feels itself secured and strong in the region because of Chinese’ assistance in the defence sector. He said that Pakistan was lucky to have Chinese assistance in defence sector.226
Almost five Chinese defence delegations came to Pakistan in 2001 (April-December). It is said these delegations visited Pakistan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of
Pakistan-China relations. These exchanges of defence delegations also coincided with the time when the U.S.A. announced its $ 60 billion National Missile Defence Programme that was rejected by China first and then Pakistan and attack on the U.S.A. territory by terrorists
(September 11, 2001).227
In January 2002, at the invitation of Commander-in-Chief of People Liberation Army,
General Fu Quangyou, Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee, General Muhammad Aziz
Khan visited China for four days.228 Gen. M. Aziz called on the President Jiang Zemin. Their
223 The Nation, November 7, 2001 224 Fazal-ur-Rahman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Strategic Studies, XXII, 2, (Summer 2002): 47-48 225 The News, December 22, 2001 226 The Nation, December 25, 2001 227 Detail is given in Chapter 5 (National Defence Missile (NMD) of America: Pakistan and China Stance and Pak-China Friendship in the Context of Terrorism ) 228The News, January 13, 2002 The Nation, January 14, 2002
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meeting lasted for almost one hour. During the meeting regional and international issues were discussed, the Afghanistan situation also came under discussion. President Zemin and General
Aziz also discussed the international efforts to counter terrorism.229 General Aziz also met with top-ranking military officials of China. During the meetings both sides discussed the ways and means to strengthen the defence cooperation.230 Both sides renewed their commitment to continue cooperation in the defence sector.231 During the visit, he was also rewarded with a communiqué, showed the strong determination of the two States not to let any other country use war on terror to further their national interests.232
As an outcome of General Aziz’s visit to China, a high level Chinese delegation headed by Deputy Chief of General Staff, General Xiong Guangkai visited Pakistan from March 6 to
13.233 Gen Xiong held a meeting on “Sino-Pak Defence and Security” related issues at the Joint
Staff Headquarters.234 The meeting was attended by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee,
General Muhammad Aziz Khan, Chief of General Staff Pakistan Army, Lt. General Shahid Aziz,
Secretary Defence Production Division, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees and senior officials of the armed forces. During the meeting both sides also expressed their willingness to enhance the mutual assistance in various fields.235 Air vice Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees briefed the delegation about the potential of defence production of Pakistan.236 The Chinese delegation along with Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Lu Shulin, met with Secretary Defence, Lt. Gen
Nawa-i-Waqt, January 14, 2002 229Daily Pakistan, January 17, 2002 230 The News, January 16, 2002 231 Dawn, January 16, 2002 232 Ahmad Faruqui, “The Impact of 9/11 on Sino-Pakistan Ties,” Daily Times, June 18, 2002 233 Dawn, March 5, 2002 234 The Nation, March 5, 2002 235 The Nation, March 9, 2002 236 The Nation, March 12, 2002
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(Retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan to discuss the prevailing regional situation.237 The Chinese delegation appreciated the stand of Pakistan to eliminate the international terrorism and efforts to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan.238 General Xiong called on President Musharraf and discussed with him issues related to bilateral, regional and international importance. The tension on India-Pakistan border was also discussed. The President told the General Xiong about the latest situation on the border.239 The most important aspect of this visit of General Xiong was that Pakistan and China signed MoU on cooperation and collaboration in the defence production sector.240
In late March, Chief of Staff, People Liberation Army, Air Force, Lt-General Zheng
Shenxia came to Pakistan.241 In Pakistan he met with President Pervez Musharraf in the presence of Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and ambassador Lu Shulin. President
Musharraf said the visit of Lt-General Zheng further cemented the bilateral relations between the armed forces of the two States.242
On the Defence Day of Pakistan, September 6, 2002, General Tang Tian Biao, Deputy
Head of Political Department of China’s Army said that China would continue its defence cooperation with Pakistan for the sake of regional peace and stability.243 Air Chief Mushaf Ali
Mir said that China was cooperating with Pakistan and it had not stopped its cooperation under the pressure of the U.S.A. or the Western countries.244
237 The Nation, March 12, 2002 238Nawa-i-Waqt, March 12, 2002 239 The Nation, March 8, 2002 240Nawa-i-Waqt, March 13, 2002 241 Dawn, March 31, 2002 242Daily Din, March 31, 2002 243 Daily Jang, September 12, 2002 The News, September 9, 2002 244 Dawn, September 8, 2002
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The Director General Joint Staff, Lt-General Syed Pervaiz Shahid visited China in
November. During his visit a MoU was signed between the armed forces of Pakistan and China for the institutionalization of annual “Defence and Security Talks”.245 The signing ceremony was held in Defence Ministry, Beijing.246 During the signing ceremony, the Pakistani side was represented by Lt-General Syed Pervaiz Shahid while Chinese side was represented by Chinese
Deputy Chief of General Staff, General Xiong Guangkai.247 Addressing to the ceremony,
General Xiong said that the decision to establish institution for defence and security talks reflects that the international situation would not affect the strong bond of Pakistan-China friendship.248
In December, Liang Guanglie, Chief of the General Staff of the PLA met with the Chief of General Staff (CGS) Shahid Aziz. Liang said that the government of China was satisfied with the defence cooperation between the two States. According to the military experts on Sino-
Pakistan ties, the defence relations between the two States helped to maintain strategic balance in the region.249
In 2002, five exchanges of delegation took place between the two States in the defence sector. The main agenda of discussion of these delegations was the regional situation that emerged due to the U.S.A. presence in the region (attack on Afganistan) and support of Pakistan to the U.S.A. on the war on terror. Pakistan’s decision to side with the U.S.A. and to provide the base facilities initially raised concerns in China.250 China perceived it as if Pakistan was playing an active role in cementing American hegemony adjacent to the Chinese Western border. China became attentive by American military might stretching from the Asian Pacific rim to
245 The News, December 25, 2002 246Nawa-i-Waqt, November 18, 2002 247Nawa-i-Waqt, November 19, 2002 248Nawa-i-Waqt, November 18, 2002 249 The News, December 25, 2002 250 Fazal-ur-Rehman, Op.cit.
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Afghanistan.251 However, the exchange of delegations from both sides clarified Pakistan’s position and made it clear that under no circumstances, Pakistan would allow any effort to undermine Chinese strategic interests in the region. China understood the compulsions under which Pakistan had to take the decision.252 Pakistan also tried to dispel the Chinese concerns by inviting it to invest in the Gwadar deep sea project.253
In March 2003, Prime Minister Mir Zafar Ullah Khan Jamali, met with Chinese General,
Cao Gang Chun.254 They reiterated to continue cooperation on military-to-military level for peace and security.255 An agreement on bilateral cooperation in the field of defence industry and technology was signed between the two States in April.256 According to the agreement both
States would further enhance the defence cooperation.257 This agreement was an outcome of the talks held between Minister of State for Defence Production Habibullah Khan Waraich and his
Chinese counterpart Zhung Weimin.258 During the talks both sides expressed their commitment to maintain the interaction in strengthening their defence industries. The cooperation of defence industries of Pakistan and China was helpful in promoting peace and stability in the region.259
An eleven member Chinese delegation headed by General Liang Guanglie visited
Pakistan in September. At Lahore airport they were warmly received by Corps Commander Lt-
251 Mustafa, Op.cit. Fazal-ur-Rehman, Op.cit. 253 Mustafa, Op.cit. 254 A Report on Prime Minister Jamali’s Three Days Visit to China ; 26 March 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, 2, (March: 2003) 255 Excerpts from a Press Conference by Prime Minister Jamali on his Return from a three days Official Visit to China: Islamabad; 26 March 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, 2, (March: 2003) 256A Report on Signing of Pak-China Charter on Bilateral Cooperation in the Field of Defence Industry and Technology: Beijing; 1st April 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, 2, (March: 2003) The News, April 2, 2003 257Daily Jang, April 4, 2003 258 The News, April 2, 2003 259 Daily Times, April 2, 2003
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General Zarrar Azim and senior military officials of the garrison.260 The visiting delegation met with President Musharraf and discussed with him matters related to cooperation in various fields including defence production.261
In November, President General Pervez Musharraf visited China for five days. He termed the defence relations between Pakistan and China as excellent. He expressed his hope that these relations would further grow in future.262 President Musharraf met with President Hu Jintao and the leaders signed a charter to enhance the cooperation in defence industries of the two States.263
Due to the Chinese assistance in defence industry. Pakistan obtained self-sufficiency in the production of defence equipment. By this way Pakistan came out of the dependency on Western sources that usually dried up at the time of urgency.264 President Hu Jintao said,
“Pakistan and China attach great importance to the role of
Pakistan-China defence and security consultation mechanism in
promoting military-to-military exchanges and cooperation.”265
The agenda of exchange of delegations between the two States in 2003 was mainly to enhance the defence production of Pakistan. The purpose of Chinese assistance in defence production of Pakistan was to make its defence partner strategically strong and help it move from dependence to self-sufficiency in the defence sector. Thus, Pakistan can defend its integrity and sovereignty.
260 The Nation, September 8, 2003 261 Dawn, September 9, 2003 262 The Nation, November 6, 2003 263Nawa-i-Waqt, November 4, 2003 (Defence Ministry was asked for documents or papers but it was not publicly available yet.) 264Daily Din, November 6, 2003 265 Dawn, November 4, 2003
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A seventeen member Chinese delegation led by Chinese Defence Minister and Vice
Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission General Cao Gangchuan came to Pakistan in
March 2004 for five days.266 This delegation was comprised of PLA, Deputy Chief for General
Political Department General Zhang Shutien, Deputy Commander Navy Vice Admiral Wang
Shouye, Deputy Commander Lanzhou, Military Commander Lt- General Xeng Shouyang,
Deputy Commander Chengdu Military Command Lt-General Meng Jinxi, Director Chinese Air
Force Armament Major-General Tian Shaoqi, Deputy Director General Foreign Affairs, Chinese
Ministry of Defence, Deputy Director Security Bureau Col. Qiao Guoyi and Deputy Director
Asian Affairs Bureau Col. Wu Xiaoyi, Chinese ambassador in Pakistan and Military Attaché of
China.267 The purpose of their visit was to review the ongoing defence projects and explore new avenues of joint cooperation.268 General Cao during his talks with his Pakistani counterpart, planned for providing training facilities to the armed personnel of Pakistan.269 He said that the entire Chinese nation considered Pakistan as their closest friend in the region.270 He announced an interest-free loan of 100 million yuan (12 million US dollars) for the Pakistan armed forces.271
The visit of the Chinese Defence Minister and announcement of loan came when America decided to give Pakistan the status of Non-NATO ally. This development was taken by Chinese very positively and said that this development would not affect its friendly relations with
Pakistan.272
Chinese delegation under the supervision of Zhang Weimin, the Vice Minister of
Commission of Science, Technology and Industries for National Defence (COSTIND), visited
266 Dawn, March 23, 2004 267 The Nation, March 27, 2004 268 Dawn, March 23, 2004 269 Dawn, March 24, 2004 270 The Nation, March 27, 2004 271 Dawn, March 24, 2004 272 Dawn, March 26, 2004
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Pakistan.273 During his stay in Pakistan, a meeting of the joint committee on cooperation in defence, technology and industry between Pakistan and China was held in the Ministry of
Defence, Islamabad. At this meeting, the Chinese side was represented by Zhang Weimin;
Pakistan was represented by Air Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees. Pakistan and China agreed to enhance cooperation in defence technology that would help in strengthening the bilateral ties of the two States.274
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited China in December. During his visit to China he met with Chinese Defence Minister for one hour.275 The Chinese Defence Minister assured him of the greater defence cooperation, especially in the supply of military hardware.276 China was a valuable partner in defence, transfer of technology, development of infrastructure and building of mega projects.277 Shaukat Aziz also met with President Hu Jintao and told him that if the defence of Pakistan was strong then its economy would be stable and as a weaker State Pakistan would not be able to play its due role in the peace and stability of the region.278
At the invitation of Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gungchuan, his Pakistani counterpart
Rao Sikander Iqbal visited China in January 2005 for five days. Rao was accompanied by Major
(retd) Tanveer Hussain Syed, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Lt-General Shahid Sadiqu
Tarmizi, Director General Joint Headquarter Mr. Saleem Iqbal, Senior Joint Secretary Ministry of Defence and Commodore Shabbir Ahmed, Joint Secretary Ministry of Defence Production.
The purpose of their visit was to discuss the on-going cooperation in the defence sector. During
273Nawa-i-Waqt, April 6, 2004 274 The Nation, April 9, 2004 275Nawa-i-Waqt, December 17, 2004 276 Bahazd Alam Khan, “China, Pakistan to Strengthen Defence Ties,” Dawn, December 17, 2004 277 Rasul Bakhsh Rais, “Are We Bring out China?,” The Nation, December 16, 2004 278Nawa-i-Waqt, December 17, 2004
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their stay they visited the military installations and National Defence University.279 Shaukat Aziz also went to China in mid-January and met with the Chinese Defence Minister and agreed to maintain the defence cooperation between the two States.280
In September, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) Chairman, General Ehsan-ul-Haq visited China and praised the Chinese continued assistance in the defence sector for the security of Pakistan. He said:
“We highly value our defence partnership with China and wish to
strengthen it in future.”281
He also met with Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju, Central Military Commission Vice Chairman
General Guo Boxiong and Chief of the PLA General Staff General Liang Guanglie. During meeting with General Liang both sides expressed their desired to expand their existing relations in the defence sector.282
On February 20th, 2006, a framework agreement was signed between the Chinese
Defence Ministry and the Defence Ministry of Pakistan.283 The important clauses of this agreement included the following
Both States would not join any bloc or alliance that would harm the territorial
integrity and sovereignty of the other State.
Neither State would allow its territory to be used against the other.
Measures should be taken to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
279 The Nation, January 11, 2005 280 Maqbool Ahmed Bhatty, “New Era of Partnership,” Dawn, January 1, 2005 281 Daily Times, September 19, 2005 282Daily Din, September 16, 2005 283 Dawn, February 23, 2006
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Both States would cooperate to combat against three evils, namely terrorism,
separatism and extremism.
Neither of the States would sign such an agreement with any other State.284
This agreement was an important step towards the promotion of cooperation between the militaries of the two States.285 In this agreement both States also decided to continue all-round cooperation including the exchanges of group visits, consultation of defence personnel training and maritime cooperation.286 On the same date when this agreement of cooperation was signed a practical step of cooperation between the Navies of Pakistan and China was seen. Pakistan Navy rescued partly damaged Chinese ship operating 250 nautical miles from Karachi in maritime zone of Ormara.287 An ISPR (Navy) Press release said that the Chinese ship had made an emergency call to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Pakistan.288 On receiving this call, a Pakistan Navy helicopter immediately reached the designated area. The helicopter due to inadequate landing desk on ship, carried out risky evacuation while hovering on top of the ship in severe sea and wind conditions and brought the injured crew members to Pakistan Navy ship Shifa for medical treatment. The Nanjing Ocean Shipping Company of China highly appreciated this act and thanked for the rescue operation.289
284 Framework Agreement on the Cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Ministry of National Defence of the People’s Republic of China: Beijing; 20 February 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb: 2006 ) 285 Dawn, February 23, 2006 286 The Post, November 26, 2006 287The Nation, April 3, 2006 288 The Nation, February 21, 2006 289 The Nation, April 3, 2006
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In March, a six-member delegation led by Maj. General Tang Wannian, Commandant,
University of Science and Technology People Liberation Army China, visited the Corps
Headquarters and met with Corps Commander Lt-General Shaffat-ullah-Shah at his office.290
In August, the 4th round of defence and security talks were held at Joint Staff
Headquarters, Rawalpindi. During the talks Pakistan was led by General Ehsan-ul-Haq,
Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee while the Chinese side was led by Lt-General Zhang
Qin Sheng, assistant to Chief of General Staff PLA.291 At the conclusion of talks, two agreements were inked between Pakistan and China on defence cooperation and military assistance to the armed forces of Pakistan.292 The agreements were inked by Maj-General Tariq
Salim Malik, Additional Secretary Ministry of Defence Production from Pakistan and Maj-
General Jia Xiaoning, Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs Office, Ministry of National
Defence from China.293
On the Defence Day of Pakistan (September 6) Chinese Vice Minister visited Pakistan.
He said that it was matter of pleasure for him that his visit coincided with the Defence Day of
Pakistan. He said that his visit would further enhance the cooperation between the two States.294
On October 2, the third round of Pakistan-China consultation on Arms Control and disarmament issue was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.295 During the talks Pakistan was headed by Khalilullah Qazi, Director General (Disarmament) while the Chinese delegation was led by Zhang Yan, Director General (Arms Control and Disarmament) Ministry of Foreign
290 The News, March 19, 2006 291 The Post, August 17, 2006 292 The Nation, August 17, 2006 293 The Post, August 17, 2006 294Daily Jang, September 7, 2006 295 An Official Release on the Third Round of Pakistan-China Consultations on Arms Control and Disarmament Issue: Islamabad; (4 October 2006)
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Affairs of China. Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said, the talks were held in a cordial environment which reflected the friendly ties between Pakistan and China.296 Chinese
Chief of Air Staff General Kiao Qing Jin, had put a lot of effort to enhance the cooperation between the air forces of the two nations. To recognize his services, President General Pervez
Musharraf awarded him with Nishan-i-Imtiaz: Military. The award ceremony was held at the
President Camp Office, Rawalpindi. The ceremony was also attended by Air Marshal Tanveer
Mahmood Ahmed besides others officials.297
A 26-member Chinese Armed Police Force delegation visited the Headquarter Pakistan
Rangers (Punjab) Lahore in November. They were received by Major General Hussain Mehdi,
DG Pakistan Rangers (Punjab). The delegation was briefed about the operational and training aspects of Pakistan Rangers. Pakistan Rangers was not only guarding the borders of Pakistan but also played a vital role in the internal security, counter-terrorism and counter insurgencies.
Besides witnessing flag lowering ceremony at Wagha boarder, the delegation visited Mazar-i-
Iqbal and laid a wreath there.298 At the time of arrival of President Hu Jintao to Pakistan,
Pakistan Air Force inked a MoU with the Chinese Aviation Company CETC.299 The MoU deals with the joint production of aircraft, Airborne Warning and Control System, (AWACS).300
AWACS was to be equipped with long range early warning radar.301 AWACS was going to be handed over to Pakistan within a few years.302 The PAF sources said,
296 The Nation, October 5, 2006 297Nawa-i-Waqt, October 17, 2006 298 The Nation, November 11, 2006 299Nada-i-Milat, 30 Nov-6 Dec, 2006 Ihtasham-ul-Haque, “Free Trade Accord with China Singed,” Dawn, November 25, 2006 300‘Pak-China Friendship: Economic Cooperation on all Fronts’, An Article by Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 27 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, (Nov : 2006) 301 Shaiq Hussain, “Agreement on AWACS,” The Nation, November 25, 2006 302Daily Jang, November 26, 2006
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“Pakistan Air Force and Chsinese Aviation Industries have agreed
for a long-term collaboration and co-development in the fields of
aircraft manufacturing . . . including AWACS.”303
On November 24th, an agreement was signed between North Industries Coorporation China
(NORINCO) and Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT, Pakistan) with the full support of governments and militaries of the two States on the production of tanks. The Chairman HIT and General
Manager NORINCO inked the agreement from their respective sides.304 Pakistan and China had maintained the long term relations in the production of tanks and other armoured vehicles for the last thirty years (since the production of Al-Khalid tank 1990).305 The cooperation between
NORINCO and HIT became a symbol of traditional all-weather Pakistan-China friendship.306
In December, a 26 member Chinese delegation led by Maj. General PLA China Wang
Xinli paid a visit to Corps Headquarters and met with Corps Commander Lt-General Shafaat- ullah-Shah. Lt-General Shafaat presented the Chinese General a gift of paintings, representing the cultural heritage of Punjab as a souvenir of his visit to the Corps Headquarters. The delegation also visited the Naval War College Lahore. At Naval War College the delegation was welcomed by Deputy Commandant of the College, Captain Nadeem Qamar.307
General Ehsan-ul-Haq, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) led a high powered military delegation to China on an official visit in April 2007. The delegation was comprised of representatives from the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Defence Production, and
303 Rana Qaisar, “China not Seeking ‘Key’ Role in Kashmir Resolution,” Daily Times, November 25, 2006 304 Pak-China Framework Agreement on Tank Project between NORINCO and HIT: Islamabad; 24 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, XII, (Dec: 2006) 305 Pak-China Framework Agreement on Tank Project between NORINCO and HIT: Islamabad; 24 November 2006, Pakistan Treaty Series, 2006-2009 Vol: XII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 306Daily Jang, November 25, 2006 307 The Nation, December 17, 2006
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Joint Staff Headquarters of three services. The purpose of their visit was to attend the 5th round of annual defence and security talks. A MoU was signed for the military assistance package for
Pakistan.308 General Ehsan-ul-Haq visited Henan Air Defence Command Academy, from where he also got training as training officer in 1975. At the academy he held a discussion over the joint collaboration between Henan Air Defence Command Academy and Pakistan Air Defence
Command College.309 During his visit, General Ehsan met with high-ranking officials of China.
He met with General Liang Guanglie and expressed his satisfaction over the military-to-military cooperation of the two States.310 Vice President Zeng Qinghong and Defence Minister Cao
Guangchuan assured the General Ehsan that Beijing would further set up its support to ensure the security of Pakistan and would maintain the regional balance. General Ehsan also met with Vice
Minister of Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (COSTIND)
Jinchung Long, Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, the special representative of China to the
India-China boundary talks.311 During his meeting with the Chinese leadership, the issue of the
Indo-US nuclear deal and its implications on Beijing and Islamabad came under detailed discussion.312
Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral M. Afzal Tahir visited China in the first quarter of 2008. In
Beijing he met with the Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie, Commander of PLA
Navy Admiral Wu Shengli and other senior officials.313 General Liang said that the defence
308 The Nation, April 28, 2007 309 The Nation, May 2, 2007 310 The Nation, April 28, 2007 311 The Post, August 20, 2007 312 The Nation, August 20, 2007 313 The Nation, April 5, 2008
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departments and militaries of the two States maintained long-term exchanges and conducted multi-level cooperation in a wide range of fields.314
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Between 2000 and 2008, almost thirty exchanges of defence delegations took place between the two States. Some time the agenda of a visiting delegation was mentioned and many times it was kept confidential for the sake of security or for the national interest of both States.
The analysis shows that the exchange of defence delegation increased between the two States when both States sensed some sort of imbalance of power in the region or threat to the security of either State. To consult the views of each other on such situations the number of delegations
314 The Nation, April 1, 2008
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was increased. The highest number of exchange of delegations took place in 2006. This was the time when India and America reached a nuclear deal (March 2006). The purpose of this nuclear deal was to counter China. Due to this deal not only the exchanges of defence delegation increased between China and Pakistan but also cooperation between the two States enhanced in the defence sector for the sake of regional balance. The second highest number of exchanges of delegations took place in years 2001 and 2002. This time period was again very crucial for both
States due to some changes at regional and international levels. Four major issues at international level had pushed both States to consult each other. First, National Defence Missile system of the
U.S.A. and Indian support; second, September 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks on the U.S.A. territory; third, India-Pakistan Stand-off 2001-2002; and fourth, the U.S.A. involvement in
Afghanistan and Pakistani support.315
As a consequence of all these exchanges of delegations from both sides some major projects were also concluded or started between the two States.
2.2 Chinese Cooperation in Missile Technology
Pakistan-China cooperation in the development of missile technology started in the late eighties.316 In 1987 China concluded a deal with Pakistan for the sale of M-II missiles and launchers.317 After the two years of this deal, (in 1989) Pakistan announced the testing of its short range Hatf series, Hatf-I missile with a range of 300 km and Hatf-II also with a range of
300 km.318 Pakistan also announced that these missiles were indigenously produced but some
315 Detail of every event is given in Chapter 5 316 Haris Reqeeb Azeemi, “55 Years of Pakistan-China Relationship,” Pakistan Horizon, 60, 2, (April : 2007): 109-114 317 Kamal Matinuddin, “The Nuclearization of South Asia,” Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2002, 305- 06 318 Ghulam Hussain Adid Sipra, “US National Missile Defence : Impact on South Asia,” National Development and Security, XII, 4, Serial No. 48, (Summer 2004): 102
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Western sources alleged that Pakistan had received technical assistance from China. In August
1993, as a punishment the U.S.A. slapped ‘category two’ sanctions against certain entities of
China and Pakistan that were suspected in the involvement of transfer of M-II missiles.319 Both
China and Pakistan rejected these allegations. China categorically stated that it did not transfer any missile related technology or missile to Pakistan that was inconsistent with Missile
Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Pakistan also denied that it had got any missile technology that violated the MTCR guidelines.320 To resolve this issue in 1994, China agreed to follow the main provisions of MTCR and said it would no longer sell M-II missiles to
Pakistan.321
The issue of transfer of missile technology resurfaced in the start of 21st century. A
U.S.A. Congressional research service report stated that
“China continues to supply missile nuclear and chemical
technology consistent with non-proliferation goals particularly to
Pakistan and Iran.”322
According to the U.S.A. media reports, American intelligence agencies had told President Bill
Clinton and Congress that China had continued to help Pakistan in building long range missiles with a capacity of carrying nuclear weapons.323 The reports also informed that Chinese experts had been seen near the Pakistan’s newest missile factory.324 According to the CIA previous reports, China had helped Pakistan to set up the factory for the manufacturing of M-II surface-to-
319 Matinuddin, Op.cit., 308 320 Statement by the Foreign Office Spokesman Clarifying Position with regard to Alleged Transfer of Missile Technology by China to Pakistan, Islamabad : 22 November 2000, Foreign Affair Pakistan, XXVII, 11,12, (Nov-Dec 2000) 321 Dawn, July 3, 2000 322 Arpit Rajain, “Nuclear Deterrence in Southern Asia : China, India and Pakistan,” London : Saya Publications, 2005, 339-48 323 Dawn, July 3, 2000 324 Afzal Khan, “China Aiding Pakistan in Missile Project : NYT,” The Nation, July 3, 2000
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surface missiles near Rawalpindi.325 The reports also pointed out that the shipment of missiles to
Pakistan had continued over the past eight to eighteen months.326 The cooperation on the missile development between Pakistan and China was regarded as such a serious issue that Clinton administration sent a delegation to China to raise the matter in detail with the Chinese authorities. China also showed its willingness to negotiate with the U.S.A. on the issue of missile export.327 This was the first high level negotiation between the two States since November 1998 when China had stopped all negotiations with the U.S.A. on this issue after the NATO attack on its embassy in Yugoslavia.328
Pakistan’s embassy in Washington rejected these reports and branded these as
“groundless” adding that the reports were only designed to mislead the U.S.A. Senate and the cooperation between Pakistan and China was consistent with international obligations.329
Pakistani and Chinese officials said these allegation were not worthy of discussion because these were groundless.330 A Chinese diplomat said,
“We consider these reports in the U.S.A. media totally groundless,
so we do not need to talk about that.”331
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi pointed out in a Ministry’s regular briefing that the allegations of exporting missile technology were groundless and based on ulterior motives.332
He said,
325 T.V. Paul, “The Causes and Consequences of China-Pakistani Nuclear/Missile Collaboration” in South Asia Nuclear Security Dilemma : India, Pakistan and China, ed. Lowell Dittmer, New Delhi : Pentagon Press, 2005, 181-82 326 David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, “China Missile Aid to Pakistan goes on, Suspects,” The News, July 9, 2000 327Nawa-i-Waqt, July 5, 2000 328Dawn, July 3, 2000 Nawa-i-Waqt, July 5, 2000 329 The Nation, July 5, 2000 330 Hasan Akhtar, “Ties with Pakistan to Grow Stronger,” Dawn, July 24, 2000 331 Dawn, July 21, 2000
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“We are not helping any South Asian countries to develop nuclear
weapons or ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear weapons.”333
This Chinese Foreign Ministry’s rejection of allegation was also followed by a denial statement of Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar.334 He said,
“I can reaffirm that Pakistan has not received any transfer
inconsistent with China’s obligations about MTCR.”335
He said that those reports had nothing new in them and were just based on old information. He also pointed out that the country’s missile development programme had been at an advanced level where it needed no foreign assistance.336
In November 2000, U.S.A. imposed sanctions on Pakistan and Iran stating that they were the beneficiaries of the transfer of missile technology from China. The sanctions were imposed on Pakistani Ministry of Defence and Space and Upper Atmospheric Research Commission
(SUPARCO).337 While imposing sanctions, State Department spokesman said the fresh embargo would have little economic impact but the sanction would make their position clear about the transfer of missile technology. But on the other hand, for the first time in decade the International
Monitoring Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) did not lend a single penny to Pakistan. The
WB did not give any funds even for the humanitarian projects under the U.S.A. pressure.338
While protesting against these sanctions, Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman declared the
332Nawa-i-Waqt, July 5, 2000 333 The Nation, July 5, 2000 334 Op.cit. 335 The Nation, July 4, 2000 336 The Nation, July 5, 2000 337 Statement by the Foreign Office Spokesman Clarifying Position with regard to Alleged Transfer of Missile Technology by China to Pakistan, Islamabad, Op.cit. 338 M. Afzal Khan, “U.S Desiring a Pak-China Split,” The Nation, November 26, 2000
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sanctions unjustified and unnecessary.339 It was stated that Pakistan’s missile programme was part of its security and nuclear deterrent.340 Pakistani diplomats were astonished by the discriminatory nature of decision taken by the U.S.A. No punishment or penalty had been imposed on India which had been collaborating with Israel on the subject. The Indian missile development programme had gone unnoticed by the U.S.A. administration and was also not considered or declared against the law of the U.S.A.341 China also criticized this discriminatory action of the U.S.A. Chinese reaction came after two days of imposition of sanctions on Iran and
Pakistan. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi while criticizing the U.S.A. sanctions against Pakistan and Iran said that these sanctions were ‘unpopular’.342 He said,
“The US government in accordance with its own domestic laws
imposes sanctions on others.”343 And “It is the only one in the
World that is doing so in and our position on this has always been
to oppose it.”344
He also said that China had friendly relations with both Iran and Pakistan but China was strictly following the non-proliferation of missile technology.345 China committed an accord with the
U.S.A. under which it would not export ballistic missile components to any other country.346
India also raised its apprehensions and concerns. Indian government said that Pakistan and Chinese alliance had been based on their common hostility against India.347 But these
339 Statement by the Foreign Office Spokesman Clarifying Position with regard to Alleged Transfer of Missile Technology Op.cit. 340 Naeem Ahmad Salik, “Pakistan’s Missile Development : Priorities Challenges, Myths and Reality,” Strategic Studies, XXII, 1, (Spring 2002): 34-36 341 M. Afzal Khan, Op.cit. 342Nawa-i-Waqt, November 24, 2000 343 The News, November 24, 2000 344 Op.cit. 345 The News, November 23, 2000 346 The Nation, August 8, 2001
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apprehensions were removed by the Chinese Foreign Minister during his visit to India.348
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan during his meeting with the Indian External Affairs
Minister Jaswat Singh said that the arms sale to Pakistan was not directed against any country and especially not against India.349 He said that China’s relationship with Pakistan was normal and bilateral. Tang also advised the Indian people to:
“Pay no attention to the reports which may be prejudiced.”350
In 2001 Washington Post reported that an unmanned U.S.A. Intelligence source disclosed that a U.S.A. spy satellite had detected that on May 1, the latest consignment of components of missiles arrived in the mountainous Pakistan-China border by truck.351 Washington Time pointed out that U.S.A. source detected the transfer of twelve such missile components to Pakistan by ships and trucks.352 The paper named the Chinese Company, China National Machinery
Equipment Import and Export Corporation had sent the components to Pakistan for the development of Shaheen-1 with an estimated range of four hundred and sixty-five miles and
Shaheen-2 with a range of 1,240 miles.353 These strategic missiles were capable of carrying nuclear warheads.354
U.S.A. officials said this the transfer of missile components to Pakistan was the violation of Sino-U.S.A. accord of non-proliferation that China had signed with the U.S.A. in November the previous year.355 During his visit to Beijing, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell raised the
347 Brahma Chellaney, “China is Keeping uo its Nuclear and Missile Aid to Pakistan,” The Nation, July 23, 2000 348 Nawa-i-Waqt, July 23, 2000 349 Iftikhar Gilani, “China to Continue Selling Arms to Pakistan,” The Nation, July 23, 2000 350 Dawn, July 23, 2000 351 The Nation, August 8, 2001 352 Dawn, August 7, 2001 353Nawa-i-Waqt, August 7, 2001 354 The Nation, January 13, 2001 355 Dawn, August 8, 2001
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issue at several meetings with Chinese officials. Before his visit the U.S.A. government sent several formal protests to Beijing to stop the transfer of weapon technology and also called
Beijing for explanation but China failed to draw up an export control regime.356 A U.S.A. official said that China had “Broken Promises” of not to sell nuclear, chemical and biological weapons to
‘Rough States’.357 The Chairman of the American Senate Committee also warned the China to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons and missile technology otherwise this would affect its relations with the U.S.A.358
China had rejected the reports published in the Washington Post about the shipment of missile technology to Pakistan.359 Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhang Qiyue called these reports “irresponsible and groundless”.360 The Chinese Foreign Ministry officials commented on this report that China did not break its promise with the U.S.A. even at the time when it was in the state of intense anger over the U.S.A. on its arms package to Taiwan.361 The
U.S.A. had provided Taiwan with its largest arms package in a decade.362 Chinese Vice Foreign
Minister Li Zhaoxing said that the U.S.A. arms sale to Taiwan would,
“Seriously affect cooperation between China and the United States
in the area of non-proliferation.”363
According to Yongjin Zhang, an international relations expert at Australian National University in Canberra said,
The Nation, August 8, 2001 356 The Nation, January 13, 2001 357 (U.S called few states around India as Rough States. Details are given in Chapter 5) Afzal Khan, “China Sent Missile Parts to Pakistan : WT,” The Nation, August 7, 2001 358Daily Jang, August 8, 2001 359Daily Din, March 2, 2001 360 The News, August 10, 2001 361 Dawn, May 10, 2001 362 The Nation, May 10, 2001 363 Dawn, May 10, 2001
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“If China sold arms to Pakistan in response it would be a kind of
tit-for-tat that I don’t think China would engage in.”364
Chinese company, China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation also rejected the reports of the Washington Times. These allegations had no truth and company had not sent any consignments of missile components to Pakistan or any other country.365 The company had its business with Pakistan limited to metals, mechanical and technical products that were used in civil works.366
India also added fuel to the fire in this situation by creating propagandas about the
Chinese proliferation of missile technology that was strongly rejected by China.367 The Indian
Defence Minister branded China as the ‘mother’ of Ghauri missile test fired by Pakistan in May
1998.368 The Indian Defence Ministry report 2000-2001 stated that China had helped Pakistan to enhance its nuclear and missile programmes. The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman rejected this allegation and warned India not to create such propaganda otherwise it would harm its relations with China. In response to the Chinese rejection, the Indian Foreign Office Spokesman reiterated that its stand remained the same on his Defence Ministry report about the defence cooperation between Pakistan and China. He also said that with the cooperation of Pakistan in defence sector, China wanted to emerge as a superpower in the region.369
In September 2001, the U.S.A. imposed economic sanctions on the Chinese firm China
Mechanical Electric Company (CMEC) on the basis of alleged transfer of missile technology to
Pakistan. Under this sanction American companies would not buy or use Chinese rockets for its
364 The Nation, May 10, 2001 365Nawa-i-Waqt, August 10, 2001 366Nawa-i-Waqt, September 5, 2001 367 Ghlum Sarwar, “Pakistan China Relations (Pak-China Taluqat),” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 3, 2001 368 Khalid Mahmud, “Sino-Pak Ties : Indian Factor,” Dawn, April 14, 2001 369Nawa-i-Waqt, June 5, 2001
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satellites and America would not supply its technology for the Chinese artificial satellites. The
U.S.A. had also imposed sanctions on the Pakistani institute, National Development Complex of
Pakistan, for receiving missile technology from China.370
In 2002, the American Vice Foreign Minister for arms control, John S. Wolf stated that
China had given Pakistan not only raw material for the production of missiles but also had given technical assistance for missile production. He said China had promised in November 2000 that it would not export the missile technology to any country but China did not follow it. The
American government imposed sanctions on both China and Pakistan in September 2001 but unfortunately neither of the States bothered about these sanctions and continued the cooperation in missile technology.371 Robert Karniol, the Asian correspondent for Jane’s Defence Weekly in
Bankok said,
“China is selling missiles and missile technology to Pakistan and
Iran as well as in the past, I think to Iraq.”372
China had rejected these allegations. The Director General, Department of Arms Control,
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Liu Jieyi said at a news conference that such reports had nothing true in them.373 Liu also said China had attached great importance to non-proliferation and stood against the development of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery system.374
The Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister said that there was no cooperation between Pakistan and
370Daily Jang, September 2, 2001 371Daily Pakistan, June 9, 2002 372 Daily Times, August 28, 2002 373 Dawn, August 29, 2002 374 The News, August 29, 2002
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China in the nuclear field. Both States were cooperating in the peaceful use of nuclear energy that was under the IAEA monitoring.375
China had announced the tightening of missile technology and missiles related export regulations under the intense pressure from America. This step was taken by Beijing before the arrival of American Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage to China.376 According to the
BBC, America welcomed this step of Beijing. On the other hand the new regulations would not affect the missile programme of Pakistan.377
In 2003, the CIA again presented its report to American Congress in which it was claimed that China was transferring missiles and weapons of mass destruction to other States. It was also stated in the report that China was helping Pakistan in the production of short range missiles and chemical weapons by transferring not only material but also technology.378
The Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ahmed Aziz Khan, rejected the allegations of the CIA, during an interview to the BBC.379 He said Pakistan’s missile system was indigenous and whenever the sanctions were removed, Pakistan would buy its conventional weapons from
America.380
2.3 Joint Anti-Terrorism Exercises
The first ever joint military anti-terrorism exercise was held between China and Pakistan on August 3, 2004 and lasted for three days.381 This exercise was given the code name
375 Dawn, August 28, 2002 376Nawa-i-Waqt, August 7, 2002 377 Afzal Khan, “Sino-Pak Missile Production in Peril,” The Nation, August 27, 2003 378Daily Pakistan, April 13, 2003 379Nawa-i-Waqt, April 14, 2003 380Nawa-i-Waqt, April 13, 2003 381The Nation, August 4, 2004 The Nation, August 9, 2004
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“Friendship (youyi) 2004” and was held in Taxkorgan, Northwest of China’s Ughur
Autonomous Region, bordering Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.382 The drill involved encirclement, assault and mop-up practices. More than 200 Chinese and Pakistani elite troops participated in this drill.383
The purpose to hold this exercise was to crack down three major challenges namely separatism, extremism and terrorism and to safeguard peace and stability of the region.384 Major
General Cheng Bing of the People’s Liberation Army called these exercises a great success, which helped in improving the counter-terrorism capabilities of both states.385
The 2nd joint military counter-terrorism exercise between the two States was held in mid-
December 2006. Strategically the exercise was important because it was immediately conducted after the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pakistan.386 This exercise was given the name
“Friendship 2006”.387 This time the exercise was held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of
Pakistan.388 More than two hundred Chinese military personnel, including elite group, came to
Pakistan to participate in this exercise. This happened for the first time that a group of PLA came to Pakistan to participate in a counter terrorism exercise.389 From Pakistan’s side, the troops from
382Daily Pakistan, August 4, 2004 ‘Pivot of Asia’ Sees China-Pakistan Manoeuvres, China-Pakistan Relations: A Profile of Friendship, VII, 3, March: 2005, Colin Mackerras, Asia Times, (August 13, 2004) http://www.atimes.com/atimes/china/FH13Ad01.html The Nation, August 5, 2004 Daily Khabreen, July 30, 2004 383 The Nation, August 9, 2004 384 The News, August 4, 2004 Dawn, July 30, 2004 385The Nation, August 9, 2004 The Nation, December 13, 2006 386 Jagannath P. Panda, “Dragon Looks South: Current Drives in China’s South Asian Neighborhood Policy,” in China and its Neighbours, eds. Srikanth Kondapalli Emi Mifune, New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2010, 180- 91 387Daily Express, December 11, 2006 388Nawa-i-Waqt, December 12, 2006 389 Dawn, December 12, 2006
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infantry, special services and Pakistan Army aviation participated in this drill.390 The ten-day long exercise started on December 11.391 It began with the flag hosting ceremony. During the exercise a group of PLA officers and troops visited Pakistan Military Academy Kakul, and the
Baloch and Frontier Regimental Centres, Abbottabad where they were briefed about the professional matters.392
A 23-member senior military delegation headed by Lt. General Lu Dengming, Chief of
Staff of Chengdu military region, witnessed this exercise and also attended the colourful closing ceremony which marked the end of the ten-days long drill. A thirteen-member media delegation from China and a group of about twenty-five journalists from local and international media attended the concluding session. The two sides expressed their satisfaction over the successful completion of this exercise. Speaking at the ceremony, Rawalpindi Corps Commander Lt-
General Tariq Majid said,
“It is a manifestation of our resolve that Pakistan and China stand
united to fight and eliminate the menace of terrorism, which is
affecting the entire fabric of human society.”393
Senior military commanders and officials from the Chinese PLA expressed their satisfaction over the expertise and professionalism of Pakistan Army in the operations of counter-terrorism.394 Lt.
General Lu said China was ready to conduct counter-terrorism drills with Pakistan for the sake of peace and stability in the region.395
390 Daily Times, December 19, 2006 391 The Nation, December 10, 2006 392 The Nation, December 13, 2006 393 Daily Times, December 19, 2006 394 The Nation, December 13, 2006 395 The Nation, December 19, 2006
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The purpose of this exercise was to benefit from each other’s experience in counter terrorism as both States were fighting against this challenge. Pakistan was fighting against terrorism in tribal areas while China had been confronting the separatists in Xinjiang province.396
The third such exercise was held in July 2010 in Qingtongxia Ningxia Hui Autonomous
Region of China. This Pakistan-China counter terrorism exercise was given the code name
“Friendship-2010”. Pakistan Army’s Special Operations Squad and soldiers of eighth company of the Lanzhou Military Command participated in this exercise.397
2.4 Contracts for F-22P Frigates Production
In April 2005, Pakistan signed four contracts with China for the construction of F-22P frigates for the upgradation of its Navy.398 The agreement signing ceremony was held at the
Ministry of Defence Islamabad. During the ceremony Pakistani side was represented by the
Secretary Defence Production Lt General (Retd.) Ali M. Jan Aurakzai, while Zhou Wushent,
Director General International Cooperation, Commission of Science and Technologies Industries
(COSTIND) represented the Chinese side.399 Under an agreement China Dockyard Shanghai agreed not only to construct the frigates for Pakistan but also to transfer the technology.400 The transfer of technology clause was very important for Pakistan Navy as it entered into the enterprise of building ships and other sea-craft.401 The contract also involved the training of
396 The News, December 11, 2006 397 Sixty Years of Establisment of Diplomatic Relations between Pakistan and China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China 398 The News, April 7, 2005 399 Pact with China for Warships Signed, China-Pakistan Relations: A Profile of Friendship, VII, 3, (March: 2005,) Dawn, 5 April 2005, http://www.dawn.com/2005/04/05/top4.htm 400Nawa-i-Waqt, April 5, 2005 401 The Nation, April 5, 2005
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Pakistan Navy personnel.402 A framework agreement for a naval frigate was signed by Federal
Minister for Defence Production Habibullah Warriach and Zhang Yuchuan, Minister for
COSTIND.403 China also agreed to provide six medium-size standardized Z-9 helicopters.404 It was for the first time that Pakistan Navy had purchased a major fighting unit from China. In the past, such military hardware came from the Western countries including France and Britain.405
Basically, the negotiation on this project started in 1995, when U.S.A. administration reclaimed eight ex-U.S.A. Navy ships leased to Pakistan in 1989. The deal had not been materialized due to lack of funds.406 In May 2000, Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza visited China and discussed the issue of purchase of frigates with Chief of Chinese Navy.407 In 2004, Chief of
Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah met the Chinese Defence Minister General Cao
Guangchun and asked for a loan of $ 750 million from China to purchase the four frigates.408
In July 2005, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah paid a five-days visit to
China and visited the facility where the frigates production was taking place.409 He also visited the facility of Z-9EC helicopters production and exchanged the views with the manufacturers.410
During his visit Pakistan and China launched a joint project to build four F-22P frigates. The launching ceremony was attended by Admiral Shahid and other senior officials of China
402 The Nation, July 8, 2005 403 Shahzad Raza, “Pakistan, China Sign Trade and Anti-Terror Agreements,” Daily Times, April 6, 2005 Daily Jang, April 6, 2005 Daily Din, April 6, 2005 Dawn, April 6, 2005 Pak-China Treaty of Friendship [Report], IPRI Journal, V,2, (Summer 2005) 404Nawa-i-Waqt, April 6, 2005 405 The Nation, April 6, 2008 406 The Nation, April 6, 2005 407Daily Jang, May 8, 2000 408 Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXI, V, (1-25 May: 2004) The News, April 5, 2005 409 The Nation, July 5, 2005 410 Daily Khabreen, July 19, 2005 The Nation, July 5, 2005
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People’s Liberation Army.411 Admiral Shahid indicated that China had agreed to provide four warships and six helicopters to Pakistan.412 He said Pakistan would acquire the four frigates by
2013 and the first frigate would be entered into Pakistan by 2008.413 This deal was highly significant and was materialized because of the special interest of the two countries’ heads. The deal reflected Pakistan’s ‘Look East’ policy. It is important to note that it was for the first time that the Navies of Pakistan and China had agreed to collaborate at such a high level.414 The construction of four frigates at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai was launched formally with the help of 600 million US dollars.415
In 2006, Pakistan and China signed an agreement for the indigenous production of the fourth
F-22P frigate in Karachi. The Managing Director Karachi Shipyard Rear Admiral Iftikhar
Ahmed Rao and Executive Vice President China Shipbuilding Trading Company Yu Yang, inked the agreement.416 The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Secretary Defence
Production Lt-General (Retd.) Ali Mohammad Orakzai, the President Hudong Zhoughua
Shipbuilding Group Zhou Jianneng and Pakistani Consul-General Zafruddin Mehmood.417
During an interview Naval Chief Admiral Tahir said that the contract signed for the construction of the fourth frigate also included the upgrading of Karachi Shipyard, training of Pakistani persons and technical assistance by China during the construction phase of the fourth F-22P frigate.418
President Musharraf visited the Hudong Shipyard in 2006, where the construction process of frigate had been under process. Basically, he had gone to China to attend the Shanghai
411 Dawn, July 5, 2005 412Nawa-i-Waqt, July 19, 2005 413Daily Din, July 8, 2005 414 Daily Times, July 8, 2005 415 Dawn, July 13, 2005 416 The Nation, March 31, 2006 417 Dawn, March 31, 2006 418 Dawn, May 23, 2006
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Corporation Organization Summit from there he availed himself the opportunity of visiting the
Hudong Shipyard as well.419 During the inspection he said that the construction of the frigate will prove to be an outstanding example of ever-lasting friendship between Pakistan and China.420 He was given a comprehensive briefing about the different phases of construction of the frigates.
Musharraf was also briefed that the first frigate would be ready within three years for delivery and the frigates would be equipped with the latest helicopters and missile systems.421
In 2007, the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Ehsan-ul-Haq, visited the site of the construction of F-22P frigates and expressed his satisfaction over the pace of production of the frigates. He was informed that the construction process of frigates was as per schedule and the first frigate was to be delivered to Pakistan in 2008. He was also informed that this project was the biggest one between the Navies of the two States.422 Pakistan ordered four more frigates from China, although four frigates had already been ordered. These ships were based on the Chinese Jiangwei II class frigates. The new order was an improved version of the
Jiangwei II (053H3) and was to be named as F-22P.423
As per agreement in 2008, China launched the first frigate from Shanghai Shipyard. The launching ceremony was also attended by the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal
Tahir, in the capacity of Chief Guest.424 During the ceremony the Naval Chief said,
“It will enhance Pakistan’s capabilities in shipbuilding and also the
Karachi shipyard’s capabilities in managing the construction of a
419 The Nation, June 17, 2006 420 The Post, June 17, 2006 421Daily Jang, June 17, 2006 Nawa-i-Waqt, June 17, 2006 422 The Nation, May 2, 2007 423 The Post, April 22, 2007 424 The Nation, April 1, 2008
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large warship.”425 [He also said,] “This will be deployed for the
defence of our maritime interests and to meet our commitments in
other aspects of maritime diplomacy.”426
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani welcomed the new Chinese frigates inclusion into the
Pakistan Navy. He said this was another milestone in the strategic partnership of Pakistan and
China.427 The frigate was capable of operating in multi-threat environment.428 It was specially designed for anti-submarine warfare, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.429 The frigate also had the capability to detect both the nuclear and conventional submarines at long range.430
2.5 Joint Naval Exercises
Pakistan and China conducted their first ever joint Naval exercise in the North-Eastern
Shanghai coast of China, which started on October 21, 2003, and lasted for three days.431 The
Deputy Chief of Staff PLA General Xiong Guankai, termed the exercise as an opportunity for both States to share their experience in Naval fields and also to enhance their capabilities.432 The agreement to conduct joint Naval exercise was concluded when Pakistani Vice Chief of Army
Staff General Mohammed Yousaf Khan, met with General Xiong during his visit to China.433 It was for the first time in the history of the PLA Navy that it had conducted a joint naval exercise with any foreign country.434
425 The Nation, April 6, 2008 426 Op.cit. 427 The Nation, April 8, 2008 428 Iftikhar A. Khan, “China to Build Frigates for Pakistan,” Dawn, April 5, 2008 429 The News, April 7, 2005 430 A. Khan, Op.cit. 431 Daily Jang, October 23, 2003 Dawn, October 13, 2003 432 The Nation, July 19, 2003 433 Daily Pakistan, July 20, 2003 Dawn, July 19, 2003 434 The News, July 19, 2003
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Two Pakistani Naval ships, Destroyer (Babar) and Tanker (Neser) arrived at the
Shanghai coast under the command of Navy Commander Tahir.435 These ships were warmly welcomed by the Chinese Navy top leader Admiral Xiu Ji Wen. During the welcoming ceremony, he said it would be a matter of pride for China to hold a joint naval exercise with
Pakistan.436 The ceremony was also attended by Pakistan’s ambassador to China Riaz
Mohammad Khan and Shanghai Municipal government officials.437
The exercise was tactical in nature and it covered different dimensions of modern-time naval warfare including joint search and rescue operation, patrolling, and search for suspected vessels. The exercise was carried out both on the surface and in deep sea waters. During the exercise, the frontline battleships, anti-submarine helicopters, investigation, communications and air-sea rescue technology were used.438 Overall, 1,600 military personnel from China and
Pakistan participated in this exercise.439 This exercise was jointly commanded by Vice Admiral
Zhang Deshun, Chief of Staff of the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy and Commodore
Shafi of the Pakistan Navy.440
The exercise gave more confidence to the Pakistan Navy that the Chinese assistance was available for the Naval field as well.441 After the successful completion of the exercise at
Shanghai coast, Naval Chief Admiral Shahid Karimullah during his visit to China in May 2004
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invited China for another joint Naval exercise and received a positive response to his invitation.442
As an outcome of Admiral Shahid’s invitation, the second joint Naval exercise was held on November 21, 2005 and continued till 24.443 The ship ‘Shenzhen’ a guided missile destroyer, and ‘Weishanhu’ an auxiliary tanker, came from China to participate in the joint Naval exercise.
Rear Admiral Han Linzhi was commanding the task force. On entering Pakistani waters, these ships were given warm welcome.444 The exercise was conducted in the Arabian Sea that included search and rescue operation from helicopters, advanced tactics and cross deck transfer.445 This exercise was to increase the cooperation between the two Navies in the areas of non-traditional security field.446
A five-day naval drill was held at the port of Karachi in March 2013. Other than China fourteen States including the U.S.A., Britain, Japan etc participated in this drill. This drill was especially designed for counter-terrorism and to offer humanitarian aids.447 The ship
‘Shamsheer’ of the Pakistan Navy visited the Chinese port, Qingdao, in April 2014. The purpose of visit was to take part in Multilateral Maritime Exercise (MME). This exercise was hosted by
Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy to mark their 65th anniversary.448 On September
27 (2014) two Chinese ships of the 17th Naval Convey Fleet came to the Karachi port. The
442 Dawn, May 29, 2004 The Nation, July 9, 2005 443 Dawn, November 9, 2005 444 Dawn, November 22, 2005 445 Dawn, November 25, 2005 446 Dawn, November 26, 2005 447 www.nihao-salam.com/news-detail.php?id=MZU3mg== ((accessed on October 27, 2015) 448 http://www.nihao-salam.com/news-detail.php?id=Njk3Ng== (accessed on October 27, 2015)
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Chinese ships visited Pakistan to conduct bilateral naval exercise with the Pakistan Navy. The aim of the exercise was to enhance interoperation and operational ability of the two navies.449
The cooperation between the navies of both Pakistan and China increased during the research period under study, although it was limited in the past. The joint naval exercises that were started in 2003 between the two States were now conducted on a regular bases to enhance the naval strength of both States.
2.6 Karakoram-8 Jet Trainer Aircraft
Karakoram-8 (K-8) jet trainer was a new generation aircraft.450 It was co-developed by the China National Aero Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC), the China
Nanching Aircraft Manufacturing Company, and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra
(PAC).451 The K-8 project was launched in 1986 and its model flew its maiden flight in 1991. A contract for the transfer of technology of front fuselage was signed in 1999 between Pakistan and
China. In 2002, at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Karma, the Aircraft Manufacturing Factory
(PAMF) Kamra, the first front fuselage of K-8 aircraft was handed over to China. The Managing
Director of PAMF Air Cdre Zakir H. Khan, and the Chinese Defence Attaché Maj. General Saa
E. Chee Khua signed the handover document. Speaking at the handover ceremony, the PAC
Chairman Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Khan appreciated the efforts of the PAMF in establishing itself as a recognized equipment manufacturer with an ultimate goal to produce the latest jet fighters for the Pakistan Air Force. He also appreciated the efforts being made by the
Chinese companies, CATIC and Hun Do Aviation Industrial Group, with PAMF during all the
449 Daily Times, September 27, 2014 450 Kaleem Omar, “Sino-Pakistan JF-17 Jet-Fighter could become a Big Ticket Sales Item,” The News, November 20, 2006 451 Haris, Op.cit., 11-12
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phases of the K-8 production.452 The Managing Director of PAMF Air Cdre Zakir H. Khan said that Pakistan and China had jointly completed many projects but the development of K-8 was the one which could be quoted proudly.453
K-8 is capable of providing basic and advanced training.454 It is a two-seater aircraft manufactured for training purposes such as, takeoffs, landings, acrobatics, night and spin flights and armament trainings.455 The price of K-8 was $ 4 million per aircraft and it was considered a cost effective solution for the training role and was to replace the entire fleet of T-37 jet trainer at the PAF Air Academy, Risalpur.456
Once K-8 was inducted in Pakistan and Chinese Air Force, many other countries were also willing to purchase this jet due to its low cost.457 Myanmer, Zambia and Egypt also decided to induct K-8 into their Air Force. Zimbabwe, Namibia and Saudi Arabia showed their interest to buy it. In September 2003, Saudi Arabia even finalized a $ 40 million deal for the purchase of this jet fighter.458 The Pakistan Air Force achieved a great boost by the joint production of K-8 as
Pakistan was the 25% partner in its production.459
452 Dawn, November 6, 2002 453 Op.cit. 454 Z.A. Syed, “Thunder of Sino-Pak Friendship,” The Nation, December 3, 2006 455 The Nation, June 8, 2000
456‘ Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighter could become a Big-Ticket Sales Items’ A Write-up by Kaleem Omar, on the Occasion of IDEAS 2006, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 20 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, XI, (Nov: 2006) Omar, Op.cit. 457 Bilal Ahmed, “JF-Thunder, Pakistan or Chine ka Mshtarka Mansuba,” Family Magazine, December 13, 2003 458 Omar, Op.cit. 459 The Nation, June 8, 2000
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2.7 Production of Joint Fighter- 17 /Fighter China-1 /Super-7
/Xiao Long
In February 1992, the China Export Corporation officials invited Pakistan for the joint production of JF-17 thunder aircraft. The Pakistan Air Force accepted this offer in 1994.460 This was the time when Pakistan was under the Pressler Amendment and the U.S.A. had stopped the delivery of F-16 and its components.461 In June 1999 an agreement was signed between the
Pakistan Air Force and the China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation
(CATIC) for the joint designing, production, investment and risk and benefit sharing of JF-17.462
President Yang Chunshu of China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation said,
“The JF-17 fighter jet project, which China and Pakistan jointly
funded started in 1999 when CATIC signed a cooperative
agreement with Pakistan Air Force.”463
Preliminary, this project was signed between the CATIC and Grumman (USA) in October 1988, but was suspended by the U.S.A. government due to the Tiananmen Square crisis of 1989.464
JF-17 thunder aircraft had an array of names like FC-1 (Fighter China-1), exported name
Super-7. The Pakistan Air Force had given it the name of JF-17 (Joint Fighter-17). During the tenure of Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir it was known as Super-7 and its nickname was Xiao
460 Ahmed, Op.cit. 461Nawa-i-Waqt, April 20, 2007 462Daily Jang, April 20, 2007 The Nation, February 23, 2006 Pakistan-China Agreement on Joint Development of Super-7/ FC-1 Aircraft: Beijing; 11 February 1998, Pakistan Treaty Series, 1998-1999, Vol: IX, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 463 Dawn, Lahore, October 21, 2003 464 Azeemi, Op.cit.
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Long.465 JF-17 Thunder aircraft was single seat, single-engine, light weight, all weather, multi- role with a speed of 1.6 Mach that was 60% faster than the speed of sound.466 It had a state-of- the-art “glass cockpit”, modern avionic and digital control that made it more user-friendly.467
The JF-17 aircraft had an elevation range of 16500 m. It could carry the weapons of 3900 kg.468
It could carry high and low drag bombs, laser-guided bombs, runway penetration bombs and cluster bombs.469 The jet design was based on defunct Russian MiG-33 jet and contained Russian engine RD-93 and avionics.470 Its tag price was $ 20 million.471 Pakistan had about 50% partnership in the development of JF-17 both in term of financial and technical know-how as engineers from Pakistan Aeronautical Complex were participating in the development of this aircraft.472 An amount of more than $ 500 million was invested by China and Pakistan for the development of this aircraft.473 It was expected that it would replace the F-7s, F-6s, MiG-21, Q-5
Series and Mirages in Pakistan.474 Initially Pakistan decided to purchase 150 JF-17 thunder aircraft.475
In February 2001, Air Chief Marshal Musfa Ali Mir visited China. During his visit to
China a formal agreement was signed between the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and the China
465Omar R. Quraishi, “Pakistan-China Joint Venture,” Dawn, 2003 “Pakistan-China Joint Fighter Aircraft” A Write-up Lt-Gen ® Talat Masood on Successful Inaugural Flight by the First Prototype of JF-17Aircraft, 05 September 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, 8, (Aug-15Sept: 2003) 466 Syed Muhammad Ali, “A Rare Sino-Pak Feat in Aviation,” Dawn, April 17, 2004 Tayyab Siddiqui, “Sino-Pak Relations,” The Post, April 22, 2008 467 Ali, Op.cit. 468 Ahmed, Op.cit. 469 Kaleem Omar, “Chinese Air-Force to Buy 200 Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighters,” Dawn, April 11, 2005 470 Daily Times, September 11, 2003 471Nawa-i-Waqt, June 14, 2003 472 Daily Times, June 14, 2003 473 Kaleem Omar, “Chinese Air-Force to Buy 200 Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighters,” Op.cit. 474 Daily Times, December 18, 2003 475Nawa-i-Waqt, June 14, 2003 475 Daily Times, December 18, 2003
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Air and Industrial Corporation for the joint production of JF-17 thunder aircraft.476 The first consignment of ten JF-17 was delivered to Pakistan in December (2001).477 The BBC quoted that due to the delivery of this consignment to Pakistan, the moral of the Pakistan Air Force get raised in situation of India-Pakistan stand-off. The Pakistan Air Force was lagging behind the Indian
Air Force but this consignment had increased the strength of Pakistan.478 The Chinese Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi, rejected what was said on the BBC. He said in a press briefing that China had normal defence trade relations with Islamabad and this delivery had no connection with India-Pakistan standoff.479 Pakistani official also rejected it by saying,
“The delivery of the planes and the deal itself has no connection at
all with the current crisis between India and Pakistan. It was a deal
which was made early last year.”480
The first JF-17 was manufactured on May 31, 2003 and it completed its “first taxi run” on July 1, at a testing airfield in China.481 Pakistan and China tested the flight of the first prototype of JF-17 in August. A publicly test flight was made on September 3, at Wenjiang airport in Chengdu city, capital of South-West Sichuan province.482 This public test flight ceremony was also attended by Pakistan Air Chief Kaleem Saadat.483 Prime Minister Mir Zafar ullah Jamali said the production of JF-17 was a landmark in the defence history of Pakistan and
476 Dawn, February 16, 2001 477Nawa-i-Waqt, January 11, 2002 478Daily Din, January 9, 2002 479 The Nation, January 11, 2002 480 Op.cit. 481 Quraishi, Op.cit. 482 Kaleem Omar, “Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighter could become a Big-Ticket Sales Item,” The News, November 20, 2006 Quraishi, Op.cit. 483 Daily Times, September 11, 2003
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China.484 He said that the aircraft had been developed in a record time and in minimum budget.485
In 2004, two Pakistani pilots squadron Leader Muhamma Ehsan-ul-Haq and squadron
Leader Rashid Habib flew JF-17 each for 30 minutes in the sky of Chengdu. The two pilots showed their satisfaction over the performance of the aircraft.486 Before the flights special sensors were installed on the aircraft which not only monitored the flight performance but also transmitted the data to the ground station. With the help of this data, engineers sitting at the ground station were able to monitor the flight performance of the aircraft.487 It was for the first time in the history of China Aeronautical Industry that any foreign pilot was granted the permission to fly JF-17’s prototype.488 From there onward Pakistani pilots were allowed regularly to participate in the test flights of the JF-17 along with their Chinese counterparts to complete the test flights and evaluation phases of the aircraft.489 This flight test was conducted on all newly manufactured aircraft before they were certified for the regular serial production.490
This indicated the two important developments. First, it reflected the level of defence cooperation between Pakistan and China. Second, it was recognition by China of the professional competence of Pakistan Air Force pilots.491
On April 6, 2005, a ceremony was held in the aircraft factory, Kamra. The ceremony launched the operation of manufacturing of components that were to be assembled for the
484 Dawn, September 7, 2003 485 Messages by Pakistani Dignitaries on Successful Inaugural Flight of the First Prototype of JF-17 Aircraft: Islamabad; 5 September 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, 8, (Aug-15 Sept: 2003) 486 Dawn, April 10, 2004 487 The Nation, April 10, 2004 488 The Nation, April 12, 2004 489 Dawn, April 10, 2004 490 The Nation, April 10, 2004 491 The Nation, April 12, 2004
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development of JF-17 thunder aircraft.492 This ceremony was formally inaugurated by President
Pervez Musharraf.493 Speaking on the occasion, Musharraf said that the project for the production of JF-17 was a step towards the self-reliance in the defence sector.494 He said that beside the Chinese experts the production of JF-17 was the outcome of hard work of technical experts of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra.495 The joint production of this jet testified to Pakistan-China friendship.496 He said that it would prove to be the backbone of the Pakistan
Air Force.497 The Chairman Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board said that JF-17 was a new generation, all-weather, multi-role fighter and its serial production would start from 2008 which would reduce the Pakistan Air Force dependence on foreign sources.498 He said that 50% of the airframes and avionics of the aircraft were to be made locally.499
The Chinese Air Force showed its willingness to purchase 200 JF-17 thunder aircraft in a deal worth $ 3 billion. According to the income sharing formula, $ 1.5 billion were to come to
Pakistan and this inflow of capital was likely to give a boost to the economy of Pakistan.500 It meant that the project would not only strengthen the Pakistan Air Force but also its economy.
In February 2006, Musharraf went to China and also visited the Chengdu Aircraft
Industrial Corporation. He described the production of the JF-17 as a leap forward in the bilateral
492 Kaleem Omar, “Chinese Air-Force to Buy 200 Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighters,” Op.cit. 493Nawa-i-Waqt, April 7, 2005 494Daily Khabreen, April 7, 2005 JF-17 A Great Leap Towards Self-Reliance: Musharraf, China-Pakistan relations: A Profile of Friendship, VII, 3, March: 2005,Beijing Portal, 6 April 2005, http://www.beijingportal.com.cn/7838/2005/04/06/[email protected] 495Nawa-i-Waqt, April 7, 2005 496 Dawn, April 7, 2005 497Daily Jang, April 7, 2005 498 The News, April 26, 2005 499Daily Jang, April 7, 2005 500 Kaleem Omar, “Chinese Air-Force to Buy 200 Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighters,” Op.cit. Zafar Ali Raja, “Pakistan or Chine Kay Darmiyan 22 Mahedun per ak Nazar,” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 4, 2005
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cooperation of the two States.501 He said that the JF-17 was comparable with the F-16s in respect of its platform, maneuverability, engine, avionics and capability of carrying various modern weapon systems.502 The JF-17 made its operational flight (2006) in Chengdu city.503 On the occasion of the operational flight of the JF-17, the Air Chief Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed said that the success of the JF-17 would usher a new era of strategic partnership between the aviation fields of the two States.504 He said the JF-17 was comparable with the F-16s and would be backbone of the Pakistan Air Force.505 Pakistan included the presentation of the JF-17 in IDEAS
2006 (International Defence Exhibition and Seminar).506 IDEAS was started by Musharraf in
2000. Its purpose was to promote the sale of indigenously produced military equipment, munitions and other related products to friendly countries.507
China signed an agreement with Pakistan in 2006 to deliver 150 FC-1 under the name of
JF-17 thunder.508 According to the agreement the first batch of four prototypes was to reach
Pakistan in the first quarter of 2007. Pakistan expected to start taking the delivery of 150 JF-17 in 2007, but the deal suddenly came under strain.509 Russia had stopped China from re-exporting
Russian engine to any third country.510 The Russian policy prohibited the re-export of Russian
501 Dawn, February 24, 2006 502 The News, March 2, 2006 503Nawa-i-Waqt, May 11, 2006 504 The Nation, May 11, 2006 505Daily Pakistan, May 11, 2006 Nawa-i-Waqt, May 11, 2006 506 ‘ Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighter could become a Big-Ticket Sales Items’ A Write-up by Kaleem Omar, on the Occasion of IDEAS 2006, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 20 November 2006, Op.cit. 507 Kaleem Omar, “Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Fighter could become a Big-Ticket Sales Item,” Op.cit. 508 The Nation, November 2, 2006 509 The Nation, November 3, 2006 510Nadi-i-Milat, November 23-29, 2006
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equipment to any third country.511 Without the Russian engine Klimov RD-93, JF-17 thunder aircraft could not fly.512 Russian military producer Rosoboronexport said,
“Pakistan is not included in the list of countries with whom Russia
has military technological trade, meaning that the re-export of
Russian military goods to Pakistan was not possible.”513
This news was a bombshell for Pakistan but it brought a wave of happiness and satisfaction in
India. India had been worried about the upgradation of the Pakistan Air Force by the induction of the JF-17.514 Before China signed an agreement with Pakistan to deliver 150 JF-17, New Delhi had signed an agreement with Moscow not to deliver military technology to Pakistan.515 To get the Russian engine for the JF-17, China had made political influence on Russia.516 A Chinese delegation visited Moscow and appealed to the Russia government to include Pakistan in the list of countries with which it had military technology trade.517 Russia was aware of the fact that the refusal would complicate its trade relations with China that brought $ 2 billion annually.518
Consequently, Russia accepted Chinese request and gave the go ahead signal. It was good news for Pakistan as it paved the way for Pakistan to buy 150 JF-17s from China in a deal estimated to be worth $ 2.3 billion.519
511Nawa-i-Waqt, May 11, 2006 512 S. M Hali, “JF-17 Thunder ‘On Track!’” The Nation, November 22, 2006 513 The Nation, November 2, 2006 514 Hali, Op.cit. 515 Ijaz Ahmed Bhutt, “Visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pakistan (Chine Sadar Hu Jintao ka Dora-i- Pakistan),” Daily Jang, Sunday Magazine, November 19, 2006 516Nawa-i-Waqt, November 16, 2006 517 The Nation, November 2, 2006 518 The Nation, November 3, 2006 519 Daily Times, November 10, 2006
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In the beginning of 2007, an Indian daily, The Hindu, reported that Russia had again blocked the sale of Russian engines to Pakistan.520 The report quoted General Anatoly
Mazurkevich, Head of the Defence Ministry’s International Cooperation Department, statement that
“We have denied China the right to supply its JF-17 fighter aircraft
powered by Russian RD-93 engines to the third countries, asking it
to sign an end-use certificate for the engine.”521
But contrary to this report, the Russian government officially allowed China to supply the
Russian engine to Pakistan. Russian President Vladimir Putin himself supervised the agreement signed between China and Russian to supply Russian origin engines to Pakistan.522 India protested against this agreement but Russian government assured New Delhi that its interests would not be harmed by this agreement.523 Pakistan received two prototypes of the JF-17 thunder aircraft on March 12, 2007.524 Air Chief Marshal Tanveer Mahmood welcomed the new arrival of the JF-17 aircraft.525 These prototypes also participated on the flying of the Pakistan Day.526
An opening ceremony of the JF-17 thunder aircraft was held at Kamra. While addressing the ceremony President Pervez Musharraf paid homage to the efforts of Air Chief Marshal Ali Mir
(Late) that brought the project on the track. He also appreciated Air Chief Marshal Kaleem
Saadat who continued the project with equal zeal and zest. Musharraf said that that project would
520Daily Khabreen, January 23, 2007 521 The Nation, January 23, 2007 522Daily Insaf, April 28, 2007 523Nawa-i-Waqt, April 28, 2007 524 “A Symbol of Friendship with China”, A Comment by Air Marshal (Retd) Ayaz Ahmed Khan, As Appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on 9 May 2007,Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, V, (May: 2007) 525 Ayaz Ahmed Khan, “A Symbol of Friendship with China,” The Nation, May 9, 2007 526Daily Jang, April 20, 2007
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create 5,000 jobs and would be helpful in the alleviation of poverty which was the main endeavor of the government.527
When Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited China in 2007, he paid a visit to the Chengdu
Aircraft Corporation also and sat in the cockpit of an under construction JF-17 thunder aircraft.528 He expressed his satisfaction over the pace of development of the JF-17.529 He called the joint venture of manufacturing of the JF-17 as a “Flagship of Pakistan-China Friendship”. He was informed that two more aircrafts would be delivered to Pakistan in July (2007) and four in the month of December of that year. He was also briefed that military personnel of Aeronautical
Complex Kamra were getting training in China.530
Chief of Air Staff Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed stated that until 2008,
Pakistan had received eight JF-17s and the production of forty-two was under process which was expected to be completed by the end of 2010.531 He said Pakistan was looking for some Western engines for JF-17 thunder aircraft because the life of Russian engine was one-fourth of Western engines. He said that France had changed its policy towards Pakistan after Nicolas Sarkozy became its President. France had showed its willingness to offer Air Borne Radar RC-400, mission computers and other equipment for the JF-17 and the Pakistan Air Force was evaluating this offer.532
Defence cooperation between the two states was enhanced by the exchange of defence delegations. During the exchange of these delegations not only the national and international
527 Address by President General Pervez Musharraf to the Opening Ceremony of JF-17 Thunder: Kamra; 21 March 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, III, (Mar: 2007) 528Ahmed Khan, Op.cit. 529 “A Symbol of Friendship with China”, Op.cit. 530 Daily Times, April 20, 2007 531 Up till now (2015) Pakistan had received sixty JF-17 Thunder aircraft from China. The News, October 26, 2015 532 Dawn, September 7, 2008
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security issues were discussed but also agreements, MoUs were signed to enhance the defence capability of both states. Both states started different joint projects to upgrade their defence sector. Joint production of K-8 and JF-17 thunder air craft up graded the Pakistan air force.
Naval sector of Pakistan was also improved with the assistance of China. The induction of F-22 frigates boosts the naval capability. Other than these joint projects the militaries of both the states have benifited from each other in counter terrorism field. Different joint exercises were held in
China and Pakistan in this regard.
The defence partnership of Pakistan and China is based on the mutual interest of both
States. China needs a regional partner to counter India and conspiracies of other international players against it, and Pakistan is its best partner in the region. On the other hand, Pakistan needs someone who can boost its defence capability and China is assisting it without any string. In the beginning, China helped Pakistan by providing military aid but afterwards the aid was converted into the mutual cooperation between the two states. Pakistan and China had started many projects on the basis of joint ventures that not only proved beneficial to get technical know-how in defence sector but also led to the boosting of economy of Pakistan.
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Chapter 3
Collaboration in Economic Field
This is the era of strategic economic ties because through economic and military might, political stability can be achieved. The nations having economic stability can expand their military muscles but without it neither military nor political stability can be achieved. During
Musharraf era the economic aspect of relations got special consideration. The economic projects that had been lingering since long were paid special attention and utmost efforts were made to start these projects of economic significance. Efforts were also made for the flow of trade between the two states.
The economic relations between Pakistan and China began in 1950s with limited trade.533
On May 4, 1950, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali
Khan said that Pakistan had recognized China in order to ease the flow of trade.534 However, a proper first trade agreement was signed between the two States in 1963.535 Both States also granted each other the status of ‘Most Favoured Nation’.536 Till 1980s the economic relations were based mostly on the trade but afterwards joint projects were started between the two
States.537
533 S. M. Zafar, “China-Pakistan Relationship,” The Nation, June 5, 2001 534 S.M. Burke & Lawrence Ziring, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Historical Analysis,” Karachi: Oxford University Press,1994, 535 The Nation, May 20, 2001 536Daily Jang, May 2, 2001 537 Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, “Security in South Asia and Sino-Pak Relations,” Pakistan Army Journal, XLVII, (Winter 2004): 6-9
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The Sino-Pakistan Joint Committee for Economic, Trade and Technology was set up in
October 1982 to enhance cooperation in that field.538 But the economic relations between the two
States remained unimpressive and were given secondary importance.539 Always looking towards the West for cooperation, the business class in Pakistan ignored China which had been a close and friendly destination for their exports.540 When General Pervez Musharraf took reins of power in Pakistan the country was under the burden of economic sanctions and no foreign investor was willing to invest there. At this crucial time China came forward to help out Pakistan by putting the profit and loss aside.541 Musharraf also tried to make efforts by creating conducive environment to attract foreign investors. President Musharraf in his book “In the Line of Fire: A
Memoir” says that the Foreign Direct Investment had also been dried down as it was just $ 300 million in 1999. Therefore, he decided to discuss the situation with Chinese Premier Zhu
Rongji.542 On November 4th, 2003, Musharraf, in his speech at the Peking University, stated that when he assumed the responsibility of government, the economy of Pakistan was at its lowest ebb due to mismanagement and corruption, the government decided to focus on economic revival, poverty alleviation, good governance and political restructuring.543
The agenda of Musharraf’s visit to China in January 2000 was to strengthen economic ties between the two States.544 He was accompanied by the Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz and
538“Pak-China Relations: Economic Perspective’s” A Write-up by Syed Ali Nawaz Gilani in Daily “The News” on 30 October 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, II, (01-07 Nov: 2003) 539Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, “Sino-Pak Cordiality: An Enviable Target,” The News, May 27, 2001 Aamir Shauri, “Pakistan to Proritise Economiy in Ties with China: Shaukat Aziz,” The News, May 11, 2001 540Afshan Subohi, “Pakistan Missing Opportunities in China,” Dawn, March 30, 2003 541Najmul Hassan Najam, “Time-tested Friend to the Rescue,” The News, May 28, 2000 542 President Musharraf, “In the Line of Fire : A Memoir,” London : Simon & Schuster, 2006, 188-89 543 Address by President General Pervez Musharraf at the Peking University on 4th November 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, II, (01-07 Nov : 2003) 544 The Nation, January 16, 2000
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Commerce Minister Abdul Razzak Dawood.545 During his talks with the Chinese leadership, he put special emphasis on the economic uplift of Pakistan and on bilateral trade.546 An agreement for economic and technical cooperation was signed on January 17, 2000.547 Musharraf appreciated the Chinese decision to postpone the payable loan that had been due in December
1999. The loan was rescheduled between 2010 and 2019.548
As an outcome of Musharraf’s visit to China, a high powered economic delegation under the supervision of Ma Yue, the Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of international Trade (CCPIT), visited Pakistan.549 The prime purpose of this delegation’s visit was to explore new avenues for the economic cooperation between the two States and to attend the first meeting of the Joint Business Council that was held on April 3 (2000), at the Federation of
Pakistan Chamber of Council and Industry (FPCCI).550 The Business Council was comprised of members from CCPIT and FPCCI.551 The purpose of this Council was to identify the areas to enhance the economic activities.552 The meeting of the Joint Business Council was presided by
Fazal-ur-Rehman Dittu, President FPCCI. During the meeting it was mutually agreed to establish a Joint Dispute Resolving Committee.553 This Committee was established to resolve the issues related to smuggling and illegal border trade, by mutual consultation.554 During the meeting
Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz informed the Chinese delegation about the challenges Pakistan was facing in the uplift of its economy and decisions of the Pakistani government to handle such
545 The Nation, January 17, 2000 546 The Nation, April 2, 2000 547 Pakistan-China Agreement on Economic and Technical Co-operation: Beijing ; 17 January 2000, Pakistan Treaty Series 2000-2003, X, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 548 The Nation, January 18, 2000 549 The Nation, April 6, 2000 Dawn, April 5, 2000 550 The Nation, April 2, 2000 551 The News, April 2, 2000 552 Dawn, April 2, 2000 553 The Nation, April 5, 2000 554Nawa-i-Waqt, April 4, 2000
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problems.555 Mr. Ma Yue appreciated the government’s plan for economic revival to achieve the economic stability in Pakistan. A ten-member Chinese business delegation also met separately with the Acting Secretary Board of Investment Ahmed Shamsul Huda to discuss the means for the promotion of trade between the two States. 556
According to the Lt. Gen (Retd.) Javed Ashraf, Chairman Pakistan Railways, another major outcome of Musharraf’s visit was the 11th meeting of Joint Economic Commission (JEC), after the gap of five years.557 The JEC meeting was held on May 15-16.558 The Finance Minister
Shaukat Aziz along with a delegation which was comprised of the Chairman Export Promotion
Bureau, Secretaries for Railways and Petroleum & Natural Resources, Additional Secretary In- charge Economic Affairs Division, leading businessmen, farmers and agriculturists attended the
JEC meeting.559 This was the first time that agriculturists and farmers were invited to attend the meeting.560 The theme of the JEC was to explore new avenues of economic cooperation between the two States.561 This meeting was cochaired by Shaukat Aziz with China’s Minister for Foreign
Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng.562 JE Commission was comprised of three working groups to explore the opportunities for Chinese investment of Rs. 40 billion in railways rehabilitation projects, construction of Gwardar port and expansion of the Pakistan Steel Mill.563
If these working groups worked properly then the basic infrastructure of the State would become better, which was in very bad state. It would also help to attract the foreign investors to
555 Dawn, April 2, 2000 556 The News, April 2, 2000 557 The Nation, May 15, 2000 558Najmul Hassan Najam, “Time-tested Friends to the Rescue,” The Nation, May 28, 2000 559 The Nation, May 17, 2000 Daily Jang, May 19, 2000 560 The Nation, May 19, 2000 561 The Nation, May 18, 2000 562 The Nation, May 17, 2000 563Daily Din, May 19, 2000 Najam, Op.cit.
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Pakistan.564 China agreed to send a delegation of experts to Pakistan to set up model agricultural farms including transfer of technology.565 Shaukat Aziz said that his visit to China had served as a catalyst to further cement the economic cooperation between the two States.566 He said the trade volume between the two States was at $ 1 billion that was only 5% of the Pakistan trade.567
It was very low compared to the real potential. China agreed to import more goods from Pakistan to enhance trade and improve the trade volume between the two States that was heavily in favour of China.568 Shaukat Aziz’s visit to China was very successful and it opened more avenues for the economic cooperation between the two States.
On April 3rd, 2001, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation An Min, visited Pakistan with a delegation of fourteen members.569 The purpose of the visit was to enhance the economic cooperation between the two States and to explore the new opportunities of investment for the Chinese government. For this purpose, he met with different
Federal Ministers and also with General Pervez Musharraf.570 During his meeting with the
Finance Minister, he stressed the increased bilateral trade between the two States.571 An Min pointed out that Chinese companies were busy in the completion of the Indus Highway, Chablat-
Nowshera Project, Karachi Northern bypass, and China would be interested in the Shipping sector in Pakistan.572
564 Dawn, May 18, 2000 565Nawa-i-Waqt, May 17, 2000 566 The Nation, May 19, 2000 567The Nation, May 16, 2000 Sajid Zia, “Zhu’s Visit Renews Sino-Pak Friendly Ties,” The Nation, May 19, 2001 568JassimTaqui, “China’s Contribution to the Economic Uplift of Pakistan,” The Nation, May 29, 2000 569Rauf Klasra, “Chinese Minister due on April 3,” The News, March 29, 2001 The Nation, April 7, 2001 570Rauf Klasra, “China Unlikely to Invest in 50 Projects,” The News, May 22, 2001 571 The Nation, April 7, 2001 572 Ahmad Hasan Alvi, “Chinese Team holds Trade Talks,” Dawn, April 8, 2001
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After the visit of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji visited Pakistan in May. The main theme or focus of his visit was to strengthen economic ties between the two States.573 Talks were also held on international, regional and national level issues but main emphasis remained on economic cooperation.574 Six agreements and one MoU were signed during the visit.575 Pakistan’s Finance
Minister Shaukat Aziz and Chinese Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi-
Guangsheng signed the agreements.576 In fact the agreements which covered a wide range of sectors including, Saindak Copper Gold Projects, manufacturing of Railway’s Locomotives and
Coaches, supply of equipment for building of White Oil Pipeline, a grant of 50 million yuan for the promotion of economic and technological cooperation and 100 million US dollars of a telecom project were also part of it.577 Premier Zhu said General Musharraf was leading Pakistan in the right direction for the uplift of its economy.578 He said,
“I am confident that under his (Musharraf’s) leadership Pakistan’s
economy will do better in the future.”579
Zhu presented a four points proposal to achieve better economic ties between the two States.
These points were cooperation in agriculture, infrastructure development, joint venture and software development.580 He also announced Chinese assistance for the projects of Gwardar port
573 Agha Shahi, “Pak-China and America (Pak-Chine Dosti or America),” Jasarat, May 24, 2001 574 The Nation, May 15, 2001 575 Dawn, May 12, 2001 576Nawa-i-Waqt, May 12, 2001 577 The Nation, May 11, 2001 Dawn, May 13, 2001 578 Tariq Warisi, “Visit of Chinese Premier is “Breakthrough” (Wazir-i-Azam Chine Ka Dora “Breakthrough” ha),” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 18, 2001 579 The News, May 13, 2001 580The Nation, May 13, 2001
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and Makran Coastal Highway which were discussed during his visit.581 He also indicated that a purchase mission would soon be sent to Pakistan to buy available commodities.582 General
Musharraf thanked the Chinese Premier for taking so much interest in the economic development of Pakistan.583 The FPCCI hosted a luncheon in honour of Premier Zhu. The purpose of this ceremony was to explore the new avenues to improve the trade ties between the private sectors of the two States.584 Pakistan requested China to buy polyester on a competitive price.585
Pakistan was producing 400,000 tones and was able to produce 600,000 tons of polyesters by the end of 2002.586 Shaukat Aziz thought that Zhu’s visit had opened a new chapter of economic cooperation between the two States.587 The Chinese Premier had come at a time which had been crucial for Pakistan as some Indian observers had been referring to Pakistan as a ‘failed State’.588
Exclusive coverage to Zhu’s visit to Pakistan was given by international media.589
However, according to some reports published in Pakistan, the delegation that visited
Pakistan, in April under the leadership of Mr. An Min, had great reservations about the competency and credibility of Pakistani Ministers they had met. In a report which he himself had submitted, Mr. An Min stated:
“Each Minister had made several very general proposals which
were somewhat incomprehensible. There was no focus, nor a sense
of priority.”590
581Daily Jang, May 13, 2001 582 Dawn, May 13, 2001 583 Dawn, May 13, 2001 584 The Nation, May 13, 2001 585Aaim Yasin, “Dawood to Visit to China in June,” The News, May 15, 2001 586 The Nation, May 13, 2001 587Wahab Kazim, “Pakistan, China can become Strategic Economic Partners,” The Nation, May 21, 2001 588Maqbool Ahmed Bhatty, “New Phase in Pak-China Relations,” Dawn, May 23, 2001 589Daily Jang, May 25, 2001 590Rauf Klasra, “China Unlikely to Invest in 50 Projects,” The News, May 22, 2001
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Twenty-six proposals of Board of Investment were rejected by the Chinese government. The proposals suggested schemes for the joint ventures with Chinese companies in the private sectors of Pakistan on 100% equity basis.591 Chinese government also had expressed its reservations about fifty other projects submitted by eleven Federal Ministers including the ministries of
Agriculture, Environment, Population, Health, Science and Technology, Water and Power,
Industries and Production, Communication, Petroleum and Tourism.592 According to the Chinese government all projects had been generally proposed and sufficient homework had not been done. The government of Pakistan was asked to prioritize the projects and rather than generalization remained focused.593 The Chinese government decided to give priority to those projects that had been proposed by General Pervez personally to Mr. Min.594 This report actually showed the ineptness, carelessness and immature behaviour of some Pakistani Ministers due to which an important opportunity was lost.
A five-member Chinese delegation visited Pakistan in May 2001. The purpose of delegation was to increase its cooperation with Pakistan to enhance its agricultural products.595
The Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Khair Mohammed Junejo, signed an agreement with a Chinese firm under which it was agreed that a Rs. 116.5 million interest free loan will be provided for the construction and expansion of Quarantine Laboratory of the Department of
Plant Production (DPP) Karachi.596 On November 16, Khair Mohammed Junejo laid the foundation stone of the Pakistan Plant Quarantine Expansion project in Malir, Jinnah Avenue.597
591 Op.cit. 592 Arshad Ahmad Haqani, “Pak-China Economic Partnership and Our Mistake (Pak-Chine Iqtasadi Ishtaraq Kar or Hamari Mujramana Kohtahi),” Daily Jang, May 23, 2001 593Masooda Bano, “Nothing has-Changed,” The News, May 31, 2001 594Klasra, Op.cit. 595 The Nation, May 30, 2001 596 Dawn, May 30, 2001 597 A Report on Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of a China-Aided Plant Quarantine Expansion Project, Karachi 16 Nov 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, II, (November 2001)
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The laboratory was to test and identify the plants, crops and other agriculture related diseases before being exported to other nations.598
In June 2001 two Chinese economic delegations visited Pakistan. The first one consisted of twenty-six senior officials from the public and the private sectors, headed by China’s
Communication Minister Huang Zhendong. The delegation arrived in Karachi in the first week of June and remained there for six-days.599 The Minister for Communications and Railways, Lt.
Gen (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, indicated that the visit had been part of a series of exchanges initiated for the bilateral cooperation in communication sectors of the two States.600 Basically three issues i.e. the Gwardar port, Makran Coastal Highway and acquisition of sixty-nine locomotives for Pakistan Railways, were discussed with the delegation. The government of
Pakistan wanted technical and financial assistance from China in these projects.601 The second sixteen-member delegation led by Vice Director General of Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Economic Cooperation of China Wang Shichun visited Pakistan Export Promotion Bureau. Mr.
Wang held meetings with Minister of State and Chairman Export Promotion Bureau Tariq Ikram.
This delegation included representatives of major corporations of China like China Iron & Steel,
China Chemical S & S, China Textile Materials, and Shang Dong Products Imports &
Exports.602 The Minister of Commerce Razak Dawood, appreciated the intention of the delegation to start joint ventures, investment, and purchase polyester chip, chrome ore and cotton.603
598 The Nation, May 30, 2001 599 The Nation, June 8, 2001 600 The Nation, June 9, 2001 601 The Nation, June 8, 2001 602 The Nation, June 16, 2001 603 The Nation, June 19, 2001
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On December 20th President Musharraf visited China for four days.604 He was accompanied by the Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Commerce Minister, Petroleum and
Natural Resources Minister and other officials related to the trade and business.605 On the first day of Gen. Musharraf’s visit seven agreements were concluded with China for the promotion of economy, science and technology in Pakistan.606 According to Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz,
China had extended the grant of $ 350 million to Pakistan. This package of grant was to complete the ongoing projects with the assistance of China throughout the country. Chinese government also offered to Pakistan to convert the short-term loans to facilitate the repayment.607
China also offered to buy all lint produced in Pakistan for its paper printing industry.608 Pakistan also opened its two commercial offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou, two leading business and trading centres of China. These offices were supervised by Commercial Counsellor Pakistan
Mission in Beijing Zafar Mahmood.609 These centers were given the task to promote interaction among the business communities of both States.610
A twenty-six-member business delegation headed by President FPCCI Iftikhair Ali Malik visited China from December 22 to 25. During the visit a MoU was signed with a Chinese
Company, Qingqi Group for establishing a diesel loader vehicle manufacturing plant in Pakistan in collaboration with the Guard Group Company.611 The business delegation’s visit also coincided with General Musharraf’s visit to China. The delegation also attended the Trade and
Investment conference held on December 24, 2001 at Guangzhou. Gen. Musharraf had been
604 The News, December 20, 2001 605Rana Qaisar, “Several Pacts Likely During Musharraf’s China Visit,” The Nation, December 15, 2001 606 Dawn, December 21, 2001 607 Dawn, December 21, 2001 608 The Nation, December 29, 2001 609 The Nation, December 27, 2001 610 The News, December 25, 2001 611 Dawn, December 21, 2001
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invited to address this important conference which was attended by 250 eminent Chinese businessmen and 40 Pakistani businessmen.612 The purpose of this conference was to explore such opportunities through which both countries could cooperate in economic field by joint ventures and investments.613 Musharraf in his speech urged Pakistani business community to adopt the policy to “Look East” particularly towards China.614
In January 2002, Commerce Minister Abdul Razzak accompanied President Musharraf during his visit to China. Abdul Razzak later indicated that the Chinese investors were interested in investing in silk and textile sectors of Pakistan.615 He said that necessary talks were held to finalize that the Chinese investors would select the city where they would like to establish the
Silk Park.616 A silk delegation led by the Vice President of China National Textile Industry
Council Ku Kun Yuan, visited Pakistan. During his meeting with the Minister for Privatization
Altaf M. Saleem, Pakistan offered cooperation in silk production and indicated willingness to declare any part of country as “Silk Park/ Silk Town”.617 The “Silk Park” project had been coordinated by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) of
Pakistan to be set up at Karachi or Faisalabad.618 This park facilitated the procedure for the printing of plain silk cloth in Pakistan.619 Altaf M. Saleem expressed the hope that China would find Pakistan an ideal place for silk manufacturing, reprocessing and export to other countries of the region and also outside the region.620
612 Dawn, December 21, 2001 613Daily Pakistan, December 27, 2001 614 The Nation, December 24, 2001 615 The Nation, January 11, 2002 616 The News, January 11, 2002 617Asim Yasin, “China to Invest in Silk Production,” The News, March 13, 2002 618 Syed Mohammad Akhtar, “Pak-China Business,” The Nation, March 18, 2002 619______“Pak-China Partnership and the Business Imperatives,” The News, June 3, 2002 620Yasin, Op.cit.
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In another meeting, sixteen Chinese Pharmaceutical Companies were offered to invest in
Pakistan for the development of traditional medicines and introduction of better health care system. Chinese investors also showed interest in manufacturing of surgical and acupuncture equipment in a joint venture with Pakistani businessmen. They also wanted to export these medicines and equipment to the Middle East, West Asia, Africa and Europe.621
In March, when Chinese Vice Premier Wu Bangguo came to Pakistan to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of Gawadar Port. An agreement was signed with the Metallurgical
Construction Corporation (MCC) of China for the development and exploitation of Duddar
Lead-Zinc mine.622 This agreement was signed by the President of MCC China Ma Yanli and
Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Abdullah Yousaf. The signing ceremony was witnessed by General Musharraf and Wu Bangguo. Duddar mine had an estimated 14.31 million tons of zinc and lead reserves.623 The firm planned to invest eighty million US dollars in the project for the mining and installation of plant to separate the metal.624
A trade delegation under the supervision of Cao Zinyu, Vice Chairman of the Chinese
Chamber of Commerce for Import and export of Textile, visited Pakistan in September 2002.625
Mr. Cao stated that Chinese companies were willing to upgrade the textile machinery of
Pakistan. Textile was the largest sector of Pakistan that had been contributing 66% of overall
621 The Nation, January 26, 2002 622 Foreign Office Year Book-2002, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 623 The Nation, March 23, 2002 624 Foreign Office Year Book-2002, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan Duddar-Mine Project was launched in January 2005. The project started its production by the end of 2007 and will continue its production till 2023. In order to manage the expanses of the project MCC signed an agreement not only with two more Chinese companies (MCC (51%), Hunan Zhuzhou Non-Ferrous Metals Smelter Co. Ltd. (34%), and Hunan Huang Shaping Lead and Zinc Mine Co. (15%)), it also signed a financing agreement with China Development Bank. China Development Bank would provide US $54 million loan for the development of Duddar Mine Project. (http://china.aiddata.org/projects/35306?,frame=y and www.dawn.com/news/389547chinese-stake- in-balochistan (accessed on October 21, 2015) 625 The News, September 8, 2002
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exports of the country.626 To cooperate in the textile sector, another Chinese team visited
Pakistan. The team acknowledged that the all imports from Pakistan were comprised of cotton yarn, cotton fabric, chemicals, leather and leather products.627 They admitted that there was a lack of knowledge about the Pakistani products in China. They agreed to a proposal of a single country exhibition of Pakistani products in China particularly of fruits like mangoes, oranges etc.628 Every year thousands of fruits went to waste for certain reasons including the lack of accessibility to a proper market.629 The Chinese mission signed an import agreement of $ 2.65 million with Pakistani counterpart.630 The agreement was signed at the head office of FPCCI in the presence of FPCCI Chief Tariq Saeed.631
Prime Minister Zafar ullah Khan Jamali visited China in March 2003. During his visit four agreements were signed.632 According to one of the agreements, for the economic betterment of Pakistan, China agreed to provide a grant of 50 million Yuan and 500 air- conditioned buses for Karachi to improve the public transport system of the city.633 A batch of 50 buses had already been plying on roads.634 In addition to that China also offered to supply more buses for Lahore and for other cities.635
In July a team of Chinese experts visited agriculture farms in Pakistan to examine the pest-control and export management. After their detailed survey it was declared that Pakistani mangoes met the standard and quality to be imported. The Chinese Quarantine and Quality
626 The Nation, September 8, 2002 627 The Nation, November 22, 2002 628 The Nation, November 24, 2002 The Nation, July 7, 2002 629Afshan Subohi, “Pakistan Missing Opportunities in China,” Dawn, March 30, 2003 630 Dawn, November 23, 2002 631Daily Din, November 23, 2002 632 Daily Jang, March 25, 2003 633Kaleem Omer, “China Offers Pakistan Low Cost Desalination Package,” The News, July 29, 2003 634______“Pakistan is the World’s Biggest Recipient of Chinese Aid,” The News, July 30, 2006 635 A Write-Up on Pak-China Trade as Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 01 August 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, 8, (Aug-15 Sept : 2003)
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Control Bureau agreed to issue quarantine certificate to allow Pakistani mangoes for export.636
But due to lack of a sound mango export policy, India captured the Chinese market to export mangoes.637 Pakistan Food and Agriculture Minister Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind visited China for a bilateral talk relating to the agriculture. Later an agreement between Sardar Yar
Muhammad and his counterpart Du Qinglin was signed for cooperation in the agriculture sector.
Sardar Yar Muhammad said Pakistani government was thinking of utilizing about Rs. 35 million out of the grant that was offered to Pakistan by China during Jamali’s visit.638
President Musharraf visited China from November 1 to 5, 2003, to attend the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA). Musharraf was the keynote speaker in Boao
Conference.639 The basic purpose of this conference was to enhance economic cooperation among the Asian States.640 Musharraf said that for the development of Asia it was necessary to enhance economic cooperation among the nations of Asia but conflicts in South Asia and instability in Afghanistan were the problem that were creating hurdles in the economic growth of the region.641 Musharraf also addressed the first Business Conference held at Beijing. The purpose of this conference was to attract the Chinese investors in Pakistan for joint economic ventures. The conference was attended by 400 Chinese and Pakistani businessmen.642 Musharraf offered to set up in Pakistan an “Exclusive Economic Zone” for Chinese companies. He said that the cooperation between the two States was more suitable in textile, oil, gas, mining and chemical sectors and told them that China had been most important investor in Pakistan.643 More
636 The Nation, July 25, 2003 637Nadeem Shah, “Chinese Team’s Visit to Mango Orchards Cancelled,” The News, June 15, 2004 638 The Nation, August 1, 2003 639 Pakistan Foreign Relations 2003-2004, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 640Daily Jang, November 4, 2003 641Nawa-i-Waqt, November 4, 2003 642Nawa-i-Waqt, November 4, 2003 643 The News, November 5, 2003
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than thirty-seven Chinese companies like ZTE, Hawai, Technologies China Petroleum, Dong
Feng, China Ocean Shipping and Air China were operating in oil and gas, IT and telecom, power generation, engineering, automobile, infrastructure and mining sectors of Pakistan.644 During this visit an agreement between the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (Private) LTD, and the China Metallurgical Construction (Group) Corporation for the development of Duddar Lead-
Zinc deposits in Balochistan was also signed.645 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao assured of Chinese support to uplift the economy of Pakistan.646 The Chinese government also offered a preferential loan of $ 500 million to Pakistan for the upgradation of bilateral trade.647
Pakistan had reserves of almost all types of marbles, granite and onyx in Balochistan and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.648 A ten member delegation of China Stone Material Industry Association led by the Association’s Secretary-General Zhang Wen Bo visited Pakistan in 2004. The delegation also included President China’s Geological Engineering Exploration Academy Tian
Zhenyuan.649 They wanted to import semi-finished and raw marble and granite from Pakistan.
During his meeting with Chairman Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) Azhar
Jaffery, Mr. Zhang told him that China was also interested to import finished and processed stone at a later stage.650
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mir Zafar-ullah Khan Jamali went to China in April to attend the annual conference of Boao Forum that was held from April 24 to 25, 2004. The theme of
644 Address by President General Pervez Musharraf to a Gathering Executives of Chinese Corporations and Business Enterprises: Beijing, 4 Nov 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, II, (01-07 Nov : 2003) 645 Agreement between Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (Private) LTD and China Metallurgical Construction (Group) Corporation for Development of Duddar Lead-Zinc Deposits in Balochistan : Beijing ; 3 November 2003, Pakistan Treaty Series 2000-2003, X, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 646 The News, November 5, 2003 647 Excerpts from an Interview of Foreign Minister Kasuri with “China Daily” As Appeared in the Paper on 10 April 2004, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXI, IV, (April: 2004) 648 The Nation, March 19, 2004 649 The Nation, March 5, 2004 650 The Nation, March 19, 2004
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conference was “A Win-Win Asia, An Asia Open to the World”. Almost 1000 people participated in the conference. The economic cooperation in the context of globalization, integration of regional economies, development paths for Asia and sustainable development of society came under discussion.651
In May, a twenty-four-member Chinese delegation came to Pakistan and showed its keen interest in setting up a paper industry in the Export Processing Zone of Salim near the motorway
(M-II). They also committed that Pakistan was safe for foreign investment. They were interested in setting up of a sugar industry and making paper from the crushed sugarcane. The Chinese investors were informed that besides crushed sugarcane, straws of wheat and paddy were also used for paper making.652
Meanwhile, a team of Chinese exporters and importers of mangos who were scheduled to visit Pakistan cancelled their visit due to some criticism aimed at President Musharraf’s agricultural package.653 The Mangos Grower Association criticized the package as they thought that small farmers had been ignored in the package.654 The first ever food festival to display
Pakistani mangoes was held in China in the month of August 2004. It was organized by
Pakistan’s embassy to export Pakistani mangoes to China. Commercial Councillor Shahid
Mahmood had arranged for Pakistani mangoes, specially “Chounsa” to be displayed at two super stores in China. Former Chinese ambassador Lu Shulin acknowledged the good quality and
651 The News, April 24, 2004 652 Dawn, May 7, 2004 653 In June 2004, President Musharraf announced an agricultural package to provide relief to farmers. He announced abolishment of sales tax and withholding import of all agricultural implements not produced in Pakistan. This package was criticized by farmers. (www.pakistan.com/english/news/newsDetail.php?newsid=576 accessed on May 7, 2015) 654 Shah, Op.cit.
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sweet taste of Pakistani mangoes.655 Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Riaz M. Khan told the farmers that China would provide a market for horticulture products of Pakistan. Pakistani mangoes got very positive response in China. Next year Pakistan would heavily export mangoes to China.656
Li Chengyu, Governor of Hanan province, paid a visit to Pakistan in August 2004. He met with Chief Minister Punjab Pervaiz Elahi. After his meeting an agreement was signed between Punjab province and Hanan province for the industrial cooperation between the two provinces.657 Pakistan also offered China to use its seaport to access Africa and the Middle East.
This offer was made by Minister for Kashmir Affairs Faisal Saleh Hayat, when Governor of the
Xinjiang province Ismail Tiliwaldi met with him in Islamabad. Mr. Hayat pointed out in his speech that Pakistan could earn millions by becoming a transit country.658 China had signed agreements granting the status of “Most Favoured Nation (MFN)” to 190 countries including
Pakistan. Another agreement with Pakistan to promote bilateral trade was signed. Under which
Pakistan was allowed to export 700 items to China at exclusive duty rates.659
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited China from December 14 to 18.660 He discussed regional and bilateral issues with Chinese leaders to promote economic cooperation between the two States.661 Shaukat Aziz announced the plan to set up a China industrial zone in Pakistan to make Chinese access easier to Africa and Middle East.662 Pakistan had given China Free Market
655 As a result of this exhibition in 2006 Pakistan registered for mango export to China. (ppinewsagency.com/598/8 accessed on October 28, 2015) The Nation, August 9, 2004 656Daily Jang, August 24, 2004 657 Dawn, August 25, 2004 658 Dawn, October 7, 2004 659 The Nation, November 3, 2004 660 The Nation, December 14, 2004 661Bahzad Alam Khan, “Aziz in China on Mission to Boost Ties,” Dawn, December 15, 2004 662______, “China, Pakistan Sign 7 Accords in Vital Sectors,” Dawn, December 16, 2004
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Economic Status believing that it would enhance Chinese investments in the country.663 Pakistan and China signed twenty-five agreements both in the public and private sectors for the promotion of economic cooperation.664 The two countries signed an agreement to construct housing projects
(Sukh Chayn Garden Housing Estate) in Pakistan.665 According to the agreement, 1600 villas of some different sizes were to be built by using Chinese technology at Multan Road, Lahore. This project also included farmhouses. The estimated cost of this project was $ 110 million. The work on the project was to be started in three months and to be completed in three years.666 The agreement was concluded after Shaukat Aziz’s meeting with the President of China State
Construction Engineering Corporation Sun Wen Jie. It was signed by the President of Sukh
Chayn Gardens, Lahore, Shujjat Azeem, on the behalf of the government of Pakistan.667 Two
MoUs were also signed during the same visit of Shaukat Aziz. The first MoU was signed between the ZTE Company of China and the Software Expert Board of Pakistan. Riaz M. Khan,
Pakistani ambassador to China, and ZTE Vice President Madam Fang Rang signed the MoU on behalf of their respective governments. Under the MoU the ZTE was to manufacture telecommunication equipment in Pakistan and to export it as Pakistani goods. Another MoU was signed between the Royal Fan Pakistan and MIDEA Company of China. According to the agreement, Chinese company had to cooperate in manufacturing of refrigerators, air-conditions,
663Salim Javed, “Prime Minister’s Sucessful Visit to China and Stability of State (Wazir-i-Azam Ka Kamyab Dora-i-Chine or Mulki Istahkam),” Daily Jang, December 28, 2004 Salim Bokhari, “Beijing Promises Extensive Investment,” The News, December 16, 2004 664Javed Mahmood, “Pakistan, China to Sign 25 Accords,” Daily Times, December 15, 2004 665Daily Khabren, December 11, 2004 666Daily Din, December 16, 2004 667 The Nation, December 16, 2004 In April 2005, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao laid down the foundation of Sukh Chayn Garden Housing Estate. The contract of the project was awarded to China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). CSCES had completed the project in record time of one year. (http://www.sukhchayn.com/ accessed on October 21, 2015)
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ovens and some other kitchen products at Sundar Industrial Estate in Lahore.668 In the same visit
Shaukat Aziz also inaugurated the building site of Pakistani Consulate General in Shanghai.669
The inaugural ceremony was attended by Federal Ministers, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Nauraiz
Shakoor, Ghazi Gulab Jamal, Jehangir Tareen, Chinese ambassador to Pakistan and Pakistan’s ambassador to China besides some other elites of the city.670 It was the permanent Pakistan’s consulate in a commercial city of China. The 5,000 square meter land for this consulate had been donated by Chinese government. In his inaugural speech Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz stated that the opening of Pakistani consulate general in Shanghai reflects Pakistan’s seriousness to improve its bilateral economic ties with China.671 On the same occasion an agreement was signed for the establishment of a pharmaceutical unit in Karachi. The agreement was signed by two Chinese companies, the SPGC Sinc Pharmaceutical Laboratories Limited and the Orient
International Holding Limited, with M/S Royal Group of Pakistan. The agreement was signed by
Vice President Madam Zhu Xiao Fang on behalf of the SPGC Sinc Pharmaceutical Laboratories
Limited, Mr. Tao Hong on behalf of Orient International Holding Limited, and Mrs. Mumtaz H.
Maker, Chairperson on behalf of the Royal Group. This was actually the finalization of the agreement between Chinese companies and M/S Royal Group of Pakistan that had been signed during the President Musharraf’s visit to China in November 2003. By this joint venture $ 5 million investments came to Pakistan from China and it also created almost 150 jobs.672
In 2004, a seventeen-member Chinese delegation of top investors led by Lu Yiping,
Chairman Shanhai Petro-Chemical Company, visited Islamabad. The delegation met with Punjab
Chief Minister Chudhary Pervaiz Elahi and showed their interest in investing in industry, real
668 The Nation, December 19, 2004 669Salim Bokhari, “Premier’s Journey to China, A Big Success,” The News, December 31, 2004 670RanaTahir Mahmood, “New Chapter Opened in Sino-Pak Ties: Shaukat,” The News, December 18, 2004 671Rana Qaisar, “Pakistan a Magnet for Investors: Aziz,” Daily Times, December 18, 2004 672 The News, December 23, 2004
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estate, information technology and automobile sectors. They also promised to review the lingering project of light mono rail in Lahore.673 Pakistan offered free of charge land in Sunder
Industrial Estate to Chinese bringing in an investment of $ 20 million dollars for the establishment of export-oriented industrial units. The offer was made by the Punjab Industrial
Minister Chaudhary Muhammad Ajmal Cheema while taking to Chinese investors.674
In April 2005, Premier Wen Jiabao visited Pakistan for three days and inked 18 agreements with Pakistan.675 These agreements were mostly related with the field of business, trade and investment.676 An agreement was signed for the construction of low-cost 1200 houses with an investment of 85 million by China Estate Engineering Corporation.677 Wen Jiabao and
Shaukat Aziz inaugurated the “Sukh-Chayn Housing Scheme” project.678 An agreement of $ 40 million was signed for the construction of Loweri Top tunnel.679 An agreement was signed regarding the export of live stock from China to the Middle East and some other countries by using Pakistan as transit.680 China showed its interest to import rice, mangoes and dates from
673Intikhab Hanif, “Chinese ‘Ready’ for Major Investment,” Dawn, March 26, 2005 To cater the transport problem of Lahore, Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi approved a light monorail project of 25 Km track linking new terminal complex of Lahore airport with Shahdara Town. According to the project the light rail would run over a 17-foot high track to be laid via Ravi Road and Bhati Chowk. Since early eighties, a light rail transit system was under discussion in government circle. In 1991 a Japanese development organization completed their feasibility studies but this study was reviewed and updated as a part of the World Bank funded ‘Lahore Traffic and Transport Studies’ in 1993 but nothing had done. Again in 1995 Japan proposed to finance the original scheme of the project but no benefit was gain from this offer. Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi was keen to complete the project with the help of China till October 2007 but this project is still lingering. Dawn, Lahore, January 24, 2003 Daily Times, October 21, 2015 674 The Nation, April 3, 2005 675 The News, April 7, 2005 The News, April 6, 2005 676 Ahmad Rashid Malik, “Sino-Pak Economy Ties,” The Nation, April 7, 2005 677The News, April 7, 2005 Daily Jang, April 7, 2005 678Daily Jang, April 6, 2005 679 Dawn, April 5, 2005 680 Protocol of Quarantine and Health Requirements for Sheep and Goats to be Exported to Pakistan for Transit from China through Pakistan (between the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s
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Pakistan.681 Shaukat Aziz said Pakistani rice, mangoes and oranges were of high quality and taste. He said,
“These are very addictive items, once you taste them, all our
export problems would be over.”682
The Treaty of Friendship Cooperation and Good-Neighbourly Relations was also signed during the visit. The treaty dealt with the issues of mutual interests like economic cooperation, trade, agriculture, transportation, finance, investment, custom, and telecommunication.683 This treaty was expected to contribute towards a comprehensive partnership, and benefits were to be passed down from generation to generation.684 Wen also attended the fourth Asian Cooperation
Dialogue Ministerial meeting which was held in Islamabad.685 Pakistan and China also agreed to establish a Joint Investment Company (JIC) in Pakistan to realize full economic potential of the two countries.686 This agreement was signed by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr.
Salam Shah and Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai on the conclusion of 12th Pakistan-China
Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting, held in Islamabad from April 3 to 6, 2005.687 The
Agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters was signed by Salman Shah and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhuoxing. Li Zhuoxing signed another agreement
‘Implementation Rules of the Agreement between Pakistan and China, concerning International
Road Transport’ with communication Minister Shamim Siddiqui. Tariq Ikram, Chairman Export
Republic of China): Islamabad ; 5 April 2005,Pakistan Treaty Series 2004-2005, XI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 681 The Nation, April 9, 2005 682Nadeem Malik, “China Offers Help in N-Power Generation,” The News, April 7, 2005 683 Mohammad Ali Siddiqi, “New Level of Friendship with China,” Dawn, April 9, 2005 684Ghayoor Ahmed, “Significance of Hu’s Visit,” Dawn, November 23, 2006 685 Dawn, April 4, 2005 686 Dawn, April 7, 2005 687 Foreign Office Year Book 2004-05, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan
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Promotion Bureau (EPB), and Wan Jiefi, Chairman China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade (CCPTI), signed an agreement for the cooperation of EBP and CCPTI.688
In February 2006, President Pervez Musharraf visited China to address the Pakistan-
China Business Forum. During the Forum he met with almost hundred top Chinese business executives.689 Musharraf stressed that there was a need to extend bilateral economic relations to the height of their diplomatic and political relations.690 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Chinese government encouraged the investment in Pakistan but following the murder of Chinese in
Balochistan he raised the concerns about the security of the Chinese nationals working in
Pakistan.691 During the visit fourty agreements were signed, thirteen in the government sector and twenty-seven in the business and industrial sector.692 The signing ceremony was held at the
Pakistan-China Investment Forum in the presence of President Musharraf.693 Another agreement was also signed under which China agreed to provide a $ 300 million loan to Pakistan to buy
Chinese goods.694 It was decided to set up a new “Textile City” at Port Qasim near Karachi on
1200 acres of land.695 Textile City management offered high-class infrastructure facilities and other incentives to Chinese companies that were interested in setting up textile related joint ventures with the Pakistani companies.696 Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said that the visit of the President was a breakthrough for cooperation in the banking sector of the two
688 Dawn, April 6, 2005 689 Dawn, February 20, 2006 690 The Nation, February 21, 2006 691 The killing of Chinese in Balochistan is given in detail in Chapter 5. The forces behind the murders of Chinese nationals try to create the rift between the governments of both the states. So that the cooperation between the two states in different economic, strategic and defence can be hampered. The Post, February 22, 2006 692Nawa-i-Waqt, February 23, 2006 693 Dawn, February 22, 2006 694 The Post, February 22, 2006 695‘The Chinese Economic Juggernaut Roll On’ An Article by Kaleem Omar, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 28 January 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, I, (Jan: 2008) 696Kaleem Omer, “Pakistan-China Economic Cooperation : An All-Weather Partnership that has Stood the Test of Time,” The News, February 27, 2006
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States. A formal agreement was signed between Habib Bank of Pakistan and City Commercial
Bank, Urumqi to work on partnership basis.697 China Development Bank (CDB) and National
Bank of Pakistan (NBP) also signed a MoU for joint financing for different economic projects.698
CDB and NBP decided to work out a strategy for business scope, terms and conditions, administration, location and other significant issues for the economic cooperation.699 Pakistan and China also signed an agreement to expand bilateral economic ties and trade cooperation.700 It was further decided that the two countries would work out a comprehensive plan for their bilateral economic cooperation and would establish an Economic Cooperation Group (ECG) under the framework of the joint committee on economic, trade, scientific and technical cooperation.701 This group was made responsible for the financial and technical arrangements besides guiding the respective enterprise in light of market rules, and identify economic projects of mutual interests.702
The first meeting of this group was held on May 20, in Islamabad, to consider proposals for increasing bilateral trade in the next five years.703 A high profile fifteen member Chinese delegation came to Pakistan to attend this meeting.704 Minister for Commerce Humayun Akhtar
Khan said that the purpose of the meeting was to formulate a comprehensive five-year plan to
697 The Nation, February 24, 2006 698Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan, “A New Era of Long-tested Friendship,” The News, February 27, 2006 699 Daily Times, March 24, 2006 700 Joint Statement Issued during President Pervez Musharraf’s Visit to China, Pakistan Perspective, II, 1, (January-June, 2006) 701 The Nation, May 13, 2006 702 Pakistan-China Framework Agreement on Expanding and Deepening Bilateral Economic and Trade Cooperation : Beijing; 20 February 2006, Pakistan Treaty Series 2006-2009, XII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 703Haq Nawaz, “Pak, China to Discuss Doubling Trade Volume,” The Nation, May 20, 2006 704Sajid Chaudhry, “Pakistan, China to Setup Joint Investment Company,” Daily Times, October 25, 2006
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enhance trade and economic cooperation between Pakistan and China.705 The delegation also discussed the domestic economic conditions, industrial structure and its main characteristics.706
President Musharraf visited China in June to attend the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) Summit. Besides attending this Summit Musharraf met with the Presidents of China, Russia, Iran and Afghanistan to discuss the means and ways to increase bilateral trade.707 A delegation of sixty industrialists and businessmen under the supervision of President
Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jalil Ahmad Malik also visited Kashgar. The purpose of this visit was to participate in the 2nd Kashgar International Trade Fair 2006 and display their products during the fair to enhance market for Pakistani products. The delegation met with high government functionaries of China.708
In October, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi went to China on an official visit for six days.709 During his address in a conference in Shanghai he offered maximum incentives to Chinese businessmen under the Public-Private Partnership Scheme and tried to convince them that the Punjab was an ideal place for them to invest.710 After the conference, two
MoUs were signed between the Chinese investors and The Bank of Punjab. Under the first agreement The Bank of Punjab pledged to provide better financial facilities to Chinese investors and according to the 2nd MoU, Chinese investors agreed to invest in a mega project and to establish international standards markets and stores in different cities of Punjab.711 Under the first phase of this project 150 super markets and more than 1,000 small stores in different cities
705 Nawaz, Op.cit. 706Sajid Chaudhry, Op.cit. 707 The News, June 17, 2006 708 The Nation, June 27, 2006 709Shahid Qaider, “Chief Minister’s Visit to China (Wazir-i-Alahika Dora-i-Chine),” Nawa-i-Waqt, November 6, 2006 710Daily Din, October 16, 2006 711 The Nation, October 16, 2006
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of Punjab were to be established.712 He also visited the capital of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing. At a reception in Nanjing hosted by Sun Zhijun, Minister for Science, Technology, Culture,
Information and Public Affairs of Jiangsu Province, Pervaiz Elahi offered 500 acres land to the
Chinese investors in different industrial estates of the Punjab province.713 He told the Chinese investors that free of charge land would be provided to those who would invest $ 25 million in the industrial estate, while others were be given developed industrial plots at original cost.714 He said such plots would also be allocated to the Chinese investors in industrial estate of Faisalabad.
The offer was a step to fulfil the promise made by Musharraf, during his visit in November 2003, to develop a special industrial zone.715 He also held detailed discussions with the Governor of
Jiangsu Province Liang Bao Hua, and other senior officials of the province. As an outcome of
Pervaiz Elahi’s meeting with Liang Bao Hua, a declaration of cooperation between the government of Punjab and Jiangsu province was signed.716 The important points of this declaration were included to develop benefits from each other’s experience to promote exports, market studies of both provinces, strategies to increase the opportunities of investments, to average industrial exhibitions and fairs, to exchange industrial and cultural delegations.717
Provincial Minister for Information and Technology Abdul Aleem Khan said the agreements signed in different industrial and other sectors would create job opportunities in Punjab and as a consequence would bring prosperity in the province.718 Liang Bao Hua said that Pervaiz Elahi
712 Nawa-i-Waqt, October 22, 2006 The Nation, October 21, 2006 713 The News, October 17, 2006 714Javed Younas, “Chief Minister’s Visit to China. . . Important Step towards Peace and Prosperity (Shanti Taraki Ka Aham Sanga-i-meel . . . Wazir-i-Alaha Punjab Kadora-i-Chine),” Nawa-i-Waqt, November 3, 2006 Daily Khabren, October 17, 2006 715Irfan Shahzad, “Facilitating Chinese Investors, Investment Friendly Incentives to Attract FDI,” The News, October 23, 2006 716 The Nation, October 18, 2006 717Daily Din, October 18, 2006 718 The Nation, October 19, 2006
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had brought very solid and useful proposals to enhance cooperation between Jiangsu and the
Punjab province.719 The Chinese authorities also expressed their willingness to provide educational facilities to Pakistani students at postgraduate level, in agriculture and livestock sectors.720 They also offered scholarships to the talented students.721
Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Pakistan for four days from November 23rd to 26th.722
During his visit eighteen agreements and MoUs worth of $ 6 million were signed.723 President
Musharraf and Chinese President witnessed signing ceremony of the agreements.724 An agreement was signed for the implementation of Five-Years Programme in Islamabad on
November 24th.725 The draft of this agreement was already prepared by the Sino-Pakistan Joint
Working Group after five days of discussions.726 It covered cooperation in the areas of agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructure, public works, minerals, energy, information and communication technology, service and education, and technical cooperation.727 Pakistan was the only country with whom China signed the agreement.728 Under this agreement both sides also
719 The Nation, October 20, 2006 720 The Nation, October 19, 2006 721Daily Jang, October 19, 2006 722 Ahmed Rashid Malik, “Economic Dimensions of Hu’s Visit,” The Nations, November 29, 2006 723Hussain Ahmad Paracha, “Ideal Friend (Mishali Dost),” Nawa-i-Waqt, November 27, 2006 Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, “Evaluating Hu’s Pakistan Visit,” The Post, December 3, 2006 Nawa-i-Waqt, November 25, 2006 724Hanif Khalid, “China is the Sincere and Genuine Friend of Pakistan (Chine he Pakistan ka Haqiqi or Mukhlis Dost ha),” Daily Jang, November 30, 2006 725Pakistan-China Five-Year Development Program for Trade and Economic Cooperation : Islamabad ; 24 November 2006,Pakistan Treaty Series 2006-2009, XII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan Framework Agreement on Security of Financial for Pak-China Bilateral Cooperation between Ministry of Finance and Revenue (Finance Division0, Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation : Islamabad ; 24 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXII, XII, (Dec : 2006) 726Hanif Khalid, “Chinese President Arrived Today,” The News, November 23, 2006 727Rao Khalid, “Pak-China N-ties Bound to Grow :Hu,” The Nation, November 25, 2006 The Post, November 26, 2006 728Sajid Chaudhry, “Pakistan and China Sign Five-Year Plan on Economic,” Daily Times, November 25, 2006
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agreed to triple their bilateral trade to $ 15 billion by 2011.729 China agreed to establish Pakistani
Consulate General in Chengdu to facilitate Pakistani traders and tourists.730 On the last day of his visit President Hu also inaugurated the Economic Zone on Raiwind Road near Lahore with
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.731 He also inaugurated Haier-Ruba Economic Zone at Manga
Mandi.732 In his inaugural speech the President said that it was for the first time that his country had established Economic Zone outside China.733 Other provinces of Pakistan were also willing to provide land to the Chinese investors to establish Special Economic Zones but Punjab had taken a lead in this regard.734 During his visit Hu identified three other projects completed in
Pakistan as monument of economic cooperation between the two States, namely Chasma Nuclear
Power Plant, Gwardar Port and the Karakorum Highway.735 He said that Pakistan and China were enjoying close political and diplomatic relations but the figure of trade and investments was not impressive and was much below the existing potential.736 Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in his speech highlighted that Hu’s visit had promoted bilateral economic ties.737
In April 2007, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz went to China and during his visit twenty- nine agreements were signed including fourteen in the public and fifteen in the private sector.738
The agreements included finalization of Diamer Bhasha Dam, opening of Chinese Bank in
Pakistan, construction of a new airport at Gwardar, cross border cables construction and
729 The target set in five year for volume of trade was not achieved in 2011. The trade volume between both States in 2011 was $ 8.6 billion. (Keynote Speech by Ambassador Masood Khan of Pakistan at China Institute of International Studies , Beijing; (August 19, 2011) The Nation, November 26, 2006 730 Daily Times, November 26, 2006 731Daily Jang, November 27, 2006 Nawa-i-Waqt, November 28, 2008 732 The News, November 27, 2006 733Daily Jang, November 27, 2006 734 Dawn, November 27, 2006 735 Sultan Ahmed, “Economic Cooperation with China,” Dawn, November 30, 2006 736Mehtab Haider, “Tapping Bilateral Trade Potential still Low : Hu,” The Nation, November 25, 2006 737Mehtab Haider, “China to Help Build 6 N-Plants,” The Nation, November 18, 2006 738 Visit of Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz to China on 16-21 April 2007, Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, XXXIV, IV, (Apr : 2007)
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agreement between Shanghai Stock Exchange and Karachi Stock Exchange.739 It was agreed to promote bilateral trade by an effort to achieve the trade target of $ 15 billion by 2010. It was also agreed to establish Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) System for the promotion of trade.740 A
MoU was also signed between the Planning Commission of Pakistan and the National
Development and Reform Commission of China to strengthen the socio-economic relations by exchanging delegations and by promoting discussions in friendly environment.741
As a result of Five Year Plan China Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) was established in an area spread over 3,000 acres of land near Kala Shah Kaku interchange, near Lahore.742 Advisor to the Finance Ministry Dr. Ashfaq Hasan Khan, while talking about the zone said that exclusive incentives were given to Chinese investors, such as exemption of taxes on the import of machinery and necessary equipment for the establishment of industries in the zone. The federal government had taken the responsibility for the supply of water and electricity, while the provincial government was made responsible for the development of the approved roads. The board of investments was asked to establish its office in SEZ to provide one window operation facility to investors. It was agreed that a dry port would also be established in the zone for the imports and exports of goods.743 Shaukat Aziz believed that the SEZ would be able to attract foreign direct investments in manufacturing sector, helping Pakistan to enhance its exports.744
739 Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan, “Economic Cooperation: Prospects and Constraints,” The News, April 23, 2007 Daily Times, April 21, 2007 740 Joint Statement between the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the Visit of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz from 16-20 April 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, IV, (Apr : 2007) 741 Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Planning of Pakistan and the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China : Beijing ; 17 April 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, IV, (Apr : 2007) 742 A Report on “Chinese Investment in Pakistan” by Akhtar Jamal, As Appeared in Daily ‘Pakistan Observer’ on 01 march 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, III, (March : 2008) 743 Business Recorder, March 2, 2007 744 The Nation, September 1, 2007
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In July 2007, three Chinese nationals were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Beijing showed concerns about this killing but they did not take any step to roll back the economic cooperation with Pakistan.745 A trade delegation visited Pakistan in late July. The delegation consisted of members for various larger business groups of China like Sino-Chem Coorporation,
China Tax Group, Sino Steel Coorporation, China Meheco Coorporation, and China Minerals
Corporation.746 This delegation was headed by Assistant Trade Minister Wang Chao.747 The purpose of the visit was to explore new areas from where China could increase its imports from
Pakistan.748 On July 18, an agreement between China Development Bank and Economic Affairs of Pakistan was signed for the establishment of Pakistan and China Investment Company
Limited (PCICL).749 The agreement was signed by Chen Jianbo and Xia Qiang on behalf of
China Development Bank and M. Akram Malik, Secretary Economic Affairs Division and Iqbal
Hassain, Senior Joint Secretary on behalf of Economic Affairs Division of Pakistan.750
According to this agreement, the head office of this company was to be set up in Islamabad and branches were to be opened in and outside of Pakistan. Advisor to the Prime Minister on
Finance Dr. Salam Shah was nominated as the first Chairman of the company and M. Akram as
Director. The Chinese side nominated Chen Jiabao as Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the Company whereas Xia Qiang as Director.751 It was decided that the company would become operational in August with a paid-up capital of $ 200 million to be subscribed equally by both parties to promote investments, to start joint ventures, and to finance the asset management, for
745 Dawn, July 11, 2007 (Detail of incident is given in Chapter 5) 746 The Nation, July 12, 2007 747 Dawn, July 20, 2007 748 The Nation, July 20, 2007 749Zafae Ahmad, “Traders Hail Setting Up of Pak-China Investment Company,” The Post, December 24, 2007 750 The Nation, July 22, 2007 751 The Post, July 22, 2007
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house financing, investment in banking and infrastructure projects.752 The company was established on July 27, 2007.753 The establishment of this company was also an implementation of Five Year Plan.754 President Musharraf said the launching of Pakistan-China Investment
Company was another milestone in the economic relations between the two States.755
By August 2007, China Mobile Pak-Limited (CM Pak) had entered into a multi-million dollars agreement with Wateen Telecom (Pvt). Limited for the use of Wateen’s state-of-the-art fabric optic cable network laid across the country. Wateen Telecom was Pakistan’s first and largest private communication sector and media solution company.756
3.1 Preferential Trade Agreement
During President Pervez Musharraf’s visit to China in November 2003, Pakistan and
China signed a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA).757 PTA meant to reduce traffic on some specific items to be imported or exported to each other.758 A formal document on PTA was signed between Deputy Director General, Department of International Trade and Economic
Affairs Zhu Hong and Commercial Counsellor in Pakistan Embassy Shahid Mahmood.759 The agreement was to help in enhancing the trade between the two States.760 Foreign Minister
Shaukat Aziz said the signing of PTA was a breakthrough for enhancing trade between the two countries.761 Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said despite the fact that Pakistan was
752 The Nation, December 28, 2007 The Post, July 22, 2007 753 Dawn, December 27, 2007 754 The Post, July 22, 2007 755 Business Recorder, December 17, 2007 756 China Mobile Pak-Limited (CM Pak) Formerly Paktel Limited The Nation, August 7, 2007 757 Khalid Mustafa, “Trade to go under PTA from Jan 1,” Daily Times, December 14, 2003 758 Dawn, November 4, 2003 759 Dawn, December 30, 2003 760Daily Jang, November 5, 2003 761 The News, November 4, 2003
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not a member of Bangkok agreement, China had given it the same concession as it had granted to the members.762 He said India too had negotiated a PTA with China.763 Secretary Commerce
Kamal Afsan said that China had agreed to reduce duties on the import items and given tariff concession to Pakistan on 893 items for its export to China. In contrast, such concession was given to China on 200 items only.764
It was suggested by China to implement the agreement from the December 20th but
Pakistani authorities asked for two more weeks to do the required homework on the implementation of project, so it was mutually decided to implement the agreement from January
1, 2004. According to some economists, the agreement was expected to increase Pakistan’s export to China by 100% while Chinese exports to Pakistan were expected to increase by 25%.765
Chinese officials believed that the PTA would provide an opportunity to Pakistani products to access Chinese markets and enhance the trade through land route.766
The bilateral trade between Pakistan and China showed an upward trend when the PTA came into effect on January 2004. In January, Pakistani exports to China increased by 50.16% and imports were 48.43% as compared to the quantum of trade in January 2003.767 The PTA had discouraged the illegal trade because the minimum customs duty rates discouraged the illegal trade.768 In November a trade delegation led by Secretary Commerce Tasneem Noorani visited
China. During his meeting with Chinese Assistant Commerce and Trade Minister Yi Xiao Zhun,
762 In July 1975, among seven nations, Bagladesh, India, Lao PDR, Republic of Korea, Srilanka, Pilippines and Thailand signed an agreement known as Bangkok Agreement. The purpose of this agreement was expansion of trade through traffic concession. In 2000, China also joined this agreement. The Nation, November 7, 2003 763Mehtab Haider, “Preferential Tariff Pact Likely with China during Musharraf Visit,” The Nation, October 25, 2003 764 The News, November 4, 2003 765 Mustafa, Op.cit. 766 Daily Times, May 1, 2004 767 Daily Times, March 24, 2004 768Javed Mahmood, “Pak-China Trade Crosses $1 b Mark in a Mths,” Daily Times, May 29, 2004
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expansion of PTA and a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to further promote the economic cooperation between the two States were concluded.769 Tasneem Noorani indicated that it would take some time to set FTA because there were some issues to be resolved.770 When Prime
Minister Shaukat Aziz visited China in December 2004 a protocol was signed to initiate a study on FTA.771 Pakistan and China agreed to form a Joint Study Group (JSG) to work out measures in six-months time for signing the FTA.772
In February 2005, Chinese Assistant Minister for Commerce and Trade Yi Xiao Zhun, visited Pakistan and met with Akber Abdullah, the Acting President of FPCCI, and discussed with him a draft of the FTA. Akber Abdullah was of the view that the draft of FTA would not produce the desired results of increasing the bilateral trade.773 To pave the way for FTA, Shaukat
Aziz approved a modified draft on Early Harvest Programme (EHP). The objective was that instead of implementation of FTA in one go, it was suggested that execution would be started in phases of 30-40 items and then would be formally converted into FTA.774 When Premier Wen
Jiabao visited Pakistan in April 2005, talks were held on this issue.775 As an outcome of Wen and
Shaukat Aziz’s talks, EHP was signed in Islamabad on April 5th.776 The Commerce Minister
Humayun Akhtar Khan told the press in a briefing that the EHP had been signed between the two
States and it would come in to effect from January 1, 2006.777 The PTA was to be abolished after
769 The Nation, November 13, 2004 770 Dawn, November 13, 2004 771Salim Bokhari, “Beijing Promises Extensive Investment,” The News, December 16, 2004 772Dawn, Lahore, December 19, 2004 Rana Qaiser, “Relations with India not at Pakistan’s Expanse: China,” Daily Times, December 16, 2004 773 The Nation, February 25, 2005 774Khaleeq Kiani, “China to Sign 10 Accords,” Dawn, April 2, 2005 775 The Nation, December 9, 2005 776 Agreement on the Early Harvest Programme for the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Islamabad; (5 April 2005) Pakistan Treaty Series 2004-2005, XI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 777 Dawn, April 7, 2005
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EHP implementation.778 Under the EHP customs duties on bilaterally agreed items were brought to zero.779 Both States agreed that first reduction would take place from January 1, 2006, and by
January 1, 2008, tariff on all items would be reduced to zero.780 Shaukat Aziz and FPCCI Chief
Muhammad Saeed discussed the trade deficit with Premier Wen. The Chinese leader hoped that the trade deficit of Pakistan would be reduced by exporting quality rice to China under EHP.781
An agreement was reached between the Export Promotion Bureau of Pakistan and the Chinese
Commerce Ministry.782 According to this agreement, both sides had finalized two lists of fifty- two items on which both sides agreed to reduce duty to zero rate by January 1, 2006.783 The fifty- two items to be exported to China by Pakistan included bed linen, table linen and other house textiles, terry towels, blended fabrics, synthetic yarn, synthetic fabrics, mangoes, oranges, dates, terrapin, marble articles like tiles etc, surgical goods, sports goods, cutlery, certain dyes, guar gum and medicine. The items to be exported to Pakistan by China included industrial machinery and chemical raw materials.784
For the implementation of the FTA several rounds of talks were held between high officials of the two States. The first round of negotiations on the FTA was held in Urumqi
(China) on August 15-16, 2005. A seven-member Inter-Ministerial delegation of Pakistan led by
Joint Secretary Ministry of Commerce Shahid Bashir visited China to participate in it.785 During the meeting Pakistani side was represented by Shahid Bashir and the Chinese side was led by
Assistant Minister Yi Xiao Chun. It was decided during the meeting that both sides would work
778 Mubarak Zeb Khan, “FTA Talks with China Begin Tomorrow,” Dawn, August 6, 2005 779Sajid Chaudhry, “Pakista, China Develop Consensus on EHP,” Daily Times, March 31, 2005 780Sajid Chaudhry, “Pakistan, China to Begin Trade Under EHP,” Daily Times, April 7, 2005 781Afzal Bajwa, “Sino-Pak Ties Enter New Stage,” The Nation, April 7, 2005 782 The Nation, August 6, 2005 783 Daily Times, August 6, 2005 784 The Nation, August 6, 2005 785 Zeb Khan, Op.cit.
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out all related matters to boost the trade between the two States while protecting their business interests.786 The second round of negotiations was held in December. A six-member delegation led by Shahid Bashir visited China for the talks.787 As a result of the visit the Commerce Minister of Pakistan Humayun Akhtar Khan and his counterpart Bo Xilai inked an agreement on
December 10, to enforce the EHP from January 1, 2006.788 Humayun indicated that the two sides had completed EHP in a short period of time and considerable progress had been made towards
FTA.789 He also said that the two countries were being of reducing tariff on about 3,000 items, in three phases till January, 2008.790 In the first phase, the Chinese side was to bring the excise duty to zero rate on 769 mutually agreed items that included vegetables, fruits, marble material and cotton fabric.791 Pakistan was willing to reduce tariff to zero rate on 486 items, which included textile machinery and chemicals.792 President Musharraf said that both sides were committed to enforce the EHP and to facilitate the negotiations on FTA.793 He acknowledged that Pakistan was the first country in the region with which China had FTA.794
The third round of negotiations on FTA was held in Islamabad between May 16th and
18th, 2006. A fifteen-member Chinese delegation of high officials of Chinese Commerce
Ministry visited Pakistan to participate in the negotiations.795 During the talks the chapters of
FTA were discussed for the first time.796 In very friendly and conducive atmosphere both sides
786 The Nation, August 17, 2005 787 The Nation, December 8, 2005 788 Nawa-i-Waqt, December 10, 2005 Business Recorder, December 10, 2005 789 The News, December 11, 2005 790 Dawn, December 10, 2005 791 The News, December 10, 2005 792 The Post, December 17, 2005 793 The Nation, February 21, 2006 794 Visit of President General Pervez Musharraf to China From 19-23 February 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb : 2006) 795 The Nation, May 14, 2006 796 Imran Ayub, “FTA Talks with China to Conclude this Month,” The News, September 7, 2006
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agreed on the draft agreement. It was the major outcome of the negotiations.797 Both sides expressed their satisfaction on the conclusion of the third round of talks on FTA.798 Chen Chao, an official of International Trade Department of China’s Ministry of Commerce said that the friendly ties between the two States were a favourable factor for FTA talks.799
The fourth round of negotiations was held in August to sort out some fundamental issues on Free Trade Agreement by reducing maximum taxes on trade items.800 After the fifth round of negotiations, Pakistan and China finalized the draft agreement on FTA.801 FTA was finally signed on November 24th, by Humayun Akhtar and his counterpart Bo Xilai in the presence of
President Hu Jintao and President Musharraf in Islamabad.802 This was Pakistan’s second FTA with any country, the first one was signed with Sri Lanka.803 This FTA was also China’s second one as its first one was signed with Chile. EHP that had been operational from January 1, 2006 was to be merged into FTA as FTA was to become operational on July 1, 2007.804 It was to reduce export tariff on 5,104 Pakistani items to zero per cent tax and 3,942 items were to be charged zero to 5% tax within five years after the implementation of the agreement.805
A mixed response was received on the signing of the Free Trade Agreement, most people welcomed the agreement as it had enhanced the trade volume but a few showed reservations about it. The supporters of this agreement argued that due to tariff reduction, Chinese goods
797 The Nation, May 19, 2006 798 Nawaz, Op.cit. 799 The Nation, May 14, 2006 800 The Post, October 3, 2006 801Haq Nawaz, “Pak-China Free Trade Agreement Likely on 24th,” The Nation, November 22, 2006 802Daily Jang, November 25, 2006 Khalid, Op.cit. 803 Nawaz, Op.cit. 804State Visit of the President of China to Pakistan from 23-26 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb : 2006) “Expanding Trade with China” A Write-up by Sultan Ahmed, As Appeared in Daily ‘Dawn’ on 12 July 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, VII, (July : 2007) 805 Sultan Ahmed, Op.cit.
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would become cheaper and more accessible to common men and ultimately raise the living standard of the common man.806 The business community from Karachi mostly endorsed this step. Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) welcomed this development and viewed it as a good gesture to enhance the two-way trade and be helpful in the balance of trade.807 However, the critics of FTA said that China had given concessions to Pakistan on similar products on which it had given concessions to India under Bangkok Trade Agreement
(BTA), which had created a great competition for the Pakistani products.808 Qaiser Bengali, a
Professor of Economics at the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, forwarded the view that as per international norms practice all over the World, the weaker State was offered more benefits from the FTA but in the case of Pakistan, the status of China as supplier of consumer goods had been further boosted due to cheap Chinese products.809 Some important items like cotton yarn, leather, raw hide skin, petroleum oil obtained from bituminous minerals, had been out of the list of FTA although China had been the major importer and
Pakistan the exporter of these products. China did it intentionally to protect its trade with Hong
Kong. Hong Kong was exporting 95% leather and its products to mainland China.810
3.2 Development of Gwardar Sea Port
Gwadar is a district of Balochinstan, having a population of 50,000.811 It is situated at a distance of 750 km away from Karachi.812 Geographically, it is located at a very significant
806 Noor-ul-Huda, “The Door to China,” The News, April 9, 2006 807Erum Zaidi, “Business Community Endorse Sino-Pakistan Bilateral FTA,” The Nation, November 26, 2006 808 Dawn, February 18, 2006 809 Haseeb Ahmed Bhatti, “Chinese Products Engulf Pakistan,” The Post, May 28, 2007 Muhammad Kashif, “Right Time to Explore Chinese Market,” Dawn, November 26, 2006 810Ramzan Chandio, “Pakistani Export to China Insignificant,” The Nation, November 28, 2007 811Nadeem Malik, “China to Invest in Gwardar-II Project,” The News, April 5, 2005 812‘“Gwardar Port” A Project of Great Economic Potential,’ An Article by ParveenZaiby, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 6 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb: 2006)
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position, as it is just 250 miles away from the Strait of Hormuz, the main sea route to export oil from the Gulf to around the globe.813 It was estimated that the volume of trade and oil transportation will be twenty times more by 2020 from the Strait of Hormuz that would make it more important in future.814 The Southern tip of Xinjiang (China) is just 2500 km away from it although this part of China is 4500 km away from its Northern coast.815
In the 19th century Gwardar had been the territory of Oman. It was given to Sultan of
Oman as a gift by Khan of Kalat on the wedding ceremony of Sultan’s daughter.816 In 1956
Foreign Minister of Pakistan Feroz Khan Noon in the first time drew attention of the government towards this territory.817 After long negotiations between Pakistan and Oman, facilitated by the
U.K. the territory was taken from Oman in 1958 by paying $ 8,400,000.818 After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the formation of five Central Asian States, it seemed essential for Pakistan to develop the port at Gwardar because Karachi and Qasim port were not large enough to offer an outlet to these landlocked States.819 In 1992, the Ministry of
Communication of Pakistan came up with an advertisement in the newspapers calling for
‘expression of interest’ in the Gwardar deep sea port. Eighteen foreign companies and twelve local companies submitted their expression of interest. It was decided to start the project with a
Dutch company but before the agreement could have been signed to start the work on the port, the National and Provincial assemblies in Pakistan were dissolved (1993). After that Sultan
813 Dawn, March 22, 2002 Dawn, December 24, 2001 814 Agha Shahi, “Pakistan, China and NMD,” Dawn, May 19, 2001 815The Nation, September 22, 2005 Dawn, March 22, 2002 816 Abdul Sattar, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History,” Karachi: Oxford University Press, 72-73 817Ardeshir Cowasjee, “One in the String of Pearls,” Dawn, September 11, 2005 818Sattar, Op.cit. Cowasjee, Op.cit. 819Najmul Hassan Najam, “Time-Tested Friends to the Rescue,” The Nation, May 28, 2000
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Qaboos of Oman showed his interest in assisting the project. Commerce Minister of Pakistan
Chaudhri Ahmad Mukhtar visited Oman to discuss the project there. But again the project could not be started as the opposition parties in Balochistan Assembly and National Assembly alleged that the Gwardar had been indirectly given to the U.S.A. as it had cordial relations with Oman.
After a long wait Sultan of Oman lost his interest in the project although Chief Minister of
Balochistan Nawab Zulfikar Magsi, tried to revive his interest but failed to do so.820 An international Consortium of Port Consultants, M/S Posford Duvivier and Gifford & Partners of the U.K. in association with M/S Techno Consultant of Pakistan were appointed in 1996 to work out the detail design of the port. The consultants suggested that the port would be completed in two phases.821 But no progress was made.
General Pervez Musharraf took the construction of Gwardar port seriously. In May 2000, in the 11th session of Pakistan-China Joint Economic Commission, China had showed its interest in the construction of Gwardar port.822 When Chinese Primier Zhu Rongji visited Pakistan in
May 2001, General Pervez Musharraf discussed with him the construction of Gwardar port.823
Communication Minister of Pakistan Javed Ashraf Kazi explained to him the strategic importance of the port.824 The construction of the port in a woefully underdeveloped province of
Balochistan would give boost to the economic activities there.825 It was expected not only to attract the trade and industry but also open the door for tourism there and create more jobs in
Balochistan, leading to the alleviation of poverty in the province.826 Moreover, it was expected to
820 Sultan Ahmed, “Gwardar_A Port with Great Promise,” Dawn, March 22, 2002 821Ghazanfar Mehdi, “Ground-Breaking of Gwardar Port a Landmark in Pak-China Cooperation,” The Nation, March 23, 2002 822 Foreign Office Year Book, 2000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 823Nawa-i-Waqt, May 14, 2001 824 The News, August 10, 2001 825 The Nation, May 15, 2001 826Dawn, March 22, 2002 Daily Jang, August 8, 2001
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bring Pakistan and China closer.827 It was likely to provide an alternative platform for the
Southern regions of China to have an access to the maritime trade and to export their mineral resources.828 Zhu Rongji expressed his willingness to provide financial and technical assistance for the development of the port.829 He said,
“Our Minister for Communication will visit Pakistan and discuss
ways and means to what extent we can extend support for these
projects.”830
Chinese spokesperson Zhang Qiyue indicated that his country was ready to help Pakistan for the construction of the port after feasibility study had been conducted.831 According to the promise of Primer Zhu Chinese Communication Minister Huang Zhendong, officially visited Pakistan in
June. He met Musharraf and discussed with him some details of the construction of the port.
After his meeting with General Musharraf, the Chinese delegation visited the site of the port.832
Huang told Pakistan that China was willing to extend all possible support based on the recommendations of experts.833 Chinese experts rejected the initial design of Gwardar port that was made by a British firm.834 According to Chinese experts, it lacked the planning to accommodate long term requirements. On the experts recommendations, the Government of
Pakistan requested China to take over the design of the project itself. The new design of the port included a large railway track and stations to connect Gwardar with the rest of the Pakistan as
827 The Nation, August 12, 2001` 828 Dawn, May 17, 2001 829 Dawn, May 13, 2001 830 Syed Talat Hussain, “Defence ties not against any other Country,” Dawn, May 13, 2001 831Rana Qaisar and Absar Alam, “Pakistan Opposes US Missile Defence Shield,” The Nation, May 13, 2001 832 The News, June 13, 2001 833 The Nation, June 14, 2001 834Nawa-i-Waqt, August 6, 2001
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well as with other countries such as Afghanistan, the Central Asian States and Iran.835 In July, the Chinese government announced 198 million US dollars financial assistance for the construction of the phase-I of the port.836 Rest of the money was to come from the government of
Pakistan, as the total cost of the project was $ 248 million.837 The break-up of Chinese assistance was as follows.
: Grant $ 18 million
: Interest free loan $ 31 million
: Consumer loan $ 58 million
: Buyers Credit 60 million
: Total $ 198 million.
: Pakistani component $ 50 million.838
Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui during an interview said that China had provided its biggest foreign aid for the construction of Gwardar port.839 Pakistan Minister of
Finance and Economic Affair Shaukat Aziz visited China from August 7th to 10th, to negotiate the terms of credit for the project. He also signed three agreements relating to the construction of the port.840 These agreements were signed between Pakistan Minister of Finance and Economic
Affairs Shaukat Aziz and Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi
835Absar Alam, “China to Extend & 400m Soft-term Credit,” The Nation, August 5, 2001 836 Foreign Office Year Book 2001, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 837India, China to form Alliance,
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Guangsheng on behalf of their respective governments.841 The three agreements signed in
Beijing on August 10, included the Pakistan-China Agreement on Financing the Construction of phase one of the Gwardar Port Project.842 Under this agreement China agreed to help Pakistan in the construction of Phase–I of the project, which included three multiple purpose berths accommodating 50,000DWT (Deadweight Tonnage) cargo vessels. The main scope of the work included search work, marine construction, civil, public works and supplying of port cargo handling equipment etc. Both sides also agreed for an additional fund of RMB 150 million to be utilized for the project.843 The other two agreements were:
Pakistan-China Protocol on Implementation of the Gwardar Port Project Phase-I844
and
Pakistan-China Framework Agreement for the Provision of Concessional Loan to
Pakistan845
The terms and conditions of these agreements included the loan for twenty years at the annual interest rate of two per cent.846
There were speculations that due to Pakistan’s decision to support the U.S.A. on War against Terror, China would stop the construction of the port. But Islamabad and Beijing both
841 Pakistan-China Agreement on Financing Arrangements for Construction of the Gwardar Port Project Phase-I Pakistan Treaty Series 2000-2003, X, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 842 Pakistan-China Agreement on Financing Arrangements for Construction of the Gwardar Port Project Phase-I, Op.cit. 843 Agreement on Financing Arrangements for the Construction of the Gwardar Port Project Phase-I ,between the Government of Pakistan and the Government of People’s republic of China, Beijing, 10 August 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, I, (Jan: 2008) 844 Pakistan-China Protocol on Implementation of the Gwardar Port Project Phase-I, between the Government of Pakistan and the Government of People’s republic of China, Beijing, 10 August 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, I, (Jan: 2008) 845 Pakistan-China Framework Agreement for Provision of Concessional Loan to Pakistan, between the Government of Pakistan and the Government of People’s republic of China, Beijing, 10 August 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, I, (Jan: 2008) 846 Framework Agreement between the Government of Pakistan and the Government of Peoples Republic of China to Pakistan, on Provision of Concessional Loan by China to Pakistan, Beijing, 10 August 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 7,8, (July-Aug: 2008)
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denied these speculations. Pakistan Communication and Railway Minister Javed Ashraf Kazi while denying the reports said that Pakistan’s support for the U.S.A.-led coalition in Afghanistan had not stopped or delayed the development of Gwardar port as many believed.847 He further stated that if there was any delay it would be just because of some technical reasons. He said the work on the Gwardar port had been postponed till March 23rd, next year by the Chinese and
Pakistani experts due to technical reasons and not because of any political reason.848 A statement by China was also issued on the subject. Chinese ambassador in Pakistan Lu Shulin said, “work on Gwardar will start as per schedule and will not stop due to September 11, incident.” He added, “it has temporally been stopped because of National day holidays of China and it will be resumed as soon as the holidays are over.”849
In March 2002, a high level delegation led by Secretary Communication Iftikhar Rashid visited China to finalize the technical details of the project.850 After detailed negotiations with the Chinese high ministers, officials and experts, an agreement was reached on March 15, regarding the technical details of the construction of the phase-I of the port.851 It was a sort of signal to go ahead for the construction of the port. According to this agreement the port was to be completed in three years. Both States were to supervise the project jointly ensuring the timely completion and quality of work. Manpower on the project was to be hired locally and technical
847Ihtasham ul Haque, “No Differences with China Over Support to US; Says Minister,” Dawn, October 19, 2001 848Op.cit. 849Daily Khabren, October 24, 2001 Lu Shulin said, “October 01 is the Chinese National day and there is a week-long mid-autumn Chinese festival. The festival is a sort of yearly family reunion when members of a family get together. The Chinese workers were absent because of this reason.”
The Nation, March 14, 2002
851 The Nation, March 16, 2002 Text of the Handing over Certificate Regarding China-Aided Gwardar Port Phase-I in Pakistan: Islamabad; 24 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, (November 2006)
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experts were to provided by the Chinese government.852 The construction work was taken by
Chinese Harbour Engineering Group.853 This company had a vast experience as it had completed many international projects like airports, highways and bridges.854
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Bangguo visited Pakistan with a delegation of high officials from March 21 to 24.855 The purpose of his visit was to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of
Gwardar.856 Gwardar port was inaugurated by President Pervez Musharraf with Wu Bangguo on
March 23rd.857 The ceremony was attended by government ministers and elite of the city.858
President Musharraf paid special thanks to Chinese Premier Zhu for taking keen interest in providing technical assistant for the construction of the port.859 He said,
“I took up the issue of Gwardar port project with Mr. Zhu Rongji,
the Chinese Prime Minister when we met in May last in Islamabad
and he agreed to help Pakistan revive its economy.”860
He also said that the port was to serve as a hub of economic activities for the region and the whole region would be just like a funnel. The top of the funnel was a wide area of Central Asia and China’s Western region and the funnel got narrow from Afghanistan and ended at Gwardar.
Gwardar port would be economic funnel of the whole region.861 While talking to the ceremony
Wu Bangguo said the port would promote economic activities of the whole region and would
852 The Nation, March 16, 2002 853Misbah Momin, “Unveiling the Rugged Terrain,” The News, May 23, 2002 854 Sultan Ahmed, Op.cit. 855 Foreign Office Year Book- 2002, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 856 The Nation, March 22, 2002 857 Dawn, March 22, 2002 858 President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf’s Address at the Ground-Breaking Ceremony of Gwardar Deep-Sea Port, 22 March 2002,
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also serve as symbol of Pakistan-China friendship in the 21st century.862 He said that the construction of the port would be completed in two phases,
“The first phase comprises construction of three berths with
facilities of accommodating vessels of 250,000DWD. In the
second phase, the port will have another 10 berths, including three
dedicated container terminals.”863
Pakistan and China signed an agreement under which the Exim Bank of China agreed to provide
$ 118 million for the construction of the port. The agreement was signed between the Chairman of the Exim Bank Yang Zilin and Riaz Mohammad Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador to China.864
Four hundred Chinese engineers and technicians were working on the project.865 China had pledged to train Pakistani engineers and technicians to run the port.866
In late 2004, another MoU was signed between Pakistan and China to expand the
Gwardar seaport channel up to the depth of 14.7 m to make it the deepest port in the country and to facilitate big vessels.867 The cost of the project was raised to 40 million US dollars.868
When in 2005, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Pakistan, he did not inaugurate the
Gwardar port because it needed four or five more months to be completed. Although there were reports in the media that Wen did not inaugurate the project due to security reasons.869 However,
862 The Nation, March 22, 2002 The Nation, March 25, 2002 863 Muhammad Ejaz Khan, “Gwardar Project to Strengthen Sino-Pak Ties, Say Musharraf,” The News, March 23, 2002 864 Dawn, December 27, 2002 865 The News, May 7, 2004 866Fazal Hakeem, “A Model of Engagement,” The News, November 6, 2004 867Bahzad Alam Khan, “China Pakistan Sign 7 Accords in Vital Sectors,” Dawn, December 16, 2004 The Nation, December 17, 2004 Salim Bokhari, “Beijing Promises Extensive Investment,” The News, December 16, 2004 868Daily Jang, December 17, 2004 869Khaleeq Kiani, “Pakistan, China to Sign 10 Accords,” Dawn, April 2, 2005
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according to the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, the delay in the completion of the port was due to incomplete civil work on the port which was the responsibility of Pakistani authorities.870 Wen
Jiabao in a statement said that the project was very important for both States.871 Privatization and
Investment Minister Dr. Abdul Hadeez Sheikh informed the reporter that after the completion of first phase of the port, China had agreed to expand the project further and the Chinese government was ready to invest $ 70 million for deepening the port from 11 to 14 feet.872
However, no agreement could be reached in this regard during the Premier Wen’s visit.873 The agreement for the additional dredge work was concluded in Beijing on August 10, 2005.874
During his fifth visit to China in February 2006, Musharraf offered China trade corridor, energy corridor and transport hub to meet the future Chinese energy requirements.875 He said that
Pakistan was ready to cooperate with China in the construction of an oil pipeline from Gwardar to Xinjiang, enabling China to import oil from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Africa.876 Prime Minister
Shaukat Aziz added that for this purpose feasibility study had been conducted to provide the shortest possible route and the alternate one, via the Strait of Malacca.877 President Musharraf
870Nawa-i-Waqt, July 5, 2005 871 Daily Times, April 4, 2005 872 “We are happy to see the smooth completion of Phase-I of the project, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides. I believe that the port will play a key role in promoting social and economic progress in the region and provide new opportunities for China-Pakistan trade and commerce.” Dawn, (April 5: 2005) The Nation, April 13, 2005 873 The Nation, April 6, 2005 874Contrat Agreement Between China and Pakistan for Additional Dredging Works of Gwardar Deep Water Port, Phase-I: Beijing; 10 August 2005, Pakistan Treaty Series 2004-2005, XI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 875The News, March 9, 2006 Ziad Haider, “Challenges Ahead in Sino-Pakistan Ties,” Dawn, March 11, 2006 876“55 Years of Pak-China Relations” An Article by Syed Ali Nawaz Gilani, Secretary-General, Pak-China Friendship Association NWFP, As Appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on 24 May 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, V, (May: 2006) Syed Fazl-e-Haider, “Local Market China’s Growing Stake in Pakistan,” Economy in Focus, Daily Times, December 11-17, 2006 Daily Times, February 23, 2006 877 Excerpts from an Address by Prime Minister Shukat Aziz to a Seminar on “55 Years of Pak-China Relation”, Organized by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad on 23 May 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, V, (May: 2006)
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also met with members of All China Federation of Commerce and Industry in Shanghai. He assured the Chinese businessmen that they would be given privileges in setting up industries in the Economic Free Trade Zone (EFTZ) near Gwardar. The government of Pakistan had announced that the industries set at EFTZ would be exempted from paying customs duty and sales tax.878 Hu De Ping, first Vice Chairman of All China Federation of Commerce and Industry expressed gratitude to President Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for establishing exclusive industrial zone for Chinese investors.879 According to a report submitted by the delegation from Xinjiang on the annual session of the 10th National People’s Congress in March, the channel of transportation of energy through Pakistan was 20,000 km shorter as compared to via Cape of Good Hope reducing the transportation fee by 25%, and transportation time to be cut by a month.880 Shaukat Aziz invited China to invest in oil refineries, storages and pipelines to develop Gwardar as an ‘energy and transshipment port’.881 Addressing the 9th Summit of the
Economic Corporation Organization in Baku capital of Azerbaijan on May 5th, he expressed his high expectations from the Gwardar port due to its geo-strategic location.882 He hoped that the completion of the port would boost up the economic activity in the whole region.883 The
Government of Pakistan had selected the site for the proposed oil city, in an area of 22,000 acres of land near the Gwardar.884 It was to be the biggest refinery of Pakistan with a capacity to refine
Syed AM Nawaz Gilani, “55 Years of Pak-China Relation,” The Post, May 27, 2006 878‘Energy Corridor Could became an Economic Bonanza for Pakistan’ A Write-up by Kaleem Omar, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 19 June 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, VI, (June : 2006) 879 Excerpts from An Address by President General Pervez Musharraf to the Delegates of Pak-China Energy Forum: Islamabad; 27 April 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, IV, (April : 2006) 880 The Nation, April 6, 2006 881 Dawn, April 26, 2006 882“Gwardar’s Scope as a Free Trade Zone in ECO Region” A Write up by Syed Fazl-e-Haider, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 15 May 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, V, (May: 2006) 883 Excerpts from a Press Conference by the Prime Minister on return from a Nine-day tour of South East Asian Countries and China: Islamabad: 29 April 2004, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, XII, (11-31 DEC 2007) 884 The Nation, November 17, 2006
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60,000 barrels of oil per day.885 President Hu Jintao agreed to develop Pakistan as an energy corridor through the Gwardar port.886 China planned to invest $ 12 billion in multiple projects in
Pakistan and one of them was the oil refinery at Gwardar.887
In November 2007 after the joint inspection of the Phase-I of the port, both Pakistan and
China agreed that it would be completed and be ready to be handed over to Pakistan by the time of the visit of President Hu Jintao to Pakistan who will hand over the completion document of the Gwardar port to President Pervez Musharraf.888 On its completion, Gwardar port was inaugurated in March 2007.889 Phase-I of the port was handed over to the World’s best Port
Operators-Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) for forty years, due to the unrest in Balochistan and American influence in the region China had shown little interest in using this port, but in
February 2013 the right of port was given to China because PSA was not generating revenue according to the agreement.890
In February 2007, Islamabad approved the construction of an airport at Gwardar. About
6500 acres of land were provided for the purpose.891 The estimated cost of the project was $ 70 million.892 A MoU in this regard was signed between the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and the China Harbour Engineering Corporation when Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited China
885 Dawn, March 7, 2006 886 Dawn, June 17, 2006 887 The Nation, March 9, 2006 888Text of the Handing Over Certificate Regarding China-Aided Gwardar Port Phase-I in Pakistan: Islamabad; 24 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, (Nov: 2006) “China, A Factor of Global Stability” An Article by Former Foreign Secretary Shamshad Ahmad, As Appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on 18 November 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb:2006) 889 The Nation, April 26, 2007 890 Address by President General Pervez Musharraf to the Opening Ceremony of JF-17 Thunder: Kamra; 21 March 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, III, (Mar: 2007) Syed Ali Zafar, “China, India and Pakistan?,” The Nation, August 11, 2008 (Detail is given in chapter 5) Babar Ayaz, “What’s Wrong with Pakistan,” India: Hay House, 2013, 292 891‘Non-Functional Gwardar Port’, An Analysis by Syed Fazl-e-Haider, As Appeared in Daily ‘Dawn’ on 11July 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, VII, (July : 2008) 892 Syed Fazl-e-Haider, “Moves Towards Trade Corridors,” Dawn, September 24, 2007
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(2007).893 Federal budget 2008-09 had allocated 750 million rupees for the construction of the airport.894 It was expected that the construction of the airport would create jobs in this economically backward area.895 China agreed to provide an assistance of $ 500 million to build the phase-II of the port, having nine more berths, an approached channel for larger oil-tankers vessels, storage terminals and related infrastructure facilities.896
The U.S.A., India and Iran had reservations about the Chinese help in the construction of the port.897 Susanne Koelbl, an analyst, wrote on the German Web Portal ‘Spiegel Online’ that India and America viewed the presence of China in Gwardar as threat to their interest in the region.898
There were reports that China was developing the Gwardar port for stationing Chinese warships in future. The reports also disclosed the views of Indian analysts who were of the view that the construction of Gwardar would give China a chance to set a well-equipped stage on the Indian
Western border.899 It was believed that Gwardar would give China a Naval access to the Arabian
Sea to keep an eye on American ships, signals and Indian Navy.900 Americans were also of the views that China would try to seek the bases all along the oil routes.901 This port was also the part of the Chinese assistance to Pakistan in defence build-up to boost up its Naval and air
893“Spellbinding Visit to China”, An Article by Fazal Hakeem, As Appeared in Daily ‘Pakistan Observer’ on 7 May 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, V, (May : 2007) “Gwardar : An Emerging Gateway to Central Asia”, A Write-up by Kaleem Omar, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 22 April 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, V, (May : 2007) 894‘Non-Functional Gwardar Port’, An Analysis by Syed Fazl-e-Haider, Op.cit. 895 Dawn, April 19, 2007 896‘Gwardar: An Emerging Gateway to Central Asia’, A Write-up by Kaleem Omar, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 22 April 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, V, (May: 2007) “Pakistan-China Economic Cooperation”, An Article by Kaleem Omar, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 27 February 2006 897Daily Jang, September 29, 2001 898 Daily Times, May 11, 2006 899 Mateen, Op.cit. 900Kanti Bajpai, “Managing Ambivalence: Pakistan’s relations with the United States and China since 2001,” in Pakistan in Regional and Global Politics, ed. RajshreeJetly, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 86-88 901Musarrat Jabeen, “China and Economic Development in South Asia : A Case Study of Balochistan,” South Asian Studies, 23, 2, July 2008,
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power.902 During the time of crises, it could move its Naval assets further from Indian Naval and air threats.903 Richard Fisher, an Asian specialist at the Jamestown Foundation, quoted,
“From what we know now, this is a commercial deal, but it can
easily set the stage for military cooperation in future.”904
Both Pakistan and China denied these reports.905 Chinese presence in Gwardar and Myanmer was more related to energy concerns than any challenge or threat to India.906 As China was the largest consumer of oil after America.907 The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said,
“The proposed Gwardar project will only be a trade port.”908
3.3 Makran Coastal Highway
Gwardar port was linked to Karachi by Makran Coastal Highway.909 Makran Coastal
Highway also provides a link between National Highway Network and thereby providing an access to the landlocked Central Asian States.910 The length of the highway was 653 km, and cost of the project would be more than Rs. 15 billion.911 Preimer Zhu promised to provide financial assistance to this project.912 Chinese Communication Minister Huang Zhengdong along
902 The Sentinel, Guwahati, December 30, 2002,Selection from Regional Press, Dec 16-31, 2002 903Jabeen, Op.cit. 904 Amir Mateen, “China Eyeing Persian Gulf through Gwardar,” The News, June 1, 2001 905 Op.cit. 906Siadharth Varadarjan, “Fuel Enough for Dragon and Elephant,” The Hindu, 14 April 2005, http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/14/stories/200504140125100.htm IPRI Factfile, VII, 10, Oct 2005, Islamabad Policy Research Institute 907http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/22jg/tyfls/tyfl/t15496.htm China-Pakistan Relations: A Profile of Friendship, IPRI Journal, VII, 3, March 2005, Islamabad Policy Research Institute 908 The Nation, July 2, 2001 909“Free Trade among ECO States could Benefit the Whole Region”, A Write Up by Kaleem Omar, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 8 May 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, V, (May : 2006) 910Tariq Azeem, “A Boost to Ties with China,” Daily Times, December 19, 2004 HB Sheikh, “Hats Off to China, Pakistan,” The News, May 12, 2004 911 The Nation, June 24, 2006 The Nation, June 8, 2001 912Daily Jang, May 13, 2001
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with his Pakistani counterpart Javed Ashraf Kazi visited the site of the Makran Coastal Highway.
The highway would be completed in three phases. The first section of the project was Lyeri-
Ormara, the 2nd section would be from Ormara to Pasni and the 3rd one was from Pasni to
Gwardar. The work on the first phase was given to Frontier Work Organization (FWO). After the inspection of the first phase Huang said both Gwardar and Makran Coastal Highway would play a crucial role for the uplift of Balochistan.913
3.4 Karakoram Highway
Karakoram Highway (KKH), “8th wonder of the World” is the highest paved road
(15,397 feet) of the World.914 It passes from the area where World’s four largest mountain ranges, the Karakoram, the Himalayas, the Hindukush, and the Pamir lie.915 It is also the World’s most expensive road to maintain due to landslide and avalanches in winter.916 It is also known as
“Friendship Highway” as it connects the territories, Hunza (Pakistan) and Xinjiang (China), of the two friendly countries.917 This 400 km long highway starts from Abbottabad, then passes from Mansara, Thakat, Besham, Chillas, Gilgit, Hunza and then via Khunjrab pass enters
China.918 The purpose of the construction of KKH was to increase trade, people to people contact and military aid to Pakistan in case of any foreign attack. The bridges on the highway were capable of carrying lightweight tanks.919 Indian officials labeled its construction as “a military
913 The Nation, June 11, 2001 914‘Energy Corridor Could became an Economic Bonanza for Pakistan’ A Write-up by Kaleem Omar, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 19 June 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, VI, (June : 2006) Kashif Zaman, “Karakoram Highway a Symbol of Eternal Friendship between China and Pakistan,” Dawn, November 24, 2006 915 Family Magzine, September 29, 2001 916Moonis Ahmar, “KKH’s Role in Pak-Central Asian Trade,” Dawn, September 25, 2000 917Arif Mahmood Apil, “Karakoram Highway, A Symbol of Pak-China Friendship (Karakoram Highway, Pak-Chine Dosti Ka Neshan),” Family Magzine, November 10, 2001 Ghulam Amin Beg, “Kashgar has Changed,” Dawn, December 30, 2003 918Arif Mahmood Apil, “Silk Route (Shara-i-Rasham),” Family Magzine, June 8, 2002 919 Mohammad Ahsan Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimension in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit.
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sinister movement directed against India.”920 After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the strategic significance of KKH gets increased as it provides the shortest possible route to reach
Karachi port for China and the Central Asian States.921 Although the shortest route to reach
Pakistan from the Central Asia is via Kabul but due to non ending war in Afghanistan, KKH is the safe alternate route.922
After the 1965 India-Pakistan war it was felt that there was no road link between Pakistan and China. Premier Zhou Enlia was eager to connect China with Pakistan via road.923 In 1969 the government of Pakistan deployed Army Engineering Corp to construct a class 9 shingled road from Basham towards Pathan along the river Indus.924 Chinese People’s Liberation Army along with Pakistan Army’s Engineering Corps worked on the construction of KKH.925 Eight thousand tons of dynamite were used to cut the rocks to construct the road.926 Almost 15,000 Pakistani and
Chinese took part in the construction of this highway.927 The Chinese participation in the highway was kept confidential till 1976, when Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto sent a message of condolence to the Chinese government on the death of twenty-five workers due to landslide near Pathan. This message of condolence disclosed the Chinese participation.928 In
1978, Karakoram Highway was formally opened and the opening ceremony was held on the
Chinese built Thakat Bridge.929 On its completion, Chinese Deputy Premier Li Xiannian said the
920Ziad Haider, “Sino-Pakistan Relations and Xinjiang’s Urghurs : Politics, Trade, and Islam along the Karakoram Highway,” Asian Survey, XLV, 4, (July/ August 2005): 522-45 921 Dawn, Lahore, June 25, 2000 922Ahmar, Op.cit. 923 Manzoor Hussain, “The Friendship Highway,” Dawn, May 11, 2001 924 Khalid Mahmud, “Revisiting the Silk Route,” The News, September 28, 2000 925 Ahmed Faruqui, “The Complex Dynamics of Pakistan’s Relationship with China,” IPRI Journal, (Summer 2001): 2-3 926Arif, Op.cit. 927 Ahsan Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimension in Pakistan-China Relations,” Op.cit. 928 The Nation, January 28, 2001 929 The Post, November 23, 2006 The Nation, January 28, 2001
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highway “allow us (China) to give military aid to Pakistan.”930 In 1982, China and Pakistan signed a protocol to open the Khunjerab pass between them, and it was also opened to civil traffic.931 To provide Pakistan an access to Central Asian States, in 1992 a MoU was signed between China and Pakistan to construct a link highway to connect to Chinese side of KKH.932
In November 1998, Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan signed an agreement on ‘traffic in transit’ to further promote the existing trade relations through roads from Almaty to Karachi by using the Silk Route. The agreement envisaged to extend the trade route from KKH to
Kashgar, Biskek and Almaty. The work on this agreement was to start from May 1, 1999.933 The
Silk Route International Trade Fair was held in Gilgit and Hunza from September 12th to 24th,
2000.934 It was organized by the Gilgit Chairman of Commerce with the collaboration of his
Chinese counterpart Trade and Commerce Organization of Xinjiang. The purpose was to enhance trade and tourism in the northern areas of Pakistan.935 Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan
Lu Shulin said
“We would like to import more goods from Pakistan and increase
the trade between China and Pakistan through Silk route.”936
KKH needed to be widened at some points from where dual traffic was not possible.937 In
November 2000, an agreement was signed between Chairman National Highway Authority
Major General Tariq Javed and the representatives of Chinese consultant firm M/S Hanan
930Ziad Haider, “Clearing Clouds Over Karakoram,” Daily Times, April 4, 2004 931Dawn, November 24, 2006 Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, “Revitalizing land Trade with China,” Dawn, May 28, 2007 932Kaleem Omar, “Concerning the New Internal Age in the Content of Pakistan-China Economic Cooperation,” The News, May 7, 2001 933Moonis Ahmar, Op.cit. 934 The Nation, January 28, 2001 935 The News, September 23, 2000 936 The Nation, September 29, 2000 937 Dawn, June 25, 2000
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Consulting Yan Changfing at the head office of National Highway Authority, for the rehabilitation and construction of KKH.938 According to this agreement, China was to provide
Rs. 34 crore for the rehabilitation and construction of KKH.939 Besides this, China was also provide technical and financial assistance for the maintenance of seven bridges washed out by the floods.940
Premier Zhu during his visit (May 2001) to Pakistan said there was a need to expand trade between the two States through land route.941 Traditionally, the land route trade was limited between the two States due to geographical barriers.942 For this purpose, he said KKH would be expanded so that heavy trucks could pass through it.943 President Rafiq Tarar said as we were celebrating 50 years of Pakistan-China friendship,
“We cannot forget the services and sacrifices of hundreds of
Chinese workers and engineers who worked shoulder to shoulder
with their Pakistani brethren in the construction of Karakoram
Highway.”944
He further said,
938 A Report on Signing of Pak-China Agreement for Construction of Karakoram Highway Islamabad, 18 November 2000, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVII, 11, 12, Nov, (Dec: 2000) 939 The Nation, November 25, 2000 940 A Report on Signing of Pak-China Agreement for Construction of Karakoram Highway Islamabad, Op.cit. 941 Dawn, May 13, 2001 942Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, “Revitalizing land Trade with China,” Op.cit. 943Daily Jang, May 13, 2001 944Rana Qaiser and Absar Alam, “Pakistan Oppose US Missile Defence Shield,” The Nation, May 13, 2001
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“Many of them laid down their lives in this great undertaking. We
salute their noble services for building a solid bridge of friendship
and commerce between our two countries.”945
According to the official sources, 406 Chinese and Pakistani workers lost their lives during the construction of KKH, as one person for every mile but unofficial sources showed some higher figures. They showed that as many as 2000 Pakistani and 500 Chinese had given their lives for the completion of this road.946 In the wake of 9/11 (2001) attacks on the U.S.A.,
Pakistan-China border was closed by Chinese authorities for security purposes. Although it normally remained open from May 1 to December 31, for goods and passengers.947 When
Pakistan decided to join war against terrorism, thousands of tribesmen, most of them belonging to religious parties blocked the KKH to demonstrate against the government’s decision. The protestors warmed that if the government did not stop supporting the U.S.A. led war in
Afghanistan, they would continue blocking the road.948 The traders of the two countries faced financial losses because this was the peak season of border trade between the two States. After the negotiations with the immigration authorities of Pakistan, China reopened the border in
December at Khunjarab for cargo purpose.949
Most of the trade was not through the KKH between the two States, it was through
Karachi or coastal areas of China.950 In November 2003 during the visit of President Musharraf to China, China-Pakistan signed a joint declaration in which both States promised to “strengthen
945 Op.cit. 946 The Nation, January 28, 2001 947 The Nation, December 3, 2001 Daily Jang, May 2, 2002 The Nation, May 1, 2002 948 The Nation, October 26, 2001 949 The Nation, December 3, 2001 950 Daily Times, October 17, 2003
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transport cooperation and promote inter flow of personnel and commodities through the
Karakoram Highway.”951 China Central Television showned an hour long documentary related to
KKH on the 25th anniversary of KKH. The documentary highlighted the sacrifices of the Chinese and Pakistani engineers and workers whose contributions went a long way towards the completion of to complete this project.952
China agreed to upgrade the KKH, that was devastated due to the earthquake (October 8,
2005) and construct the Bhasha dam.953 This Chinese agreement was in the response to President
Musharraf’s request to the Chinese leadership, when he visited China in February 2006.954 He said,
“This road when upgraded will provide the shortest route to the sea
for products manufactured in China. The same road can serve to
provide an overland route for trade between China and India, thus
linking two of the largest markets in Asia.”955
An agreement was signed on February 20 (2006), between Bank of China and Economic Affair
Division of Pakistan.956 According to this agreement, China was to provide financial assistance of $ 350 million to repair the damage.957 China would also provide technical assistance for the
951Ziad Haider, “Clearing Clouds Over Karakoram,” Op.cit. 952 The Nation, January 2, 2004 953The Post, February 22, 2006 Ahmad Rashid Malik, “Growing Economic Ties with China,” Business Recorder, February 23, 2006 954 Khalid Mustafa, “Pakistan to Seek more N-ties,” The News, February 14, 2006 Joint Statement Issued during President Pervez Musharraf’s Visit to China, Pakistan Perspectives, II, 1, (January-June, 2006) 955 Willem Van Kemenade, “Stable Pakistan Essential for China,” The Post, March 31, 2008 956 Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Communications of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Ministry of Communications of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Up-Gradation of Karakoram Highway: Beijing; 20 February 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb : 2006) The Nation, November 25, 2006 957Nirupama Subramanian, “Musharrad Turns to China,” The Nation, June 13, 2006
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upgradation of KKH. A joint working group was to be established for the consultation of specific technical issues related to the project.958
To improve the trade relations with China upgradation of KKH was decided. The rehabilitation work at KKH was divided into four sections,
Hassanaabdal-Mansehra Section (97 km)
Mansehra-Sazin Section (254 km)
Sazin-Raikot Section (120 km)
Raikot-Khunjerab Section (335 km)959
On November 24th, 2006, the National Highway Authority signed an agreement with China Road and Bridge Corporation to upgradate the Khunjerab-Raikot section of the KKH.960 China signed a MoU to provide $ 337 million as financial assistance for this.961 The work on this project was to be completed in 2010.962 According to this agreement, KKH was to be widened to 7.3 m.963
Chairman National Highway Authority Major General Farakh Javed said that it was empasized while signing this agreement that KKH would remain opened throughout the year irrespective of weather.964 China and Pakistan also agreed to construct an additional part of KKH from Raikot to
958 Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Communications of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Ministry of Communications of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Up-Gradation of Karakoram Highway: Beijing; 20 February 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, Op.cit. 959Kashif Zaman, Karakoram Highway a Symbol of Eternal Friendship between China and Pakistan, Dawn, November 24, 2006 960Pakistan-China Agreement between National Highway Authority and M/S China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) for Improvement of KKH from Raikot to Khunjerab Chainage 335 Km (471Km to 806Km): Islamabad ; 24 November 2006, Pakistan Treaty Series 2006-2009, XII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan Shahzada Irfan Ahmed, “An Hu and Hu of Developing Pakistan,” The News, December 3, 2006 961Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan, “Economic Cooperation on All Fronts,” The News, November 27, 2006 962Nawa-i-Waqt, November 26, 2006 963Khabren, November 26, 2006 964Daily Pakistan, November 26, 2006
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Sazin.965 This agreement was signed between Bank of China and the Economic Affairs Division led by Communication Minister Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui and China Road and Bridge
Company Chairman Chen Yu Sheng. The company agreed to send two-hundred engineers and surveyors in February 2007 to conduct the survey of the project. After conducting the survey, the construction work was due start in March. The company also assured the maintenance of KKH for one year and after that they would train the Pakistani engineers. The Chinese firm would construct a sports complex, children parks, dispensaries and restaurants along the highway. Mr.
Saddiqui assured the Chinese firm of the maximum support while working on KKH.966
3.5 Sust Dry Port
In 2002 an agreement was signed between Pakistan and China to construct a dry port at
Sust (on the border of Pakistan and China), 87 km from Khunjarab Pass and 455 km from
Kashghar, with an investment of 7.5 million US dollars. It was decided that the port would be completed in a short period of four months. The construction of this dry port was expected to boost the economic activities of the area as well as the trade between the two States.967
But it took four years to complete the dry port. In 2006, President Musharraf inaugurated
Sust Dry Port. The port was established at an area of 201 canals. In his inaugural speech the
President said that this dry port would further strengthen political and economic relations between the two States.968 The Sust dry port initially catered customs clearance of 40 containers per day and its capacity was to be enhanced to 400 containers. Initially it aimed to generate an
965 The Nation, November 25, 2006 966 The News, November 25, 2006 967Nawa-i-Waqt, February 23, 2002 968 Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, “Furthering Economic Relations,” The News, September 11, 2006
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annual revenue of Rs. 714 millions.969 Later on in 2007, it was decided between Pakistan and
China to set up a joint venture company “Pak-China Sost Dry Port Pvt Ltd”. The purpose of this company was to handle or manage the issues or matters pertaining to Sost dry port.970
3.6 Bus Service between Pakistan and China
It was decided between Pakistan and China that a regular bus service on a daily basis would be started between Sust and Tashkorgan on June 1, 2006.971 Another bus service would operate between Kashgar and Gilgit on the same route thrice a week.972 An agreement in this regard was signed after two days 21-22 March talks in Urumqi between Pakistani and Chinese delegation.973 The agreement was signed by Joint Secretary Communication Fardous Alam Khan on behalf of the government of Pakistan and Deputy Director General Xinjiang Communication
Wang Xiang on behalf of the Chinese government.974 The fare from Sust to Tashkorgan was decided to be $ 25 and from Gilgit to Kashgar was $ 44.975 This was for the first time that
Northern areas of Pakistan were connected with the Western part of China via bus service.976
Both countries would also start cargo services through Khunjarab route from May 1.977 3000, permits would be issued to registered transporters for goods services. Each permit would be valid for one round trip.978 State Minister for Communication Shahid Jameel Qurashi said that the bus service that was going to be inaugurated on June 1, would be delayed for 15 days. This delay was
969 Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, “Pak-China Sust Dry Port,” The Post, August 26, 2006 970 The Nation, February 24, 2007 971 The Nation, March 23, 2006 972Daily Jang, March 24, 2006 973 Irfan Ghauri, “Pakistan and China to Start Bus Services from June 15,” Daily Times, May 24, 2006 Dawn, March 23, 2006 974Nawa-i-Waqt, May 24, 2006 975Javaid-ur-Rehman, “Sino-Pak Bus Service Agreed,” The Nation, May 24, 2006 976 Dawn, March 23, 2006 977Javaid-ur-Rehman, Op.cit. 978 Dawn, March 23, 2006
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caused for technical reasons.979 On June 15, Federal Minister for Communication Shamim
Ahmed Siddiqi formally inaugurated the bus service between Gilgit and Kashgar.980 From Gilgit bus started its journey at 10.35 am reached its destination after travelling 14 hours.981 When bus reached Kashgar local authorities warmly welcome the passengers.982
3.7 Rehabilitation of Railways Sector of Pakistan
Despite development and progress in different modes of communication, railways was one of the cheapest sources for a developing country like Pakistan. But unfortunately in Pakistan railways was not a preferable means of transportation due to mismanagement and corruption in this sector. This sector had been ignored by successive governments since independence.983 Its annual deficit was increasing every year.984 There were total 364 locomotives in Pakistan railways and out of these 69% were 40 years old, although the average age of a locomotive was
20 years.985
On the 11th session of the Pakistan-China Joint Economic Commission held in Beijing,
China expressed interest in rehabilitation of Pakistan Railways.986 For the rehabilitation of
Pakistan Railways, a MoU was signed between Chairman Pakistan Railways Lt. Gen (Retd)
Javed Ashraf and Chen Weigen, Chairman China National Machinery and Export
Coorporation.987 Javed Ashraf said that under the initial agreement China would provide equipment for the manufacturing of locomotives, coaches, and tracks. The experts of the two
979 Omer Rehman, “Pak-China Bus Service Postponed,” The Post, May 2, 2006 980Javeed-ur-Rehman, “Pak-China Bus Service Launched,” The Nation, June 16, 2006 981Nadeem Ahpul, “The Renewal of Everlasting Friendship (DostiKe La-Zawal Rastay Ka Tajdid-i- Ahad),” Khabreen Special Eddition, November 25, 2006 982Nawa-i-Waqt, June 16, 2006 983 Dawn, May 18, 2000 984Najum Hassan Najam, “Time-tested Friend to the Rescue,” The Nation, May 28, 2000 985 The Nation, November 19, 2001 986 Foreign Office Year Book, 2000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 987 The Nation, May 17, 2000
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countries would determine the price and nature of equipment that would be supplied to
Pakistan.988
During the Premier Zhu meeting with Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf in
Islamabad (2001), it was decided that China would supply 69 locomotives and 175 passenger coaches to Pakistan.989 This project was delayed for almost eight years, as PC-I of this project was approved in 1994 and afterwards no action was taken for this project but when Musharraf took over he decided to launch the project in financial year 2001-2.990 In this regard an agreement was signed for the supply of locomotives to Pakistan between Secretary Railways
Saeed-ul-Zafar and President of Dongfang Electric Corporation Li Zongwen, in May 2001.991
According to this agreement, Chinese firm, Dongfang would supply 69 locomotives to
Pakistan.992 Another agreement was signed for the supply of passenger coaches to Pakistan.993
According to this agreement, the China National Machinery Import and Export Coorporation
(CMC) would supply 175 coaches to Pakistan railways.994 Initially 15 locomotives and 40 coaches would come from China and the rest would be built in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Carriage
Factory in Islamabad.995 Minister of Communication Javed Ashraf Qazi after meeting with
Chinese Railway Minister Fu Zhen Huan, said China Exim Bank would provide soft loans of $
200 million to modernize Pakistan railway system.996 A four member delegation of Pakistan
988 The Nation, May 17, 2000 989Dawn, November 9, 2001 Nawa-i-Waqt, November 19, 2001 990Rizwan Razi, “Chinese Coaches’ Cost up by 330pc,” The News, August 12, 2002 991Umer Farooq, “Zhu for Promoting all-round Cooperation,” The News, May 12, 2001 992 The Nation, May 12, 2001 993 Dawn, May 12, 2001 994 The Nation, July 29, 2001 995Ihtasham-ul-Haque, “No Differences with China Over Support to US, Say Minister,” Dawn, October 19, 2001 Daily Pakistan, June 15, 2001 The Nation, July 30, 2002 996The News, August 12, 2001
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Railways visited China to observe and purchase the Chinese locomotives.997 A formal contract in this regard was signed on November 8, when another delegation of members of the finance department under the supervision of Chairman Railway Saeed-ul-Zafar visited China.998 The delegation visited six cities to observe the manufacturing of locomotives, carriages, track and sleepers in different factories.999 According to the agreement, Chinese Exim Bank was to meet
87.5% of the total financial expenditure on supplier credit basis while the remaining amount was to be arranged by Pakistan railways.1000 Communication Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi said,
“We have discussed with Exim Bank for supply of 69 locomotives
and 175 coaches to Pakistan Railways. He said all the technical
issues in this regard have been finalized.”1001
The repayment of credit was to be made within 15 years, three years as grace period and the interest rate was agreed to be 5%.1002 China would also train the manpower to manufacture the same engine within the country.1003
In 2002, it was decided that Pakistan would purchase 52,000 metric tons of railway material from China for the development of its railway workshops within the country.1004 A contract in this regard was signed by Saeed-ul-Zafar and Vice President of China Railways
Materials and Supply Coorporation (CRMASC) Liu Guoping. The total amount of this contract
The Nation, August 12, 2001 997Daily Pakistan, June 15, 2001 998A Report on Signing of a Contract with China for Improvement of Railway Services in Pakistan, Beijing, 28 November 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 12, (Dec : 2001) Daily Khabren, November 18, 2001 999The Nation, November 19, 2001 1000 A Report on Signing of a Contract with China for Improvement of Railway Services in Pakistan, Beijing, Op.cit. 1001Absar Alam, “China Agrees to $ 400m Soft Credit,” The Nation, August 13, 2001 1002 Dawn, November 9, 2001 1003 A Report on Signing of a Contract with China for Improvement of Railway Services in Pakistan, Beijing, Op.cit. 1004Nawa-i-Waqt, July 30, 2002
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was $ 22,152,000 out of which 15% was to be paid by Pakistan and remaining amount would be financed by Chinese Exim Bank as a supplier credit loan on soft terms.1005 By July Chinese government had handed over fourteen coaches to Pakistan Railways.1006 A ceremony in this regard was held in Karachi at Karachi Port Trust. The ceremony was attended by Council-
General of China Lain Shang Lie and Chairman Pakistan Railways Board Saeed-ul-Zafar.1007 A train comprising these coaches was decided to be operational between Lahore and Karachi from
August 14.1008 Pakistan Railways’ bigwigs decided on ‘Karakoram Express’ as the name of the train.1009 A delegation came from China to participate in the inaugural ceremony of Karakoram
Express.1010 The Karakoram Express was inaugurated by General Pervez Musharraf at
Rawalpindi Railway station on August 14. Then it was seen by Governor Punjab Lt. Gen (Retd)
Khalid Maqbul at Lahore station, and when it started its journey back to Lahore from Karachi it was seen by Governor Sindh Muhammed Mian Soomro. A fine of Rs. 200 was fixed for those who would throw the dirty stuff in the Karakoram Express.1011
In 2007, the Chinese government terminated a contract to supply the 300 new high-speed bogies to Pakistan. According to the sources, the Chinese government was much annoyed with
Pakistan for awarding the contract to a Chinese firm that was not in its good books. Pakistan used diplomatic channel to convince the Chinese government to allow the firm to deliver the order but failed. Pakistani ambassador to China held a series of meetings with the Chinese authorities but all in vain. Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid confirmed the termination of a multi-
1005 Dawn, March 24, 2002 1006Nawa-i-Waqt, July 30, 2002 1007 The Nation, July 30, 2002 1008 The Nation, May 22, 2002 1009Nawa-i-Waqt, July 30, 2002 1010Nawa-i-Waqt, August 8, 2002 1011Riffat Qureshi, “The Karakoram Express,” The News, October 23, 2003
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billion project and the use of diplomatic channel to convince Chinese authorities. He said actually the business rivalry between the two companies had led to this sorry situation.1012
3.8 Expansion of Pakistan Steel Mill
Pakistan Steel Mill (PSM) was established in 1976 with the help of Russia at Karachi. At the time of its establishment the Russian experts attached the economic viability of the mill with the expansion of its production from 1.1 million tons to 3 million tons. But unfortunately this did not happen on time and as a result PSM even did not repay the Rs. 19 billion loan which was acquired by the mill from Habib Bank, Natioal Bank and Allied Bank, at the time of its construction. Even PSM had to pay Rs. 2 billion every year as service charges on the loan.1013
During the 11th session of Joint Economic Commission meeting in Beijing, a firm decision was taken to expand PSM.1014 China offered 1.5 billion US dollars investment for the expansion of
PSM after stabilizing the unstable financial health of the mill.1015 The total cost of the expansion of the mill up to 3 million tons per year would be 1.8 billion US dollars without disturbing the major scope of suppliers of finance.1016
In 2004, Chairman PSM Lt. Gen. (Retd) Abdul Qayyum Khan visited China and signed a
MoU.1017 According to the MoU, the Metallurgical Construction Coorporation (MCC) of China would consider to provide financial and technical assistance for the implementation of PSM expansion.1018
1012Rauf Kiasra, “Rs 30 m Earnest money of Chinese Firm Confiscated,” The News, October 24, 2007 1013Najam, Op.cit. 1014 Foreign Office Year Book, 2000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 1015Kaleem Omer, “China Offers Pakistan Low-Cost Desalination Package,” The News, July 29, 2003 1016Rauf Klasra, “Pakistan Seeking $ 1.5 b Aid for PSM Expansion,” The News, May 12, 2001 1017 Dawn, August 18, 2004 1018 The Nation, August 18, 2004
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In 2006, a five-member Chinese delegation led by Sun Xian Min, President of Beris
Engineering and Research Corporation, visited Pakistan. The delegation met with Chief of
Engineering Development Board Imtiaz Rastgar and discussed with him the expansion of the production of Pakistan steel by restarting the mega steel project, Kalabagh Steel, with some local partner. Basically Kalabagh Steel project was started in 1964 with the collaboration of a German
Company. This company had completed all necessary infrastructures and started the construction of the blast furnace but the government of Pakistan then decided to shift the project to Karachi.
The Chinese delegation also included blast furnace specialists who also visited the iron ore mines at Kalabagh. These experts also went through German Company reports in order to judge the feasibility of the project.1019 After the departure of President Hu from Pakistan in November, a
MoU between Beris Engineering and Research Corporation of China and Mughal Steel of
Pakistan was signed.1020 This MoU was signed in the presence of Jahangir Khan Tareen, Minister for Industries Production and Special Initiatives.1021 Under this agreement, China was to transfer technology to process the prime quality steel by using the indigenous iron ore reserves of
Pakistan, because Pakistan was had 1.4 billion tons of unexplored iron reserves.1022 Imtiaz
Rastgar said that China had also offered to cooperate with Pakistan to establish the second steel mill. Pakistan’s annual steel production was almost 200,000 tons while its demand was near about 500,000 tons. This demand and supply gap was filled by importing steel from other countries like Russia, South Africa, Ukraine and Egypt. Analysts believed that Pakistan could not achieve its economic target until unless it enhanced its steel manufacturing capacity to at
1019Haq Nawaz, “China Keen on Restarting Kalabagh Steel Project,” The Nation, October 19, 2006 1020 Sultan Ahmed, “Economic Cooperation with China,” Dawn, November 30, 2006 1021 The Nation, November 28, 2006 1022The Nation, December 1, 2006 The Nation, November 28, 2006 Daily Jang, December 2, 2006
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least four million tons. This could only be done by building another steel manufacturing facility in the country.1023
3.9 Saindak Copper and Gold Mine
Saindak Copper and Gold mine was located in Chaghai district of Balochistan.1024 The project to extract copper and gold from this mine was started in 1991 and it was Pakistan’s first metallurgical project.1025 China technically and financially helped to start this project. This project started its trial production, a commercial basis, ran a shortage of capital, and the government of Pakistan ran shortage of it so the project had stopped working since 1996.1026
Although Pakistan contacted Grand Lease Bank and Bank of China for financial assistance but these banks did not help in this regard.1027
In 2000, Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Abdullah Yousaf along with
Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz visited China. Abdullah Yousaf disclosed that Chinese firm had agreed to take the Saindak Copper and Gold mine project on lease and had formed a consortium to arrange $ 30 million for operational cost.1028 Pakistan decided to award the project to Chinese firm Metallurgical Construction Coorporation (MCC) of China during the Premier Zhu’s visit
(May 2001) to Pakistan.1029 An agreement in this regard was signed.1030 The agreement was signed by Chairman of MCC Yang Changheng and Abdullah Yousaf on behalf of their
1023 Business Recorder, December 25, 2006 1024 Aziz Bhatti, “Visit of Chinese Premier-and Balochistan (Chine Kay Wazir-i-Azam ka Dora- Or Balochistan),” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 18, 2001 1025Khabren, March 23, 2002 Dawn, March 22, 2002 1026 Bhatti, Op.cit. 1027 Muhammad Aslam Saleemi, “Pak-China Friendship: In the Background of American-Indian Objective (Pak-Chine Dosti : America, Bharat ‘Azaheem Ke Tanazur Main),” Daily Pakistan, June 4, 2001 1028 Najam, Op.cit. 1029Khaleeq Kiani, “Chinese Firm to get Saindak Contract,” Dawn, May 11, 2001 1030 Dawn, May 12, 2001
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respective governments.1031 Under the agreement, Saindak Copper and Gold project was given to
China on lease for ten years.1032 A second agreement on a concessional loan for the implementation of Saindak project was signed on December 20th, 2001. The agreement was signed by Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Usman Aminuddin and Natural
Resources Minister of China Tian Fengshan.1033 Under this agreement, the government of China agreed in principle to provide a loan of 200 million RMB Yuan for the implementation of
Saindak Copper and Gold mine project. The term of the loan was twelve years with an annual interest rate of 2%.1034 Chief Executive Pervez Musharraf said that Pakistan had revived the project again with the assistance and cooperation of China after almost six years.1035
In 2004, another agreement on Saindak project was signed between Pakistan and
China.1036 Under this agreement, China was supposed to bring an investment of 120 million dollar in Saindak project.1037 The purpose of this agreement was the expansion of production from Saindak.1038
The analysis shows that China helped Pakistan in the development of various projects to boost its economy even at the cost of its citizens (targeted especially in the construction of
Gwardar Port). Although a number of measures (exchange of delegations of high officials, heads of States, agreements and MoUs), were taken to improve the balance of trade between the two
1031Umer Farooq, “Zhu for Promoting All-Round Cooperation,” The News, May 12, 2001 1032 The Nation, May 12, 2001 1033 Dawn, December 21, 2001 1034 Pakistan-China Framework Agreement on Provisionof a Confessional Loan by China to Implement the Saindak Copper and Gold Mine Project in Pakistan : Beijing ; 20 December 2001, Pakistan Treaty Series 2000- 2003, X, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 1035 President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf’s Address at the Ground-Breaking Ceremony of Gwadar Deep-Sea Port, 22 March 2002 http://www.infopak.gov.pk/CE_gwadar.htm IPRI Factfile, VII, 3, (March 2001) Aziz Saughur, “Gwadar to be Hub of Economic Activities,” The Nation, March 23, 2002 1036Fazal Hakeem, “A Model of Engagement,” The News, November 6, 2004 1037Saleem Bokhari, “Beijing Promises Extensive Investment,” The News, December 16, 2004 1038Daily Din, December 16, 2004
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States but unfortunately this balance of trade was highly in favour of China. There were two major factors due to which this trade deficit could not be fulfilled. These factors were legal and illegal influx of Chinese products to Pakistan. Legal means here the concession on customs duty on different products to make these products easier to penetrate in Pakistani markets. Rather than giving relaxation on customs duty to Chinese products, the Government of Pakistan should have given more attention to industrial set up of the country and taken financial and technical assistance from China in this regard, if it really wanted economic prosperity in the State.1039 But
Chinese were of the view that only setting up industries in Pakistan would not bring economic prosperity in Pakistan. Pakistani should have learned from Chinese about how to set up industries and how to run them.
Illegal means like smuggling without any customs duty made the foreign products cheaper than even their manufacturing price in Pakistan. As a consequence of it many factories and industries of Pakistan such as shoe, toys, pottery making industries etc got closed because people prefered to buy these cheap products and their demand was increasing day by day. Strong measures should have been taken to control or stop the illegal trade. These measures could be in the form that officials involved in illegal trade should have been punished by dismissing them from their services (because without official involvement illegal trade could not be possible), by suspending them, by collecting fine from them or sending them to jail for few months.
1039 Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Foreign Minister of Pakistan (2002-2007) interviewed by visiting Chinese delegation in the presence of Author, June 10, 2015
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Chapter 4
Cooperation of China in Energy Sector of Pakistan
Energy is the backbone of all types of economic activities. In primary economic activities some source of power or energy is needed to produce or extract raw material. In secondary activities, energy is needed to transform raw material into manufactured material. In tertiary activities energy is used to transport this manufactured material to some market place. If there is energy shortage or some sort of disturbance in the supply of energy all the cycle from raw material to processed material in market gets disturbed and ultimately affects the economic growth of an area or the entire country.
Unfortunately for the last one decade Pakistan is suffering from energy shortage.
Unplanned load-shading and non-availability of fuel was the order of the day. Acute shortage of power supply paralyzed all commercial and economic activities of the country. Inflation, poverty, unemployment, social disturbance and dependence on foreign debt were the consequence of paralyzed economic system. This power shortage also had casting impact on foreign investments. Foreign investors were attracted towards those areas or country having cheap and smooth supply of power but Pakistan could not attract the investors on this basis. This energy shortage was also linked to mismanagement, poor government policies and lack of awareness at grass-roots level.1040
Cheapest source to produce power are water and coal. God has blessed Pakistan with abundance of these sources but in Pakistan maximum energy has been produced by burning
1040 Khurshid Khan, “Energy Security in Pakistan: The Case of IPI and TAPI,” Current Affairs Digest, Book 230, (October 2013): 75-83
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fossil fuels i.e gas and oil. Pakistan is one of the world’s most gas dependent economies as it is producing 50% of its energy by using gas, 30% by water, 16% from oil, 0.2% from coal, and from nuclear power supply is less than 1%.1041 Several energy analysts were in opinion that the energy infrastructure of Pakistan was the worst in Asia.1042
The Government of Pakistan negotiated with different state and international organizations to start energy related projects. Beside other international organizations and state,
China has helped Pakistan to overcome this crisis. MoUs regarding almost a half dozen hydropower projects were signed during the President Musharraf’s visit to China in December
2001. These projects included Jinnah hydropower Project, Golan Gol hydropower Project, and
Keyal Khwar hydropower Project.1043
During President Pervez Musharraf visit to China in February 2006, a framework agreement was signed on the cooperation in the energy sector.1044 Framework agreement was signed between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources of the Government of Islamic
Republic of Pakistan and National Development and Reform Commission of People’s Republic of China, on February 20th, 2006, in Beijing.1045 Pakistan expressed its desired to construct oil
1041 ‘Energy Corridor: Myth and Reality,’ An Article by Yousaf Nazar, As Appeared in Daily ‘Dawn’ on 26 February 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, II, (Feb: 2007) Interview by Ishtiaq Hussain by Anjum Sakeen Ahmad Rana, Daily Pakistan, November 6, 2006 ‘Pakistan-China Relation’, An Analysis by Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik, AS Appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on 16 April 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, IV, (April: 2008) 1042‘Energy Problems of South Asia and Integrated Strategies for Pakistan,’ An Article by Mehmood-ul- Hassan Khan, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 30 October 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, X, (Oct: 2006) 1043 The Nation, May 5, 2003 1044 Foreign Office Year Book 2005-2006, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 1045 Text of the Joint Statement between the People’s republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Issued at the End of President Mussharraf’s State Visit from 19 to 23 february 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb: 2006) Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb: 2006) Pak-China Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Energy: Beijing; 20 February 2006, Pakistan Treaty Series 2006-2009, XII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan Pakistan Treaty Series, 2006-2009, XII, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government of Pakistan
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refineries, gas terminals, oil and gas storage and transit facilitie. The Chinese government welcomed all these proposals.1046
As a consequence of this framework agreement, Pakistan-China Energy Forum was held in Islamabad, on April 25-27, 2006.1047 Energy Forum was being organized by the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Resources of Pakistan.1048 The purpose of this Energy Forum was to work out a joint comprehensive strategy in the field of energy.1049 Mr. Hu Deping, First Vice
Chairman, All China Federation of Industry and Commerce along with more than 150 delegations from China related to energy sector attended the forum and from Pakistan almost 300 delegations participated.1050 Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan has inaugurated the forum and during his inaugural address he said that Pakistan needed Chinese cooperation to generate
8,800MW of electricity through nuclear power plants in the next two decades.1051 President
Musharraf during the forum also emphasized the production of energy by using civil nuclear technology with the coordination of China.1052 Almost 30 MoUs were signed by private oil companies of both States in the forum.1053 The MoU included investment in oil field, oil refineries, coal-fired power projects and hydropower projects. The two sides discussed the possibilities to construct an oil pipeline from Gwadar to the Western part of China and
1046 Joint Statement between the People’s Republic of China and Islamic Republic of Pakistan, IPRI Journal, VI, 2, (Summer 2006) 1047 Wasim Iqbal, “Aziz for Boosting N-Energy Ties with China,” The Post, April 26, 2006 The News, March 4, 2006 1048 The Nation, April 25, 2006 1049 An Official Release on a Memorandum of Understanding for Energy Co-operation between Pakistan and China Signed on 27 April 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, IV, (April: 2006) 1050 The Nation, April 25, 2006 1051 Daily Times, April 26, 2006 1052Daily Khabreen, April 28, 2006 1053Daily Jang, September 5, 2006
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construction of oil storage and refinery at the site of the port.1054 A proposal was also presented to extend Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project to China.1055
In April 2008, a MoU was signed between the Ministry of Water and Power of the
Pakistan and the Ministry of Water Resources of the China.1056 According to this MoU, both
States committed that they would extend cooperation in managing water resources and hydal power.1057
China helped Pakistan to produce energy from almost all possible sources i.e, nuclear, hydal, thermal and even from wind. Energy related projects that were completed or started with the collaboration of China during Musharraf era are as below;
4.1 Nuclear Energy Cooperation between Pakistan and China
Generation of power by using nuclear technology was a sophisticated, advanced and multi-disciplinary technology.1058 Despite being a nuclear State, Pakistan is not fully benefiting from nuclear technology. Till 1990, Pakistan’s total nuclear power capacity was only 137MW due to Karachi Nuclear Power plant (Kanapp-I) installed by Canada and then China came forward to help Pakistan in this field.1059 It was in the late 1980s when China showed its interest in installing a 300MW nuclear power plant in Pakistan.1060 In November 1989, Chinese Prime
Minister Li Peng visited Pakistan and assured of Chinese support to develop a nuclear power
1054 The Post, September 4, 2006 1055 President’s Address to the Shanghai Institute of International Studies on Pakistan-China Partnership for Peace and Development, IPRI Journal, VI, 2, (Summer: 2006): 207-11 1056 Joint Statement of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China, 15 April 2008, IPRI Journal, VLLL, 2, (Summer 2008): 166-68 1057 The Nation, April 12, 2008. 1058 Muhammad Ijaz Butt, “Chinese-Aided Development Projects in Pakistan,” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, XXXVII, 3, (July 2000) 1059 Khalid Mustafa, “Pakistan to Seek more N-Ties,” The News, February 14, 2006 1060 N.M. Butt, “Nuclear Developments in Pakistan,” in Arms Race and Nuclear Developments in South Asia, eds. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema & Imtiaz H. Bokhari, (Islamabad: Asia Printers, 2004)
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plant.1061 A contract was signed between Pakistan and China in December 1991, for the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Pakistan at Chashma after Karachi nuclear power plant.1062 The contract was signed between the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and China
National Nuclear Cooperation.1063 The plant was located in the province of Punjab on the left bank of the river Indus, 280 kms south of Islamabad.1064 To seek the safeguard of International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for this power plant, an agreement was signed in March 1999 in
Vienna.1065 Chashma nuclear power plant (Chasnup) had a design life of 40 years. The plant was based on a nominal 12 months fuel cycle and draws up to 25 cusecs of cooling water from the adjacent Chashma-Jhelum link canal. The water was discharged back into the river Indus downstream of Chashma Barrage but after removing heat from this water through various pieces of radioactive equipment of the plant.1066 Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) used to get 1,849 million kilowatt per hour (KW/hr) electricity from this plant.1067 Jiang Zemin,
President of China visited Pakistan in 1996. During his visit he assured that Pakistan-China nuclear cooperation was for peaceful purposes and was under the supervision of United Nation’s
IAEA.1068
Chasnup was inaugurated in March 2001.1069 A 22 member Chinese delegation under the supervision of Chinese Minister for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence Liu
Jibin, came to Pakistan. The purpose of visit was to participate in the inaugural ceremony of
1061 Hasan-Askari Rizvi, “Pakistan and the Geostrategic Environment: A Study of Foreign Policy,” (Hong Kong: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1993) 1062 Emanuel Sarfraz, “A Great Leap Forward,” The Nation, May 20, 2001 1063 Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, “Entering the New Millennium,” The Nation, February 1, 2000 1064 Zia-ul-Hasan Siddiqui, “A Milestone of Sino-Pak Friendship,” The Nation, October 1, 2003 Nadeem Malik, “Shaukat Leaves for China,” The News, May 14, 2004 1065 Keesing’s Record of World Events 1993 Longman, 39, 3, (1993): 39370 1066 Dawn, October 1, 2003 1067 Rafique Ahmed Dahar, “Pakistan Proud of Historical relations with China,” Dawn, May 11, 2001 1068 Nuri, Op.cit. 1069 Return Speech by General Pervez Musharraf, Islamabad, May 11, 2001, IPRI Journal, I, I, (Summer 2001)
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Chasnup.1070 The inaugural ceremony was attended by ambassadors from China, Nigeria, South
Africa, Iran and Afghanistan besides Pakistan’s ambassador in U.S.A. Dr. Maleeha Lodhi and in
China Riaz Khokhar.1071 Mr. Liu was the chief guest of this ceremony. General Musharraf inaugurated the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant.1072 During the opening ceremony, he said that this nuclear power plant was completed with the help of China and stood as a monument of
Pakistan-China friendship and South-South cooperation.1073 He congratulated Chinese and
Pakistani engineers on the successful completion of this nuclear power plant. He also appreciated the engineering design of the plant.1074 He said the plant would go a long way to meet the growing energy needs of Pakistan.1075 Liu said the inauguration ceremony coincided with the
50th anniversary of the establishment of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations.1076 He delivered a letter of congratulations from Prime Minister Zhu Rongji to Chief Executive General Pervez
Musharraf on the inauguration of Chasnup. Mr. Rongji described Chasnup as ‘a symbol of traditional friendly relations between the two countries.’1077 Liu also met with President Rafiq
Tarar at Aiwan-e-Sadar and conveyed the best wishes of the Chinese leadership on the successful completion of Chasnup.1078 Federal Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman said that it took thirty years to add a new nuclear power plant in national grid station after
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant, but the next one would take six or seven years.1079
1070 The Nation, March 29, 2001 1071 Rasheed Khalid, “Sino-Pak Ties: China,” The News, March 30, 2001 1072 The Nation, March 29, 2001 1073 Speech by Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf, At a Dinner in Honour of Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, 11 May 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVIII, 5,6, (MAY, JUN: 2001) 1074Nawa-i-Waqt, March 29, 2001 1075 The Nation, March 29, 2001 1076 A Report on a call on the President and the Chief Executive by a Chinese Delegation Headed by Minister of Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, Liu Jibin, Islamabad 28 March 2001, Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, XXVIII, 3, (March: 2001) 1077 Dawn, March 29, 2001 1078 The Nation, March 29, 2001 1079 Khalid, Op.cit.
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Chasnup was an outstanding example of how China helped Pakistan to generate electricity from atom for peaceful purposes.1080 The United States was repeatedly urging Beijing to stop nuclear cooperation with Pakistan.1081 Former Ambassador to China Akram Zaki said nuclear cooperation between Pakistan and China was under intense pressure, but the Chinese
President Jiang Zemin during his visit to the U.S.A. did not response to any such pressure.1082
Deputy General Manager of Jin Joan Engineering Cooperation, Xi Xun said during an interview to ‘Radio China’ that Pakistan and China faced pressure and opposition from the West but both
States ignored these oppositions and completed the nuclear plant with full determination.1083
During a ceremony at Chashma nuclear power plant, President Musharraf said that Chasnup was designed and built with the collaboration of China and was maintained by Pakistani engineers and scientists. He said that Pakistan was grateful to China for its technical help for the completion of Chasnup.1084
4.1.1 Chashma Nuclear Power Plant II
After the successful completion of Chashma Nuclear Power Plant I, progress was made to initiate work on phase II of Chasma Nuclear Power Plant (C-2).1085 Prime Minister Mir Zafar-
Ullah Khan Jamali visited China in March 2003. During his visit a MoU was signed for the construction of phase II of Chashma Nuclear Power Plant.1086 The MoU was signed in the Great
1080 The News, December 21, 2001 1081 President Musharraf’s State Visit to the People Republic of China from 1-5 November 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, II, (01-7 Nov: 2003) 1082 Collocia Zaidi, “Strong Ties with Pakistan is China’s State Policy,” The Nation, May 8, 2001 1083Daily Din, May 27, 2001 1084 Excerpts from an Address by President Pervez Musharraf during his Visit to the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant on 19 December 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, XII, (11-31 Dec: 2007) 1085 Text of An Official Release on a Misleading BBC News Report on Pak-China Relations: Islamabad, 21 November 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, 12, (08 Nov-31 Dec 2003) 1086Khabreen, March 28, 2003
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Hall of China in the presence of Prime Minister Jamali and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.1087 Mr.
Jamali said that MoU was signed for the purpose of peaceful use of nuclear energy.1088 Further said that C-2 would have a capacity of 300MW and would take six years for its completion. It was expected to be complete in 2011.1089 On the completion of this plant, the total nuclear power generation of Pakistan was to exceed to 730MW.1090 Chairman Atomic Energy Commission of
Pakistan Pervez Butt said that China had agreed to extend financial and technical assistance to
Pakistan for the construction of phase II of Chasma power plant.1091 China was going to help
Pakistan in energy field when fuel prices were increasing rapidly.1092 Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Aziz said in a press conference that China had agreed to provide a soft-term loan of US $ 700 million for the construction of C-2 and further details in this regard were to be worked out by Atomic Energy Commission of both States.1093
President Musharraf visited China in November 2003 for three days.1094 It was expected that he would finalize the deal for construction of C-2 but at the end of his visit no such deal came forward.1095 International media highlighted that the Chinese leadership had failed to respond to Pakistan on the construction of C-2.1096 The BBC commented that the romantic vision of Pakistan-China friendship was gone and China was supposed to take decisions in its national
1087Nawa-i-Waqt, March 25, 2003 1088 Dawn, March 27, 2003 1089 Sultan Ahmed, “China Investment Package,” Dawn, April 3, 2003 Dawn, November 2, 2003 Akhtar Ali, “Pak-China Eternal and Exampary Friendship (Pak-China “Lazawal or Bemisal” Dosti,)” Nada-i-Milat, April 24-30, 2008 1090 Shakil Shaikh, “Pakistan, China Ink N-Plant Deal,” The News, May 5, 2004 1091Nawa-i-Waqt, March 25, 2003 1092 Ahmed, Op.cit. 1093The Nation, March 28, 2003 Nawa-i-Waqt, March 28, 2003 1094 Dawn, November 6, 2003 1095 Abbas Akther, “Pak-China Friendship and Self Donation (Pak-Chini Dosti or “Khud Superdigi”),” Nawa-i-Waqt, November 7, 2003 1096Daily Din, November 6, 2003
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interest.1097 Although China accepted the proposal to construct the C-2, negotiations were going on in this direction.1098 Discussions on issues that were of complex and sensitive nature took time to be finalized.1099 China had already helped Pakistan in the construction of C-1 despite the
American opposition.1100 Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that China had agreed to construct another nuclear power plant at Chashma but now a “consensus” had reached between the two States.1101
Pakistan and China signed a contract for the construction of C-2 in 2004. The contract was signed between the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and the China National
Nuclear Cooperation (CNNC) at the Prime Minister House (Pakistan). From the Pakistani side, the contract was signed by Chairman of PAEC Pervez Bhutt and from the Chinese side by Kong
Rixin, the President of CNNC.1102 According to an agreement, China was bound to provide 150 million US dollars for the expansion of C-2 and this was to be part of preferential buyers’ credit of $ 500 million to be provided by Chinese government for various development projects.1103
The two countries exchanged the letters for utilizing $150 million for C-2 project.1104 For C-2, the whole equipment was to be imported from China.1105 The contract for C-2 plant was done at
1097 Abbas Akther, Op.cit. 1098Jasarat, November 7, 2003 1099 Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, “Future Strengthening of Sino-Pak Ties,” The News, 9 November 2003, http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/nov2003-daily/09-11-2003/oped/02.htm IPRI Factfile, China-Pakistan Relations, A Profile of Friendship, Vll, 3, ( March: 2005) 1100Jasarat, November 7, 2003 1101Nawa-i-Waqt, November 5, 2003 No Pakistan-China Nuclear Deal, BBC News, 5 November 2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia- pacific/3242987.stm IPRI Factfile, China-Pakistan Relations, A Profile of Friendship, Vll, 3, (March: 2005 ) 1102 The Nation, May 5, 2004 1103 Daily Din, December 16, 2004 Salam Bokhari, “Beijing Promises Extensive Investment,” The News, December 16, 2004 Javed Saddiqui, “ Prime Minister’s Visit to China… What China is Thinking? (Wazir-i-Azam Ka Dora-i- Chini . . . Chini Kya Soch Raha Ha?),” Nawa-i-Waqt, December 22, 2004 1104 Daily Times, January 1, 2005 1105 Ahmad Rashid Malik, “Sino-Pak Ties,” The Nation, February 2006
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a very crucial time when terrorists killed three Chinese engineers working at Gwadar.1106 China proved its deep rooted friendship by signing the C-2 contact and gave a message to those who wanted to create a rift between Pakistan and China that such actions could not harm the friendly relations between the two States. John Wolf, the Assistant Secretary in the U.S.A. State
Department’s Bureau of Non-Proliferation, said that Washington knew for some time that China would provide C-2 to Pakistan. He further said,
“But, although we would prefer that no such cooperation should
occur, Chashma II will be under IAEA safeguards and the NSG
full scope safeguards provisions have always made allowance for
the completion of agreements and contracts entered into before
membership.”1107
Henry Hyde, the Republican Chairman of the House’s International Relations Panel, said,
“China in joining the NSG with a contract in hand to provide a
new nuclear power reactor to Pakistan is a very serious issue.”1108
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao came to Pakistan for three days in April 2005.
During his visit an agreement was signed between China and Pakistan related to C-2 plant.
According to this agreement, China agreed to provide financial assistance of 350 million US dollar for C-2 plant.1109 The groundbreaking ceremony of C-2 was held on April 8 (2005).1110
Prime Minister’s Secretary of Strategic Programme Dr. Ishiaq Ahmad inaugurated the
1106Nawa-i-Waqt, May 6, 2004 1107 Daily Times, May 19, 2004 1108 Op.cit. 1109Daily Jang, April 6, 2005 1110Mazhar Qayyum Khan, “A Landmark Visit,” The Nation, April 12, 2005 Press Remarks of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the Conclusion of Talks with Chinese Premier, 5 April 2005 Islamabad, IPRI Journal, V, 2, (Summer 2005)
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ceremony.1111 Wen Jiabao promised to continue cooperation in nuclear field after the completion of C-2.1112 China and Pakistan expressed satisfaction over the performance of Chashma nuclear power plant-I and the start of the Chashma power plant unit-II.1113 In November 2006, the IAEA, board of governors had unanimously approved the safeguards agreement between Pakistan and
IAEA in respect of Chashma-2. The signing ceremony regarding the safeguards agreement was held in Vienna on February 22, 2007. The agreement was signed by ambassador Shahbaz on behalf of Pakistan and Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General IAEA.1114
4.1.2 Chashma Nuclear Power Plant-III and Chashma Nuclear Power Plant-
IV
In 2006, there was news that during President Musharraf’s visit to China, he would discuss and push the Chinese leadership for the building of two more nuclear power plants each of 300MW. But Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, showed complete ignorance that such discussions were going to be held during President Musharraf’s visit.1115
In 2008, President Musharraf before going to China told reporters that, he would discuss with the Chinese leadership the expenses of Chashma-III and Chashma-IV as well as discussing a future 1000 MW project.1116 Chashma-III and Chashma-IV worth Rs. 129.374 billion would be
1111Nawa-i-Waqt, April 9, 2005 1112 Nadeem Malik, “China offers help in N-Power Generation,” The News, April 7, 2005 1113 Joint Statement Issued During President Pervez Musharraf’s Visit to China, Pakistan Perspectives, II, I, (January-June 2006) 1114 An Official Release on Approval of the Safeguards Agreement between Pakistan and IAEA in Respect of CHASHMA-2 Nuclear Power Plant: Islamabad; 23 February 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, II, (Feb: 2007) 1115 Nirupama Subramanian, “Musharraf Turns to China,” The Nation, June 13, 2001 1116 The Nation, April 11, 2008
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completed within 8 years and would provide electricity to National Transmission and Dispatch
Company at the rate of Rs. 6.06 per unit.1117 A senior official said,
“Islamabad’s request for more Chinese nuclear power reactors is
meant to bridge the widening gap between the demand and supply
of energy. The Chinese friends have been asked to help Pakistan
establish at least four more nuclear power plants of nearly 1,300
MW and the response was positive.”1118
Further progress on the construction of Chashma-III and Chashma-IV was made during the
President Zardari government.
4.2 Hydro-Power Production with the Assistance of China
Pakistan is blessed with mighty rivers. A number of projects were started by the governments on these rivers both for the irrigation purpose and for power generation purpose.1119
Pakistan has a hydro potential of more than 40,000 MW.1120 But only 30% of electricity was produced by using hydel power.1121 China agreed to cooperate with Pakistan in the construction of small and medium size hydro-power plants.1122 Some important hydro-power projects that were being built or were in the process of construction or at the negotiating table, with the assistance of Chinese companies which were as follows.
1117 Khalid Mustafa, “Pakistan, China may Enter Deals for more Nuclear Power Plants,” The News, October 8, 2008 Zafar Bhutta, “ President to Request China for Financing Power Projects,” Daily Times, September 14, 2008 1118 Shaiq Hussain, “China Nods to Four more Nuclear Plants,” The Nation, April 14, 2008 1119http://www.skb.net.pk/Dams1.htm (accessed May 21, 2014) 1120 M. Osman Ghani, “Joint-Venture in the Energy Sector,” The News, February 5, 2007 1121Pakistanyouthmovement.com/articles/164_the_energy_crisis_in_pakistan_and_its_solutions?tmpl=com ponent&print=1&page= (accessed on May 13, 2014) 1122 Najmul Hassan Najam, “Time-Tested Friend the Rescue,” The Nation, May 28, 2000
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4.2.1 Diamer Bhasha Dam
In 2006, Diamer Bhasha Dam was proposed to be constructed on the Indus River in district
Diamer of Gilgit Baltistan with power generation capacity of 4500 MW.1123 The average annual production of the project was expected be 1800 Gwh.1124 In 2008, the Executive Committee of
National Economic Council formally approved the project.1125 Pakistan Planning Commission
Deputy Chairman M. Salman Faruqui disclosed that WAPDA had completed the engineering design of the Bhasha Dam and was working on the process of pre-bidding for the construction of contract.1126 The World Bank and Asian Development Bank refused to finance the construction of such a huge project.1127 According to these international donors, the location of the dam was in the disputed territory so Pakistan had to take an NOC from India.1128 Pakistan then turned towards China for financial assistance for the project. Pakistani authorities presented the draft of detailed design of the project to the Chinese authorities to seek a loan for the construction of the dam. China after analyzing the draft design of dam offered a soft loan for the construction of the dam.1129 China assured of $ 4 billion financial assistance.1130 Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood
Qureshi confirmed that China would finance Pakistan on the construction of the Bhasha dam as it had the requisite expertise and experience in handling of such a large project.1131 He also said,
1123http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamer-Bhasha_Dam (accessed September 22, 2013) 1124http://www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/BrochureHydropowerprojectsjuly09.pdf (accessed May 22, 2014) 1125http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamer-Bhasha_Dam (accessed on September 22, 2013) 1126 Zafar Bhutta, “President to Request China for Financing Power Project,” Op.cit. ______“Pakistan, China to Set up Joint Power Corporation,” Daily Times, October 5, 2008 1127Nawa-i-Waqt, April 17, 2008 1128http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamer-Bhasha_Dam (accessed September 22, 2013) 1129 Zafar Bhutta, “Pakistan and China to Sign MoUs for Bhasha Dam Financing,” Daily Times, April 4, 2008 1130http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/08/news/profit/china-to-provide-4b-for-diamer-bhasha-dam- project/ (accessed September 22, 2013) 1131 The News, April 17, 2008
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“This will be the project that can generate 5,500 MW of power and
the net return will be 25% per annum.”1132
Chinese Development Bank would support the dam.1133 China agreed to finance $ 8.5 billion for the construction of the dam while the government of Pakistan placed Rs. 200 million for the development of the dam during the fiscal year 2008-09.1134 Besides, financial assistance, the
Chairman Cao Guanjiang, of Three Gorge Company offered skilled labour for the construction of the dam.1135 The labour had the experience of dam construction as they had worked on the construction of Three Gorge Dams in China.1136 Diamer Bhasha dam project was inaugurated by
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani On October 18, 2011.1137
During the construction work of the dam thirty-one villages were affected and 2660 acres of agricultural land was submerged in the dam. The affected population was resettled in nine model villages in the vicinity with better facilities. They were provided with five marla plots and six kanal agricultural land for cultivation. The total cost of resettlement was estimated as $ 1.8 billion.1138
4.2.2 Neelum-Jhelum Hydro-Power Project
Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower project having installed capacity of 969 MW was located in
Muzafarabad district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, between an elevation of 600 m and 1100
Daily Times, April 17, 2008 1132 Mariana Baabar, “China to Provide Pakistan $ 500 m loan say Qureshi,” The News, April 18, 2008 1133‘Pakistan-China Relations’, An Analysis by Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik, As Appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on April 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, IV, (April: 2008) 1134 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Strategic Studies, XXIX, 2 & 3, (Summer & Autumn 2009) 1135http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?newsid=231755&catname=Business (accessed September 22, 2013) 1136 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. 1137http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamer-Bhasha_Dam (accessed September 22, 2013) 1138http://www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/BrochureHydropowerprojectsjuly09.pdf (accessed May 22, 2014)
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m.1139 The Neelum-Jhelum project was unique in nature as almost 98% of the project was underground including 41km long tunnel, transmission system and a power house, and the remaining 2% inlet and outlet could be seen on the ground.1140 Geological field survey confirmed the feasibility of work in the area. The project has limited environmental impact and no effect on human activities in the area.1141 The experts said that project would produce 5.150 billion units of electricity annually. The cost of the project was estimated at Rs. 130 billion.1142 The height of the project was 60 m while length was 160 m.1143
India wanted to construct Kishanganga Hydropower project on the river Neelum and its purpose was to divert the flow of the river Neelum. If India did it, Pakistan was not able to construct the Neelum-Jhelum project as the flow of water would not be sufficient to produce 969
MW of electricity.1144 If Pakistan did not start the Neelum-Jhelum project on immediate bases then according to the 1960-Indus Water Treaty, it was obliged to allow India to divert the flow of water for power generation.1145 Pakistan floated international tenders for the project in 2000, while India did the same for Kishanganga project in 2001.1146
The Economic Affair Division (EAD) had asked China for financial assistance of
Neelum-Jhelum project but China refused to finance the project because it would not extend more funds to Pakistan until unless ongoing projects were executed and it was committed to give
1139 ‘Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project in True Perspective’ A Write-up by Member (Water) WAPDA on the Occasion of Groundbreaking Ceremony of Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project: On April 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, IV, (April: 2008) 1140 Dawn, February 9, 2006 1141‘Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project in True Perspective’ Op.cit. 1142 Fazal-ur-rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. 1143www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014) 1144 Khalid Mustafa, “China Stops Loans to Pakistan,” Daily Times, July 5, 2002 1145 Khaleeq Kiani, “China Offers $ 1bn for Power Unit,” Dawn, May 14, 2003 1146 Mustafa, Op.cit.
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economic assistance to other Asian and African States.1147 After Chinese refusal for financial assistance, Pakistan consulted Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates but did not get a positive response from them too. When Chinese refusal was brought to the notice of
President Musharraf, he summoned the file of the project from the Ministry of Water and Power and studied it in detail before his visit to China, so that he could discuss the issue with the
Chinese leadership. During his meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin he convinced the
Chinese leadership to finance the project.1148
A Chinese State-owned power construction company, China Machine Tool Company
(CMT), approached the Pakistani government and expressed its willingness to assist the project through equity and also make available credit from Chinese banks on very competitive terms.1149
The government of Pakistan authorized Lt General (Retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Chairman
WAPDA, to discuss the details of project with the Chinese company.1150 Beijing’s offer came at a very crucial time, because according to Indus Water Treaty 1960, the timeframe allowed to
Pakistan to construct hydropower project on the river Jhelum was running out.1151 Later on the
Chinese company demanded that the condition of providing ‘supplier’s credit, should be replaced by ‘buyer’s credit’ so they could arrange funds from anywhere in the world in addition to the Chinese government.1152 But some Pakistani officials rejected the demand of the Chinese company although having no other choice.1153 Pakistan had re-advertised the project in 2005 but received poor response as only two international competitive biddings for the project were
1147Khalid Mustafa, “China to Fund Neelum-Jhelum Power Project,” Daily Times, August 12, 2002
1148 Khalid Mustafa, “China to Fund Neelum-Jhelum Power Project,” Op.cit. 1149 The Nation, May 20, 2003 1150 Kaleem Omer, “China Comes Through Again for Pakistan,” The News, May 19, 2003 1151 ______, “China keeps Coming Through for Pakistan,” The News, December 3, 2006 1152 Dawn, February 9, 2006 1153 ‘Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project Delayed by more than Four Years’ A Write-Up by Kaleem Omer, as Appeared in daily ‘The News’ on 3 December 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, XI, (1-20 Nov: 2007)
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received. M/S China Machanical Electric Company (CMEC) had also submitted a bid.1154 After the back and forth of negotiation between Pakistan and China at last on July 7, 2007, the project contract was awarded to M/S. CGGC-CMEC Consortium, China.1155 Luo Zhaohui, Chinese ambassador to Pakistan along with three member Chinese delegation met with, Liaquat Ali Jatoi,
Minister for Water and Power and assured him of their full support to Chinese company which was awarded the contract of Neelum-Jhelum project.1156 The construction agreement of Neelum-
Jhelum hydropower project was signed on December 19, 2007 and the letter of commencement was issued on January 30, 2008.1157 Work on this project was started on June 3, 2008 and it was expected to be completed in November 2016.1158
4.2.3 Gomal Zam Dam
The Gomal Zam dam having install capacity of 17.4 MW was located on the Gomal
River in South Waziristan Agency.1159 Under the “Vision 2025 Programme of WAPDA” the government of Pakistan approved the project in August 2001. The project was approved by
Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on August 31, 2001.1160 The cost of this project was Rs. 12.825 billion.1161 The Gomal Zam dam was 758 feet long and 436 feet high.1162
China National Water Resources and Hydro Power Engineering Group Co-operation were working on the project. In October 2004, two Chinese engineers were abducted from the dam
1154 Dawn, February 9, 2006 1155 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. 1156 The Nation, November 4, 2007 1157 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. 1158www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014) 1159 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014) The Nation, October 12, 2004 1160www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/gomalzam.pdf (accessed September 23, 2013) 1161 Javed Rana, “China Wants Better Security for Workers,” The Nation, October 18, 2004 1162www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014)
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site by terrorists.1163 The construction work on the dam was stopped because out of these two abducted engineers one was killed during rescue operation.1164 The company called back its engineers and workers from the Gomal Zam dam. After the mutual efforts of Pakistani and
Chinese government the company agreed to resume the work on the project.1165 To cope with the security of Chinese experts on Gomal Zam dam, one wing of Frontier Core and five platoons of other personnel in the area were deployed. The construction work on the dam was again started on March 1, 2006.1166
4.2.4 Jinnah Hydro-Power Project
Jinnah hydroelectric project was on the right side of the existing Jinnah Barrage, near
Kalabagh in Mianwali district of Punjab.1167 Its installed capacity was 96 MW.1168 This project was completed by Chinese Company-Dong Fang Electric Corporation with the cost of $ 128 million.1169 The letter of commencement was issued on February 18, 2006. The project was expected to be complete on February 17, 2010 but heavy rains and flood in July 2010 delayed the project. This project was completed on October 31, 2013.1170
1163 The Nation, October 11, 2004 1164Nawa-i-Waqt, December 17, 2004 1165 Zafar Ali Raja, “Visit of President Musharraf to China (Sadar-i-Pakistan Pervez Musharraf ka Dora-i- Chini),” Nawa-i-Waqt, February 21, 2006 1166Daily Din, February 16, 2006 The News, February 25, 2006 1167 The Nation, May 20, 2003 1168Daily Pakistan, May 13, 2001 1169 The Nation, May 5, 2003 Ali Raza, “Pakistan, China Ink Power Projects Deal,” The News, December 28, 2001 1170www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014)
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4.2.5 Ghazi Brotha Hydro-Power Project
Ghazi Barotha project was located on the Indus river downstream of the Tarbela Dam,
100 km away from Islamabad.1171 It consists of three main components, barrage, the power channel and the power house. The project was inaugurated by President Musharraf on August 19,
2003.1172 Dong Sang Electric Supply Corporation a Chinese Company has completed the Ghazi
Brotha Hydropower project installed capacity of 1,450 MW, with the financial assistance of about 8080 million US dollars.1173
During the construction of this dam, 110 dwellings were affected. WAPDA established three villages in the vicinity to compensate the population for these dwellings with all facilities.
A project Non Government Organization (NGO), Ghazi Barotha Taraqiati Idara (GBTI) was established and funded by WAPDA. The purpose of this NGO was to carry out development activities in the projected affected areas.1174 This NGO was not just established for public relations cover it is working for the affecties of area.1175
4.2.6 Golan Gol Hydro-Power Project
The Golan Gol hydropower project was located on Golen Gol Nullah, a tributary of
Mastuj River, near Chitral Town of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw.1176 The project had a generation capacity of 106 MW and mean annual energy production was 436 Gwh.1177 The estimated cost of the project was $130 million. The feasibility study of the project was completed in 1997 and then
1171http://www.power.technology.com/projects/ghazi/ (accessed May 21, 2014) 1172http://www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ghazibarotha.html (accessed May 21, 2014) 1173Dawn, Feburary 24, 2006 Fazal-ur-rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. The Nation, May 5, 2003 1174http://www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ghazibarotha.html (accessed May 21, 2014) 1175 http:www.gbti.org.pk/ (accessed on September 20, 2016) 1176http://wapda.gov.pk/vision2025/htms_vision2025/gghp.html (accessed May 21 2014) 1177 The Nation, May 20, 2003
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updated in 2005.1178 The contract of the project was given to China National Water Resources &
Hydropower Engineering Coorporation (CWHEC).1179
4.2.7 Khan Khwar Hydro-Power Project
The Khan Khwar hydropower project was located on Khan Khwar River, a right bank tributary of the river Indus, near Besham district Shangla in Khyber Pakhtunkhaw.1180 It has installed capacity of 37 MW. The worth of the project was $ 86 million. The contract of this project was given to Sinohydro Company.1181 The Khan Khwar hydropower project was inaugurated on June 2003. Its power house had been in commercial operation since November
2010. Till April 2014, the power house had supplied power of 772.754 MKwh to the national grid.1182.
4.2.8 Dubar Khwar Hydro-Power Project
This project was located in district Kohistan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on the Dubar Khwar
River, a right bank tributary of the river Indus. The letter of commencement was issued in June
2003 and the project was expected to be complete in October 2008 but later on the date of completion was revised to June 2013. The worth of the project was Rs. 16324.476 million.1183
The install capacity of this project was 130 MW and the contract of this project was given to
Sinohydro Company.1184
1178http://www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/BrochureHydropowerprojectsjuly09.pdf (accessed May 22, 2014) 1179 Ali Raza, Op.cit. 1180 The Nation, October 10, 2008 1181 Fazal-ur-rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. 1182www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014) 1183 Op.cit. 1184 Fazal-ur-rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit.
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4.2.9 Allai Khwar Hydro-Power Project
The Allai Khwar hydropower project was located on the Allai Khwar River, the left bank tributary of the river Indus in district Battagram of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The date of commencement of this project as per contract was June 2003.1185 It has power production capacity of 121 MW. Project was of worth $ 121 million. Chinese Company Guangxi Water and
Electric Power Construction Group was assisting this project.1186 The powerhouse of this project had been in commercial operation since March 2013 and had supplied 533.863 MKwh power to the national grid till April 2014.1187
4.2.10 Kohala Hydro-Power Project
The project was located on an upstream of the Jhelum River in Muzaffarabad district of Azad
Jammu & Kashmir. The production capacity of the project was 1,100 MW with an average annual production of 4800 Gwh. The project was commenced in December 2006 and the final feasibility study of the project was completed in December 2008 with the help of international consultant.1188 A Chinese company, Sinohydro Corporation has shown interest in the construction and investment.1189
4.3 Thermal Power Projects
As much as 71.5% power generation in Pakistan was being produced by burning thermal fuels e.g oil and gas. The power generation from thermal power plant was expensive and created
1185www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014) 1186 Fazal-ur-rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit. 1187www.wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing_index.html (accessed May 13, 2014) 1188http://www.wapda.gov.pk/vision2025/hmtls_vision2025/kohala.html (accessed May 22, 2014) 1189 Fazal-ur-rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Areas of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit.
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a burden on the national economy of Pakistan.1190 A huge amount of GDP was consumed to import raw material to produce thermal power. Chinese assistance in the setting up of thermal power station in Pakistan was as follows.
4.3.1 Muzafargarh Thermal Power Station
Muzafargarh thermal power station was the biggest one in the country.1191 It was gas and furnace oil based power plant.1192 It was set up with the collaboration of China National
Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation. The project was given to the Chinese company after International Competitive Bidding.1193 Its power generation capacity was 320
MW.1194 During General Pervez Musharra’s visit to China in 2001, Pakistan’s ambassador to
China and concerned Chinese Officials signed an agreement to extend 500 KV Muzafargarh and
Ghatti Transmission lines.1195 Chinese firm has given $ 88 million for the extension of the project.1196
4.3.2 Nandipur Power Project
Nandipur power plant was located in Gujranwala. This project was based on Furnace oil.
Its generation capacity was 450 MW.1197 Chinese Dong Fang Company was cooperating on this
1190 Cms.waterinfo.net.pk/pdf/tn.pdf (accessed May 21, 2014) 1191 Ali Raza, “ ‘Pakistan, China Ink Power Project’ Deal,” The New, December 28 , 2001 1192http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/4419 (accessed May 21, 2014) 1193 Ali Raza, “‘Pakistan, China Ink Power Project’ Deal,” Op.cit. 1194 Muhammad Ijaz Butt, “Chinese-Aided Development Projects in Pakistan,” Journal of Research Society of Pakistan, XXXVII, 3, (July 2000) 1195 Dawn, December 21, 2001 Dawn, December 24, 2001 1196 Akhtar, Op.cit. 1197http://www.arynews.tv/electricity-production-nandipur-power-project-begins/ (accessed May 22, 2014)
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project.1198 Nawaz government (2014) granted the permission to transfer the project from oil to gas. Chinese company has done the transmission work.1199
4.3.3 Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline: Extension to China
The idea to extend the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline to the Western part of China
(Xinjiang) along the Karakorum Highway was first time proposed in Pakistan-China Energy
Forum held in Islamabad in April 2006.1200 This project was viewed by Chinese experts as an alternate route of Strait of Malacca for the transportation of oil but wanted it to be cost effective.1201 On June 14 and 15, 2006, President Musharraf while addressing Senior Executives of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), and summit meeting of the six- nations Shanghai Cooperation Organization respectively also offered China to extend the proposed IPI gas pipeline to Xinjiang.1202 Chinese government expressed its willingness to participate in IPI gas pipeline project.1203 Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, in a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi said China was seriously studying Pakistan’s proposal to participate in IPI, but they want more information regarding this project.1204
Iranian ambassador to Pakistan Ma’ashallah Shakiri said the IPI project was basically among three nations but any other nation of the region (referring to China) eager to join the
1198 Zafar Bhutta, “Pakistan and China to Sign MoUs for Bhasha Dam Financing,” Op.cit. 1199http://www.arynews.tv/electricity-production-nandipur-power-project-begins/ (accessed May 22, 2014) 1200 President’s Address to the Shanghai Institute of International Studies on Pakistan-China Partnership for Peace and Development, Op.cit. 1201 Shaheen Akhtar, “Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Implications for China,” Spotlight on Regional Affairs, XXVIII, 1& 2, (January-February 2009) 1202‘Energy Corridor could become an Economic Bonanza for Pakistan,’ A Write-Up by Kaleem Omer, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 19 June 2006, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, VI, (June 2006) 1203 Excerpts from a Joint Press Conference by the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and China: Islamabad; 26 April 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, IV, (April: 2008) 1204 The Nation, April 26, 2008
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project would be welcomed.1205 The spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Minister had indicated that the China’s keenness to join the IPI project.1206 India was also open towards the joining of
China in the IPI project.1207
A feasibility report prepared by Chinese experts had pointed out some geological obstacle in the gas pipeline that would run from Pakistan to China via Gilgit, if China joined the project.1208
4.3.4 White oil Project
On May 11, 2001, an agreement was signed between Pak-Arab Refinery Company
(Private) Limited (PARCO) and China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Group
Corporation (CPECC).1209 According to this agreement, Pakistan would acquire equipment and material from China to transport 12 millions tons of white oil products from Port Qasim,
Karachi, to Mahmood Kot in district Muzzafargarh.1210 Chinese Exim bank would finance the white oil project and letter of intent (LOI) was signed between PARCO and CPECC.1211
4.3.5 Energy Production from Coal
In Pakistan most of the electricity was being produced by thermal power plants that used oil and gas. Pakistan was a country with scarce resources of oil, so oil was being imported for this purpose and a huge amount of GDP was used to import oil. The government was trying to
1205 Shafqat Ali, “Pakistan Wants China in IPI,” The Post, May 29, 2008 1206 Quddsia Akhlaque, “China Shows Interest in Pipeline Project,” The News, April 16, 2008 1207 Shafqat Ali, Op.cit. 1208 Akhlaque, Op.cit. 1209 Project facilitation Agreement for the Finalization of the Contract for White Oil Pipeline Project between Pak-Arab pipeline Company (Private) Limited and China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Group Corporation: Islamabad; 11 May 2001, Pakistan Treaty Series 2000-2003, X, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government of Pakistan 1210 The Nation, May 3, 2001 Maqsudul Hasan Nur, “China, Central Asia and Gwadar Seaport,” The News, July 28, 2002 1211 The News, April 9, 2001 The Nation, May 3, 2001
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replace it by using the coal in local industries and tried to cut its huge oil import bill of around $
3 billion a year.1212 Pakistan had almost 184 billion tons of coal reserves being the fourth largest in the World but unfortunately the annual coal production was only 3-4 million tons only.1213
Huge reserves of coal in Pakistan were still waiting to be utilized.1214 Out of these 3-4 million tons coal, 90% coal was used in brick kilns. Pakistan made a number of attempts to attract foreign investors in coal sector but unfortunately failed due to the poor infrastructure and the remoteness of coal deposits.1215
Government of Pakistan has taken strategic decision to maximize the use of coal in power generation.1216 It was decided that the share of coal in energy generation would be enhanced from 7% to 20% by the end of this decade.1217 Some Chinese Companies have shown their interest in coal the sector of Pakistan.1218 General Pervez Musharraf said,
“China’s assistance in coal mining and use of coal as an effective
source of energy could also provide us relief from our increasing
import bill on energy imports.”1219
China has vast experience in the production of energy from coal. It has been producing 80% of its energy from coal. It has 200 billion tons of coal reserves and producing 1,960 million tons of
1212 Daily Times, May 17, 2002 1213 Ismat Sabir, “Pakistan Again Needs Chinese Help,” The Post, September 8, 2008 http://www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/BrochureHydropowerprojectsjuly09.pdf (accessed May 22, 2014) 1214 Ghani, Op.cit. 1215 Daily Times, May 17, 2002 1216 Dawn, February 9, 2002 1217‘China and Pakistan Joint-Venture in the Energy Sector’ A Write-Up by M.Osman Ghani, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 5 February 2007, Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, XXXIV, II, (Feb: 2007) 1218 Noorilhuda, “The Door to China,” The News, April 9, 2006 1219 Dawn, May 13, 2001
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coal from 20,000 mines.1220 Some coal based power projects with the assistance of China were as follows,
4.3.5.1 Coal-based Power Project in Jherruck
Through a preliminary geological survey, Sindh government has identified a large potential of ignite coal resources at Sonda-Jerruck near historic city of Thatta. For commercial exploration of Jherruck coalfield, CMC undertook further exploration for detailed geological findings so as to utilize it for power generation besides attracting international investment.1221 It was the 2nd largest coalfield of Sindh after Thar coalfield. It has enough coal reserves to produce
500 MW of electricity for more than 20 years.1222 Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim pointed out that Jherruck coal field having coal reserves of more than 7 billion tons.1223
The Sindh government has issued a letter of intent to a Chinese Coorporation Gaingsu, to carry out a feasibility study for building a coal-fired power plant at Jherruck. A separate MoU was signed with the Chinese Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMIEC) to set up another coal-based power plant. The two plants would generate 250 MW each. The investment cost of each power plant was estimated at $ 500 million.1224 The Sindh coal authority has signed a MoU with China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation, to develop Jherruck coal field for power generation. The MoU was signed by Irfanullah Khan Marwat, Provincial
Minister for Mines and Minerals Development, on behalf of the Sindh Coal Authority and Shan
1220 Noorilhuda, Op.cit. 1221‘China and Pakistan Joint-Venture in the Energy Sector’ A Write-up by M. Osman Ghani, Op.cit. 1222 Khaleeq Kiani, “Chinese Firms to Set Up Two Power Projects,” The Nation, February 5, 2002 1223 The Nation, July 31, 2005 1224 Dawn, May 24, 2002
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Wei, Vice President of China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation on behalf of his coorporation.1225
4.3.5.2 Coal-Power Project at Lakhra Sindh
China has also helped Pakistan to set up a coal power project at Lakhra in Sindh to overcome the shortage of electricity in Sindh.1226 Haseeb Waqas Engineering Ltd, has signed an agreement with a Chinese Company, Guangdong Huazheng Bio-equipment Limited. Both companies have already proceeded for pre-qualification of the project.1227 The generation capacity of this plant was 450 MW.1228
Huge reserves of high quality of coal were also waiting to be utilized in Balochinstan.1229
To utilize the coal reserves of Balochistan for power generation, Faseih Iqbal, Chief Editor
Balochistan Times and Zamana and Ex-Senator visited Beijing and held the initial talks with
Chinese officials to set up coal-based power houses in the province.1230 The two sides proposed to set up power houses of 100 to 200 MW in the private sector to provide cheap electricity to the people of Balochistan.1231
4.3.5.3 Thar-Coal Field
Around 175 billion tons of coal was spread over 9,000 square kilometers of an area of the
Thar Desert. The main bed thickness of the coal ranged between 12 m and 21 m at an average depth of 170 m.1232 According to Dr. Samar Mubrak, from Thar coal deposit Pakistan can
1225 The Nation, July 31, 2005 1226 Azar Abbas Haidery, “Envoy asks Pak Exporters to Explore Chinese Market,” The Post, June 23, 2007 1227 The Nation, October 3, 2003 1228Daily Pakistan, October 3, 2003 1229 Ghani, Op.cit. 1230 The Nation, August 27, 2002 1231 The Nation, September 1, 2002 1232 Khaleeq Kiani, “Chinese Firms to Set Up Two Power Projects,” The Nation, February 5, 2002
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produce ten to twenty thousand megawatt.1233 The Chinese government has assured of their technical assistance for the mining of coal from the Thar Desert. China National Petroleum
Coorporation (CNPC) sent a technical delegation for assessment and examination of various aspects of drilling and exploration activities of the Thar project.1234 A MoU was signed between
Pakistan and China to construct two power plants each of 300 MW at the Thar coalfield.1235
Sindh Minister Dewan Yousaf Farouqui signed the MoU on the behalf of government of
Pakistan at the residence of Pakistan’s ambassador to China Riaz Hussain Khokhar.1236 Director
General of Sindh Coal Authority Abdul Ghani Pathan said in an interview that an agreement was signed with Shenhua Group Coorporation to conduct the geological survey of the Thar coalfield.1237 According to MoU, the Shenhua Group was responsible for investment, construction and operation while Pakistani-side was liable to provide project site and necessary infrastructure. The government of Pakistan specified the area at Thar to be handed over to the
Chinese Company for the power generation.1238
Thar coal project was delayed for sometime due to the outbreak of SARs (name of disease) in East-Asia.1239 Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said China and Pakistan then agreed to speed up work at the Thar coal and for this purpose 100 Chinese engineers were coming to
Pakistan to conduct the hydrological survey of the project.1240 Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah
Khan Jamali constituted a Special Task Force for smooth functioning of Thar coal project. The
Task Force was to be headed by Shaukat Aziz. The Prime Minister took this decision while his
1233 Dr. Samar Mubarak, Chairman Thar Coal Project, interviewed by Nasir Rana, Rose Special Programme, Rose One Channal, at 7. 20 am on 23 March 2015 1234 Akhtar, Op.cit. 1235 The Nation, April 30, 2002 1236 The News, April 30, 2002 1237 Daily Times, May 17, 2002 1238 A Report on Pakistan-China MoU to Establish Two Coal Based 600 Megawatts Power Plants in Province of Sindh: Beijing; 1st March 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, I, (Jan-Feb: 2003) 1239 Dawn, November 9, 2003 1240 Mehtab Haider, “Chinato Extend & 500m Credit,” The Nation, November 9, 2003
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meeting with Ye Qing, Chairman of the Shenhua Group. Ye Qing called the Prime Minister
Jamali at the State Guest House to discuss various aspects of the project. The Task Force was responsible for sorting out and getting rid of all bottlenecks.1241 Ye Qing also agreed to spend two million US dollars on the feasibility report of the project.1242 During a meeting Chinese
Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and his Pakistani counterpart Humayun Akhtar Khan agreed to set up a joint working group to speed up work on the Thar coal project.1243
However, all these agreement and contract were in vain because Shenhua Group rolled back after spending three years on the Thar coal project. The company had spent 25 million US dollars on the construction of a road, water and power availability of the project, but when they mined the coal, it was not of high quality, so company rolled back.1244 There was also another reason for which company rolled back. Initially, the company demanded 5.86% unit tariff for project but later on reduced its demand to 5.79%. On the other hand WAPDA initially offered
3.2% and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority offered 4.2% tariff. On the instruction of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz the tariff was increased to 5.36% per unit. President
Musharraf formed a committee to convince the company to resume the work at Thar coalfield deven at 5.79% unit but the company refused to resume the work. The company consulted AES
Corporation of U.S.A. to invest in project but did not convince them.1245 Another Chinese company Sino Coal showed willingness to work on the Thar coalfield.1246
There were some political and administrative reasons for delaying of this project. The
Federal government abolished the Sindh Coal Authority and formed a new Thar Coal Board
1241 The Nation, March 27, 2003 1242 Rana Qaisar, “Pakistan, ChinaWantIraq’s Soverignity Respected: Jamali,” Daily Times, March 27, 2003 1243 Dawn, July 16, 2005 1244 Zafar Bhutta, “Pakistan and China to Sign MoU for BashaDam Financing,” Op.cit. 1245 Khaleeq Kiani, “Thar Plant Expected to Figure in Beijing Talks,” Dawn, February 13, 2006 1246 Zafar Bhutta, “Pakistan and China to Sign MoU for Basha Dam Financing,” Op.cit.
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while Sindh Minister said that the Sindh Coal Authority was not abolished and a separate Thar
Coal Energy Board was formed to accelerate the project. The establishment of the Thar Coal and
Energy Board, Thar Coal Development Authority, Federal Thar Coal Authority and Sindh Thar
Coal Authority ect. created a lot of confusion for the investor to whom they consulted for the project.1247
4.4 Wind Power Generation Plants
China has the distinction in Asia of producing cheap electricity from windpower, particularly in the regions that were away from the bigger cities. Various Xinjiang based Chinese
Companies had showed their interests to cooperate with Pakistan to produce cheap electricity through wind power at its coastal areas.1248 Dong Fei Lin, Vice President Xinjiang International
Economic Coorporation said,
“We can help Pakistan through joint venture to install windmills or
wind turbines at places where there is a steady wind blowing at
least at a speed of 20-25 km/h.”1249
Vice General Manager, Suntime International Economic and Trading Company, Li Yongxin said his company would help Pakistan in setting up horizontal axis wind turbines at its coastal areas or at the top of the hills where wind blows at a high speed at least for half of the year.1250
Pakistan agreed that China would install electricity generation stations through wind power. The step was taken to solve the electricity supply problem in rural areas of Pakistan.1251
1247 Ismat Sabir, “Pakistan Again Needs Chinese Help,” The Post, September 8, 2008 1248 Dawn, May 24, 2002 1249 The Nation, May 2, 2002 1250 The News, July 8, 2002 1251 The News, January 9, 2002
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This step was taken during a meeting held at the Ministry of Science and Technology. The meeting was presided by Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-
Rehman. The Chinese delegation was supervised by Shen Dechang of the Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Mechanization Sciences. It was decided that the pilot project would be installed at coastal areas of Sindh and Balochinstan. If the experience proved successful then it would be extended to other areas of the country on a larger scale. The project was to be implemented by
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences (CAAMS) and Pakistan Council for
Renewable Energy Technology (PCRET).1252
A MoU was signed between PCRET and CAAMS and Beijing Solar Energy Research
Institute (BSERI). The Pakistani side was represented by Dr. Ishtiaq Qazi, Director General,
Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technology (PCRET). According to the MoU, the
Chinese side was supposed to install 100 wind turbines of different watts in the coastal areas of
Pakistan. It was agreed that the Chinese experts would help in indigenous manufacturing of turbines through gradual transfer of technology and Pakistan would provide necessary infrastructure to install turbines.1253
Pakistan signed an MoU with China to purchase the wind turbines. The MoU was signed in Urumqi (China) between Pakistan Planet Energy (PVT) and Chinese firm Goldwind Science and Technology.1254 Pakistan Planet Energy was represented by its Chairman, Tariq Sayeed and
Goldwind Science and Technology was represented by its Vice President Wang Xiangming.1255
1252 The Nation, January 9, 2002 1253 The Nation, September 27, 2002 1254 The Nation, June 4, 2008 1255The Nation, June 3, 2008
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Goldwind Science and Technology was included in the World’s top ten turbine manufacturers.1256
Pakistan is suffering from energy crisis since last decade. This energy crisis has direct effect on her economy. Indigenous production and foreign investment is the basic tool of ecomonic growth but both cannot materialize without any source of energy. Factories and industries need some source of energy to run. Foreigners were attracted to those areas where cheap source of energy is available. Unfortunately Pakistan is lacking in both tools of economic growth. Chinese government also comes to help Pakistan to come out from this crisis. China helped Pakistan to produce energy from all possible means of production of energy including hydro, coal, gas, nuclear and even from wind. Now China is also helping Pakistan to get benefit from solar energy by solar panals.
If all the energy projects that were in the process of completion with the assistance of
China, completed on time then Pakistan would be out of energy crisis and could boost its economy. It could attract foreign investors on the basis of cheap energy and also flourish its own industries that were on the devastating edge due to energy shortage.
1256 The Nation, June 4, 2008
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Chapter 5
India-China Relations: Pakistan as a Factor
Many analysts believed that the improvement in the India-China relations has strong implications for Pakistan-China relations but many believe in the opposite direction. They believed that improvement in India-China could not harm the long-lasting Pakistan-China friendship.
India-China relations can be discussed into three phases. The first phase started on
December 1949 and continued until October 1962. The main slogan of this phase was ‘Hindi
Chini Bhi Bhi’ (Chinese and Indian were brothers). The relations were most cordial during this phase. During this phase the relations between Pakistan and China were normal and the stance of
China on Kashmir was that the problem should be resolved bilaterally without involving the
West especially the United Nations.1257
The second Phase started in October 1962 and continued until the late 1970s. During this phase the relations between India and China reached their lowest ebb, as the border war broke out between the two States.1258 During this phase the relations between Pakistan and China were friendly. Pakistan openly branded India as an aggressor and held it responsible for the war.1259 In
February 1964, the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai visited Pakistan, during his visit, he supported
1257 Muhammad Ijaz Butt, “China and the Kashmir Issue,” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, XXVI, 2, (April: 1999) 1258 Shahid M.A min, “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy A Reappraisal,” (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000), 159-160 1259 H.K. Chhabra, “Relations of Nations,” (Delhi: Surjeet Publications, 1980), 108, 133
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the right of the people of Kashmir to decide their own fate.1260 When President of Pakistan, Z.A.
Bhutto visited China in 1972, the Chinese government also firmly supported the right of self determination of people of Kashmir.1261 A war broke out between Pakistan and India in
September 1965, China came to rescue Pakistan. China not only warned India to stop “Criminal
Aggression” or face grave consequences. China rejected India’s claim that the attack on Lahore was a defensive measure.1262
After late 1970’s the relations between India and China moved towards normalization.
This trend started during Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s coming to power.1263 With the improvement of relations with India, China revised its policy over the Kashmir issue. The first public expression of the revised approach was noticed in a statement made by Deng Xiaoping in
June 1980, during an interview to Indian journal ‘Vikrant’. He described Kashmir as “a bilateral problem” between India and Pakistan and that both States should solve it cordially.1264 Pakistan did not react negatively over this change in the Chinese policy on Kashmir dispute. Pakistan viewed this as a tactical change rather than withdrawal of the support to Pakistan’s stance.1265
The relations between India and China faced a setback in May 1998, when Prime Minister
Vajpayee cited China as the main cause of Indian nuclear tests.1266 China cancelled the meeting of Joint Working Group (established for border talks between India and China) to be held in
1260 Mohammad Ashen Chaudhri, “Pakistan and the Trouble World,” (Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1993), 197 1261 Joint Communiqué Issued on the Visit of the President of Pakistan to China ; 31 January- 2 February, 1972, Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamabad 1973, Joint Communiqués, (Jan 1968- Dec 1973) 1262 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, “Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations,” in Reading in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1998, ed. Mehrunnisa Ali, (Oxford University Press, 2001) 1263 Swaran Singh, “China-India Economic Engagement Building Mutual,” (New Delhi: French Research Institutes, 2005) 1264 Moonis Ahmar, “Pakistan, India, China Triangle: The Changing Geo-Strategic Realities and Indo-Pak Conflict,” Margalla Papers, (2004) 1265 Hasan Askari Rizvi, “Pakistan and the Geostrategic Environment: A Study of Foreign Policy,” (Hong Kong: St. Martin’s Press, 1993) 1266 Jawed Naqvi, “No N-Arms for Pakistan: Li,” Dawn, January 13, 2001 Aylea Zaidi & Sirajuddin Aziz, “From Confrontation to Co-operation,” The News, August 31, 2003
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Beijing to express its strong disapproval of Indian nuclear test.1267 Indian Foreign Minister
Jaswant Singh visited China in June 1999 to put back the relations again on the normal track.1268
Kargil was the first crisis, after the nuclear explosions between India and Pakistan.1269
China maintained neutrality over the crisis and emphasized that the issue should be solved through bilateral means.1270 In June 1999, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz paid a visit to
China during the Kargil crisis. In Beijing he met Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan and Li-
Peng, Chairman of the National People’s Congress. Li Peng, during his discussion with Sartaj
Aziz advised Pakistan to,
“Stay cool and resolve the differences through peaceful means and
to keep away from worsening the situation.”1271
In 2000, Tang Jiaxuan, visited India before coming to Pakistan. Some countries tried to create an impression that Pakistan’s importance was reduced as Chinese Foreign Minister visited
India first.1272 But this propaganda was rejected by Tang Jiaxuan by saying that the relations between India and China would not affect the long lasting friendship between Pakistan and
China.1273
1267 John Cherian, “India and China Some Positive Movement,” Frontline, April 13, 2002, Selection from Regional Press, (May 1, 2002) 1268 Khalid Mahmud, “Sino-Pak Ties: India Factor,” Dawn, April 14, 2001 1269 Kargil Conflict broke out between May and July 1999 between Indian and Pakistan, in the Kargil Distric of Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC). Foreign Office Year Book, 1998-9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 1270 Shahzad Akhtar, “Sino-Pakistani Relations: An Assessment,” Strategic Studies, XXIX, 2 & 3, (Summer & Autumn 2009) 1271 Muhammad Ishaque Fani, “Pak-China Security Relations and Mutual Ventures,” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 46, 2, (July-Dec 2009) 1272 Arshad Ahmad Arif, “Chinese Foreign Minister’s Visit to Pakistan (Wazir-i-Kherja Chini ka Dora-i- Pakistan),” Nawa-i-Waqt, July 24, 2000 1273 Hasan Akhtar, “Ties with Pakistan to Grow Stronger,” Dawn, July 24, 2000
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In mid July 2001, President Musharraf visited India to establish good relations with it.1274
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Lu Shulin, expressed satisfaction over Musharraf’s talks with
Vajpayee.1275 But after the meeting the Indian government tried to create a rift between Pakistan and China. Vajpayee, during the Lok Sabha Session on August 7th, accused Musharraf of taking back the area ceded to China in 1963.1276 Pakistan Foreign Office denied this in a statement issued on August 8, by saying,
“No Such discussion took place at any stage.”1277
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mr. Zhang Qiyue stated there was no question of reopening of border issue between Pakistan and China as it had been settled long ago.1278
The year 2006 was designated as the year of ‘India-China Friendship’.1279 This decision was taken during Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India in April 2005.1280 The main outcome of
Premier Wen’s visit to India was the decision to double the volume of trade between the two
States in the next four years.1281 India with its massive middle class represented an excellent economic opportunity to Chinese exporters.1282 China had already been the third largest trading partner of India.1283 The two countries shelved their border dispute to improve their economic ties.1284 President Hu Jintao visited India in November 2006.1285 When he arrived in India he was
1274 The News, December 22, 2001 1275 The News, July 4, 2001 1276 Muhammad Ramzan, “Follow the Chinese,” The Nation, August 19, 2001 1277 The News, August 13, 2001 1278 Op.cit. 1279 Kamal Matinuddin, “President Musharraf’s Visit to China,” The News, March 3, 2006 1280 P.S. Suryanarayana, “A New Entente,” Frontline, February 11, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, (Feb 1-16, 2006) 1281 Maqbool Ahmed Bhatty, “China’s ‘Indispensible Partnership’,” Dawn, December 12, 2006 1282 Iffat Idris, “Future is Asia,” Daily Times, June 16, 2003 1283 C. Raja Mohan, “India and China: A Shifting Paradigm,” The Hindu, July 29, 2004, Selection from Regional Press, July 16-31, 2004 1284 Rasul Bakhsh Rais, “Are We Losing Out China?,” The Nation, December 16, 2004 1285 Nasir Ahmed Mughal, “31 Agreements Signed during Chinese President Hu Jintao Visit to Pakistan (Chinese Sadar Hu Jintao ke Dora-i-Pakistan Main 31 Mahidy),” Jinnah, November 28, 2006
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received by Indian Foreign Minister, whereas before his visit when President Bush, Shah
Abdullah and Prime Minister of Nepal, Girija Prasad Kairala visited India, they had been received by the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself.1286 After spending four days in
India, President Hu visited Pakistan.1287
5.1.1 Indian Bid for Permanent Membership in the United Nations Security
Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consists of fifteen members, of which five were permanent with the power to veto, while others were selected for two years’ terms. There was a proposal to raise the strength of the UNSC permanent members up to fourteen.1288 G-4,
(India, Germany, Japan and Brazil) claimed for permanent membership of the UNSC.1289
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Li said China was looking forward to the response of international community on the expansion of the UNSC.1290 Senior members of the Chinese
Institute of Contemporary International Relations, a body whose members were considered as a think tank to formulate the foreign policy of China, unanimously said that population and size of a country was not a criteria to seek the membership of the UNSC, but contribution to the World peace had to be considered in this regard. It was said that if India fulfilled three conditions then its quest for permanent membership could be considered and no one could become a member of the Security Council overnight.1291
1286Daily Jang, November 24, 2006 1287 Abid Mustafa, “At the Edge of a Precipice,” The Nation, December 31, 2006 1288 Mir Jamilur Rehman, “‘Bhai-Bhai’ Once Again,” The News, April 16, 2005 1289 G. Parthasarathy, “Red Star Over South Block,” The Times of India, June 10, 2008, Selection from Regional Press, (June 1-15, 2008) 1290 Daily Times, July 21, 2000 1291 Salim Bokhari, “Musharraf’s Initiatives on Kashmir,” The News, December 16, 2004
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Pakistan opposed the Indian quest for permanent membership of the UNSC.1292 Pakistan with the help of ‘Coffee Club’ got the support of more than a hundred countries to oppose the G-
4, quest for permanent membership of the UNSC and the right to veto. Pakistan has no objection to the membership of Germany and Japan but strongly objected to the Indian membership.
Pakistan showed its reservations about India because India had not only fought wars with
Pakistan but also with China and it also did not enjoy good relations with Sri Lanka, Nepal, and
Bangladesh. India had also rejected the UN resolutions to resolve the Kashmir dispute. On the other hand, Britain and Russia were supporting India.1293
On Indian bid for permanent membership of the UNSC, Premier Wen Jiabao said (during his visit to India in April, 2005) that China would be happy to see India in the UNSC.1294 China supported the necessity to expand the UNSC to respond to the global threats and challenges.1295
India claimed that China would support India and would not become a hurdle for the Indian quest for permanent membership in the UNSC.1296 Chinese ambassador to India Sun Yuxi, said
China was ‘not an obstacle to’ Indian bid. Sun Yuxi stated that China had been opposing Japan’s bid to get a permanent seat in the UNSC.1297
1292‘What are Strategic Ties?’ An Article by Anwar Syed, As Appeared in Daily ‘Dawn’ on 16 April 2006, taken from Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, IV, April 2006 1293‘Coffee Club’ is comprises of forty States. Most members are middle-sized States who oppose the bigger regional powers grabbing permanent seats in the UNSC. The prime movers of the club include Italy, Spain, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Argentina and Pakistan. (www.hindustantimes.com/archives/coffee. . .unsc.../article1-10996.aspx accessed on May 7, 2015) Nawa-i-Waqt, April 13, 2005 1294 Khalid Mahmud, “Sino-Indian relation: Future Prospects-Friendship, Rivalry or Co-operation,” Spotlight on Regional Affairs, XXVI, 5, (May 2007) 1295 Zhang Chunxiang, “China and the Enlargement of the UN Security Council,” Pakistan Horizon, 58, 4, Oct 2005 1296 Daily Times,April 13, 2005 The Statesman, January 26, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, January 16-31, 2006 Rabia Azmat, “Historic Visit of Chinese President to Pakistan (Chini Sadar Hu Jintao Ka Tarikhe Dora-i- Pakistan),” Nada-i-Milat, 30 Nov-6 Dec, 2006 1297 The Tribune, April 16, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, April 16-30 2006
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Some analysts hold the view that China had extended support to India on the issue. It was embarrassing for Pakistan.1298 They thought China’s support would ease the way of India to get the permanent membership in the UNSC.1299 The Chinese endorsement was an important victory for India in its campaign to convince the global community that it deserved the honour of participating in the World affairs not for two years’ terms but on a permanent basis.1300 Pakistan believed that if India got the seat in the UNSC with the veto power than it would create more trouble for Pakistan especially in resolving the Kashmir dispute, where it was involved in State terrorism.1301 But according to some observers it was not for the first time that China had announced its support for India on the issue, China had been doing it to improve its economic relations with India and it had nothing to do with its relations with Pakistan, and that China was giving importance to Pakistan.1302
New Delhi’s claim about Beijing supported it was rejected by Premier Wen in press briefings, he said China did not support Indian candidature for the UNSC.1303 Wen Jiabao categorically stated that China did not support the Indian bid of the UNSC’s membership but his country would support Indian aspirations to play a bigger role in the World body.1304 Later on,
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said Pakistan and China both had adopted a principled stand that the expansion of the UNSC should be based on specific
1298 Ghulam Asghar Khan, “Sino-Indian Détente,” The Nation, April 18, 2005 1299Nada-i-Milat, 30 Nov-6 Dec 2006 1300Growing Sino-Indian Ties, Sino-Indian Relations (2004-2005), IPRI, Factfile, VII, 10, (October 2005) 1301 Hussain Ahmad Paracha, “Examplary Friendship (Misali Dosti),” Nawa-i-Waqt, November 27, 2006 1302 Shaiq Hussain, “Support to Indian UNSC Seat not to Affect Pak-China Ties,” The Nation, April 13, 2005 1303 Daiy Times, April 13, 2005 John Cherian, “Moving Closer,” Frontline, April 23, 2005, Selection from Regional Press, April 16-30, 2005 1304 Mariana Babar, “No Cavil in China-India Call on UNSC Expansion: Kasuri,” The News, April 14, 2005 The Nation, April 13, 2005
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countries.1305 On August 6, 2005, the Chinese Foreign Ministry also clearly rejected the G-4 proposal for becoming the permanent members of the UNSC, and insisted that,
“China will resolutely vote “No” if the G-4 proposal is put up for a
vote.”1306
According to an Indian press report New Delhi had got ‘documented evidence’1307 that
Beijing was acting along with Pakistan to sabotage the Indian efforts for a permanent seat in the
UNSC.1308 Although the public opinion of China was to support the aspirations of India to play a bigger role in the World Affairs.1309 According to Srikanth Kondapalli, a China expert, from
India, the Chinese leadership was not just opposing Japan’s inclusion in the UNSC but in reality
China was against the Indian candidacy as well.1310
Besides China, the U.S.A. also did not want to see India at the higher table in the global affairs because it never came up with the support of India to get the permanent membership of the UNSC.1311 The former U.S.A. ambassador to India Robert Black-Will, said about Indian quest for UNSC permanent membership that,
“I don’t think it’s going to happen.”1312
1305 Babar, Op.cit. 1306Abdul Wajid, “Playing the China Card,” The Post, August 19, 2005 1307 Daily Times, June 16, 2008 1308 G. Parthasarathy, “Challenges from China: Growth the Only Way for India,” The Tribune, August 7, 2008, Selection from Regional Press, August 1-15, 2008 1309 Daily Times, June 16, 2008 1310 Seema Sirohi, “Crisis is Opportunity, China has Softened on India’s N-deal. Talk will Only Pick up Now,” Outlook, October 8, 2007, Selection from Regional Press, September 16-30, 2007 1311 K.P. Nayar, “Looking for the Method,” The Telegraph, October 28, 2009 1312 Amit Baruah, “Permanent Seat for india in Security Council Unlikely,” The Hindu, January 11, 2005, Selection from Regional Press, Jan 1-15, 2005
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5.1.2 National Defence Missile of America: Pakistan and China’s Stance
On May 1, 2001, President George W. Bush during his speech in National Defence
University announced $ 6o billion U.S.A. National Missile Defence (NMD) programme.1313 This programme was designated to protect U.S.A. from missile attacks.1314 President Bush said that the U.S.A. defence system that was established after the cold war was dated and there was a need for a new system because some ‘rogue’ states had acquired new weapons that were dangerous for U.S.A. defence system.1315 He named Iran, Iraq and North Korea as ‘rogue’ states.1316 He also indicated that the U.S.A. did not wish to remain bound by the Anti Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty of 1972.1317
The international community responded both positively and negatively (mostly negatively) to this announcement.1318 Pakistan remained quiet at this stage. China, European
Union, Commonwealth, Japan, Russian, and some other Western countries including some allies of the U.S.A., like France, also opposed this programme.1319 These States considered it disastrous for strategic balance of the World.1320 They believed that it would force both Russia and China to build more nukes because if U.S.A. was going to improve the quality of its deterrence, the older deterrence of Russia and China would become vulnerable according to the
1313 Sajid Zai, “Zhu’s Visit Renews Sino-Pak Friendly Ties,” The Nation, May 19, 2001 1314 Rana Qaisar, and Absar Alam, “Pakistan Oppose U.S Missile Defence Shield,” The Nation, May 13, 2001 1315 Arshad Ahmad Haqani, “Journey to China . . .Stress in America China Relations (Safar-i-Chine 3 . . . America Chine Kashedighee Ke Mazeed Behase,)” Daily Jang, May 5, 2001 1316 ______, “ Journey to China 2 . . . Stress in Amreica China Relations and its Consequences (Safar-i- Chine 2 . . . America Chine Kashedighee or is Key Muziraat),” Daily Jang, May 4, 2001 1317 M.B. Naqvi, “In the Eye of the Storm,” The News, July 18, 2001 1318 Haqani, “Journey to China 2 . . . Stress in Amreica China Relations and its Consequences (Safar-i- Chine 2 . . . America Chine Kashedighee or is Key Muziraat),” Op.cit. 1319Tariq Warsani, “Visit of Chinese Prime Minister is Break Through (Wazir-i-Azam Chine Ka Dora “Break Through” Ha),” Nawa-i-Waqat, May 18, 2001 Nawa-i-Waqat, May 11, 2001 1320 Aga Shahi, “Pak-China Friendship and America (Pak-Chine Dosti or America),” Jasarat, May 24, 2001
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NMD definition of the U.S.A.1321 China announced if U.S.A. followed its National Missile
Defence system then China would also enhance its nuclear missile capacity by 10 times.1322 This tough reaction from China came because this system was a violation of an international treaty
(ABM) and it would start a new arms race in the World.1323
India surprised the world community by becoming the first country to support the
American concept of NMD to strengthen its ‘partnership’ with Washington.1324 President Bush also wanted to make friendly relations with India since he assumed the office.1325 He perceived
India as counterweight to China and wanted to make China a second Soviet Union.1326 It was an open secret that America wanted to use India to encircle China.1327 Mr. Akram Zaki said,
“Now also a new security situation is developing. The United
States is taking India as its strategic partner in the policy of
containment and encirclement of China with Japan and China’s
province of Taiwan as the two pressure points against Beijing.”1328
According to News reports, India was one of the friends of America to whom, President
Bush had briefed about his plan of NMD before announcement.1329 There were four major interests of India that influenced it to support the stance of America on NMD.1330 Firstly, India
1321 Naqvi, Op.cit. 1322 Haqani, “Journey to China 2 . . . Stress in Amreica China Relations and its Consequences (Safar-i- Chine 2 . . . America Chine Kashedighee or is Key Muziraat),”Op.cit. 1323 Rahimullah Yusufzai, “All Weather Friendship,” The News, May 10, 2001 1324 Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, “New Phase in Pak-China Relations,” Dawn, May 23, 2001 1325 ‘Relations with China & US’ An Article by Former Ambassador Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, As Appeared in Daily ‘Dawn’ on 05 March 2006, Taken from Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, III, (March 2006) 1326 Syed Sabat-ul-Hassan Zagham, “Pak-China Friendship Long Live (Pak-Chini Dosti Zinda-bad),” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 29, 2001 1327Jasarat, May 14, 2001 1328 Dawn, May 16, 2001 1329 Farooq Nisar, “Chinese President’s Visit to Pakistan (Chinie Wazir-i-Azam Ka Dora-i-Pakistan),” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 12, 2001 1330 Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, “Sino-Pak Cordiality: An enviable Target,” The News, May 27, 2001
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wanted the support of the U.S.A. to get permanent membership of the UN Security Council, secondly, to get the defence linkage with U.S.A., thirdly, distance U.S.A. from Pakistan and fourthly, India supported NMD because Theatre Missile Defence (TMD) may also be considered on the bases of NMD.1331 It was also confirmed that New Delhi had planned to build up its own missile shield by purchasing ABM from Israel and Russia.1332 China was not happy with the
Indian stance on NMD plan.1333 President Bush’s missile defence system pitched India and China on the opposite sides.1334
To get the support on NMD, President Bush sent three teams towards sixteen countries of the World. One team was headed by American Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage.1335
This team visited India. The U.S.A. totally ignored Pakistan as it did not send any envoy to
Pakistan.1336 In India Mr. Armitage said this National Missile Defence system could be used against the ‘rogue’ states neighbouring India.1337 Although Mr. Richard did not mention the name of Pakistan and China, but hints were dropped to indicate that the U.S.A. was not comfortable with Pakistan and China was the biggest source of strength behind the rough
States.1338 Pakistani media highly condemned the statement of Mr. Richard, then American
Foreign Office clarified it that what Richard said in India did not mean Pakistan by any way.1339
The extension of missile defence to India in return for its support would certainly affect the
1331 Theater Missile Defence (TMD) deployed nuclear and conventional missiles for the purpose of maintaining security in a specific region. (www.britannica.com/EBChecked/topic/1974712/theater-missile-defence- TMD March 19, 2015) Ghulam Hussain Abid Sipra, “U.S National Missile Defence: Impact on South Asia,” National Development and Security, XII, 4, Serial No. 48, (Summer 2004) 1332 Bhatty, Op.cit. 1333 Muralidhar Reddy, “China Backs Pakistan’s Position on Kashmir,” The Hindu, May 12, 2001, Selection from regional press, May 15, 2001 1334 Mushahid Hussain, “China: Pakistan’s Strategic Partner,” The Nation, May 8, 2001 1335 Bedar Sarmadi, “Love base Relationship with China (Chini se Muhabat Key Rashtay),” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 22, 2001 1336 Emanuel Sarfraz, “A Great Leap Forward,” The Nation, May 20, 2001 1337Khabran, May 15, 2001 1338 Mian Saifu Rehman, “Fall of the Iron Curtain,” The News, May 24, 2001 1339 Sarmadi, Op.cit.
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political and strategic environment of the region. It would particularly affect the complex security matrix of Sino-Pakistan-India along their relations with the U.S.A.1340
As the U.S.A. Deputy Secretary of State was busy convincing India on NMD, Premier
Zhu was writing history in Pakistan.1341 Zhu’s visit coincided with high level US-India talks in
New Delhi on NMD.1342 Zhu was scheduled to visit South Asian countries including Pakistan,
Sri-Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Thailand.1343 India was skipped from this tour although New
Delhi was looking forward to receiving Mr. Zhu. Although Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had invited Prime Minister Rongji, when Li Peng, Chairman of China’s parliament visited India in January.1344 The Chinese Foreign Ministry gave this justification that Mr. Li had visited India so Premier Zhu was not included in his tour.1345
The visit of Premier Zhu to Pakistan started on May 11, for four days.1346 This was the first foreign visit of Prime Minister Zhu in the new millennium and an honor for Pakistan, it opened a new chapter of cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing.1347 This visit sent a clear message to India that Pakistan was fully supported by China.1348 President Musharraf opposed the controversial NMD and endorsed the Chinese criticism on it.1349 President Musharraf
1340 Sipra, Op.cit. 1341 The Nation, May 23, 2001 1342 The News, May 13, 2001 1343 Aziz-ud-din Ahmad, “Agreements and Differences,” The Nation, May 3, 2001 1344Gautam Datt, “China P.M Leaves India out of South Asia Tour Itinerary,” The Asian Age, April 13, 2001, Selection from Regional Press, May 1, 2001 Nawa-i-Waqt, March 27, 2001 1345 Dawn, May 10, 2001 1346 Aziz-ud-din Ahmad, Op.cit. 1347 Absar Alam, “Threshold of New Beginning,” The Nation, May 14, 2001 1348 Sarfraz, Op.cit. 1349 Nawa-i-Waqt, May 13, 2001 Keesing’s Record of World Events 2001
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opposed the NMD first time when Zhu visited Pakistan.1350 He said Pakistan was opposed to any action that would activate nuclear and missile race.1351 He said
“We are against any action that re-initiates the strategic nuclear
and missile race.”1352
A Chinese Spokesman confirmed that Musharraf and Rongji had discussed NMD.1353 Akram
Zaki said, that regional (India) and global hegemony (U.S.A.) became partners and global hegemony was opposed by China and regional hegemony was opposed by Pakistan.1354 The BBC had given extra importance to Zhu’s visit to Pakistan because during his visit Pakistan opposed
U.S.A. NMD plan and supported the stance of China and sent a strong signal to India.1355
According to the BBC, one of the reasons behind backing the Chinese stance by Pakistan was the
Indian support to this programme.1356
Pakistan has paid some price for opposing the U.S.A. NMD as the attitude of U.S.A. towards Pakistan changed. Secretary of State Colin Powell in a senate conference mentioned for the first time, that India-America relations could be used to solve the Kashmir issue. Some analyst believed that Pakistan had not to opposed the American NMD plan because of its weak economy, as some U.S.A. institutions were funding Pakistan.1357
1350 Nafees Saddiqui, “Pakistan and China can be Strategic Partners (Pakistan or China Strategic Partner Ban Sakty Han),” Daily Jang, May 22, 2001 1351 Dawn, May 13, 2001 1352 Adnan Rehmat, “Backing Off__Boldly,” The News, May 20, 2001 1353 Op.cit. 1354Dawn, May 16, 2001 1355 Nawa-i-Waqt, May 15, 2001 The News, May 15, 2001 1356 The Nation, May 15, 2001 1357 Nazair Haq, “ Pak-China Economic Relations (Pak-Chini Iqtasadi Tawan),” Daily Pakistan, May 21, 2001
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5.1.3 China’s Role to De-Escalate India-Pakistan Stand-off 2001-02
The relations between Pakistan and India got strained in the second week of December
2001. The reason was the attack by five gunmen on the building of Indian Parliament on
December 13.1358 Even before preliminary investigation Indian government had blamed Pakistan for this act of terrorism.1359 India held Lashkar-i-Tayaba (Army of the Righteous) responsible for this attack and considered this attack as an attack on Indian democracy and threatened Pakistan with grave consequences.1360 International community highly condemned this attack. The
Chinese leadership also condemned the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament.1361 President
George W. Bush supported Indian stance that Lashkar-i-Tayaba was involved in this attack and further said Lashkar-i-Tayaba was an extremist group of Kashmir and was involved in terrorist activities.1362 Pakistan also unequivocally condemned the attack and offered its assistance to
Indian government. Pakistan asked the Indian government to provide evidence, and then Pakistan would take action, but India rather than accepting this offer not only rejected it but also threatened Pakistan to cross the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir to punish the terrorists.1363
India also rejected Pakistan’s offer of a joint inquiry and even it turned down the offer made by
America to associate Federal Bureau Intelligence (FBI) with the investigation team, instead India threatened Pakistan with military action.1364
1358 The News, December 21, 2001 1359 Dawn, December 22, 2001 1360 Jasarat, December 22, 2001 The News, December 21, 2001 1361 B.M. Jain, “Global Power: India’s Foreign Policy 1947-2006,” (New York: Lexington Books, 2008) 136-148 1362Jasarat, December 22, 2001 1363 Mir Jamilur Rahman, “A Comprehensive Partnership,” The News, December 22, 2001 1364 Dawn, December 22, 2001
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On December 20th, 2001, President Musharraf visited China for five-days to discuss the regional situation with Chinese leadership besides other matters of interest.1365 Although this visit was scheduled earlier but it coincided with the attack on Indian Parliament.1366 President
Musharraf requested China to use its influence to ease the tension between India and Pakistan.
He said that we want friendly neighbourly relations with India and showed his reservations about
Indian mentality to blame Pakistan for this attack.1367 He vowed to crack down the Kashmiri groups that were accused by India if India would provide evidence against these groups. He said
“We are already taking measures to move against all groups that
are involved in any form of terrorism everywhere in the
World.”1368
President Jiang Zemin supported Pakistan’s stance on the Kashmir issue to solve the problem by peaceful means. He hoped that the Kashmir issue would be resolved as soon as possible.1369
China offered for mediation to solve the tension that emerged out of attack on Indian Parliament between India and Pakistan but China stressed that both states should initiate bilateral dialogue to solve the problem.1370 The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhang Qiyue, asked Islamabad and New Delhi to seek an appropriate solution to the issue through dialogue and make efforts to maintain peace and stability in the region. He said
“China is extremely worried over the exchange of fire that took
place on the Indian and Pakistani border.”1371
1365 The Nation, December 20, 2001 1366 Dawn, December 22, 2001 1367Nawa-i-Waqt, December 22, 2001 1368 The Nation, December 25, 2001 1369 The News, December 20, 2001 1370Nawa-i-Waqt, December 22, 2001 1371 Dawn, December 27, 2001
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India had banned its airspace for Pakistani flights from January 1, 2002, as tension raised between the two States.1372 India also called back its ambassador and reduced its diplomatic staff up to 50% and deployed its forces along the entire stretch of its border with Pakistan.1373 Due to this restriction President Musharraf flew to Kathmandu via China to attend the 11th South Asian
Association of Regional Conference (SAARC) Summit.1374 President Musharraf travelled by a
Chinese aircraft from Chengdu near Tibetan region to Kathmandu and on his return took the same Chinese airline up to Chengdu to fly back to Islamabad by the PIA.1375 Musharraf stayed overnight in China on his way to Kathmandu.1376 Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Inam-ul-Haque was pulled out of Kathmandu at the eleventh hour so that he could join the President in
China.1377 During his stay in China, President Musharraf had an extensive exchange of views with the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. The talks were held for more than half an hour in a very cordial atmosphere.1378 He told the Chinese leadership that Pakistan wanted to resolve the tension through dialogue and was against the war.1379 He further said U.S.A., Britain and China would make diplomatic effort to realize India that the way it was behaving was not only disastrous for India and Pakistan but also for the whole of South Asia.1380 General Musharraf said,
1372 Hasan Akhtar, “Pakistan, China to Discuss Stand-off,” Dawn, January 3, 2002 1373 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Strategic Studies, XXII, 2, (Summer 2002) 1374 Nawa-i-Waqt, January 5, 2002 Dawn, January 2, 2002 1375 Akhtar, Op.cit. 1376 Dawn, January 2, 2002 1377 Amir Mateen, “Did China Visit Help Musharraf?,” The News, January 5, 2002 1378 The Nation, January 4, 2002 1379Daily Jang, January 4, 2002 1380 The Nation, January 3, 2002
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“I am going with an open mind to contribute my maximum to the
SAARC meeting.”1381
Musharraf expressed his gratitude to Zhu Rongji for receiving him at short notice during their national holidays.1382 Zhu said that China appreciated the sense of utmost restraint exercised by
Pakistan in the wake of massive troops deployed by the Indian along its Eastern border. He also said,
“The whole World has seen with appreciation the farsighted and
statesmanship like policy pursued by the Pakistani
government.”1383
Pakistan’s ambassador to China Riaz H. Khokar said India-Pakistan tension was at the top of the agenda during the negotiation between Musharraf and Zhu Rongji.1384 He said Pakistan wanted to solve the conflict through dialogue and China supported this step of Pakistan.1385 The Press
Secretary to the President Major General Rashid Qureshi said the talks held between Musharraf and Zhu Rongji were highly successful and it has again proved that whenever Pakistan needed
China, it was there to help Pakistan as it did in the past.1386 He said the Chinese government considered Pakistan as “a very reliable and close friend” and declared that “China would always stand by Pakistan.”1387 Some U.S.A. analysts said that although there wasn’t any statement from
Chinese side to support Pakistan but it allowed General Musharraf to make concessions to India and negotiate from a position of strength instead of weakness. U.S.A. Secretary of State Colin
1381 The Nation, January 4, 2002 1382 Op.cit. 1383 Dawn, January 4, 2002 1384Nawa-i-Waqt, January 4, 2002 1385Nawa-i-Waqt, January 3, 2002 1386 The Nation, January 4, 2002 1387 Dawn, January 4, 2002
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Powell did not want Pakistan to misconceive the Chinese support as an encouragement to step back from its commitment to curb extremism and take a harsher stance against India.1388
In his telephonic message, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, to his Indian and
Pakistani counterpart said the conflict could hurt not only the peace talks in Afghanistan but it would threaten the regional stability.1389 Tang also told Colin Powell in a telephonic conversation that,
“If the situation gets out of control and results in large scale armed
conflict, not only India and Pakistan will suffer, it would also
influence the peace process in Afghanistan and endanger the
stability and development of South Asia and even all of Asia.”1390
Tang and Colin Powell stressed that India and Pakistan should solve the dispute by using diplomatic efforts.1391 Through Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) China and Russia urged India and Pakistan to solve the conflict between them by peaceful means.1392
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Mohammad Aziz Khan said
Pakistan was seeking evidence against the twenty persons who were wanted by India. He said that India had not provided any evidence against those wanted persons, so it was difficult for
Pakistan to take action on Indian demand.1393 Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee threatened Pakistan that if war with Pakistan started then every weapon that “we have would be used against Pakistan and we would change the map of Pakistan.” He also threatened Pakistan to use nuclear weapons. But very next day he said that India would not use nuclear bomb first, but
1388 Mateen, Op.cit. 1389 Dawn, January 2, 2002 1390 Dawn, January 4, 2002 1391Daily Jang, January 4, 2002 1392Nawa-i-Waqt, January 8, 2002 1393 Akhtar, Op.cit.
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would try to solve the conflict by diplomatic means. On the other hand Indian, Defence Minister
Pranab Mukherjee said that if conflict did not get resolved through diplomatic means then India would take such military action against Pakistan as America took against Afghanistan.1394 Fu
Ying, Director General of the Ministry of Asian Affairs Department said China was trying to convince India and Pakistan to step down from the brink of war by moral pressurization. He said
China’s reluctance to get involved in this dispute was long rooted in its diplomatic history.1395
General Fu Quanyou, Chief of General Staff and Zhan Wannian, Vice Chairman Chinese Central
Military Commission, appreciated the measures announced by President Musharraf during his address for de-escalation of tension and rooting out terrorism. Zhan said China would continue to extend its support to Pakistan in the defence field.1396
Chinese Premier Zhu visited India from January 11 to 15, 2002, although it was scheduled in November the previous year but was postponed for different reasons.1397 At the arrival of Zhu in Agra (India), Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh said in a press conference that China would not interfere in the prevailing tension between India and Pakistan.1398 Jaswant
Singh also said that China would not want to play the role of a mediator between India and
Pakistan.1399 The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi, said China appreciated
President Musharraf’s pledge to crack down extremists as he mentioned in his January 12th, address to the nation. He said that this showed his commitment to settle the conflict through
1394Daily Amn, January 9, 2002 1395 The Nation, January 10, 2002 1396 The Nation, January 16, 2002 Dawn, Lahore, January 16, 2002 1397 Fazal-ur-Rehman, Op.cit. 1398 Atul Aneja, “We have no Plan to Broker Indo-Pak Peace, Say Zhu,” The Hindu, January 14, 2002, Selection from Regional Press, February 1, 2002 1399Nawa-i-Waqt, January 14, 2002
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dialogue with India. These comments of Sun Yuxi, came after Zhu arrived in India for talks.1400
Mr. Sun Yuxi also said,
“We are great admirer of President General Pervez Musharraf’s
efforts to maintain peace and stability in the region.”1401 and,“We
are convinced that Pakistanis are keen for a dialogue to settle
dispute with its neighbours. But India has always avoided
negotiations on the Kashmir issue.”1402
General Mohammad Aziz Khan visited China (last week of January, 2002), during his visit he met President Jiang Zemin. Jiang said that China supported the steps taken by Pakistan to solve the Kashmir Issue and to ease the prevailing tension between India and Pakistan.1403 He also appreciated the steps announced by the President Musharraf in his address to the nation.1404
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Shulin said China was playing its role to prevent war. He expressed his hope that there would be no war, as both States were developing nations and war would sent them to at least ten years back. He said,
“People of both countries as well as of other South Asian States
will suffer as a result of the war. That’s why we (China) say that
there should be no war at any cost.”1405
President Musharraf asked America to put pressure on India to resolve the Kashmir issue.
He said Kashmir issue could be resolved through the mediation of any big power. Chinese
President Jiang Zemin also asked President Bush to support the efforts made by Pakistan to ease
1400 Dawn, January 14, 2002 1401 The Nation, February 10, 2002 1402 The News, February 11, 2002 1403Nawa-i-Waqt, January 17, 2002 1404Daily Pakistan, January 17, 2002 1405 Dawn, January 24, 2002
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the tension on its Eastern border and also asked him to help Pakistan in this regard.1406 Chinese
Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said China would continue to encourage and persuade Pakistan and India to solve their disputes through peaceful means and China was prepared to play its constructive role for the stability of the region.1407 Senior Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Yang
Wencheng said China fully supported the stance of Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue through peaceful means.1408
Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan visited Islamabad a day before the arrival of the U.S.A.
Assistant Secretary of State Christiana Rocca, who was hoping to ease the tension.1409 Jiaxuan met with his Pakistani counterpart Abdul Sattar and said the Kashmir issue was a leftover problem by history and it needed to be resolved through peaceful means.1410 He said to his Indian counterpart, Jaswant Singh, in a telephonic conversation that he hoped the tension between India and Pakistan would soon be de-escalated.1411 Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan said in a press briefing that Jiaxuan discussed the prevailing situation with the U.S.A. Secretary of State Colin Powell, on the phone.1412 During the telephonic conversation with Colin Powell,
Jiaxuan asked international community to adopt more balanced and fairer attitude to encourage the direct dialogue between the two South Asian nations.1413 He told Colin Powell that Beijing was too much concerned about the heightened tension between India and Pakistan.1414 Indian government expelled the Pakistani High Commissioner.1415 The U.S.A. warned the situation as
1406Daily Jang, February 23, 2002 1407The Nation, March 7, 2002 Dawn, March 7, 2002 1408 Dawn, April 5, 2002 1409 The News, May 15, 2002 1410 The Nation, May 19, 2002 1411 The Nation, May 25, 2002 1412Nawa-i-Waqt, May 29, 2002 1413 The Nation, May 19, 2002 1414 The Nation, May 29, 2002 1415 Dawn, May 21, 2002
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“dangerous” and European countries cautioned that New Delhi was running out of patience over cross border raid into Kashmir.1416 A delegation of American Congress members met with
President Jiang Zemin. After meeting with Jiang Zemin, they told the reporters that the Chinese
President had assured them that in the wake of India-Pakistan war, China would not take sides as
China was a friend of both India and Pakistan.1417 Chinese Foreign Office denied this report that
China would not support Pakistan in the wake of its war with India.1418 Chinese Foreign Office
Spokesman, said China would help Pakistan in case of war with India but it was the desire of
President Jiang Zamin that India and Pakistan should solve the conflict through dialogue.1419 He said about the report that it was not based on facts.1420
Pakistan and India agreed to de-escalate military stand-off as Islamabad took certain measures to check the infiltration of militants into Indian held Kashmir. Pakistan assured that it was against all terrorist activities and would not allow its territory to be used against any violent activity anywhere in the World including India. The U.S.A. and U.K. guaranteed India about the
Pakistan’s sincerity in combating terrorism and the fact that Musharraf’s government assured of stopped infiltration of the militants into the Indian held Kashmir. The breakthrough was achieved after the intense pressure from the world community i.e, Russia, U.S.A., China, Kazakhstan and behind the scene diplomatic efforts in Almaty to defuse the tension between India and Pakistan and pull back them from the brink of war that might trigger a nuclear catastrophe in South
Asia.1421 Russia and China who were two eminent players at Almaty Security Conference
(2002), tried to defuse tension between the two States. According to the CNN, Russian President
1416 The Nation, May 25, 2002 1417Nawa-i-Waqt, May 30, 2002 1418 Khabran, June 1, 2002
1419Nawa-i-Waqt, May 31, 2002 1420 The News, May 31, 2002 1421 Absar Alam, “Pakistan, India Agree to Defuse Tension,” The Nation, June 4, 2002
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Vladimir Putin made it his personal mission to de-escalate the tension.1422 Russian President
Vladimir Putin demanded that Pakistan should end, ‘terrorism’ in Kashmir and urged Pakistan and India to resolve their dispute peacefully.1423 The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu
Jianchao, said in a press briefing that China supported the Russian efforts of mediation between
India and Pakistan for resolving dispute.1424 On the sideline of the Conference on Interaction and
Confidence Building Measures in Asia, President Jiang Zemin met with both President
Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee separately.1425 The meeting was arranged after consultation with India and Pakistan.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan said that the leaders of India and
Pakistan know their home realities, war would lead to destruction of their economies.1426 The
Chinese Defence Minister Chi Haotian, hoped that India and Pakistan would sit down to negotiate rather than threatening each other with nuclear weapons.1427 Chinese Vice Premier
Qian Qichen said that China was confident that both States would tackle their problems through dialogue.1428 He assured that his country would continue to push both States for reconciliation and contribute to peace and stability in South Asia. He appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for peaceful solution of the dispute.1429 President Jiang Zemin asked the international community to use their influence to bring India and Pakistan to the negotiating table because war was not only devastating for the region but also for whole World.1430 During his meeting with President Jiang
1422 The Nation, June 4, 2002 1423 The Nation, June 9, 2002 1424 The News, June 8, 2002 1425 The Nation, August 31, 2002 1426 The News, June 4, 2002 1427 Op.cit. 1428 Dawn, June 3, 2002 1429 The News, June 27, 2002 1430Daily Jang, June 5, 2002
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Zemin, President Musharraf said that he was willing to hold unconditional talks with Indian
Prime Minister.1431 The Chinese Spokesman said,
“China welcomes Pakistan’s willingness to resume talks with India
at any level, anytime and anywhere.”1432
China appreciated the efforts made by President Musharraf to initiate dialogue with India. Liu
Jianchao said,
“We highly appreciate the efforts made by President Musharraf
and his government to ease tension in South Asia, which has
gained the understanding and support of the international
community.”1433
Liu told that President Jiang Zemin during his meeting with Indian Prime Minister at Almaty, asked him to hold talks with Pakistan.1434 Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Zhang Chunxiang, said China was trying to bring peace and stability between the two States. He said,
“Our desire is that the troops on the borders should be immediately
withdrawn and both countries should resolve their differences
through dialogue.”1435 and “It is not fair to exert pressure on
Pakistan and the International community should play a balanced
1431 The News, June 5, 2002 1432 The Nation, June 19, 2002 1433 The News, July 3, 2002 1434 Ihtashamul Haq, “Pakistan Deserves Fair Treatment: China,” Dawn, September 29, 2002 1435 B. Muraliahar Reddy, “China to Play “Balancing Role”,” The Hindus, June 24, 2002, Selection from Regional Press, July 15, 2002
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role by pursuing an evenhanded approach towards India and
Pakistan for settling half a century old Kashmir dispute.”1436
Inamul-Haq, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, paid his first foreign visit to China after assuming the office. The purpose of the visit was to consult the Chinese leadership on the latest development in South Asia.1437 While meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister Inamul-
Haq hoped that China would continue to pursue the international community to ease tension between India and Pakistan.1438 He further said that the world community also appreciate the efforts of President Musharraf.1439 Jiaxuan said President Musharraf gained the support and understanding of the international community.1440 The Chinese government also discussed the tension between India and Pakistan with the British Foreign Fecretary Jack Straw, who visited
Beijing. Liu Jianchao said,
“The Chinese government will urge the British Secretary to help
creating conducive atmosphere for promoting peace and stability in
South Asia.”1441
While taking with Jack Straw, Tang Jiaxuan said China was ready to work with the international community to ease the tension between India and Pakistan.1442 Chinese government supported the efforts made by the United States and Britain to de-escalate the tension between the two
States.1443Chinese Vice Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said,
1436 Haq, Op.cit. 1437 The Nation, July 1, 2002 1438 The News, June 27, 2002 1439Nawa-i-Waqat, July 3, 2002 1440 The Nation, July 1, 2002 1441 The Nation, July 12, 2002 1442Daily Jang, July 18, 2002 1443 Jawed Naqvi, “China Back Efforts for Easing Tension,” Dawn, July 12, 2002
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“President Musharraf’s policies are correct and in the right
direction.”1444
He said the question of Kashmir was not related to terrorism and counterterrorism. It was a “left- over from history, from the aftermath of British Colonialism” and it involved “a very complicated territorial and religious issue.” He said that the issue of Kashmir could not be solved through military means, dialogue was necessary between the two States to solve this issue.1445
Regarding the Indian allegation against Pakistan of infiltration of terrorists across the line of control Kong Quan said,
“We believe Pakistan’s stand is firm to root out terrorism and
domestic religious extremism.”1446
India announced that it was ready to resume dialogue with Pakistan at defence level if terrorism and cross border infiltration were included in dialogue. This announcement was made by India on the advice of Colin Powell’s visit to India.1447 Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar Memom said, while President Musharraf was visiting (August
2002) the countries of South Asia and flying over China, he decided to avail himself the opportunity to consult the Chinese government over the development in South Asia. Musharraf said that Pakistan did not want to involve in a war or would not start a war first. President Jiang
Zemin said China supported all those efforts that were to alleviate tension in South Asia.1448
Akram Zaki said Chinese were peace-loving people and they wanted a peaceful settlement of this
1444 The Nation, July 25, 2002 1445 Jawed Naqvi, “China Urges Joint Efforts by India, Pakistan,” Dawn, October 8, 2002 1446 The News, August 1, 2002 1447Khabran, August 1, 2002 1448 The Nation, August 3, 2002
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burning issue.1449According to the BBC, the brief visit of President Musharraf to China was very important as it aimed to send a signal to India that Pakistan still had powerful friends in the region.1450
India and Pakistan decided to withdraw troops from their International border in October
2002.1451 Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhang Qiyue said in a press briefing that
China welcomed the Indian decision to withdraw its troops from its border with Pakistan.1452
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said that China played a constructive role in de- escalating the tension between India and Pakistan.1453 Foreign Office Spokesman Jalil Abbas
Jilani said Pakistan acknowledged a “positive and constructive role of China in Pakistan-India relations right from the day one.”1454
According to some analysts, China adopted an unbiased posture during the whole period of Pakistan-India standoff because it did not want to endanger the programme of modernizations initiated during Deng’s era.1455 They also suggested that Pakistan’s friend was remarkably quiet during the whole situation except for two or three statements in support of Pakistan. Pakistan missed the Chinese voices of support that it got in 1965 & 1971.1456 They also said the assurance of Chinese support to Pakistan in case of a massive build-up of Indian troops came from the
Pakistani press not from the Chinese press. Instead of praising only Pakistan, the Chinese government welcomed the initiatives taken by the two countries to de-escalate the existing
1449 The Nation, September 26, 2002 1450 The Nation, August 3, 2002 1451 Foreign Office Year Book 2002, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 1452 P.S. Suryanarayana, “China Welcomes India’s Move,” The Hindu, October 18, 2002 1453 Visit of Foreign Minister Kasuri to China from 7-9 April 2004, Taken from, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXI, IV, (April 2004) 1454 Beijing Playing Positive Role for Peace: FO-Chinese Premier Due Today, IPRI, Fact File, China- Pakistan Relations, A Profile of Friendship, VII, 3, (March 2005) 1455 Ahmad Faruqui, “The Impact of 9/11 on Sino-Pakistan Ties,” Daily Times, June 18, 2002 1456 M. P. Bhandara, “All Quiet on the Chinese Front,” Daily Times, June 19, 2002
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tension.1457 There was also another view that China did not adopt a policy of confrontation with
India because such an act could push India closer to America.1458
Although the analysis of the whole situation indicated that China supported and appreciated President Musharraf’s policies and steps during the whole situation. The maximum higher hierarchy of China had given statement in favour of Pakistan and tried to convince India in a diplomatic way to start negotiations with Pakistan. China also convinced the international community to adopt an unbiased approach towards India and Pakistan to resolve the conflict rather than putting pressure only on Pakistan.
5.1.4 India-America Nuclear Deal
On June 29, 2005, the U.S.A. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and Indian Defence
Minister Pranab Mukherjee signed the “New Framework for U.S.A.-India Defence
Relationship.”1459 On July 18, the U.S.A. and India released a controversial agreement on full cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector.1460 The Pentagon Officials stated that if the U.S.A.
Congress approved the U.S.A.-India Civil nuclear energy deal, then India would be able to buy 5 billion US dollar worth of conventional military equipment from the U.S.A. Early in March
2006, President Bush visited India. His visit was very significant as the two countries agreed to have a global strategic partnership. During President Bush’s visit on March 2, India and U.S.A. signed a civilian nuclear cooperation pact. President Bush termed this agreement as a “historic
1457 Samina Yasmeen, “China and Pakistan in a changing World,” in Asian Security and China 2000-2010, eds. K. Santhanam & Srikanth Kondapalli, (Delhi: Shipra Publications, 2004), 310-11 1458 Ahmad Faruqui, “The Complex Dynamics of Pakistan’s Relationship with China,” IPRI Journal, 1, 1 (Summer 2001) 1459 Spotlight on Regional Affairs, XXV, 4-5, (April-May 2006) 1460‘Pakistan Need for N-Energy’, An Article by Noorilhuda, as Appeared in Daily ‘Dawn’ on March 8, 2006, taken from Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, III, (March 2006)
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agreement.”1461 According to this agreement, India secured seven years exemption to safeguard its breeder reactors.1462 Condoleeza Rice opined that this deal would end Indian “nuclear isolation” by bringing sixteen of its twenty-two nuclear reactors under International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.1463 Strategic analysts in U.S.A., George Perkovitch, Ashely
Tellis, Stephen Cohen and Sumit Ganguly, urged the U.S.A. to build strategic partnership with
India. Their main argument was that a “rising India” would counter a “rising China” and maintain a balance of power in Asia.1464
On the other hand, the deal was the violation of the article 1, of the Nuclear Proliferation
Treaty (NPT), which made it mandatory for the NPT signatories to conduct nuclear transactions only to the NPT signatories and India was not the signatory of the NPT. U.S.A. did not consult any member of the Nuclear Supplies Group (NSG) before this deal.1465 The U.S.A. felt uneasy the way China had been recording high economic growth, so to check the economic and military growth of China, Bush administration had gone out of the way to offer cooperation with India in civil nuclear technology.1466 Once the IAEA and NSG approved the deal then India could purchase nuclear material and technology from any country.1467
Russia and France were enthusiastic about the deal, Britain took political decisions to favour India, but some lobbies inside the U.S.A. and Europe showed opposition to this deal and
1461 Spotlight on Regional Affairs, XXV, 4-5, (April-May 2006) 1462 The Nation, August 20, 2007 1463‘Indo-US Deal: Not Without Amendments’, An Article by MS. Nasim Nehra, As Appeared in Daily ‘The News’ on 10 April 2006, taken from Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIII, IV, (April: 2006) 1464 Shaheen Akhtar, “Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Implications for China,” Spotlight on Regional Affairs, XXVIII, 1 7 2, (January-February 2009) 1465‘Indo-US Deal: Not Without Amendments’, An Article by MS. Nasim Nehra, Op.cit. 1466 The Nation, February 22, 2006 1467 Y. Mallikarjun, “Chinese Incursion Cause for Concerns: Antony,” The Hindu, July 24, 2008, Selection from Regional Press, July 16-31, 2008
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reservations were also shown by China and Pakistan.1468 Mr. Chomsky, an internationally renowned linguist, author and foreign policy expert warned that the U.S.A. desire to sell advanced military equipment to India would lead to an arms race in Asia. He pointed out that if
India got these pieces of military equipment than Pakistan and China too would want the same.
About the NPT he said,
“It is predictable that as soon as the U.S.A. broke it, someone else
would break it too, . . . once you open the door, others are going to
follow.”1469
China argued that it was fundamentally wrong to change the global non-proliferation regime for the sake of only one State. Any change in the rule must be based on “Principled
Criteria.” China’s emphasis on “Principled Criteria” was perceived by India as an attempt to get the same benefits for Pakistan that India would gain from the nuclear deal with the U.S.A. 1470
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukharjee said,
“The first step is getting the approval of the US congress.
Therefore it will go to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) of
which China is a member. China is aware of our needs and we will
surely take it up after the matter is resolved in the US
congress.”1471
Most of the Chinese scholars, Zhao Gancheng, Wu Chunsi, Yu Yingyi, Wang Yiwei and Xia
Liping felt that the nuclear deal was very discriminatory towards Pakistan and would destabilize
1468 C. Raja Mohan, “Negative N-Vibe,” The Indian Express, July 31, 2007, Selection from Regional Press, July 15-31, 2007 Shaheen Akhtar, Op.cit. 1469 Anwar Iqbal, “Sino-Pakistan Nuclear Agreement Likely: Chomsky,” Dawn, June 1, 2007 1470 Mohan, Op.cit. 1471 The Indian Express, June 14, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, June 1-15, 2006
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South Asia.1472 Wang Yiwei, a leading Chinese expert, at the Institute of International Studies, an influential think tank, said,
“If the India-U.S.A. nuclear deal is primarily about energy, as
India has been arguing, then why not make an exception for
Pakistan and allow Beijing to help Islamabad in developing
nuclear energy as well? Pakistan too needs energy.”1473
He also said,
“Our relations with Pakistan are close and very good. We should
pay attention to Pakistan’s concerns as well.”1474
Wang said China was not concerned about the nuclear deal between U.S.A. and India but many people in China were concerned that India should be used as a card by U.S.A. to contain
China.1475 Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) Mr. Saran rejected the views that India was part of any design to contain China.1476 A mature nation like India could never allow its own interests to be endangered while exploring new areas of cooperation with other countries.1477
New Delhi told Washington that their strategic ties were independent of New Delhi’s defence dealing with Beijing and vice versa.1478 When U.S.A. senate has voted in favour of nuclear deal between India and U.S.A., China softens its attitude towards nuclear deal.1479 Chinese Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Qin Gan said,
1472 Shaheen Akhtar, Op.cit. 1473 The Post, July 25, 2007 1474 Op.cit. 1475 Op.cit. 1476 Amit Baruah, “India not Part of any Design to Contain China,” The Hindu, August 29, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, August 16-31, 2006 1477 The Tribune, May 31, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, May 16-31, 2001 1478 The Times of India, May 31, 206, Selection from Regional Press, May 16-31, 2006 1479 Sushant Sareen, “The Dragon’s Balancing Out,” The News, December 3, 2008
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“We considered the cooperation between countries to use nuclear
energy for peaceful purpose will be beneficial to maintain the
principles and effectiveness of international nuclear non-
proliferation.”1480
When in March 2006, President Bush visited Pakistan, Pakistan demanded the same nuclear agreement as U.S.A. did with India but U.S.A. refused to accord Pakistan with the same nuclear deal.1481 Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz warned that,
“A selective and discriminatory approach will have serious
implications for the security environment in South Asia.”1482
Similar observations were made by President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood
Qureshi, and Adil Sultan of Pakistan Strategic Plan Division. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said
Pakistan had the full right to use nuclear technology to meet its growing energy demands.1483
Pakistan one of the members of the IAEA board, showed strong opposition to safeguard the deal.
It submitted a note that described the draft to safeguard the nuclear agreement between India and
U.S.A. as “discriminatory and dangerous” and called for its amendment. Pakistan’s principled stand was to give it an equal opportunity to access the civil nuclear technology.1484 India blamed that China was encouraging Pakistan to demand parity with India in nuclear deals as Indian said, it was evident that China had warned that the nuclear deal would lead to an arms race and by the
Khalid Mahmud, “Sino-Indian Relations: Future Prospects-Friendship, Rivalry or Co-operation?,” Spotlight on Regional Affairs , XXVI, 5, (May 2007) 1480 Anil K. Joseph, “Nuke-deal: Beijing Cools Down,” The Tribune, December 14, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, December 1-15, 2006 1481 Rajeev Sharma, “China Wary of Indo-US N-deal,” The Tribune, March 26, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, March 16-31, 2006 1482 Shaheen Akhtar, Op.cit. 1483 Op.cit. 1484 The Nation, August 20, 2007
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time Pakistan was echoing the same words.1485 Mushahid Hussain Syed termed Indo-U.S.A. nuclear deal as directed against China.1486
India made several attempts and sent high officials to convince China that the deal was entirely for energy purposes.1487 Early in March, 2008 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited China.1488 After meeting with President Hu Jintao, Manmohan Singh showed confidence that there would be “no difficulty” from Beijing, when the case would go before the NSG.
Although the Chinese expressed that they had no objection to any country going for peaceful nuclear development.1489 They did not say that they were going to support India in the NSG meeting. In early July Singh again met with Chinese President Hu on the sidelines of G-8 meeting but did not get assurance from the Chinese side.1490 As a last effort Singh wrote two letters addressed to President Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao. The letters explained the Indian position on the deal and asked for the Chinese support in the NSG.1491 The Chinese ambassador to India Sun Yuxi, said it was the right of every State to generate energy in any form including nuclear form. He said everything leading to strengthen non-proliferation was welcomed by the international community.1492 India revealed that if Beijing showed positive attitude towards the
Indo-U.S.A. deal, New Delhi must in return sign that it was ready for genuine cooperation with
China in deepening regional integration through the SAARC.1493
1485 Sharma, Op.cit. 1486 Dawn, May 22, 2006 1487 Shaheen Akhtar, Op.cit. 1488 The Sentinel, March 8, 2008, Selection from Regional Press, March 2-15, 2008 1489 The Indian Express, July 30, 2008, Selection from Regional Press, July 16-31, 2008 1490 Shaheen Akhtar, Op.cit. 1491 Pallavi Aiyar, “No Assurance on Nuclear Deal,” The Hindu, July 30, 2008, Selection from Regional Press, July 16-31, 2008 1492 Seema Sirohi, “Crisis is Opportunity: China has Softened on India’s N-deal. Talks will only Pick Up Now,” Outlook, October 8, 2007, Selection from Regional Press, September, 16-30, 2007 1493 C. Raja Mohan, “Nuclear History: Chinese Take Way,” The Indian Express, July 30, 2008, Selection from Regional Press, July 16-31, 2008
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Indian leadership had expressed the sense of displeasure to the Foreign Minister Yang
Jiechi, who was on three days’ diplomatic visit to India.1494 They expressed reservations that at the meeting of the NSG in Vienna, China took a back seat.1495 India was not happy over the
Chinese attitude at NSG meeting. It considered it that China tried to sabotage India-specific waiver at the meeting although China had given an impression that it would not become an obstacle at the NSG meeting.1496 Yang tried to clear this misunderstanding that had cast a shadow on the ties between the two countries. He said China had adopted a ‘responsible and constructive approach’ at both the meetings of the IAEA and the NSG. He claimed that the
Chinese policy on supporting India was decided before the meeting. He also said,
“When I reached Kolkata, I was in for a big shock at reading
reports in the media. I told reporters that facts (about China’s role
at NSG) speak louder than words.”1497
But all these arguments did not satisfy the Indian leadership.1498 When a vote on the follow up of
Indo-U.S.A. nuclear deal allowing the World to import and export nuclear material and technology approached in the board of governors of the IAEA and the NSG, China voted for
India.1499 China welcomed the NSG granting a waiver to India to engage in nuclear commerce.1500 Although some policy makers and strategic thinkers were propagating that China
1494Ashok Tuteja, “Chinese Foreign Minister Arrives: New Delhi May Convey Displeasure on Beijing’s role at Vienna,” The Tribune, September 8, 2008, Selection from regional Press, September 1-15, 2008 The Nation, September 9, 2008 1495 C. Raja Mohan, “Bush Gone, now Chance to Reserve Beijing,” The Indian Express, March 9, 2006, Selection from Regional Press, March 2-15, 2006 1496 Ashok Tuteja, “Chinese Foreign Minister Arrives: New Delhi May Convey Displeasure on Beijing’s role at Vienna,” Op.cit. 1497 Ashok Tuteja, “Nuclear Deal, Our Backing was Decided before Vienna: China,” The Tribune, September 10, 2008, Selection from regional Press, September 1-15, 2008 1498 Op.cit. 1499 K.P. Nayar, “Look for the Method,” The Telegraph, October 28, 2009 1500 The News, September 9, 2008
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would block exemption for India but all this news proved wrong.1501 China felt it was better to engage India on the issue rather than opposing the deal. China knew that if it remained the only country in opposing the deal in NSG, it would ruin its relations with India. Although China wanted the same deal for Pakistan but its hands were tied by the international obligation as a member of the NSG.1502 According to a report, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan after closed door meeting with Indian leaders denied that China had tried to block the waiver at the
NSG meeting.1503
India China relations show trend of improvement from 1970s. But this graph of improvement does not have any match or challenge for Pakistan-China friendly ties. The analysis shows that there is an element of mistrust between the relations of India and China. This element of mistrust is absolutely absent from Pakistan-China trust worthy relations. Many times at international forum India and China were seen on opposite sides but Pakistan and China were not only on the same page but also support each other’s point of view and even they consult each other on different international issues. India has more inclination towards U.S.A. than China and she wants to become the strategic partner of U.S.A. even at the expanse of angriness of China.
India also wants to become the part of the game that is for the containment of China.
India-China relations are in much better form what were in 1960s. Even they have celebrated 2005 as India-China friendship year. The improvement in relations is not only in the interest of Pakistan but also in the interest of peace and stability of the region. If the level of trust developed between both States than they can join hand together to fight the other challenges of
1501 Nayar, Op.cit. 1502 Sushant Sareen, “The Dragon’s Balancing Out,” The News, December 3, 2008 1503 Jawed Naqvi, “China Supported Pakistan at NSG,” Dawn, September 9, 2008
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the region, the biggest one is terrorism that has shaken the World in general and this region particularly.
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Chapter 6
Pakistan-China Friendship in the Context of Terrorism
Soon after the terrorist attack (September 11, 2001) on New York and Washington,
President General Pervez Musharraf decided to pay an urgent visit to China to consult the
Chinese leadership on the security situation that emerged out of these attacks.1504 But the
President had to cancel his one day visit followed by an assurance from the Chinese side to support his government decision in the fight against international terrorism.1505 The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Lu Shulin, met with President Musharraf and discussed with him the security environment resulting from the terrorist attack on the U.S.A.1506 Musharraf also shared the policies of his government on this situation with him.1507 Instead of Musharraf’s visit to
China, a special envoy of President Jiang Zemin arrived on September 18, in Islamabad to meet him.1508 The envoy expressed the support of the Chinese government to Pakistan for its principled policy on assisting the international coalition in its fight against terrorism. China also assured that it would stand firmly by Pakistan in the face of its difficulties arising out of the post-
September 11, developments.1509
China sealed its border with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and two Central Asian States, namely
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on September 12, for security purposes and to avoid the entrance of any terrorist in China.1510 China beefed up its military along its Western border adjoining
1504Nawa-i-Waqat, September 17, 2001 1505 The Nation, September 17, 2001 1506 The News, September 16, 2001 1507Daily Din, September 16, 2001 1508 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Strategic Studies, XXII, 2, (Summer 2002) 1509 Foreign Office Year Book, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 1510 The News, September 18, 2001
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Pakistan and Afghanistan in the wake of the terrorist attack on the U.S.A. China was in close contact with Pakistan as the Chinese troops were moving along its border.1511 The Chinese
Foreign Ministry Spokesman, said that due to military troops deployed along the Western most border of China; there was no chance of Usama Bin Laden’s entrance.1512 China agreed to give
Washington its support in war against terrorists, particularly regarding sharing intelligence information. But the Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, mentioned that the antiterrorism campaign should “Respect the United Nations norms of International Law.”1513 China had strong reasons to get on the bandwagon of an international coalition on ‘war on terror’ due to terrorists and extremists activities in its Xinjiang province. But Beijing had also reservations about intervention and the use of force.1514
Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar visited China, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to consult the leaders of the friendly countries on the situation that had emerged out of the terrorist attack on U.S.A. mainland.1515 Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan told his Pakistani counterpart that China understood the position of Pakistan and would support the measures it had taken to deal with the situation against antiterrorism. He also told Abdul Sattar that China was actively considering providing financial assistance to Pakistan to deal with Afghan refugees that had fled to Pakistan after U.S.A. attack on Afghanistan, as UN had called it the World’s worst humanitarian crisis.1516 In his speech on Pakistan television and radio on the occasion of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Ambassador Lu Shulin, said that the government and the people of China supported the position taken by Pakistan in line with its national
1511 Dawn, September 29, 2001 1512Nawa-i-Waqt, September 29, 2001 1513 The News, September 23, 2001 1514 Ghulam Hussain Abid Sipra, “US Missile Defence: Impact on South Asia,” National Development and Security, XII, 4, 48, (Summer 2004) 1515 The Nation, September 17, 2001 1516 The News, October 1, 2001
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interests against international terrorism.1517 During his conversation with President Musharraf, the Chinese President said that any action against terrorism should be based on proper information and be well-targeted. The Chinese government announced a financial assistance of
1.2 million US dollars to cope up with Afghan refugees.1518 There were two rumours in the mid of October, after the 9/11 incident, first one was that China had called back its citizens, living and working in Pakistan. This news was rejected by both Pakistani and Chinese Foreign
Ministry. The Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesman said all Chinese institutions, embassy in
Islamabad and consulate in Karachi were working normally, just a few Chinese according to their will shifted to safe places inside Pakistan that were working or living on Pakistan-Afghan border. 1519 The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Xuxi, said all Chinese assisted projects in Pakistan were going on smoothly, except in a few cases the work was suspended on the project, that were in the vicinity of Afghanistan border. Those who returned home at the outset of the war against terrorism, had started going back to resume their work in Pakistan.1520
The second news was that China had banned people from nineteen, Middle East and nearby countries flying on any of its State run airlines in the wake of September 11, attacks.1521 An emergency notice was sent to major agencies telling them not to issue tickets to people from the list of the countries including Israel, Pakistan, Saudi-Arabia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, Jordan,
Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, the United Arab Emirate, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait, Sudan,
Libya, Algeria and Palestine.1522 The notice read,
1517 The News, October 2, 2001 1518Nawa-i-Waqt, October 2, 2001 1519Daily Jang, October 10, 2001 1520 The Nation, November 3, 2001 1521 The News, October 15, 2001 1522 The News, October 16, 2001
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“Ticket shall not be issued to people from 20 (sic) countries again.
Tickets already issued should be cancelled and fully refunded, or
processed only after receiving confirmation from the local embassy
or consulate.”1523
The Foreign Ministry of Pakistan had blamed mainland airlines for misunderstanding a directive about banning travelers from Pakistan and some other countries issued after terrorist attacks in the United States. Neither the Foreign Ministry nor the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) had asked the airlines to ban passengers from the twenty countries. The
Ministry of Foreign Affair issued a statement which stated,
“A few airlines misunderstood the concerned policy and have
acted inappropriately in some individual cases.”1524
The statement also said that China welcomed all travellers with valid visas.1525
Sun Xuxi, the Spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Pakistan and China had similar stand on war against terrorism and they had been maintaining regular contacts with each other for early restoration of peace in Afghanistan.1526 On November 6, an eight member delegation of eminent persons, led by Former Vice Foreign Minister Liu Shuging visited
Pakistan.1527 Mr. Liu Shuging, expressed Chinese government solidarity with Pakistan in the current difficult time. He also conveyed the full support of the government and people of China for the decision taken by President Pervez Musharraf to cooperate with the international
1523 The News, October 15, 2001 1524 The News,October 16, 2001 1525 Op.cit. 1526 The News, November 3, 2001 1527 The Nation, November 11, 2001
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campaign against terrorism.1528 Pakistan ambassador to China Riaz Khokhar, said the relation between Pakistan and China would not be affected by Pakistan’s joining the U.S.A. led terrorism coalition and its ties with the West. He said
“Pakistan’s decision to join the US led anti-terrorism coalition was
based on a number of considerations. After September 11, incident,
anti-terrorism has become a topic of consensus in the international
community. Pakistan risks the danger of being accused of
supporting terrorism and damaging its relationship with
international community if it stubbornly refuses to cooperate.”1529
Pakistan considered the attitude of both China and Russia, which vowed their support for the anti-terrorism campaign. The United States had suggested that its military strikes could possibly be expanded to other countries that supported terrorism.1530 The Chinese Foreign
Ministry’s Spokesman condemned the U.S.A. suggestion to expand its military strikes to other countries. Many other countries even U.S.A. allies also showed reservation about it.1531 In a telephonic conversation President Jiang Zemin and President Pervez Musharraf said the international community should push for early solution of Afghanistan problem. They shared the views that,
1528 A Report on a visit of a Chinese People’s Friendship Delegation, Led by Former Minister, Mr. Liu Shuging: Islamabad, November 6, 2001, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXVII, II, (Nov 2001) 1529 The Nation, November 17, 2001 1530 Op.cit. 1531Daily Jang, November 6, 2001
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“The early establishment of an interim authority which can
represent all ethnic groups in Afghanistan while ensuring the
solution in Kabul (is) under control.”1532
In a second telephonic conversation the leaders of both countries said that the United
Nations should play a leading role in resolving the situation in Afghanistan.1533 The two leaders also expressed concerns over the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.1534 In the last week of
November, Pakistan’s Trade and Commerce Minister Abdul Razzaq Dadood visited China.
During his visited the Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji once again assured of the Chinese aid to Pakistan. He said China could understand that Pakistan was facing financial crisis due to ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan.1535
In December, President Pervez Musharraf visited China for three days.1536 The purpose of the visit was the assurance to the Chinese leadership that their decades-old friendship would not be affected despite his government’s growing ties with Washington in the war on terror.1537
Musharraf said Pakistan opposed the terrorism in its all forms all over the World. He also dispelled the misconceptions to relating Islam with terrorism. He pointed out that the attack on the U.S.A. was basically due to some political dispute, not due to religious conflict.1538
Musharraf said since September 11, China and Pakistan had maintained close ‘consultation and coordination’. Both played an active role in facilitating a fair and equitable settlement in
Afghanistan.1539 President Jiang lauded Pakistan’s position against terrorism and said,
1532 The News, November 18, 2001 1533 The Nation, November 18, 2001 1534 The News, November 18, 2001 1535Daily Din, November 23, 2001 1536Nawa-i-Waqt, December 20, 2001 1537 The News, December 25, 2001 1538 The News, December 22, 2001 1539 The Nation, December 22, 2001
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“China understands and supports the decision Pakistan has made in
the light of its national interests and current situation.”1540
The Foreign Minister Spokesman Sun Xuxi, said the visit of President Musharraf took place at crucial time when a new political situation had emerged in the region, following the military strikes against terrorism in Afghanistan. It was important that the two countries should discuss the post-war scenario and its impact on the regional peace and stability.1541 Joseph
Cheng, a Chinese expert at the City University of Hong Kong said,
“At the same time consulting with China enhances Pakistan’s own
bargaining power on the Afghan Issue.”1542
On January 12, 2002, in his speech to the nation General Musharraf announced his plans to help international efforts against terrorism.1543 Pakistan opened up its airspace to American fighter planes under the excuse of search and rescue mission which allowed the presence of a number of American air bases on Pakistani soil. Some of these airbases hosted several hundred
American military personnel.1544 The People’s Liberation Army Chief, while talking with
General Aziz Khan said America should not use ‘war on terror’ for her hegemony and superiority in the World. He said that we condemn the double standard that U.S.A. had adopted on war on terror.1545 President Pervez Musharraf said the non-NATO status of Pakistan as granted by U.S.A. would not affect its relations with China.1546
1540 Dawn, December 22, 2001 1541 The Nation, November 3, 2001 1542 Dawn, December 22, 2001 1543Fazal-ur-Rehman, Op.cit. 1544 Abid Mustafa, “Have Sino-Pak ties Reached the End?,” The Nation, December 5, 2006 1545Nawa-i-Waqt, January 17, 2002 1546 Daily Times, March 25, 2004
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5.2.1 Chinese Nationals Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan
Almost 8,000 Chinese engineers, workers and technicians were working on almost 120 projects in Pakistan. Most of them were working in tough terrains of Baluchistan and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. Only 1,100 Chinese nationals were working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on various hydel projects. But these workers were facing the harshness of a few terrorists beside the harshness of topography of the area where they were working. Many times they became the victim of terrorist attacks and kidnapping.1547
During the Musharraf era (1999-2008), the first attack on the Chinese nationals was reported in 2001. In Balochistan, 48 km away from the city of Dahaheed, the terrorists attacked a
Chinese engineer.1548 The engineer was on his way back to the survey area along with his driver and two duty guards. When they reached near Ambada area of Sunny subdivision, some unidentified persons fired a rocket which hit the vehicle. The driver, Bacha Khan, died on the spot, while the Chinese engineer, Mr. Pong, and his two guards, Sher Muhammad and Jabbar
Riaz, were injured. The injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Sibi, and were later shifted to
Quetta. As background, it may be pointed out that the Premier Oil Company had got the concession for the exploration of oil and gas in the Sunny Sohan area of the Sibi district.1549 The purpose of attack was to create hurdles in the way of the Company to work on oil and gas exploration in the area. This was also the act of those who did not want Pakistan-China friendship to flourish.1550 Soon after the incident, the Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf issued a directive to the Balochistan Governor, to employ all available resources, civil and
1547 Rahimullah Yusufzai, “China May Ok Two Missing Engineers,” The News, September 24, 2008 1548 Jasarat, May 10, 2001 1549 The Nation, May 7, 2001 1550 Jasarat, May 10, 2001
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military to trace down the terrorists who were responsible for this act.1551 He also directed the relevant authorities to launch a full scale search operation of the area to arrest the culprits.1552
In September 2003, there was an attempt of terrorists to kidnap the two Chinese engineers as they were coming back in a vehicle from their construction work on the Gomal Zam
Dam. But this act of terrorism failed, because the driver who saw a few armed persons standing on the road side, wisely and successfully rushed the vehicle and saved the engineers from becoming the hostage of the terrorists.1553
On May 4, 2004, at 8:30 am, a group of terrorists attacked a vehicle that was carrying
Chinese engineers, working at the Gwadar deep seaport.1554 The incident took place when the
Chinese engineers were moving towards their workplace and their vehicle slowed down at a speed breaker, and at that moment an Aluto Suzuki car standing nearby was blown up with a huge bang with the help of a remote control.1555 Consequently, three engineers died on the spot before getting any medical aid, while the other eleven including the driver and a guard of
Balochistan Reserve Police (BRP) were injured.1556 According to the local police sources, no one was at the place of incident except the victims.1557 The injured were flown to Karachi by a special flight and were admitted to Agha Khan Hospital for medical treatment. Immediately after the injured had been shifted to Karachi, Sindh Chief Secretary Dr. Muttawakil Kazi, arranged ambulances to carry them to the hospital. He also directed the health department to provide the best medical facilities to the injured. The Boluchistan Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani visited the
1551 The Nation, May 9, 2001 1552 The Nation, May 7, 2001 1553 Daily Din, September 2003 1554 A Report on “A Terrorists Attack Killing three Chinese Engineers in Gwadar: Islamabad 4 May 2004,” Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXI, V, (1-25 May 2004) 1555 Shahzada Zulfiqar, “13 held after three Chinese Engineers Killed in Gwadar Blast,” The Nation, May 5, 2004 1556 Keesing’s Record of World Events 2004 1557 Zulfiqar, Op.cit.
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Agha Khan Hospital and inquired about the health of the Chinese and Pakistani personnel. The
Federal Minister for Communication Senator Babar Khan Ghauri visited the hospital. He said,
“Anti-Social elements do not want any development in
Pakistan.”1558
He said a special monument would be built as a mark of respect and tribute to the Chinese engineers who became victims of the explosion and added
“We consider them as our heros.”1559
The bodies of three engineers were flown from Karachi to Tianjin (China), the hometown of the deceased, by a special C-130 aircraft and the Communication Minister accompanied them.1560 A compensation cheque of $ 145,000 for the victims was handed over to the Chinese Consul-
General Sun Chun Ye, in Karachi by Karachi Port Trust Chairman Vice Admiral Ahmad Hayat.
The Admiral Hayat announced an amount of $ 25,000 for the heirs of each deceased, $ 10,000 each for the four who were seriously injured and $ 5,000 each for the six who were not critically injured.1561 President General Pervez Musharraf strongly condemned this barbaric act of terrorism and he assured his Chinese counterpart that,
“We will do our utmost in providing every assistance and
treatment to those injured.”1562
The Prime Minister Mir Zafar-Ullah Khan Jamali assured his Chinese counterpart by saying,
1558 Dawn, May 5, 2004 1559 The Nation, May 10, 2004 1560 A Report on “A Terrorists Attack Killing three Chinese Engineers in Gwadar: Islamabad 4 May 2004,” Op.cit. 1561 Dawn, May 8, 2004 1562 A Report on “A Terrorists Attack Killing three Chinese Engineers in Gwadar: Islamabad 4 May 2004,” Op.cit.
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“We will leave no stone unturned to apprehend the culprits, who
will be given the most severe punishment.”1563
The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Kong Quan, said China urged the Pakistani side to find out the cause of the explosion, punish the killers and take effective measures to guarantee the safety of the Chinese people in Pakistan. He said China would send a joint working group made up of officials from the Ministries of Commerce, Health and Communication to look into the explosion in Pakistan.1564 The Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhoaxing assured Khurshid
Mahmmod Kasuri that terrorists would not succeed in their nefarious aims and China would continue to work on the project as it was vital for the development of the area.1565 The Chinese
Assistant Foreign Minister Shen Guofeng while talking to the delegation of Pakistani journalists, said that the terrorist attack against the Chinese engineers at Gwadar would not affect Beijing’s resolve to help Pakistan to develop the deep seaport.1566 The Balochistan Governor Owais
Ahmad Ghani, Chief Minister Jam Mir Muhammad Yousaf, the Chief Secretary Major (retd)
Ashraf Naasar and Provincial Police Officer Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Suddle said that the experts were reviewing the different aspects of the blast, but one thing was confirmed that the terrorists were fully trained in explosion with the use of the remote control.1567 A unanimous resolution was adopted by both the Government and the opposition parties of Balochistan Provincial
Assembly to condemn the terrorist attack on engineers and expressed their deep sorrow over the loss of lives.1568 The Former Chief Minister and head of Balochistan National Party (Mengal)
Sardar Akhtar Mengal said that everyone felt sorry for the loss of human lives, but naturally
1563 Op.cit. 1564 The Nation, May 5, 2004 1565 Op.cit. 1566 Wajahat Ali, “Terrorism can’t Stop China from helping Pakistan,” Daily Times, May 27, 2004 1567 Zulfiqar, Op.cit. 1568 “The Killing of Chinese and Sino-Pak Ties,” an Article by Rashid Ahmad Khan, as appeared in Daily ‘The Nation’ on 19 July 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, VII, (July 2007)
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those who were hurt over the Government action, would show their reaction, as every action was bound to have some reaction. All the nationalist parties and groups of Balochistan were opposing the construction of Gwadar Port as well as the construction of cantonments in different areas of the province including Gwadar. They had declared Gwadar project as death warrants for the
Baloch population and held the view that its development, would turn the people of Balochistan into minority by a flood of outsiders that would capture the economic opportunities there.1569
Another horrifying episode of terrorism took place on October 9, 2004 with Chinese engineers as employees of China National Water Resources and Hydro Power Engineering
Group Cooperation, who were working on the project of Gomal Zam Dam of worth Rs. 12.825 billion, in South Waziristan.1570 On October 9, two Chinese engineers, Wang Peng and Wang
Ende, were going to the site of Gomal Zam Dam from their residential area of Hathala (South
Waziristan), a group of terrorists led by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdullah Mehsud, abducted the engineers along with their driver and guard from Tank (South Waziristan).1571
Abdullah Mehsud had just come back to Pakistan in March from Guantanamo Bay after spending twenty-five months in custody at the U.S.A. Naval base.1572 The Chinese ambassador
Zhang Chunxiang, also disclosed that the kidnapers were identified as Afghan immigrants, but their motives behind the kidnapping were still not clear.1573 President General Pervez Musharraf took serious notice of this incident and directed the Interior Minister and Governor of Khyber
Pakhtunkhaw to secure the release of the Chinese engineers immediately. He termed this act of
1569 Zulfiqar, Op.cit. 1570 Keesing’s Record of World Events 2004 The Nation, October 11, 2004 The Nation, October 18, 2004 1571 The Nation, October 12, 2004 The Nation, October 10, 2004 Lubna Jerar Naqvi, “Humans are our Friends,” The News, October 16, 2004 Syed Irfan Raza, “Engineers Body to be Flown Home Today,” Dawn, October 16, 2004 1572 Wajid Shamsul Hassan, “Bid to Sour Sino-Pakistan Friendship,” The Nation, November 1, 2004 1573 The Nation, October 11, 2004
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terrorists as a conspiracy to disturb the Sino-Pakistan relations.1574 The Secretary-General of the
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Mushaid Hussain, while condemning the abduction of the Chinese engineers said that this would not affect Pakistan’s relations with China because those involved in such activities were neither Pakistani nor they had any connection with Islam.1575 A spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Office Zhang Qiyue said that the Chinese government had called upon Pakistan to take measures for the safe release of engineers.1576 A scholar, Zhang
Yulan, of Chinese Academy of Science, said that the hostage case would not influence Sino-
Pakistan ties but suggested to the Chinese Companies in Pakistan to tighten the security for staff, or withdraw some of them, no matter if it delays the project.1577
The local tribal elders of South Waziristan while assuring cooperation put their full effort in the release of the Chinese engineers. They met with Abdullah Mehsud, the head of the kidnappers. During their negotiations, Abdullah was willing to surrender the two Pakistani’s (the guard and the driver of Chinese engineers) who were in his custody but the local Jirga and administration had rejected the offer. So the first attempt for the safe release of engineers failed as no compromise was achieved between the local Jirga and Abdullah Mehsud.1578 A 24 member team of Mehsud tribe elders headed by members of National Assembly Maulana Merajuddin and
Brig (retd) Qayoom Sher Mehsud again started talks with militant leader Abdullah Mehsud at an unknown place in South Wiziristan Agency to convince him to release the engineers.1579 During the negotiations, Abdullah Mehsud demanded a safe exit for the kidnappers, while the
1574 Op.cit. 1575 Nawa-i-Waqt, October 20, 2004 1576 Dawn, October 13, 2004 1577 The Nation, October 16, 2004 1578 Awar Din Mehsud and Akhtar Shahzad, “Efforts for Chinese Recovery Fail,” The Nation, October 14, 2004 1579 Awar Din Mehsud, “Tribal Elders meet Mehsud for Chinese Engineers’ Release,” The Nation, October 13, 2004
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government said that it could be considered only after the release of the Chinese engineers. The team returned with the message that their efforts made no significant headway regarding the release of the Chinese engineers along with their security guards.1580 Failure of negotiating team motivated the concerned authorities to exercise the option of commando operation to secure the engineers.1581 Federal Minister of Communication Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said, “The government was in contact with abductors for the last three days but they have not responded positively.” The security forces started the operation when they heard the sound of fire from the side where the abducted Chinese were kept.1582 The operation was jointly conducted by twenty- two commandos of both military and para-military forces with the help of several helicopters.
During the operations a brief armed encounter took place between the two forces and the kidnappers in which all the five kidnappers were killed on the spot. The security forces succeeded in the release of one engineer who got some injuries but the other one, Mr. Wang
Peng, received serious injuries and consequently died, because the kidnappers used him as shield during the operation in Chakmalai village near Jandola.1583 The security forces collected, a satellite phone, 300 rounds, 7 hand grenades and an American wireless set from the kidnappers.1584 Out of five killed kidnappers, three were identified as foreigners, showing the involvement of foreign hand in this act of terrorism. This was basically the act of those who wanted to damage the Pakistan-China friendship.1585 The Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan
Sherpao said that the operation was carried out as the last option after intercepting some radio communications of the terrorists in which they were planning to move out of the area with
1580 Mehsud, Op.cit. 1581 Awar Din Mehsud, “Chinese Hostage, 5 Abductor’s Killed,” The Nation, October 15, 2004 1582 Daily Pakistan, October 15, 2004 1583 Awar Din Mehsud, “Chinese Hostage, 5 Abductor’s Killed,” Op.cit. 1584 Daily Pakistan, October 15, 2004 1585 The Nation, October 18, 2004
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engineers or after killing them.1586 The Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri telephoned to his Chinese Counterpart Li Zhaoxing to inform him about the tragic death of one of the
Chinese engineers, during the rescue operation.1587 He said the people who were doing such kind of activities didn’t want to see investment or development in Pakistan. They wanted
Pakistan’s relations with other countries to be worsened.1588 Ambassador Zhang Chunxiang praised the efforts made by Pakistani security forces for the rescue of the engineers. He thanked his Pakistani counterpart for keeping him informed throughout the crisis.1589 He further said that,
“I want to tell you that this will have no effect on our relations.”1590
The Chinese Assistant Minister, on behalf of his government said,
“We are fully satisfied and comfortable that Pakistan utmost effort
and care to get the hostages released.”1591
The body of, Mr. Wang, was wrapped in Pakistani and Chinese flags and before the PAF plane left the Chaklala airbase, a special ceremony was held at the airport at 8:45 am, during which a military guard of honour was given to the deceased.1592 It was a symbol of rare gesture of respect reserved usually for those who made exemplary services to the nation.1593 The Minister for State for Foreign Affairs Syed Mekhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, during an interview said, Pakistan had decided to provide $ 100,000 as compensation to the family of the deceased engineer and $
1586 Dawn, October 17, 2004 1587 A Report on “Handling by the Government of Pakistan of the Situation Created by the most Horrifying Episode of Hostage taking two Chinese Engineers Working on the Gomal Zam Dam Project,” Op.cit. 1588 The Nation, October 19, 2004 1589 The Nation, October 15, 2004 1590 Naqvi, Op.cit. 1591 Dawn, October 17, 2004 1592 Raza, Op.cit. The Nation, October 17, 2004 1593 Dawn, October 17, 2004
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50,000 to the engineer, who was rescued in the operation.1594 The Chinese President Hu Jintao said that the incident would not affect the cooperation between Pakistan and China.1595 During his meeting with National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain, at the Great Hall of the
People, also said that China was aware of the fact that Pakistan had taken all possible measures for the release of the engineers.1596 The tribal elders strongly condemned the killing of a Chinese engineer and assured the government of extending all-out support in its fight against terrorism.
They expressed their solidarity with the Chinese brothers.1597 Khyber Pakhtunkhaw Governor Lt.
Gen (retd) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah had strongly appreciated the cooperation extended by the
Mehsud tribe particularly the Jalalkhel sub-tribe in dealing with the issue of Chinese engineers.1598 Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, reported that the Chinese company in charge of the Gomal Zam Dam project had withdrawn its staff temporarily, although previously it was reported that the Chief Executive of Sino-Hydro Coorporation, Guo Jiantang, assured Pakistan’s ambassador to China Mr. Riaz M. Khan, that the Coorporation would fulfil its ongoing five projects including the Gomal Zam Dam.1599 China had also expressed some reservations about the two incidents which happened in 2004. Beijing had indicated that the killing of the three
Chinese engineers in May in Gwadar and the current murder of another in South Waziristan pointed towards the loopholes in Pakistan’s security arrangements.1600 China also considered these incidents as conspiracy of those forces that were opposing Chinese influence in Pakistan. It
1594 The Nation, October 18, 2004 Dawn, October 18, 2004 1595 The News, October 19, 2004 1596 Dawn, October 30, 2004 1597 The Nation, October 19, 2004 1598 The Nation, October 18, 2004 1599 The Nation, October 30, 2004 Fazal Hakeem, “A Model of Engagement,” The News, November 6, 2004 1600 Dawn, October 20, 2004
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was also suggested that Mehsud might have done it to please those who spared his life and freed him from the hell that Guantanamo Bay was.1601
In November 2005, terrorists fired five rockets at the Chinese workers camp in Tallar area of Gawdar district. The rockets were carried out when the Chinese engineers were busy in their work on Tubat-Gawdar section of Gwadar-Rato Dero highway. Two rockets landed near the parking area of the camp.1602 Many vehicles were damaged. Three other rockets landed in an open space close to the camp. Rockets were launched from the Dahram mountain range at the company’s camp site. Fortunately, no casualty in this attack was reported.1603
President General Pervez Musharraf decided to go to China on an official visit, starting from February 19, 2006, but just four days before his visit, on February 15, three Chinese engineers were shot dead in Hub area of Balochistan.1604 The Chinese engineers working for
Attock Cement factory, 18 km away from the Hub City or 680 km southeast of Quetta, were on their way back home, when their vehicle was ambushed by two motorcyclists.1605 Due to the firing by the motorcyclists, three Chinese engineers along with their Pakistani guard died, while one engineer was injured and shifted to Karachi. The Chinese engineers were moving without any police or company guard.1606 According to the SHO, Munir Hussain, Sakran Police Station, the attackers used Kalashnikovs in attack.1607 Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Yousaf while condemning the death of the Chinese engineers said that two days prior to the incident, the
1601 Hassan, Op.cit. 1602 The Nation, November 11, 2005 1603 Dawn, November 16, 2005 1604 Daily Times, February 22, 2006 Keesing’s Record of World Events 2006 1605 Khabren, February 16, 2006 Business Recorder, February 18, 2006 The Nation, February 17, 2006 1606 Nawa-i-Waqt, February 16, 2006 1607 Shahzada Zulfiqar, “Three Chinese Engineers, Driver Shot Dead in Hub,” The Nation, February 15, 2006
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vehicle of the Chinese engineers was changed but the incident happened.1608 President General
Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz sent messages of condolence to their counterparts in People’s Republic of China on the killing of the Chinese engineers in Hub. The
President assured the Chinese ambassador that the culprits would not go unpunished, would be detected soon and brought to justice.1609 The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the responsibility of the killing of the Chinese engineers through a telephonic call to a newspaper office in Quetta, and claimed that the attack was a warning to the outsiders engaged in exploiting the mineral resources of Balochistan.1610 BLA spokesman Meerak Baloch reportedly said, that the attack “is part of our struggle against the central government and its collaborators (Chinese), who are aiding the centre’s exploitation of our natural resources.”1611
Babar Bashir Nawaz, Chief Executive Officer of the Attock Cement Factory, talking to a private TV channel said that a total of 14 Chinese engineers and workers including two women were working on the project.1612 He announced that after the death of the three engineers, the remaining 11 would be sent back to China.1613 The bodies of the deceased engineers were flown to China by C-130 aircraft. The Minister of State Shahzad Waseem, accompanied the bodies.1614
While taking the bodies of the Chinese engineers from the Agha Khan Hospital, Chinese
Consular General Shun Chun Ye, said that the Chinese engineers would complete their ongoing
1608 The Nation, February 21, 2006 1609 Messages of Condolence and Expression of Condemnation by Pakistan on the Killing of the Chinese Engineers in a Terrorist Attack in Balochistan: Islamabad, 16 February 2006, Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (Feb 2006) 1610 Business Recorder, February 18, 2006 Dawn, February 17, 2006 1611 The News, February 17, 2006 1612Zulfiqar, Op.cit. The Nation, February 17, 2006 1613 Zulfiqar, Op.cit. 1614 Dawn, February 18, 2006
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projects in Pakistan but there was a need for foolproof security for them.1615 Balochistan’s
Provincial Police Officer Chuadry Mohammad Yaqub, said that the local police with the help of
Sindh rangers, especially called from Karachi, arrested 49 suspects in connection with the killing of engineers, for screening and interrogation purpose.1616 During the interrogation, a person named Shah Nawaz admitted that he had telephonic linked with the killer.1617 Khuzdar police announced the amount of 10 lacs as prize for those who would give information about the killers.1618 The Chinese leaders expressed ‘deep concerns’ over the killing of three engineers and demanded from Pakistan to catch the killers.1619 According to Qin Gang, Foreign Ministry
Spokesman at Beijing, President Hu Jintao ordered the Chinese Foreign Ministry as well as the embassy and consulate in Pakistan to request Islamabad to catch the murderers and ensure the safety of the Chinese in Pakistan and properly handle the aftermath.1620 Foreign Minister Li
Zhaoxing conveyed the order to his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Kasuri in an ‘urgent’ 1:00 am phone call. Li demanded from Pakistan to catch the killers and ensure the safety of Chinese personnel in Pakistan.1621 Mr. Kasuri conveyed to his Chinese counterpart deep sorrow and grief over the tragic killing of the engineers and assured him that immediate measures would be taken to strengthen the security of all the Chinese nationals in Pakistan.1622 He also pointed out that this was an act of those who wanted a rift between the two countries. President Musharraf was to leave for five-days visit to China starting on February 19, but the incident had soured the mood of his visit.1623 The Chinese ambassador Zhang Chunxiang had termed the killing of the three
1615 Express, February 17, 2006 1616 The Nation, February 17, 2006 1617 Nawa-i-Waqt, February 22, 2006 1618 Daily Jang, February 17, 2006 1619 The Nation, February 17, 2006 1620 Ikram Ullah, “Horror at Hub,” The Nation, February 19 2006 1621 The Nation, February 17, 2006 1622 Dawn, February 17, 2006 1623 Daily Times, February 18, 2006
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Chinese engineers in Hub as a shameful act to undermine the friendly relations between Pakistan and China.1624 According to Xinhua, the government of China sent the Foreign Ministry task force in order to handle the aftermath of the case properly.1625 Unfortunately, the killing came just four days before General Musharraf’s visit to China, the purpose of which was to “further strengthen the economic, political and defence links between the two countries.” The government was also trying to attract the investors from all over the globe by offering “an enabling environment” but the security situation was deteriorating, sending negative signals to foreign investors.1626 It is clear that the killings were planned to embarrass the President in front of our friends and to abort the visit.1627 Li Zhaoxing claimed that President Musharraf’s visit to
China would boost bilateral ties between China and Pakistan. Li said,
“We are ready to work with Pakistan to open new horizons.”1628
During his meeting with the Chinese President Hu Jintao and leaders of People’s National
Congress, President Musharraf expressed his regrets over the recent killings of the Chinese engineers.1629 He assured the Chinese President that all the culprits involved in the killings of the
Chinese engineers would be brought to justice. He also pointed out that this was the act of those who did not want the flourishing of friendship and cooperation between Pakistan and China and wanted to see Pakistan as an underdeveloped State.1630 During his address at Pakistan-China
Business Forum in Beijing, President Musharraf again conveyed his regrets over the killings of
1624 Ullah, Op.cit. 1625 The News, February 18, 2006 1626 The Nation, February 17, 2006 1627 Ghayoor Ahmed, “Reinforcing ties with China,” The Nation, February 20, 2006 Muhammad Ajmal Naizi, “Visit to China and Stress (China ka Dora or Be-Chanie),” Nawa-i-Waqt, February 27, 2006 1628 Daily Times, February 18, 2006 1629 Daily Jang, February 21, 2006 1630 Visit of President General Pervez Musharraf to China from 19-23 February, Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (February 2006)
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the Chinese engineers in Hub.1631 There were two apprehensions about the killings of the
Chinese engineers in Hub area of Balochistan. The first one was based on the premise that due to the development of Balochistan, the level of poverty would be reduced and people would become aware of their rights and the influence of the local Sardars would be eroded and as such, development was not in the interests of the Sardars. So, they would try to crush all those elements involved in the development of Balochistan.1632 The second one related to the possible involvement of foreign hands, as was hinted by the Inspector General of Balochistan Chuadhry
Yaqub.1633 The U.S.A. was well aware of the fact that Balochistan was well endowed with minerals, oil and gas resources, and for that reason wanted an upper hand in Balochistan and did not like the Chinese involvement there.1634 So the killing of Chinese engineers, technicians and workers reflected an effort to reduce the influence of China in Balochistan and to sour the relations between China and Pakistan.1635 China was also well aware of America’s long term plans to separate the Balochistan province from Pakistan and to integrate it with Iran’s
Balochistan region to create a Balochi State. This plan was being mentioned in various U.S.A. intelligence papers such as CIA reports on Global Trends in 2015.1636
It is worth noting that in the context of terrorism, 2007 was also not a peaceful year in the
Pakistan-China relations. In this year, a series of attacks on Chinese nationalists was observed.
All these incidents were connected with one incident or were in reaction to one incident in particular (Lal Massjid). On 22 June, the female students of Lal Masjid/Jamia Hafsa abducted
1631 Text of the address by President General Pervez Musharraf to the Pak-China Business Forum: Beijing, 21 February 2006, Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, XXXIII, II, (February 2006) 1632 Daily Jang, February 17, 2006 1633 Express, February 17, 2006 1634 Abdul-Rasheed Qureshi, “ Pak-China Friendship Long Live (Pak-Chine Dosti Zinda-Bad),” Nawa-i- Waqt, June 17, 2006 1635 Nawa-i-Waqt, February 19, 2006 1636 Abid Mustafa, “Have the Sino-Pak ties Reached the End?,” The Nation, December 5, 2006
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seven Chinese women along with a man. The Chinese citizens were running massage parlour in the posh area F 8/3 sector of Islamabad.1637 The number of Chinese parlour had increased in the previous two years in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi due to the increase in the number of clients. The client expanded because the parlours were providing the facilities of acupuncture, osteopathy, hot stone massage, body to body massage, Chinese herbal medicine, remedial massage etc. The Chinese parlours were immediately closed after this incident, as the news of the kidnapping spread like a wildfire all over the World.1638 The students of Lal
Masjid/Jamia Hafsa accused them of engaging in prostitution and took action against them as part of their campaign of enforcing Taliban style Islam.1639 The deputy chief cleric of the Jamia,
Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, claimed that they had received several complaints that the massage centre was an undercover brothel. The parlour charged Rs. 1000 for a massage, with additional Rs. 500 for “desirable services”. He further pointed out that Islamabad Deputy
Commissioner Chaudhry M. Ali, Assistant Commissioner Farasat Ali Khan and Senior
Superintendent of Police Zafar Iqbal had acknowledged that the parlour was also used as a brothel. He informed that the students of Beaconhouse school in the vicinity had helped the madrassa students to gather evidence against the massage parlour.1640 All the Chinese were released after being detained for 16 hours due to the efforts of some diplomatic channels.1641 On the eve of release of the Chinese citizens, Maulana Ghazi said,
“If we hurt the feelings of our Chinese brothers . . . we apologize,
and we ask them to look at it from our point of view.”1642
1637 Daily Times, June 24, 2007 1638 Sher Baz Khan, “Over 100 Chinese Women Flee to Lahore,” Dawn, June 28, 2007 1639 “The Killing of Chinese and Sino-Pak Ties,” An Article by Rashid Ahmed Khan, Op.cit. 1640 Daily Times, June 24, 2007 1641 Baz Khan, Op.cit. 1642 Daily Times, June 24, 2007
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The release of the Chinese women in burqas woke up the government over the issue, especially the embarrassment it faced globally on the abduction of the Chinese.1643 In his address to the nation on July 12, President General Pervez Musharraf called the abduction as the “most embarrassing and shameful.”1644 In a press conference in the Parliament house, the Minister for
Religious Affairs Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq condemned the act of kidnapping the Chinese from the massage centre. He said it was an attempt to damage the friendly ties between the two States.
He claimed that the Chinese women were running the health clinic in Islamabad and their kidnapping was interference in their personal lives.1645 Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui expressed his regret over the abduction by students of madrassa. He said,
“We were shocked and surprised at such an incident, which took
place in Federal capital.”1646
Zhaohui appreciated the efforts of the government to secure the release of the Chinese hostages.1647 The action taken by students of Lal Masjid/Jamia Hafsa against the Chinese nationals gave rise to the Chinese worries and suspicion about the security of Chinese in
Pakistan. The warning given by the Ghazi brothers to the government, that if any action was taken against them, they would react through bombing and attacks all over the country, sent wrong vibes all over the world especially in China about Islam. There were reports that the
Chinese government was reviewing its investment plan in Pakistan due to security apprehensions about their citizens.1648 The Chinese Minister of Public Security Zhou Yongkang Zhou, called the Lal Masjid mob “terrorist” who kidnapped the Chinese and asked the government of Pakistan
1643 The Post, July 10, 2007 1644 “The Killing of Chinese and Sino-Pak Ties,” An Article by Rashid Ahmed Khan, Op.cit. 1645 The News, June 24, 2007 1646 The Nation, June 28, 2007 1647 Op.cit. 1648 Khalid Mustafa, “Attack on Chinese may put Mega Projects in Jeopardy,” The News, July 10, 2007
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to punish the “criminals.” While meeting with the Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan
Sherpao in Beijing, he stressed the need for providing security to the Chinese working in various development projects in Pakistan.1649 In July, Musharraf ordered troops to take action against the
Lal Masjid militants.1650 The Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam pointed out that the
Chinese government welcomed the Lal Masjid operation in the context of abduction of the
Chinese.1651 But later on in an interview, this statement of the Foreign Office spokesperson was rejected by the Chinese ambassador by stating that it was against the policy of China to interfere in the domestic affairs of any State.1652 In 2008, the Capital police claimed that they had arrested seven Chinese and two Pakistani involved in illegal business of prostitution in G-9/4 area of
Islamabad. The Sub Inspector Mahar Aslam claimed that after receiving a number of complaints against these Chinese, they got the search warrants from the magistrate and raided the house and caught them redhanded.1653 Although it was evident that some Chinese were involved in illegal activities but it was not the responsibility of the madrassa students to punish any culprit when there were specific laws to deal with the crime.
On July 8, a few days after the Lal Masjid incident, three Chinese workers of an auto- rickshaw factory were killed, due to the firing of unidentified men.1654 The Chinese nationals were the workers of Quing Qui, motorcycle workshop in Peshwar. At 9:30 pm, some unidentified persons armed with automatic rifles opened fire on them. The Chinese workers were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital where three were declared dead while the fourth one was
1649 Daily Times, June 29, 2007 1650 Syed Saleem Shahzad, “Regime Change in Islamabad,” The Nation, August 1, 2007 1651 Qudssia Akhlaque, “Peshwar Killing not to Hurt Sino-Pakistan ties: FO,” Dawn, July 10, 2007 1652 Excerpts from an Interview of the Chinese Ambassador in Islamabad Luo Zhaohui, as appeared in ;The News’ on August 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, VIII, (August 2007) 1653 The Nation, February 7, 2008 1654 “Motives Behind the Killings of Chinese,” A Write-Up by Muhammad Munir as appeared in Daily ‘Pakistan Observer’ on 12 July 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, VII, (July 2007)
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seriously injured.1655 The wounded Chinese told the police that three men came into their house, they demanded money from them but when the Chinese refused, they first beat them and then opened fire on them.1656 But later on, the wounded Chinese worker stated that the attackers entered their house and sprayed fire on them and after that they made the film of their bodies. He also said that he could not understand the language they were speaking.1657 The initial reports suggested that this incident happened as Chinese were resisting the dacoits but subsequent reports pointed out that the killing of Chinese was connected with the Lal Masjid siege. The witnesses from the area confirmed that a number of bearded men came to the workers’ house opened fire on them and left without taking anything.1658 Villagers in the surrounding area where the Chinese were killed, termed the foreigners as friendly, having many friends in the village.
They said the foreigner’s economic condition did not seem at its best and they were planning to move back to China next month.1659 President Pervez Musharraf and the Prime Minister Shaukat
Aziz, sent their massages of condolences to their respective counterparts in China on the tragic killing of three Chinese nationals in Peshwar city.1660 Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz declared that harming Chinese in Pakistan was a “deliberate act of our adversaries to create mistrust between the two countries but assured that such attempt would be dealt with an “iron hand”.1661
The President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan ordered an immediate inquiry of the incident, as it was clearly an attempt to strain the relations between Pakistan and China.1662 The
Chinese government had showed serious reservations about the killing of the Chinese nationals
1655 The Nation, July 9, 2007 1656 The News, July 10, 2007 1657 Daily Times, July 10, 2007 1658 Business Recorder, July 13, 2007 1659 Dawn, July 10, 2007 1660 Message of condolence from the President and Prime Minister to their Chinese Counterparts respectively, on tragic killing of three Chinese nationals by unknown Assailants in the city of Peshwar: Islamabad, 9 July 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, VII, (July 2007) 1661 Daily Times, August 8, 2007 1662 Akhlaque, Op.cit.
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and had asked the Pakistani government for the medical treatment of the wounded persons and help to send back bodies of the deceased.1663 The Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui said in an interview, a day prior to the killing of the Chinese nationals in Peshwar, that he had announced a huge amount of money for malaria eradication in Pakistan and had contributed cash for the flood victims. The media in Beijing showed strong reservations about this gesture of goodwill because the Chinese nationals were being killed in Pakistan.1664 The Provincial Information Minister Asif
Iqbal while condemning the killing of the Chinese nationals, expressed the view that the purpose behind this disgraceful act was to harm the relations between China and Pakistan.1665 The
Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan, had expressed the determination that such acts would not affect the strong bond of friendship between the two States.1666 The
Deputy Chief of Mission of Chinese Embassy in Pakistan Mao Siwei, led a three member team and visited Peshwar. In Peshwar, the team met with senior police officers, as well as wounded
Chinese nationals and they also visited the place where the incident occurred. The Deputy Chief of Mission showed satisfaction over the progress in the investigation of the murder of the
Chinese workers.1667 Mao said that two theories emerged from the making of the video film by the attackers. The first theory was that the killers had made film to show their head that they had killed the targets and got the money. According to the second theory the attackers wanted to show the film on some TV channel. He supported the second theory on the premise that some forces and elements wanted to malign the relations of Pakistan and China.1668 There were many
1663 Dawn, July 10, 2007 1664 An Interview of Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui, as appeared in Daily, ‘The News’ on 14 July 2007, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXIV, VII, (July 2007) 1665 Nawa-i-Waqt, July 9, 2007 1666 The Nation, July 20, 2007 1667 The News, July 10, 2007 1668 The Nation, July 23, 2007
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speculations about the attack on the Chinese in Peshwar.1669 Firstly, it was considered as a simple case of robbery, as was suggested by the wounded Chinese in his first statement to the police.
But Khyber Paktunkhwa Information Minister Asif Iqbal Daudzai claimed that there was no evidence to term this incident as dacoity.1670 Moreover, according to the local witnesses, the attackers did not take anything from the Chinese house. Consequently, this speculation was considered quite weak notwithstanding the statement of the wounded Chinese. However, he had also changed his statement later on, which rendered this speculation weaker. The second speculation was based on the thinking of the majority of people who linked the incident with the
Lal Masjid operation of the government. It had suggested that the Chinese government’s statement of welcoming the military operation against the Lal Masjid, did not go down well in
Pakistani society. Peshwar Police Chief Abdul Majeed Marwat also endorsed the view that the killing was done in revenge for the Lal Masjid operation. A militant leader, Maulvi Fazlullah, having close links with the clerics of Lal Masjid/Jamia Hafsa, declared through his illegal FM radio, an open confrontation against the government to take revenge through armed attacks and suicide bombing.1671 Although this statement was rejected by the Chinese ambassador in an interview by stating that China did not pressurize Pakistan for undertaking the operation against
Lal Masjid/ Jamia Hafsa, as it was against the policy of China to interfere in the internal matters of any other State. He further said that although he had accepted the invitation to visit Lal
Masjid/Jamia Hafsa, but it couldn’t be materialized due to security reasons.1672 The third speculation suggested the involvement of a foreign hand in the killing and hurting of the Chinese in Pakistan. A member of National Assembly and Parliamentary Secretary of Defence Major
1669 Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, “Shooting of the Chinese,” The Post, July 15, 2007 1670 “Motives Behind the Killings of Chinese,” A Write-Up by Muhammad Munir as appeared in The Daily ‘Pakistan Observer’ on (12 July 2007) 1671 Business Recorder, July 13, 2007 1672 Excerpts from an Interview of the Chinese Ambassador in Islamabad Luo Zhaohui, Op.cit.
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(retd) Tanveer Hussain, was of the view that in the killings of the Chinese in Pakistan, the
Indians and U.S.A. Intelligence agencies were involved, as no Pakistani could ever harm the
Chinese.1673 The India backed separatists belonging to the Jundollah (God’s Soliders) and
Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). These armed groups were working to undermine the cordial relationship of China and Iran with Pakistan. On April 18, 2008, Foreign Minister Shah
Mehmood Qureshi disclosed that,
“Some external forces are trying to weaken China-Pakistan
strategic ties by ‘creating misunderstanding.”1674
The fourth speculation envisaged the attacks and killing of the Chinese in Pakistan as part of revenge operations of the Muslim separatists of China as their fellows were killed by the Chinese authorities after their extradition from Pakistan.1675
On July 19 (2007), the second incident of terrorism occurred in Balochistan, relating to the Chinese nationals after the Lal Masjid operation.1676 A time bomb was exploded at Hub in
Balochistan and it killed 24 policemen and local citizens. The target was basically the van in which the Chinese engineers were moving from their work location of Zinc mine to Karachi. The suicide attacker was killed on the spot, who probably pressed the button to detonate the bomb, missed the front van of the Chinese and hit the vehicle full of Lasbela police men guarding the van of the Chinese.1677 The Chinese Consul General Karachi Chen Shan Min, stated publically that his government was much concerned about the security of the Chinese working on the various projects in different areas of Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan. He pointed out that the
1673 Daily Jang, August 9, 2007 1674 Sajjad Shaukat, “India’s Hidden Strategy Against Pakistan-China,” Pakistan Observer, May 15, 2008 1675 Rauf Klasra, “China Executing Extremists Extradited by Pakistan: Report,” The News, July 23, 2007 1676 Keesing’s Record of World Events 2007 1677 Daily Times, July 20, 2007
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Chinese government was well aware that a handful of people were involved in killing, attacking, and abducting of the Chinese nationals and that these people did not represent Pakistan or its people.1678 Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi wrote a note of thanks to his counterpart Khurshid
Kasuri, after the Chinese workers narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack in Hub.1679 Chinese
Assistant Foreign Minister thanked President Pervez Musharraf for the support and cooperation extended by the government of Pakistan in the wake of the recent incident. He conveyed condolences of the Chinese side over the casualties suffered by Pakistan police personnel while providing security to the Chinese engineers.1680 The Federal Information Minister Muhammad
Ali Durrani, pointed out that targeting the Chinese in Pakistan aimed at hurting the strategic ties between the two States and damaging the economic progress of Pakistan.1681 Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, while commenting on the suicide attack in Hub said the relations with China were vital and imperative for Pakistan, and for that reason, some forces were intent on damaging these relations.1682 In Balochistan the Chinese nationals were being attacked and killed as a part of international conspiracy. There was a general perception that the Americans had an eye on the rich mineral resources of Balochistan and were using terror to achieve their objectives. Another speculation was based on the involvement of ‘Friends of the Lal Masjid
Clerics’ in this incident to take revenge.1683
As an aftermath of the Lal Masjid operation, the third incident happened in mid
September 2007, when some unidentified motorcyclists attacked the convoy of the Chinese engineers, when they were heading towards their project of Kachhi Canal near Rajanpur.
1678 The Nation, September 8, 2007 1679 Qudsia Akhlaque, “China Thanks Pakistan,” Dawn, July 22, 2007 1680 The Nation, August 9, 2007 1681 The Nation, July 20, 2007 1682 Business Recorder, August 3, 2007 1683 Daily Times, July 20, 2007
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Fortunately, no casualty was reported. After the incident, the engineers returned to their camp office in Rajanpur. The Elite force of the Punjab police, the border military police and the
Balochistan levies had reached the spot and started the search operation, but did not succeed in tracing any culprit. The Chinese engineers were engaged in the construction of 144 km Canal, most of which was to be completed in the sensitive border areas of Sindh, Punjab and
Balochistan. The work on this project had been delayed for the last three years, due to the incidents of minelaying, firing and abduction of workers.1684
At the close of the year 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. After her assassination,
China impressed upon the Government of Pakistan to provide security to its citizens working on power generation projects, and other projects towards off the looming danger.1685
Chinese Nationalists Who gave their lives to flourish the Pakistan-China
Friendship
Name Place Year
Zhou Xuemeng Gwadar May, 2004
Hao Guang Chang Gwadar May, 2004
Guo Qihong Gwadar May, 2004
Wang Peng South Waziristan October, 2004
Long Hongbao Hub February, 2006
1684 The Nation, September 15, 2007 1685 Zafar Bhutta, “Chinese Government Seeks Security for its Nationals,” Daily Times, January 24, 2008
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Wei Jianpin Hub February, 2006
Zhao Bin Hub February, 2006
Lee Peshwar July, 2007
Fing Peshwar July, 2007
Lillee Peshwar July, 2007
Source: Taken from different Newspapers
Yearly Deaths of Chinese Nationals as Victims of Terrorim in Pakistan (2001-07)
4 3.5 3 2.5 No. of Deaths 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year
Source: Author
5.2.2 Disturbance in Xinjiang Province and Attitude of Pakistan towards it
The antiterrorism cooperation between Pakistan and China started before the international campaign against terrorism due to separatist uprising in Chinese Western province Xinjiang.
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Xinjiang is the biggest province of China consisting of two crore population.1686 The Capital of
Xinjiang was Urmuqi and major cities of this province are Kashgar, Xi’an, Urumqi ect. Urumqi has the largest number of Pakistani and most of them were traders, having their offices there.1687
Xinjiang Province shared its five thousand and six hundred long border with, Mangolia, Russia,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.1688 It is an invaluable asset for China because of its huge oil and gas deposits and its strategic location.1689 Xinjiang was ruled by various ethnic tribes e.g. Uyghur, Mangols, Kazhak, Tibetan and the Chinese.1690 The problem of uprising was started in the 14th century when the troops of Qing Dynasty got control over East Turkistan, the present day Xinjiang. Some people were dissatisfied with this control.
They started a separatist movement and became successful for the time being and formed
Republic of East Turkistan but again lost it when the communist troops overthrew their rule in
1949.1691 East Turkistan was renamed as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and was autonomous since 1955.1692
Pakistan’s relations with China entered a turbulence phase in 1990, due to some suspicious activities of some Uyghur (that are part of East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and Eastern Turkistan Liberation Organization (ETLO), were declared as terrorists by UN in
2002) and their links with some Pakistan based religious parties. In the 1980s some Uyghur entered Pakistan and there they were enrolled in Islamic seminaries (madrassas) under the patronage of the Jamiat ulema-i-Islam. In these madrassas they also got training of warfare.
1686 Tahir Khalil, “President Pervez Musharraf’s Visit to China (Sadar Pervez Musharraf Ka Dora-i- Chine),” Daily Jang, April 28, 2008 1687 Mariana Baabar, “President to also Visit Urumqi during China visit,” The News, April 8, 2008 1688 Naveed Ahmad Paracha, “Till Wall of China… (Dewar-i-Chine Tak . . .),” Sunday Magazine, Nawa-i- Waqt, February 20, 2005 1689 Maqbool Ahmed, “China Seeks Pakistan’s help in Investigation,” Daily Times, November 8, 2005 1690 Dawn, September 7, 2004 1691 Sadia Tasleem, “China’s Interest in Central Asia: Opportunities and Challenges,” National Development and Security, XII, 4, 48, (Summer 2004) 1692 Maqbool Ahmed, Op.cit.
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After passing out from madrassas they participated in the Soviet-Afghan war.1693After the war they entered Xinjiang through the Karakoram highway and participated in separatist activities with East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and Eastern Turkistan Liberation Organization
(ETLO) also known as Eastern Turkistan National Party.1694 ETIM is a Chinese militant separatist group having, reportedly links with Al-Qaeda and receiving guidance from operatives living in Pakistan.1695 Inspired by the disintegration of the Soviet Union and formation of the
Central Asian republics, they actively participated in separatist activities to establish East
Turkistan.1696 ETIM members had played an active role in anti-Moscow movement and now they had joined hands for anti-Beijing uprising in Xinjiang and Tibet, with the help of U.S.A. fund,
National Endowment for Democracy.1697 In 1992, due to the uprising near Kashgar, 22 deaths were reported. Because of this incident China closed its border with Pakistan for several months.1698 China closed the Karakoram Highway to send a strong signal of its anger to Pakistan and a warning to stop backing for Islamic militants.1699 This disturbance predated the arrival of
Taliban in China. China claimed the arms and ammunitions used by Uyghur in riots were acquired from Afghan Mujahideens, besides getting training from them.1700 In February 1997, a series of protests were launched by hundreds of Uyghur students by waving the flag of East
1693 Ziad Haider, “Clearing Cloud Over Karakoram,” Daily Times, April 4, 2004 1694 “The ELTO was founded in Turkey with its headquarters in Istanbul. The founder of the organization is Muhametemin Hazret, and its main leaders including, Ubul Kasimu, Dolqun Isa and Kanat.” Shaukat Piracha, “China Asks Pakistan to Investigate Xinjiang Terrorists List,” Dawn, January 17, 2004 1695Amir Mir, “Chinese Battle on Pakistani Soil,” The Post, June 30, 2006 Muntazir Ali, “China as a Factor of Stability in South Asia: Problems and Prospects,” Pakistan Horizon, 63, 3, (July 2010) 1696 Chien-Peng Chung, “China ‘War on Terror’ September 11 and Uyghur Separatism, In Rise of China,” (New York: A Council on Foreign Relations Book, Foreign Affairs, 2002) 1697 B. Raman, “China Seeks Musharraf’s help to Tackle Xinjiang Unrest,” Daily Times, Lahore, April 6, 2008 1698 Haider, Op.cit. 1699 Ziad Haider, “Sino-Pakistan Relations and Xinjiang’s Uighurs: Politics. Trade, and Islam along the Karakoram Highway,” Asian Survey, XLV, 4, (July/August 2005) 1700 Ahmed Faruqi, “The Complex Dynamics of Pakistan’s Relationship with China,” IPRI, I, I, (Summer 2001)
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Turkistan Republic.1701 The Chinese authorities claimed that the students had strong connection with Uyghur students enrolled in Pakistani madrassas, and also were connected with Taliban.
China cautioned Pakistan to use its influence on Talibans to make them abstain from such activities. Pakistan’s close ties with Afghanistan badly affected its relations with China.1702
Initially Pakistan responded to the complaints from China by issuing verbal warning to the religious outfits in Pakistan to make them desist from such separatist activities in China but in the 2nd half of 1990s Pakistan took serious notice of such activists.1703 Pakistan handed over fourteen students who were involved in bombing in Urumqi to China. Uyghur American
Organization in 2002, sent a letter of protest to Pakistan’s ambassador to U.S.A. Maleeha Lodhi, on deportation of these students to China.1704
There were regular acts of violence and clashes between police and separatists in
Xinjiang. In 1999, A special unit was sent from Beijing to Urmqi and Martial law was imposed in various towns and districts. China considered Afghanistan as the “main source of trouble in its
Xinjiang province.”1705 During this phase China changed its stance on Kashmir, from self- determination to neutral (Kashmir issue would be resolved through bilateral negotiation between
India and Pakistan). They apprehended that the success of Jihadi (fighter of God) groups in
Kashmir would not only become a source of inspiration but also as a launching pad for separatists Uyghur of Xinjiang.1706 India took advantage of this turbulent phase between Pakistan and China. India tried to present two situations alike, freedom fighters in Kashmir and the
1701 Ziad Haider, “Sino-Pakistan Relations and Xinjiang’s Uighurs: Politics, Trade, and Islam along the Karakoram Highway,” Op.cit. 1702Faruqi, Op.cit. 1703 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Area of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Strategic Studies, XXIX, 2 & 3, (Summer 7 & Autumn 2009) 1704 Ziad Haider, “Sino-Pakistan Relations and Xinjiang’s Uighurs: Politics. Trade, and Islam along the Karakoram Highway,” Op.cit. 1705 Farrukh Saleem, “Is China Drifting away from Pakistan?,” The News, December 1, 2000 1706 Aman Memon, “Reading the Indian Factors in China-Pakistan Relations in Post-Cold War Era,” Pakistan Perspectives, 12, 1, (Jan-June 2007)
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separatist’s element in China both were backed by Pakistan to create trouble in India and
China.1707 On January 6, 1999, Chinese government lodged a protest with Pakistan Interior
Minister Chaudry Shujaat Hussain, after the confession by sixteen Uyghur, when they were caught by Chinese authorities that they got training in Afghanistan and Landi Kotal area in
Pakistan’s Khyber Agency.1708 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited China and in a press conference he made it clear that Pakistani government was not backing or providing support to any group or party to take separation from China.1709
After coming in power, President General Pervez Musharraf took serious notice of all those forces and elements that were creating disturbance in Xinjiang Province and using
Pakistan’s name for this purpose.1710 He tried to distance his government from some policies followed by Taliban.1711 According to Chinese authorities, Talibans were a source to export religious militancy in Xinjiang. In 2000, Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf made an unusual visit to Afghanistan, there was speculation that this visit was made on the pressure of
China. China pressurized Pakistan to use its influence on Taliban to stop them from exporting militancy in Xinjiang. A senior diplomat of Far-East Asian country agreed that there was a definite cooling down between Pakistan and Taliban relations and China was behind it. That can be concluded from the statement of Foreign Minister of Taliban Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil, that the number of ‘volunteers’ from Pakistan was reduced because,
1707 Muhammad Ijaz Bhutt, “China and Kashmir Issue,” Journal of Research Society of Pakistan, XXXVI, 2, (April 1999) 1708 Mahesh Ranjan Debata, “China’s Minorities; Ethnic-Religious Separatism in Xinjiang,” (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2007) 1709Bhutt, Op.cit. 1710 A.R Khan, “Visit of Jiatao will ipmrove the Pakistan China Relations (Jia-bao key dore se Pak-Chine Talukat Behtar hun ge),” Express, April 6, 2005 1711 Aziz-ud-din Ahmad, “Agreements and Differences,” The Nation, May 3, 2001
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“We do not count on them.”1712
But this speculation was rejected by Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Tariq Altaf by saying that this was a wrong perception that China was behind the recent visit of General Musharraf.1713
Under the supervision of Agha Shahi, a delegation of some Pakistani intellectuals paid a visit to China in July (2000). They assured the Chinese leadership that all the religious parties in
Pakistan were committed to Pakistan-China friendship. Riaz Khokar, said that Pakistan was taking a hard line to deal with or crush the separatists and terrorists.1714
In December (2000), the Pakistan army closed the two Uyghur community Centres called
Kashgarabad and Hotanabad that were providing shelter to Uyghur immigrants in Pakistan.
Pakistani government put pressure on religious leaders running madrassas not to accept any
Uyghur student.1715
Amir, Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed met with the Chinese delegation visiting
Pakistan in January 2001. He assured them that there was no connection between Pakistan based religious parties and separatists working against the sovereignty and integrity of China.1716 Later on, in an interview, he again said it was a wrong perception that any Pakistani group was involved in creating disturbance in Xinjiang. America was supporting the separatist Islamic groups in Xinjiang and when we came to know about it we a distanced ourselves from such groups. Some forces were working against the cordial relations of Pakistan and China.1717 Before
Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji’s visit to Pakistan in May the leaders of Jamaat-i-Islami, had met with the Chinese ambassador. They said that they would be ready to help China against
1712 Aslam Khan, “Angry China Forces Pakistan to Rein in Taliban,” The News, February 2000 1713 Op.cit. 1714 Khalid Mahmud, “Dialogue in China,” The News, July 13, 2000 1715 Debata, Op.cit. 1716Nawa-i-Waqt, January 17, 2001 1717Daily Pakistan, May 20, 2001
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separatists.1718 China had always supported the cause of Muslims in Kashmir and Palestine. They emphasized that America was behind the separatists of Xinjiang.1719
Riaz Khokhar during an interview said, “the government in Afghanistan was not now the matter of concern for China, it was worried about the extremism and terrorism in its neighbouring Central Asian States.”1720 Chinese concerns about Afghanistan were removed because China sent a secret delegation to observe the activities of Taliban in Afghanistan. This delegation presented its report that was very positive and hard to believe. Then the Chinese authorities sent another delegation, the report of this delegation was aligned with the first report that had changed the attitude of China towards Afghanistan. As a result of these reports China abstained from voting for the sanctions on Afghanistan, although after 9/11 it voted in favour of sanctions.1721 Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan visited Kabul on May 15, 2002 via
Pakistan and China also reopened its embassy in Kabul that was closed in 1993 for security reasons.1722 Afghan Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah also visited Beijing, where he signed two documents with his Chinese counterpart. According to these documents, China would provide the Afghan interim government with one million US dollars as initial funds and over 3.6 million US dollars of emergence assistance in the form of goods.1723
1718Nawa-i-Waqt, May 14, 2001 1719Nawa-i-Waqt, May 15, 2001 1720 Mushaid Hussain, “China. . . Strategic Partner of Pakistan (China, . . . Pakistan Ka Strategic Partner),” Nawa-i-Waqt, May 8, 2001 Irshad Ahmed Haqqani, “No Irritants in China-Pakistan Relations: Riaz Khokhar,” The News, May 2, 2001 1721Irshad Ahmed Haqqani, “ Chinese Educational and Economic Condition and Expectations from President’s Visit (China Ke Taleemi or Sakafti Surat-i-Hal or Wazir-i-Azam kay Doray se Wabasta Tawaqat),” Daily Jang, May 8, 2001 1722 The Nation, May 14, 2002 The Nation, February 6, 2002 1723 The Nation, November 21, 2002
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America supported the Afghan Mujahideen to exploit the situation in Xinjiang but this was rejected by Mujahideens.1724 This was American and Indian propaganda to create trouble in
Xinjiang and blame Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran for all this. The purpose behind this was to create a rift among the neighbouring countries. Although the leader of East Turkistan Islamic
Movement was in Semi-European country (Turkey).1725 After 9/11 terrorists attack on U.S.A., the Chinese government tried to equate American fight against terrorism with its own fight against separatists. Washington was reluctant to equate global terrorism with domestic crackdown against separatists. It made clear to the Chinese government that non-violent activities of separatists cannot be termed as terrorism.1726 The Chinese effort to consider ETIM as part and parcel of the war on terror was rejected by U.S.A. at this stage.1727 According to the
Chinese the intelligence, after the U.S.A. attacks on Afghanistan, most of the ETIM members took refuge in Pakistan and started collaboration with the local extremist groups to continue their separatist agenda.1728 In December (2001), President Musharraf visited China.1729 While meeting with Parliamentarian leader Li-Peng in Beijing, President assured him of his support to China against separatists.1730 He said,
“Pakistan will make full efforts to support China to fight against East Turkistan terrorists
forces.”1731
1724Daily Jang, March 7, 2000 1725 Irshad Ahmed Arif, “Chinese Foreign Minister Visit to Pakistan (Wazir-i-Kharja Chine ka Dora-i- Pakistan),” Nawa-i-Waqt, July 24, 2000 1726 Chung, Op.cit. 1727 Dawn, December 22, 2001 1728 Mir, Op.cit. 1729 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Strategic Studies, XXII, 2, (Summer 2002) 1730 Ahmad Faruqui, “The Impact of 9/11 on Sino-Pakistan Ties,” Daily Times, June 18, 2002 1731 Dawn, December 25, 2001
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Musharraf also visited the historic city of Xi’an where he met with the Imam (Head of Mosque) of the grand mosque and called upon the Muslims to be patriotic and to be good citizens.1732 This was for the first time that any Pakistani leader publicly supported the Chinese campaign against separatists working in Xinjiang.1733 The Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao, said President
Musharraf took ‘pains’ to back the Chinese campaign against Uyghur.1734 But this action of
Musharraf was condemned by the President of Uyghur American Association. In a letter to
Pakistan’s U.S.A. ambassador, he challenged the moral authority of Musharraf. He said
Uyghur’s struggle for freedom from the mainland was as legitimate as Pakistan’s struggle for
Kashmir.1735 According to International reports, President had eliminated nineteen Uyghur in a terrorist training camp in Pakistan on the behest of the Chinese government.1736 In May 2002, the
Chinese authorities announced that Pakistan had detained Ismail Kader, a major Uyghur separatist leader, at a secret meeting in Kashmir. 1737
Qazi Hussain Ahmed visited China, in June 2002, where he assured of his solidarity with the Chinese government in its fight against separatist movements. He said that China would use
Pakistan as bridge to negotiate with Taliban.1738 The Chinese government appreciated the cooperation extended by Pakistan in countering separatist forces even before 9/11.1739 On August
19 (2002), the United States and on September 11 (2002), the United Nations added the East
Turkistan Islamic Movement to the list of terrorist organizations.1740 A spokesman of the Chinese
1732 Debata, Op.cit. 1733 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Pakistan-China Relations in a Changing Geo-Strategic Environment,” Op.cit. 1734 Dawn, December 22, 2001 1735 Ahmad Faruqui, “The Impact of 9/11 on Sino-Pakistan ties,” Op.cit. 1736 Daily Times, June 29, 2007 1737 Ziad Haider, “Sino-Pakistan Relations and Xinjiang’s Uighurs: Politics. Trade, and Islam along the Karakoram Highway,” Op.cit. 1738 Ahmed Faruqi, “The Complex Dynamics of Pakistan’s Relationship with China,” Op.cit. 1739 Foreign Office Year Book 2002, Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan 1740 Brian Fishman, “Al-Qaeda and the Rise of China: Jihadi Geopolitics in a Post-Hegemonic World,” Current Affairs Digest, Book 213, (May 2012)
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Foreign Office Kong Quan, said “it’s the great success of the Chinese government that the
United Nations had added ETIM to the list of terrorist groups.”1741 But after adding ETIM to terrorist organizations, the U.S.A. was moving in the opposite direction. The U.S.A. Assistant
Secretary of State for Human Rights Lorne Craner, visited the University of Xinjiang in
December (2002). Over there during his speech he said that the struggle against terrorism should not allow the violation of human rights as the Chinese government was doing.1742
According to the Washington Post, eighteen Uyghur were captured by Pakistani forces and handed over to American authorities, when they entered Pakistan via Afghanistan. During interrogation these Uyghur denied their links with Taliban although they admitted they got a little bit training of warfare. They said that they had just objections to the control of the Chinese government in Xinjiang. Out of these eighteen, five were released in 2005 because they were not found guilty according to an American Court.1743 When the Uyghur got released, they resettled in
Albania because the U.S.A. authorities felt that these Uyghur Muslims risked harm if they were sent back to China although the Chinese government had demanded them from the U.S.A. that was rejected by U.S.A. authorities.1744 Some human rights groups voiced against the U.S.A. characterization of the ETIM as a terrorist group because it had given a free hand to China to suppress the Uyghur.1745
The Region’s Communist Party Secretary Wang Lequan, said the government was winning the battle against the forces that were opposing Beijing in Xinjiang, but these efforts
Drill Test Sino-Pakistani Forces, IPRI Factfile, VII, 3, (March 2005), China Daily, August 7, 2004
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were hampered when they got assistance from terrorists abroad. He identified Pakistan as a place from where assistance continues. He said,
“They have several camps in Pakistan.”1746
The Pakistan Army during an operation on October 2, 2003, at Angoor Adda, 5 km away from the Afghanistan border killed Hasan Mashsum.1747 Hasan Mashsum was at the top of the list of Chinese ‘terrorists’ because he was the leader of ETIM.1748 He was involved in bombing in Kashgar on June 17, 1996, and fled to Afghanistan in 1997.1749 There he joined Osama bin
Laden’s Al-Qaeda and with the support of Al-Qaeda members he established ETIM.1750In 1998 he sent several dozen people to China and set more than ten bases in Xinjiang and across the
State to train them to carry out terrorist activities.1751 The Beijing News reported that Hasan
Mahsum was killed in an operation conducted by the U.S.A. and Pakistani forces. But General
Shaukat Sultan denied this by saying,
“This operation was conducted purely by the Pakistan army and no
American troops or personnel were involved in it.”1752
During an interview Bregadier (Retd) Saeed Sharif mentioned that Chinese officials told him in a secret meeting that Hasan Mashsum had hidden himself in Waziristan area of Pakistan. He said that on Chinese demand an operation was started by Pakistan Army in which he was killed.1753
1746 Daily Times, September 12, 2003 1747 The Nation, December 27, 2003 1748 The News, July 8, 2004 The Nation, December 27, 2003 1749 Ali, Op.cit. 1750 Dawn, December 24, 2003 1751 The Nation, December 27, 2003 1752 Dawn, December 24, 2003 1753 Bregadier (Retd) Saeed Sharif, Military Attaché in Beijing 2000-2004, interviewed by Author at Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore, January 10, 2015
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During his State visit to China in November (2003), President Musharraf said Pakistan stood resolutely against terrorism and anti-Chinese forces that were working in Xinjiang province. He said Pakistan would not allow any anti-Chinese forces to use Pakistan as their base.1754 He opposed the terrorism as well as ETIM, which was banned in China.1755 During his meeting with President Hu Jintao, the Chinese President stressed that both States must battle against ‘three forces’ of terrorism, ethnic separatism and terrorism. President Hu Jintao’s definition of ‘three forces’ was related to the China’s problem with Muslim Uyghur.1756
President Musharraf’s visit proved significant because during this visit he gave assurance that
Pakistan would not harbour separatists from Xinjiang.1757 The State run Chinese television reported that China and Pakistan had pledged to combat ‘separatists’.1758 This visit was also interesting because Pakistan was concerned about the influx of cheap and smuggled Chinese goods while China was upset over the infiltration of religious fanatics in Xinjiang.1759 In
December (2003), a list of terrorist organizations and 11 specific people to whom Chinese authorities considered as terrorists, was handed over to Pakistan by China through a diplomatic channel.1760 The Chinese authorities requested Pakistan to forward this list to the investigation departments in Pakistan.1761
Two events in April 2004 showed that the U.S.A. administration was moving against the policies of the Chinese government in Xinjiang. The National Endowment for Democracy, which was funded by the American government, granted $ 75,000 to the Uyghur American Association.
1754 Dawn, November 5, 2003 1755 President Musharraf’s State Visit to the people’s Republic of China from 1-5 November, Foreign Affairs, XXX, II, (01-7 Nov 2003) 1756 Iffat Idris, “Future In Asia,” Daily Times, September 16, 2003 1757 Dawn, November 5, 2003 1758 The Nation, November 4, 2003 1759 Daily Times, November 5, 2003 1760 ‘Pivot of Asia’ Sees China-Pakistan Maneuvers, IPRI, Op.cit. 1761 Shaukat Piracha, “China asks Pakistan to Investigate Xinjiang Terrorists List,” Dawn, January 17, 2004
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This act was totally against the Chinese government and was advocating an independent Uyghur
State. The Chinese government considered the grant as interference in its domestic affairs.1762
The second event was that Munich hosted another Uyghur Conference to promote Uyghur unity.1763 Most participants of conference were in favour of a separate homeland for Uyghur and a few others were in favour of high degree of autonomy within China but that was not less than an independent State. The Chinese government made its full effort to get this conference cancelled due to its separatists and terrorist aim.1764 Mr. Ming, the Vice President of the Chinese
Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC), about human rights, pointed out that
China’s concept and perception about human rights was quite different from the West. The
Chinese authorities attached great importance to human rights but would not allow the West to interfere in its domestic jurisdiction.1765
During an interview to ‘People’s Daily’ Prime Minister Jamali said, “We had no sympathy with the aim and objectives of ETIM and condemned all its anti-state activities.”1766
Foreign Minister Khursid Mahmood Kasuri visited China in April (2004), there during an interview to ‘China Daily’ he disclosed that a few ‘wanted terrorists’ of China were killed in an operation in Pakistan. He said neither any Pakistani government nor any religious or political party had any reservations about the Pakistan-China friendship.1767 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao appreciated Pakistan’s effort to promote peace and stability in the region and he also thanked the
1762 ‘Pivot of Asia’ Sees China-Pakistan Maneuvers, IPRI, Op.cit. 1763 Munich is the Capital City of the German State of Bavaria. It is the third largest city of Germany. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich March 19, 2015) 1764 ‘Pivot of Asia’ Sees China-Pakistan Maneuvers, IPRI, Op.cit. 1765 The News, March 28, 2004 1766 Text of a Written Interview of Prime Minister Jamali with “People’s Daily”, China as Appeared in the Paper on 24 April 2004, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXI, IV, (April 2004) 1767 Visit of Foreign Minister Kasuri to China from 7-9 April 2004, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXI, IV, (April 2004)
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Pakistani leadership for their cooperation in combating terrorist activities in China.1768 When he was on his visit to China, the Speaker of National Assembly Chaudhary Amir Hassain, condemned the terrorist activities of ETIM and Eastern Turkistani Liberation Organization.1769
The Chinese government received some threats in 2005, from Islamist terrorist groups regarding attacks on hotels and other tourist resorts in Hong Kong and midland China. In an official request through its embassy in Islamabad, the Chinese government asked Pakistan to investigate and share information on these threats.1770 The threats came weeks before the World
Trade Organization’s meeting that was going to be held on December 13-18 in China. Exactly a month before these threats, a group named World Uyghur Congress issued a strong anti-Chinese statement on website ‘Islam online’. The statement read,
“The Chinese crushing campaign of religious oppression and
cultural assimilation against its Muslim Uyghur minority in the
name of terror-combat and anti-separatism, risks turning the region
into a time bomb.”1771
Like 2005, few threats were received by Chinese diplomats in Pakistan in 2006. In June, the Chinese embassy in Islamabad through a letter informed the Pakistani Foreign Ministry that some members of ETIM had arrived in Pakistan and they were planning to kidnap some senior
Chinese diplomats in Pakistan. The letter also indicated that these members of ETIM would get support from Al-Qaeda and some terrorists groups inside Pakistan. There was also information that these terrorists had first travelled to Jalalabad to finalize their plans of kidnapping.1772 After
1768 Dawn, April 9, 2004 1769 Daily Times, November 7, 2004 1770Maqbool Ahmed, Op.cit. 1771 Mir, Op.cit. 1772 Op.cit.
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getting the information about the plan to kidnap the Chinese diplomats, the Interior Minister of
Pakistan had issued directives to the Inspector General of Police of the four provinces and
Islamabad Capital territory to detain the members of ETIM. Diplomatic Protection Department
Senior Superintendent of Police Tariq Masood Yaseen said that security around the Chinese embassy building and residence of Chinese diplomats had been tightened.1773 The Chinese embassy in Islamabad and the Chinese Consulate General in Karachi were under the high observation of intelligence agencies. Meanwhile intelligence agencies had submitted their reports to the Foreign Ministry about these threats. According to these reports, terrorists had entered the twin cities, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, but they failed to take any terrorist action due to foolproof security.1774
China had provided a list of 22 wanted rebels belonging to ETIM, to Pakistan in 2007.1775
These rebels were alleged to be using the Pakistani tribal areas to hide.1776
On March 7, 2008, three Uyghur including one woman tried to blow up a plane that was heading from Urumqi to Beijing. They tried to blow up the plane with the help of gasoline sealed in a soft drink can.1777 The official Chinese inquiry told that these three Chief suspects were
Pakistani because they were carrying Pakistani passports. But according to other sources, the woman was born in Xinjiang but had spent many years in Pakistan and over there she got training from militants. These sources also said that maybe these culprits were carrying fake
1773 Shahzad Malik, “Chinese Diplomats Face Kidnapping,” Daily Times, June 26, 2006 1774 Nawa-i-Waqt, June 27, 2006 1775 Syed Irfan Raza, “China Wanted 22 Rebels Handed Over,” Dawn, June 21, 2007 1776 Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, “Shooting of the Chinese,” The Post, July 15, 2007 1777 Raman, Op.cit.
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passports.1778 A Foreign Office Spokesman in Pakistan said that China had not formally approached Pakistan about this issue. He said,
“This is not how the Chinese operate by going public and blaming
Pakistan. If they have any grievances they will do it in their own
low-key style and we, like in the past, will certainly cooperate with
them. But we have not been able to identify these people involved
as Pakistan.”1779
According to the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, ETIM was trying to harm the bilateral relations of the two States that needed to be addressed seriously.1780
There was a demonstration against the Chinese government in the Xinjiang Province on
March 23, 2008. About 1000 Uyghur including women participated in a demonstration. The demonstration broke out due to two events. Firstly, the alleged death of a wealthy Jade trader, and philanthropist in the custody of the Ministry of Public Security. He was arrested on a charge of belonging to the sleeper cell discovered in January 2008.1781 Secondly, the anger was of the local women at banning them from covering their heads with sacaves (piece of cloth to cover head). The women participated in the demonstration were wearing sacaves. The U.S.A. Radio
Free Asia, had first disclosed the News of demonstrations, which was initially rejected by
Beijing but later on, on April 2, 2008 the Chinese authorities admitted these pieces of news.1782
The Chinese Foreign Ministry officially requested President Pervez Musharraf to visit Urumqi and appeal to the Uyghur to cooperate with the government and not to let themselves be misled
1778 Dawn, April 21, 2008 1779 Baabar, Op.cit. 1780 Tayyab Siddiqui, “Sino-Pak Relations,” The Post, April 22, 2008 1781“Unrest in Xinjiang: China Seeks Musharraf’s ‘Good Offices’” An Article by B. Raman, as reproduced by “South Asia” on 4 April 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, IV, (April 2008) 1782 Raman, Op.cit.
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by the followers of the Dalai Lama.1783 At the request of Chinese government, President
Musharraf paid a six-day visit to China. During his visit he visited Urumqi and there he came up with a strong support of Chinese efforts to combat separatism.1784 Indian media claimed that it was Musharraf himself, who requested the Chinese government that he would like to visit
Urumqi and the Chinese government agreed immediately. But this claim of India was rejected by
South Asia Analysis Group, they reported that the Chinese government had asked Musharraf to tackle the Xinjiang unrest.1785 B. Raman, Indian Former Additional Secretary, claimed that
Pakistan and Nepal were playing double game in these events. On the one hand, Pakistan was pretending to help the Chinese government but on the other hand it had allowed Radio Free Asia to provide many of its Uyghur language programmes in Pakistani territory.1786 But broadcasting of language does not mean to support terrorist activities or provide support to any group to take separation from their homeland.
The Chinese government was worried about the threats from Uyghur extremists and terrorists, and the students of Lal Masjid, to target Olympics torch that was to pass from
Islamabad on April 16, 2008, before being taken to India. The Pakistani government had provided foolproof security to Olympic torch and so Olympic torch passed from Pakistan peacefully.1787
5.2.3 Strategies Jointly taken by Pakistan and China to Combat Terrorism
Pakistan and China suffered a lot from activities of terrorists from 1999 to 2008. Both States made tremendous efforts to crush the menace of terrorism and extremism. General Pervez
1783“Unrest in Xinjiang: China Seeks Musharraf’s ‘Good Offices’” An Article by B. Raman, Op.cit. 1784“Musharraf Bolsters China-Pakistan Bond,’” An Article by Pallavi Aiyar, as Appeared in ‘Asia Times’ on 21 April 2008, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXXV, IV, (April 2008) 1785 Baabar, Op.cit. 1786 Raman, Op.cit. 1787 Op.cit.
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Musharraf adopted effective measures to fight against terrorism. The Spokesman of Chinese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang, said that after 9/11 the Pakistani government had done a lot to combat terrorism. Now Pakistan and China were benefiting from each other’s skill and abilities to fight against three evils extremism, terrorism and separatism.1788 The following are the strategies that Pakistan and China jointly or separately took to crush the terrorism,
Shanghai five was established in 1996 by People’s Republic of China, Russian
Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Republic of Tajikistan. It
became Shanghai group when in 2005 Uzbekistan formally joined this group.1789 To
combat terrorism, extremism, separatism and illegal drug trafficking were at the top of
the agenda of this organization.1790 The member States of this organization did not allow
their territories to be used against the sovereignty, integrity and security of other member
States.1791 Pakistan was granted the status of observer at the SCO in its annual summit in
Astana, Kazakhstan along with India and Iran.1792 The member States felt that Pakistan
and India should share with them information regarding issues concerning terrorism.1793
In 2001, Pakistan and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Joint
Working Group.1794 The purpose of this Joint Working Group was to formulate security
arrangements.1795 It was decided that this group would meet once a year to check the
security arrangements of Chinese nationals working in Pakistan but in 2004 Interior
1788 The Nation, June 20, 2005 1789 The Nation, September 21, 2003 1790 Joint Communiqué Issued at the Conclusion of the Sixth SCO Summit, Pakistan Perspectives, 11, 1, (January-June 2006) 1791 Text of the Declaration Adopted at the Fifth Anniversary of the SCO, Pakistan Perspectives, 11, 1, (January-June 2006) 1792 The Nation, February 21, 2006 1793 Moonis Ahmar, “Pakistan, India, China Triangle: The Changing Geo-Strategic Realities and Indo- PakConflicts,” Margalla Papers, (2004) 1794 Dawn, July 6, 2004 1795 Shaheen Akhtar, “Indo-Us Strategic Partnership: Implications for China,” Spotlight on Regional Affairs, XXVIII, 2&3, (Jan-Feb 2009)
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Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat said it was decided that the group would meet
frequently due to an increased number of terrorist attacks on Chinese in Pakistan.1796
President Musharraf gave the idea of an enlightened moderation to combat terrorism and
extremism. He said the strategy of an enlightened moderation adopted two prolonged
strategies. Firstly, the Muslim World should pay attention on their economic uplift by
rejecting terrorism and extremism. Secondly, the rest of the World should fulfil their
obligations in this regard. He also said that China could play a major role in promoting
enlightened moderation.1797
Pakistan and China concluded a treaty on extradition in Beijing on November 3, 2003.
The proposed treaty was to help the two countries to closely work against narcotic
trafficking, illegal immigration and terrorism. According to this treaty, the prisoners were
exchanged, and holding their trials in their own country under their laws was agreed.1798
Pakistan extradited over a dozen of wanted terrorists to China including Ismail Kadir and
Ismayil Abdusemed Haji, both were arrested from Rawalpindi and were prominent
members’ of ETIM.1799
Pakistan and China held joint military antiterrorism exercises. Once in Xinjiang province
in 2004, and second in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2006.1800
During the visit of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in April 2005, Pakistan and China
signed an agreement on April 5 to cooperate to combat terrorism, secessionism and
1796 Dawn, July 6, 2004 1797 President Musharraf’s State Visit to the People’s Republic of China from 1-5 Nov 2003, Foreign Affairs Pakistan, XXX, II, (01-7 Nov 2003) 1798 Dawn, October 30, 2003 1799 Mir, Op.cit. 1800 Dawn, July 30, 2004 Fazal-ur-Rehman, “Traditional and Emerging Area of Strategic Co-operation between Pakistan and China,” Op.cit.
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extremism.1801 From the Pakistani side this agreement was signed by Interior Minister
Aftab Sherpao and from the Chinese side it was signed by the Chinese Foreign Minister
Li Zhaoxing.1802
Pakistan and China signed an agreement to exchange the instrument of ratification to
terrorism, secessionism and extremism. Salmen Bashir , Pakistan’s ambassador to China,
and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei exchanged the paper of this agreement in
Beijing. It provided legal framework for combating terrorism.1803
Terrorists killed three Chinese engineers in Hub (2006). After this incident in order to
provide security to Chinese engineers working on Sandik and Racodik projects, in
Balochistan, the Pakistani government decided to run two PIA flights weekly from
Karachi to Dalbadin to take Chinese engineers to their work.1804
In April 2007, Pakistan and China signed the treaty on Mutual Judicial Assistance in
Criminal Matters. The treaty shows the commitment of Pakistan and China to combat all
forms (and manifestations) of terrorism.1805
On August 6, 2007 Pakistan and China agreed to form Joint Task Force for the security
of Chinese citizens in Pakistan.1806 Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah and Chinese
ambassador Luo Zhaohui signed the agreement.1807 The Additional Interior Secretary
Imtiaz Qazi, Brig Javad Iqbal Cheema and three senior officials of the Chinese embassy
were the members of the task force. Later on, four branches were to be set up in the four
1801 Foreign Office Year Book 2004-05, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan Pakistan-China Agreement on Co-operation in Combating Terrorism, Secessionism and Extremism: Islamabad: 5 April 2005, Pakistan Treaty Series 2004-2005, XI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1802 Document No. 20, Pakistan China Treaty of Friendship
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provinces of Pakistan. Home Secretaries, Inspector General of Police and Chinese
Consuls would be the members of the task force at provincial level.1808 According to this
agreement, the proposed task force would hold monthly meetings to check the security of
Chinese personnel in Pakistan.1809 This was for the first time that representatives of a
foreign country directly monitor the security of their personnel.1810
On getting directions from the Interior Ministry, the administration of Northern areas
deputed 166 security personnel e.g. 50 police personnel, 100 scout members of Northern
areas and 16 Frontier Constabulary personnel, for the protection of Chinese engineers
working on different places in the Northern areas, including Pakistan-China border, Sust
dry port, Nulter hydropower and sites of under construction bridges.1811
In 2008, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan expressed its desire to purchase antiterrorism equipment from China.1812 Pakistan decided to purchase scanners, arms and other antiterrorism equipment. China expressed positive response to this desire of
Pakistan.1813
At the start of 21st century terrorist activities have shaken the world community. Terrorist’s attacks that were heard in decades became more frequent. Pakistan and China friendship also faced this challenge by two ways. One was Chinese workers and engineers were targeted on
Pakistani soil. These Chinese nationals were involved in different economic projects of strategic significance. The motive behind these attacks was to hamper the Pakistan China friendship and tried to stop Chinese involvement in Pakistan. Pakistani government condemned all such attacks
1808 Syed Irfan Raza, “Invisible Security for Chinese Strengthened,” Dawn, August 7, 2007 1809 The News, August 7, 2007 1810 Daily Times, August 3, 2007 1811 The Nation, September 20, 2007 1812 Mariana Baabar, “China to Equip Pakistan Flight Terrorists,” The News, April 26, 2008 1813 Syed Irfan Raza, “Zardari Leaves for China Today,” Dawn, October 14, 2008
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and assured the Chinese authorities that no Pakistani can do this. This is the act of those who want to damage the long lasting friendship between the two states. Pakistan and China took a number of measures to deal with the menace of terrorism. Second, China had some reservations that some Pakistani nationals were involved in separatists and terrorists activities in Xinjiang province of China. President Musharraf and other political and religious leaders assured the
Chinese authorities that Pakistan was not involved in any terrorists activities in China. This assurance was not just verble Pakistan took significant measures in this regard like killing of leader of ETIM Mehsud by Pakistani forces, President Musharraf address to Uyghurs of Xinjiang to be loyal to their state, and cracking down of Uyghurs communities in Pakistan. Chinese government was satisfied by the measures taken by government of Pakistan. The relations between Pakistan and China got the level of maturity in the 21st century so their relations were not affected by any challenge.
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Chapter 7
Pakistan-China Cultural and Educational Ties
The cultural relations between Pakistan and China were established before the two states started their life as independent States. The cultural ties further grew between the two countries with the frequent exchange of scholars, writers, intellectuals, artists, and students.
The history of cultural relations between Pakistan and China goes back to the period when merchants, pilgrims, scholars and diplomats travelled on camels or on horsebacks through the silk route from one country to another.1814 Sindh and China had cultural and trade relations for a long time, shared many things like Chinese silk, and cotton fabrics of Sindh was known all over the World in ancient time, like the Moenjo-Darro civilization, great China has also ancient civilization.1815 During the period of colonialism, contacts between the people of China and
Pakistan were restricted at both official and unofficial levels.1816 In 1950’s the cultural relations between the two States were again resumed. After the personal contact between Prime Minister
Mohammad Ali Bogra of Pakistan and Premier Chou En-Lai of China at Bandung Conference, in 1955, the cultural ties between Pakistan and China grew rapidly. During 1955-56 hardly a month passed without the exchange of delegations from both sides. These delegations included politicians, parliamentarians, lawyers, industrialists, writers, artists, public officials, and even religious leaders.1817 In 1958, on the invitation of All China Trade Union Federation, a seven member’s delegation of Pakistan’s labour leaders went on a three weeks tour of China. In the
1814 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, Strategic and Military Dimensions in Pakistan-China Relations in Reading in Pakistan Foreign Policy 1971-1998, ed. Mehrunnisa Ali, Karachi: Oxford University Press 2001 1815 The Nation, Lahore, 9 March 2oo1 1816 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, Ibid 1817 Anwar Hussain Syed, China & Pakistan:Diplomacy of an Entente Cordiale, London: Oxford University Press, 1974
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same year a delegation of Chinese women headed by Health Minister Madam Lich Chaun came to Pakistan on the invitation of All Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA).1818
The era of 1960’s is important in the Pakistan-China cultural ties because a number of event took place that brought the two states closer e.g Chinese war with India (1962), due to this war border agreement was signed between Pakistan and China and paved the way for other agreements, Pakistan fought a war with India, during this war China unconditionally supported
Pakistan, the World tried to isolate China but Pakistan stand for China and signed air agreement with her to give her way to contact outside the World. In 1960, a Pakistan-China friendship association was established.1819 Under the Pakistan-China cultural exchange programme, in 1963
Chinese acrobats arrived in Pakistan. They displayed their skills in Lahore, Decca and
Chittagong.1820 In 1964, a 16 Chinese (male) art troupe led by Mr. Chou Wei Chieh, Chairman of the Chinese department of Music and Director of the Bureau of Arts in the Ministry of Cultural
Affairs, visited Lahore, to participate in the Pakistan music conference. They gave their performance on various places and received great appreciation.1821 An agreement of friendship and co-operation between the Associated Press of Pakistan and the new China News Agency was signed on July 23rd, 1964.1822 A cultural agreement was signed between Pakistan and China in
1965, stipulating exchanges in the fields of art, education, sports, media, religions and youth affairs.1823 On February 1965, direct radio and telecommunications links between Pakistan and
China was established.1824 In March 1965, a Pakistani folklore dance troupe headed by Shamsul
1818 Rasul Bux Rais, China and Pakistan: A Political Analysis of Mutual relations, Lahore: Progressive Publisher, 1977 1819 Nawa-i-Waqat, Lahore, 14 May 2001 1820 Rasul Bux Rais, Ibid 1821 Ibid 1822 Farhat Mahmud, A history of US-Pakistan relations, Lahore: Vanguard, 1999 1823 The Nation, Lahore, 1 February 2000 1824 Mohammad Ahsen Chaudhri, Ibid
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Huda Chaudhry, the Deputy Director of tourism department, founder Director of Pakistan
International Airlines and the Chief of Public Relations of East Pakistan Industrial Development
Corporation, visited China.1825 This troupe was the first of its kind to visit China.
Although Pakistan and China suffered during the era of 1970’s but cultural exchange between them was not affected .The Pakistan-China Friendship Association (PCFA), Khyber
Pukhtunkhwa, was established in 1970 to enhance links with the China. The PCFA, Khyber
Pukhtunkhwa, had successfully achieved all the targeted objectives by strengthening the cordial relations with China. This association also enjoys the unique honour of not only to establish the sister province relationship between Pakistan’s province Khyber Pukhtunkhwa with Xinjiang, but up till now, three major cities of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa was linked with three major cities of
Xinjiang, Urumqi with Peshwar, Kashgar with Abbottabad and Altush with Kohat city.1826 In
March 1973, a 70 member Chinese acrobat team arrived Pakistan to display their skill in the big cities. The team was welcomed enthusiastically and was highly appreciated everywhere for its difficult job.1827 An agreement on Science and Technical co-operation between the two countries was signed in May 1976 in Beijing.1828
During 1980 to 1999 controlled cultural exchange took place between China and Pakistan due to Uighur organizations seeking secession from China in the Muslim majority Western province of Xinjiang, bordering Pakistan. China had reservations that Paklistan based Islamic
Parties were supporting uyghurs organizations, due to these reservations China closed her road link with Pakistan for some time. After getting assurance and evidence from Pakistani government and Islamic Parties that they were not supporting any anti Chinese organization road
1825 Rasul Bux Rais, Ibid 1826 The Nation, Lahore, 31 May 2004 1827 Rasul Bux Rais, Ibid 1828 The Nation, Lahore, 11 May 2001
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links between the two States were resumed.1829 In 1980 a Pakistani film Mera Naam Hai
Mohabbat (My Name is Love) was shown in China. This film received very warm response in
China.1830 In 1990, Punjab was given the status of twin province of Jiangsu province and
Lahore was the sister city of Xi’an city.1831 Media co-operation agreement was signed between
Pakistan and China in 1999.1832
In 21st Century a number of changes took place at international level but it did not affect the cultural relations between Pakistan and China. The relations between the two States get matured. More Culture programme took place in 21th century. In 2000, Pakistan and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on legal assistance. According to this MoU both countries committed themselves to render legal assistance to each other and co-operation in the fields of academics and training of their professional staff.1833 A five member official cultural delegation headed by the Federal Secretary for Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs
Samin Jan Babar, visited China on the invitation of Chinese government.1834 A nine member delegation of Chinese writers visited Pakistan in September, under cultural exchange programme between Pakistan and China. Under the cultural exchange programme, writers and intellectuals of the two countries annually visit each other’s country.1835 In Novmber, a delegation of All
China Lawyers Association (ACLA) visited Pakistan.1836 In December, China gifted 220 books
1829 See Chapter 7 for detail 1830 The Nation, Lahore, 30 March 2004 1831 The News, Lahore, 14 May 2001 1832 The Nation, Lahore, 13 January 2003 1833 The News, Lahore, 2000 1834 The Nation, Lahore, 25 July 2000 1835 Dawn, Lahore, 15 September 2000 1836 Dawn, Lahore, 23 November 2000
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consisting of 248 volumes representing social, cultural life and economy to the Punjab
University. The presentation was made by the Chinese Cultural Counselor.1837
In February 2001, seven member delegation headed by Dong Yunhu, Director General of the Chinese State Council on information, visited Pakistan Broadcasting Co-operation (PBC) headquarter in Islamabad. The Director General of PBC Salim Gul Shaikh, told the delegation that Chinese language was also amongst the seventeen foreign languages in which the external services of PBC air its programmes.1838 A MoU, on co-operation in the field of archaeology and museum between Pakistan and China was signed in April. The MoU was signed for a period of ten years. The MoU facilitated arrangement, organization of archeological exhibitions in the main cities of both countries, exchanges of delegations of experts in the field of archaeology, joint excavation, training facilities to the officials in the field of excavations, preservations, conservations and musicology, development of training institutes in the field of archaeology and museum, and measures to achieve effective control and check over illicit and illegal smuggling of cultural artifacts of historical values.1839 A special Musharia organized by Chinese embassy to mark the 50th year of the establishment of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations in Islamabad in
May. Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Lu Shulin on the occasion presented his poem about
Pakistan, he said in his poem Pakistan as his “Own Country”.1840 Ambassador Lu Shulin could speak Urdu and Punjabi languages well.1841 He translated an Urdu novel Mera Gaaon (My
Village) written by a Pakistani writer Ghulamul Saqlain, to inform the young Chinese about the culture of Pakistan.1842
1837 The Nation, Lahore, 5 December 2000 1838 The Nation, Lahore, 21 February 2001 1839 The Nation, Lahore, 14 April 2001 1840 The Nation, Lahore, 10 May 2001 1841 The Nation, Lahore, 14 April 2000 1842 Dawn, Lahore, 27 September 2003
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To mark the 50 years of Sino-Pakistan friendship, an exhibition of handicrafts of Chinese artists Lili and Quchi was opened at Al-hamra hall, around 70 articles of handicrafts were displayed at the exhibition.1843 Pakistan National Council of the Arts also arranged a special exhibition of some representative works in Beijing as a goodwill gesture towards Chinese on the occasion of 50th anniversary of diplomatic relationship.1844 Year 2000, was not only celebrated as the Year of the golden jubilee of the two countries diplomatic relations, but also silver jubilee of the scientific and technical co-operation between them.1845 To ensure the implementation of mutually agreed projects in different fields of science and technology a Joint Research Fund was also established by Pakistan and Chinese government in the same Year. The Research Fund allowed the financing of joint research and development projects in the fields of mutual interest.
This also enabled Pakistan to gain the know-how and expertise from China in various fields of science and technology such as biotechnology, microelectronics, space sciences, material sciences, industrial engineering and other fields of mutual interests.1846 A nine member judicial delegation headed by the President Peoples Supreme Court of China, Mr. H E Xiao Yang, visited
Pakistan and met the Chief Justice and the judges of Lahore High Court. During meetings matters concerning the judicial system of the two countries and judicial reforms came under discussion.1847 Till 2001, four Chief Justices of the Pakistan Supreme Court had visited China while this was the first tour of any Chinese Chief Justice to Pakistan.1848 Justice Irshad Hasan
Khan visited China along with an official delegation in September.1849 Education Minister
Zubaida Jalal visited Bejing in August for the further co-operation in education sector,
1843 The Nation, Lahore, 24 May 2001 1844 The Nation, Lahore, 27 August 2001 1845 The Nation, Lahore, 11 May 2001 1846 The Nation, Lahore, 24 May 2001 1847 Dawn, Lahore, 16 June 2001 1848 The Nation, Lahore, 16 June 2001 1849 The Nation, Lahore, 5 September 2001
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particularly for promotion of information technology and distance learning.1850 A five member high level Chinese delegation led by Prof. Deyong Kong, President, National Research for
Science & Technology for Development, visited Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (PCSIR). The delegation visited Pakistan to explore the possibility for joint venture between Pakistan and China in the field of science and technology.1851 A delegation of writers, scholars and poets from China visited Pakistan for ten days. The eight member team met with literary organizations in Islamabad, Karachi, Quetta, Lahore and Peshawar. The tour of delegation was arranged by the Pakistan Academy of Letters, under its exchange programme with China. It provides a unique opportunity to the writers of the two friendly countries to have a firsthand feeling of their respective intellectual ambiance in their different socio-cultural settings.
In this delegation, Mr. Tang Mengsheng was a known figure for being a Urdu Scholar, he had translated Shaukat Siddiqui’s famous novel Khuda Ki Basti (God’s Town) into Chinese besides other Urdu works.1852
In 2002, All China Women Federation (ACWF) has donated 155 sets of sewing machines with embroidery fitting and five computers foe Pakistani women. This shipment of Chinese donation was handed over by Chinese ambassador in Pakistan Mr. Lu Shulin to Dr. Attiya
Inayatullah, Federal Minister for Women Development, Social Welfare and Special
Education.1853 To commemorate “53rd National Day of the People’s Republic of the China
2002” Pakistan Television (PTV) organized a quiz show which was chaired by Chinese ambassador Zhang Chun Xiang. Questions on religious, tradition, culture, population, environment, games, rivers, sea, minerals, industries of China and other Chinese based things
1850 The News, Lahore, 28 August 2001 1851 The Nation, Lahore, 9 September 2001 1852 Dawn, Lahore, 13 September 2001 1853 The News, Lahore, 20 February 2002
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were asked from students. Chinese ambassador Zhang Chun Xiang said that he was very happy to see this quiz show, it shows that Pakistan have so much love and emotion for its neighbor country (China).1854 A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the film producers of the two countries in China in which a renowned producer Jamshed Zafar represented
Pakistan.1855 Pakistani films Nikha (Matrimonial), Rukhsati and Gungat (Veil) were shown in cultural festival of China.1856
In January 2003, a high level media official delegation from Pakistan visited China for further promotion of bilateral co-operation in the fields of information, film, radio and television.1857 Pakistan-China Cultural Centre was being run on no profit no-loss basis since
March15, 2003. It has cultural and economical wings. It was established to promote Chinese culture in Pakistan. The centre promotes Chinese culture through educational programming and exhibitions.1858 Yi Rucheng a Chinese writer, wrote a book “Musharraf, Envoy of Destiny”, on
General Pervez Musharraf. He said General Musharraf’s attempts to promote the Sino-Pakistan friendship were commendable.1859 In September Chinese government gifted 40 computers package to the education ministry of Pakistan.1860 A five member delegation of the renowned
Chinese writers visited Pakistan in December, under cultural exchange programme.1861
A 30 member team of Chinese acrobats visited Pakistan in January 2004 to show their performance in Pakistan.1862 In March a Chinese film festival was shown in Lahore and
1854 The Nation, Lahore, 30 October 2002 1855 The News, Lahore,30 March 2004 1856 Jang, Lahore, 18 September 2002 1857 The Nation, Lahore, 13 January 2003 1858 Ishrat Ansari, Promoting Chinese culture in Pakistan, The Nation, Lahore, 11 June 2003 1859 Daily Times, Lahore, 24 October 2003 1860 Dawn, Lahore, 5 September 2003 1861 The Nation, Lahore, 3 December 2003 1862 The Nation, Lahore, 25 January 2004
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Rawalpindi, where it was appreciated by the people a lot.1863 In July, Pakistan signed five separate co-operation agreements with some leading universities of China for higher education.
Under the agreements, more than 20 staff members of Commission for Science and Technology would be sent to China every year for PhD in different disciplines. China was the first foreign country with whom Commission for Science and Technology entered into formal agreement for higher education.1864 In August, a Chinese delegation from Urdu department of Beijing
University, consisting of two faculty members and eight students visited Pakistan on the invitation of President General Pervez Musharraf for the promotion of people to people contact between the two States.1865 Pakistan, China and 20 Asian countries pledged to enhance their cultural collaboration through frequent exchanges of visits by artists belonging to stage, T.V and film. Members of cultural delegations from these countries participated in the week long Asian
Art festival in Beijing in October. Pakistani folk vocalist Arif Lohar presented impressive performance during the festival. The Pakistani troupe that includes Sain Zahoor and Mrs.
Ghulzar Wagma also gave thrilling performance.1866 During the Prime Minister Shukat Aziz visit to China in December, the Chinese Premier announced 50 PhD scholarships for Pakistani students to undertake research in various fields.1867
Chinese Wuhan University and National University of Modern Languages entered into an agreement for promotion of PhD education in 2005. Under the agreement Wuhan University and
National University of Modern Languages would jointly open courses for doctorate degree
1863 The News, Lahore, 30 March 2004 1864 Dawn, Lahore, 25 July 2004 1865 The Nation, Lahore, 7 August 2004 1866 The Nation, Lahore, 23 August 2004 1867 The News, Lahore, 16 December 2004
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students.1868 President Hu Jintao offered 100 scholarships for Pakistani students to study in China as part of efforts to promote close contact between the youth of both States.1869
At the invitation of President Hu Jintao President Musharraf paid a State visit to China from 19 to 23 February 2006. During the visit the two countries decided to use the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties to lift Pakistan-China relations to a new height. The two sides agreed to hold this year the “Cultural Week” and “Film Week” and to exchange media and academic visits. 1870 In 2007, the first Confucius Institute was established at the National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.1871
President Pervez Musharraf visited China from 10 to 15 April 2008 on the invitation of
President Hu Jintao. During his visit an agreement was signed on sports co-operation between the ministry of sports of Pakistan and general administration of sports of China.1872 In October
2008, framework agreement was signed for co-operation in the field of radio, film & television between the state administration of radio, film and television of China and the ministry of information and broadcasting of Pakistan.1873
In 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inaugurated the Pakistan-China Friendship Centre- a symbol of their evergreen relationship and a platform for promotion of their cultural ties. It was a gift from the Chinese government to the people of Pakistan.1874 Pakistan-China Friendship
Centre proved unique forum to promote arts and culture of both the countries besides
1868 The Nation, Lahore, 3 May 2005 1869 Daily Times, Lahore,7 July 2005 1870 Joint Statement between People’s Republic of China and Islamic Republic of Pakistan, IPRI Journal, VI, 2, Summer 2006 1871 Haris Raqeeb Azeemi, 55 Years of Pakistan-China Relation, Pakistan Horizon, 60, 2, April 2007 1872 Joint Statement of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China (15 April 2008), IPRI Journal, VIII, 2, Summer 2008 1873 Joint Statement between China and Pakistan, IPRI Journal, IX, 1, Winter 2009 1874 http://tribune.com.pk/story/91828/cultural-ties-pak-China-friendship-centre-inaugurated/ (accessed 16 May 2013)
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strengthening their cultural and bilateral ties. Federal Minister for Culture Pir Aftab Shah Jilani said the centre would be used for cultural activities, conferences, exhibitions of movies and holding stage dramas and live shows. An equipped library was also established at the Pakistan-
China Friendship Centre in which books and literature regarding history, culture, geography and other subject would be available.1875
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-Pakistan diplomatic relations, year 2011 was designated as the “Year of China-Pakistan Friendship”, a series of activities were held in the political, economic, trade, military, culture, sports and education field.1876 The people to people and cultural exchanges were the high point of the friendship year.
Chinese government offered 500 government scholarships to Pakistanis in 3 years starting from
2011, with the aim to pass on friendship from generation to generation.1877
In 2012, President Asif Ali Zardari announced that Chinese language would be introduced as an optional subject in schools of Sindh province.1878 Pakistan Study Centre,
University of the Punjab, Lahore had signed Memorandum of Understanding with East China
Normal University, Shanghai in 2012. The purpose of MoU was the exchange of students, scholars and teachers between the two Universities.
For the promotion of cultural and educational ties number of exchange of arties, scholars, writers, students, musicians, intellectual, singers etc took place between the two States beside number of agreements, Memorandum of Understandings, cultural exchange programmes, scholarships to students, teachers and scholars and exhibitions. Although a number of
1875 http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125017&Itemid=193 (accessed 16 May 2013) 1876 Pak-China Joint Statement issued after Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao official visit to Pakistan, Pakistan Prespective, 15, 2, July-December 2010 1877 Liu Jian, Pakistan-China Friendship, Embracing the Future, Daily Times, Islamabad, 10 January 2012 1878 Daily Times, Islamabad, 2 February 2012
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agreements and exchange took place between the two States but cultural ties between the two
States are not as strong as it should be. It can be further strengthened through more youth exchange programmes, media co-operation and interaction between two States, promoting the language of each other among youth and implementation of already existing cultural agreements and Memorandum of Understanding. One of the most prominent elements of culture is language.
Language barrier is one the big hurdle that can be overcome to enhance the cultural ties between two States. President Zardari (2013) and the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif (2015) took significant measures in the regard.
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Conclusion
Pakistan-China relations that has started its course of diplomatic journey from early
1950’s reached at the point of exemplary friendship. This exemplary friendship can be proved by the research conducted by ‘Pew Research Centre’ in July 2013 under the project of ‘Global
Attitude Project’. According to this research Pakistan has more favourable views about China after China itself has.1879 Pakistan and China relations were not affected by the change of government in both States. Every coming government tried to add more pearls in the crown of friendship between the two States. To maintain the friendly relations with China is corner stone of Pakistan foreign policy.
There are mainly two factors that push a State to change its foreign policy, national interest and change in national or international environment. In the ‘60s not only the Indian factor but also the U.S.A. massive military aid to India (during Indio-China War of 1962) brought Pakistan closer to China. The relations which developed in the ‘60s have gradually become strong and mature so that both States are trustworthy friends now. This trust factor was absent in the relations between Pakistan and America although their relations developed in the
1950s. Unlike the U.S.A. China never left Pakistan alone at the time of need or after getting its own goals (withdrawal of Soviet troops). At the start, the relations were limited to the defence sector between Pakistan and China but now China is also helping Pakistan in the economic sector.
There was extensive exchange of military delegations between Pakistan and China between 1999 and 2008. There was not only the exchange of delegations but also the exchange
1879 www.pewglobal.org/respondants/pakistan (accessed on June 2016)
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of ideas and consultation on regional and international situation in order to discover new avenues of cooperation in defence production and strategic economic cooperation. There was a phase when Pakistan was totally dependent on foreign ammunition and China was the only friend that was not only assisting Pakistan without attaching any strings but was also bearing threats and sanctions from the U.S.A. The shift from the sixties to the Musharraf era was obvious, that is,
Pakistan moved from total dependence to joint ventures in many defence projects with China.1880
The first military delegation that came to Pakistan during the Musharraf era also held talks about the joint project in small and medium size shipbuilding.
After the Afghan war America created hurdles for Pakistan in purchasing the aircraft and radars from Spain, France, Italy, Belgium and Sudan. But China and Pakistan started a joint venture in the Air Forces for the production of the JF-17 thunder aircraft. This aircraft was an outcome of the hard work of Pakistani and Chinese engineers as it was acknowledged by the then
President Musharraf. This aircraft increased the strength of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
Another uniqueness of this aircraft was that two Pakistani pilots participated in the prototype flight of this aircraft. This was done for the first time in the history of China. The JF-17 aircraft was based on Russian engine RD-93. In the middle of the production of the aircraft, Russia imposed a regulation on China not to sell its engine to any third country. This news brought a wave of satisfaction in India that was worried about the upgradation of the Pakistan Air Force but this condition was removed by Russia when China diplomatically convinced it. By 2008
Pakistan had got eight JF-17 thunder aircraft and the production of other forty-two was in the process. In January 2015 this aircraft was formally inducted in the Combat Commander’s School
1880 Dr. Hassan Askari Rizvi, Defence Analyst, interviewed by Author at Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore, October 20, 2015
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(CCS) of the Pakistan Air Force.1881 The induction was a milestone towards self-reliance. The regular production of the JF-17 was economically viable for both States as the sale of this aircraft benefited both the States equally because the project was started on equity bases. Nigeria was near to finalize a deal with Pakistan for the purchase of one or two squadrons of the JF-17 thunder aircraft.1882 Azerbaijan ordered 26 aircraft. Production of the two seated JF-17 was also proposed.1883
The JF-17 thunder aircraft was given the responsibility to escort the aircraft of Chinese leaders whenever they came to Pakistan. The practical performance of this responsibility was seen when Premier Wen Jiabao (2010), Premier Li Keqiang (2013) and President Xi Jinping
(April 2015) visited Pakistan.1884
The K-8 aircraft was another example of the joint production in the defence sector. The share of Pakistan in the production of this aircraft was 25%. Pakistan also decided to induct the
K-8 in its Air Force academy for training. This aircraft was cost-effective so many countries ordered K-8, Pakistan 120, China more than a hundred, Egypt 120, Myanmar 62, Zambia 8,
Zimbabwe 12, Namibia 4, Bolivia 6, Burma 54, Sri-Lanka 6 to 8, Sudan 12, Tanzania 6,
Venezuela 18 and Ghana 4.1885
Another important joint venture was the production of the AWACS, aircraft. This deal was done in the Musharraf era but the first four aircraft were rolled out from Hanzhong in
1881 www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/27-jan-2015/jf-17-thunder-inducted-in-pakistan-air-force (accessed February 4, 2015) 1882 nation.com.pk/national/05-Dec-2014/nigeria/buying-jf-17-thunder-fighter-aircraft-from-Pakistan (accessed February 4, 2015) 1883 www.military-today.com/aircraft/jf17-thunder.htm (accessed February 4, 2015) 1884 The News, October 2015 1885 www.defenceindustrydaily.com/china-k-8-jets-A-killer-for-Myanmar-06457/ (accessed February 4, 2015)
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November 2010.1886 In August 2012 terrorists attacked the PAF Minhas base Kamra. It was said that the target of terrorist was the AWACS aircraft that was partially damaged as the terrorists rocket hit the aircraft. The damage was repaired.1887
Besides increasing the strength of the Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan had done a deal with
China for the construction of four F-22P frigates for its Navy. The importance of this agreement was that it included the transfer of technology clause in it. According to the agreement, three frigates were to be constructed in China while the fourth one in Pakistan. It means that China was not only increasing the military strength of Pakistan but also transferring the technology that was helpful for the future production of products indigenously. The first frigate was handed over to Pakistan in 2008. The F-22P frigate has the capability to detect nuclear and conventional submarines at a large range. The Second, PNS Shamsheer was launched in January 2010, the third one was under sea trial and the last one was launched in June 2011.1888 Pakistan had ordered four more frigates but it had recommended a few modifications in the new batch that was accepted by China.1889 The induction of these frigates in the Pakistan Navy enabled Pakistan to counter huge Naval build-up of India.1890
There was a school of thought in Pakistan who believed that “Pakistan buy Chinese weapons just because of low cost, not as a matter of choice. Whenever Pakistan had money it had brought weapons from the West not from China (F-16 from U.S.A., Agosta Submarines from France, and tanks from Ukraine etc.).” The Chinese ammunition was not as sophisticated as
Western weapons were. Even the father of nuclear bomb Dr. Abdul Qadier brought the
1886 www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-rolls-out-awacs-aircrafts-for-paf/article1-625868.aspx (accessed February 4, 2015) 1887 www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-16849-Damaged-Awacs-aircraft-repairable (accessed February 4, 2015) 1888 www.asian-defence.net/2012/05/pakistan-to-get-four-more-f-22p.html (accessed February 4, 2015) 1889 defence.pk/threads/navy-orders-4-more-improved-f-22p-frigates.218354 (accessed February 4, 2015) 1890 The Nation, November 14, 2002
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blueprints from Holland not from China.1891 The top Army officials were sent to America or other Western countries for training not to China.
To maintain military ties in the long run, it was necessary to develop the strategic economic ties. The analysis shows that from Pakistani perspective there were two sides of the economic ties of Pakistan-China relations. One side was brighter and the other side can be said as dark. The brighter side was that China was financially and technically assisting Pakistan in various economic projects. Almost thirty-one Chinese companies including, ZET Huwai
Technologies, Metallurgical Construction Corporation of China (MCC), China Harbour
Engineering, China International Water & Electric Corporation, Shenhua Group, China
Petroleum and Dong Feng were involved in the development of different economic projects in
Pakistan e.g. the development of the Gwardar Port, Upgradation of the Karakoram Highway, and the construction of Makran Coastal Highway etc. Additionally, these projects were economically very important for Pakistan though there was also some Chinese interest. By the development of the Gwardar port, China not only wants to access the World oil route but also wants to get an alternate route of Strait of Malacca to access the Middle East and other States of the World. If its enemies blockade its energy route from Strait of Malacca, it will access it through the Gwardar port via Xinjiang province. By the upgradation of the Karakoram the Western part of China can access the Gwardar port and from there Chinese can export their products to the Middle East,
Africa and other parts of the World. In addition to economy, Gwardar is strategically important for China. China can counter Indian blue navy in the Arabian Sea through this port. There were also reservations that in these development projects Chinese hired their own workers and engineers. Dr. Farooq mentioned in his interview that basically Chinese did not trust Pakistani
1891 Ayaz Amir, “Canker in an Ideal Relationship,” Dawn, May 18, 2001
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workers in this regard because Pakistani workers did not match the work ethics required by
Chinese, so they hired their own employees.1892
The dark side of Pakistan-China relations was the trade ties. The volume of trade was lower than the existing potential between the two States and the balance of trade was heavily in favour of China. The FPCCI had no office in China, which was also creating difficulties in the balance of trade. Efforts were made to improve the trade ties, Free Trade Agreement was one of such efforts but the result was not positive. Owning to the FTA, the influx of Chinese products increased in Pakistan and became the cause of closure of many industries. Now (2015) the government was reviewing this agreement. Commerce Minister Engineer Khurram Khan was also a critic of this agreement and was making efforts to review the agreement. An official said,
“we have clearly told the Chinese government that in this agreement Pakistan was the key loser and many industrial units got closed due to this agreement.”1893
Due to the influx of Chinese pottery items five major pottery units in Gujranawala and fifty smaller units all over Pakistan got closed. Just because of the closure of five units of
Gujranawala not only 8,000 workers got jobless but it also affected those people who were related with the business of pottery colouring, designing, packing, sales etc. About 20 to 30% market was captured by the Chinese made Television and mobile sets, due to their low price and long warrantee. Over 70% toys were imported from China that damaged the local toy industry.
The China-made toys ranged from Rs. 5 to Rs. 2500. The Chinese split air conditioners were available at half price compared to the locally made. The stationery items were also available at very cheap prices. The cost of 10 made-in-China pencils was just Rs. 5, and on the other hand, a
1892 Professor Dr. Farooq Hasan, interviewed at Pakistan study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore. May 12, 2015 at 1.pm 1893 Business Recorder, January 7, 2015
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local pencil cost from 2 to 3 rupees. The cost share of China was 50% in shoe market. A low quality Chinese pair of shoes was available at Rs. 300 to Rs. 800 and high of quality shoes ranged from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000. All Pakistan Cycle and Cycle Parts Manufacturers
Associations, Lahore expressed their great concerns over the illegal imports of Chinese cycles at dumping rates. The businessmen related to poultery were also worried about their business due to the entering of Chinese poultry and its products in Pakistan. These were just a few examples of the closure of Pakistani industries due to Chinese products. There was hardly any item that was produced in China and had no market share in Pakistan. It did not matter whether these items were entering legally or illegally.
At a large scale the closer of industries affected the economy of Pakistan. If
protective measures were not taken against the dumping of Chinese products then
more industries might get closed. These were the few measures to prevent the
entering of Chinese products in Pakistani markets.
Strict rules and regulations were enforced to prevent the illegal trade or
smuggling.
Anyone (customs official or businessman) involved in smuggling should be dealt
with an iron hand.
The government should make such policies in which it has to encourage exports
rather than imports. Those items that were produced locally and were sufficient to
fulfil the requirement should not be imported.
The use of local products should be encouraged.
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The government should avoid such agreements, MoUs and contracts as were not
in favour to enhance the economy of Pakistan. Priority should be given to national
interests rather than personal interests.
The government of Pakistan should utilize the full potential of the Chamber of
Commerce.1894
Before entering into an agreement with other States the concerned officials should
do proper home-work. So, before signing the agreement they should know the
pros and cons of the agreement.
The export basket of Pakistan should be filled with a variety of items to be offered
to others.
Pakistan should learn from China about how to promote industries and how to run
industries rather than importing material from China.
There was a question raised about why people prefer to buy Chinese products rather than the local products. The answer was the Chinese products were far cheaper than the local products. The local products were costly because in Pakistan the energy rates were higher, the overall effect of which raised the total cost of the products. In the production of cheap energy,
China also came to help Pakistan. There were a number of projects (hydel, wind, coal, and gas) with the assistance of China that were in the process to produce cheap energy for Pakistan.
There were almost 8,000 Chinese in Pakistan that were working on different projects in
Pakistan.1895 Some Chinese nationals became the victim of terrorism or they were targeted by
1894 Liu Shijie, Liu. The Third Secretary at Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Pakistan, Interviewed by Researcher, November 10, 2015
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terrorists while they were working on different projects. There were many speculations about the killing of Chinese nationals in Pakistan, but the strongest one involved a foreign hand and this view also supported by Dr. Farooq1896, Dr. Ishaque Fani1897, Dr. Li Jian1898 and Dr. Lan Jiang1899.
Actually, there were a number of external forces which did not want the Chinese involvement in the economic uplift of Pakistan. As can be concluded from the terrorist attacks, all these attacks were on the Chinese who were involved in the major economic projects e.g. construction of the
Gawdar Port, the Gomal Zam dam, Kachi Cannal Project, Attock Cement Factory etc. The area where the most Chinese became victims was Balochistan where many forces (BLA, Jandolah, even some Sardar), funded by external elements. Probably Indian and U.S.A., Intelligences,
Afghanistan and even Iran were working against the development projects.1900 An officer of
RAW (India) was caught by security forces of Pakistan from Balochistan in March 2016.
Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti confirmed the arrest of Indian spy. Bugti said that the arrest has proved Indian involvement in Balochistan. He further said that the Indian spy was sponsoring terrorist activities in the province.1901 Balochistan is blessed with some extra characteristics e.g. it shares its border with Afghanistan and Iran. It is just a few km away from the Central Asian States, which are rich in mineral and energy resources, and is a few km away from the Strait of Hurmaz, from where international import and export of oil took place. So,
1896 Professor Dr. Farooq Hasan, interviewed at Pakistan study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore. May 12, 2015 at 1.pm 1897 Prof. Dr. Ishaque Fani, Directorate of Distance Education and Institute of Social Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Interviewed at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, May 27, 2015. 3 pm 1898Dr. Li Jian, Deputy President, Xihua University, Director, Pakistan Study Centre, Sichuan Province, China, Interviewd by Researcher, December 9, 2015, Interviewed at Government College University, Lahore at 3pm 1899 Dr. Lan Jiang, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Pakistan Study Centre, China West Normal University, China, Interviewed by Researcher. December 9, 2015, Interviewed at Government College University, Lahore 1900 Fani, Op.cit.( Federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik said “foreign hand has been involved in conspiracies to destabilise Pakistan through terrorist acts”. Dawn, September 10, 2011),
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these elements did not want the Chinese involvement in this province. The major drawback of this province was that its population was under the strong influence of Sardar, having no or a little bit awareness about the significance of their province, so they could be exploited easily.
There were three major purposes behind the attacks on the Chinese in Pakistan. Firstly, the attackers tried to damage the relations between Pakistan and China, and reduce the Chinese involvement in different economic projects in Pakistan. Secondly, they created hurdles in the economic uplift of Pakistan because if it became economically vibrant then it would reduce its dependency on the Western States. Thirdly, these forces tried to stop Chinese from getting access to the Indian Ocean.
Pakistan and China collectively took a number of measures to combat terrorism e.g. which include setting up of Joint Task Force, Agreement on Extradition Treaty, joining of
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, joint military anti-terrorism exercises, an accord to combat terrorism, separatism, extremism etc.
According to Dr. Farooq, although foreign hands were involved in the killing of Chinese on Pakistani soil but it was the responsibility of the government to give them proper protection.
It was the prime responsibility of the government of Pakistan to provide protection to not only the Chinese engineers, technicians and workers but also to all the foreigners working on different projects in Pakistan. They should have been provided security guards having automatic weapons.
They should have provided residence in or near their working place and proper security should have been provided around their residential areas. If they were to conduct the survey of the field area then they should have been provided bulletproof vehicles for movements.
1901 www.dawn.com/news/1247665 (accessed on September 20, 2016)
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There was a perception that the growing relations between India and China would affect the long lasting Pakistan-China friendship. But the analysis shows that growing relations between India and China did not harm their time-tested friendship. The normalization of relations between India and China was not at the expense of Pakistan-China friendship as it was again and again stated by the Chinese leadership and they also proved it on different occasions.
This analysis was also supported by Dr. Farooq, Dr. Lan Jiang and Dr. Farhat Mahmood but Dr.
Ishaque Fani expressed some reservations about it. He said if Pakistan had not changed its foreign policy dimension then there would be no Pakistan-China friendship. India was attracting
China on the basis of its largest economy and in future they might be friends on this basis.
Although China was trying to make cordial relations with India but India was showing cold shoulders just to show the Western powers that it was the only country in the region to contain
China.
The Pakistani leadership was also not worried about the normalization of relations between India and China because they thought it could bring stability in the region and it would be helpful to change the hostile attitude of India towards its neighbours. China had supported
Pakistan on all issues and both States shared common views on many international issues. The
Pakistan-China relations covered all dimensions e.g. economic, defence, energy, cultural, etc and had no irritant between them that needed to be resolved. On the other hand, India-China relations were based on economic ties. India had the largest market economy that could not only attract
China but also other major powers towards it. The unresolved border issue was an irritant still present betwzxeen India and China that was put in the background but could resurface any time.
Basically India and China had shelved their border issue to improve their economic ties but besides the border issue, there were other issues that were the cause of concern for both States.
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India had concerns about the Chinese involvement in the construction of the Gwadar port in
Pakistan, arms sale to the countries surrounding India, relations with Myanmar, transfer of missile technology to Pakistan, and China had also concerns about Indian involvement to encircle China. China softened its attitude towards India because a hard attitude would push
India more towards the U.S.A.
In short, Pakistan’s relations with China improved from 1999 to 2008. Although this relationship was started on the basis of common enemy but today this factor is not existing as it was in the early sixties. Now this relationship has converted into friendship on the basis of mutual strategic interests. During the Musharraf era, China helped Pakistan to boost its strategic and defence capability. Different joint defence projects of economic significance were started to achieve defence and economic prosperity.
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______. “New Phase in Pak-China Relations.” Dawn. 23 May 2001.
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______. “Chinese Commodities Sweep Local Markets.” The Nation. 21 May 2005.
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______. “The Impact of 9/11 on Sino-Pakistan Ties.” Daily Times. 18 June 2002.
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Fazl-e-Haider. “New Chapter in Pak-China Relations.” The Post. 16 October 2008.
Ghani, M. Osman. “Areas of Sino-Pakistan Co-operation.” Dawn. 3 May 2004.
______. “Joint-Venture in the Energy Sector.” The News. 5 February 2007.
______. “Pakistan and China: An Economic Outlook.” The News. 28 March 2005.
______. “Pakistan’s Trade Balance with China.” The News. 18 April 2005.
Ghauri, Irfan. “Pakistan and China to Start Bus Services from June 15.” Daily Times. 24 May
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Gilani, Syed Ali Nawaz. “Economic Perspectives.” The News. 20 October 2003.
______. “Sino-Pak Economic Ties.” The Nation. 1 October 2003.
Gilani, Syed AM Nawaz. “55 Years of Pak-China Relation.” The Post. 27 May 2006.
Haider, Mehtab. “China to Extend $ 500m Credit.” The Nation. 9 November 2003.
______. “China to Help Build 6 N-Plants.” The Nation. 18 November 2006.
______. “Preferential Tariff Pact Likely with China during Musharraf Visit.” The Nation. 25
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______. “Tapping Bilateral trade potential Still Low: Hu.” The Nation. 25 November 2006.
______. “Trade Team for China to Discuss FTA.” The Nation. 11 November 2004.
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______. “Clearing Clouds Over Karakoram.” Daily Times. 4 April 2004.
Haidery, Azar Abbas. “Envoy Asks Pak Exporters to Explore Chinese Market.” The Post. 23
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Hakeem, Fazal. “A Model of Engagement.” The News. 6 November 2004.
Hakeem, Fazal. “Pak-Chine Partnership.” The News. 7 March 2005.
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______. “Safar Chinee 2. . . America Chinee Kashedgee or is ke Muzirat.” Daily Jang. 4 May
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______. “Safar Chinee 3. . . America Chinee Kashedgee ke Mazeed Behasee.” Daily Jang. 5
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______. “No Irritants in China-Pakistan Relations: Riaz Khokhar.” The News. 2 May 2001.
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Hussain, Manzoor. “The Friendship Highway.” Dawn. 11 May 2001.
Hussain, Matloob. “Musharraf’s Visit to China.” The Post. 9 March 2006.
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______. “Agreement on AWACS.” The Nation. 25 November 2006.
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______. “Efforts on for Early Recovery of Chinese Engineers.” The Nation. 3 September
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______. “Pakistan Close to N-Deal with China.” The Nation. 12 August 2006.
______. “Pakistan, China to Sign N-Energy Accord Soon.” The Nation. 21 December 2006.
______. “Support to Indian UNSC Seat not to Affect Pak-China Ties.” The Nation. 13 April
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______. “China to Expedite Delivery of N-Plants.” Dawn. 9 May 2008.
______. “Free Trade Accord with China.” Dawn. 25 November 2006.
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Iqbal, Shahid. “China has no Banking Service in Pakistan.” Dawn. 26 November 2006.
Iqbal, Wasim. “Aziz for Boosting N-Energy Ties with China.” The Post. 26 April 2006.
Jalalzai, Musa Khan. “Pak-China Relations and Balochistan-III.” The Post. 21 July 2006.
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Jan, Delawar. “Kidnapper Chinese in Good Health.” The News. 15 September 2008.
Javad, Saleem. “Wazir-i-Azam ka Kamyab Dora-i-Chine or Mulki Istahkam.” Daily Jang. 28
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______. “Pak-China Bus Service Launched.” The Nation. 16 June 2006.
Kamenade, Willem Van. “Stable Pakistan Essential for China.” The Post. 31 March 2008.
Kaneda, Hideaki. “The Rise of Chinese Sea Power.” Daily Times. 15 September 2005.
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______. “Chinese President Arrives Today.” The News. 23 November 2006.
Khalid, Rao. “Pak-China N-ties Bond to Grow: Hu’s.” The Nation. 25 November 2006.
Khalid, Rasheed. “Sino-Pak Ties: China.” The News. 30 March 2001.
Khan, Aamir Shafaat. “Chinese Bike Makers Roll Out 70,000 Units.” Dawn. 6 August 2003.
______. “Chinese Imports to Pakistan Double in Five Years.” Dawn. 6 December 2004.
______. “Chinese Shoes Swarm Local Market.” Dawn. 21 September 2003.
______. “The Chinese Connection.” Dawn. 14 January 2006.
Khan, Afzal. “China Aiding Pakistan in Missile Project: NYT.” The Nation. 3 July 2000.
______. “China Sent Missile Parts to Pakistan: WT.” The Nation. 7 August 2001.
______. “Sino-Pak Missile Production in Peril.” The Nation. 27 August 2003.
______. “US Woos China to end Missile Tech Deals.” The Nation. 7 October 2000.
Khan, Amraiz. “Steps for Chinese Security Ordered.” The Nation. 19 July 2007.
Khan, Ayaz Ahmed. “A Symbol of Friendship with China.” The Nation. 9 May 2007.
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______. “Economic Cooperation on All Fronts.” The News. 27 November 2006.
______. “Economic Cooperation: Prospects and Constraints.” The News. 23 April 2007.
Khan, Mubarak Zeb. “FTA Talks with China Begin Tomorrow.” Dawn. 19 August 2005.
Khan, Muhammad Ejaz. “Gwardar Project to Strengthen Sino-Pak Ties, Says Musharraf.” The
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Khan, Rashid Ahmad. “The Killing of Chinese and Sino-Pak Ties.” The Nation. 19 July 2007.
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Khan, Tahir Mahmood. “China, The Only Friend to be Trusted.” The News. 10 july 2000.
Kiani, Khaleeq. “27 Pacts Signed with China.” Dawn. 18 April 2007.
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______. “Pakistan may Get $ 1.5 bn Package from China.” Dawn. 23 November 2003.
______. “Pakistan, China to Sign 10 Accords.” Dawn. 2 April 2005.
______. “Thar Plant Expected to Figure in Beijing Talks.” Dawn. 13 February 2006.
Kiasra, Rauf. “Rs. 30m Earnest Money of Chinese Firm Confiscated.” The News. 24 October
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Klasra, Ksawar. “Pakistan-China Bus Service to Start in October.” The Post. 1 September 2007
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______. “China Unlikely to Invest in 50 Projects.” The News. 22 May 2001.
______. “Chinese Minister due on April 3.” The News. 29 March 2001.
______. “Pakistan Seeking $ 1.5b Aid for PSM Expansion.” The News. 12 May 2001.
Kramat, Zahid U. “Mission to China.” The Post. 19 April 2008.
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______. “Pakistan, China to Kick Off Free Trade from 2007.” The Nation. 25 January 2006.
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______. “Trade Liberalisation with China Costs Pakistan Clearly.” The Nation. 18 November
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Mahmood, Rana Tahir. “New Chapter Opened in Sino-Pak Ties: Shaukat.” The News. 18
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Mahmud, Khalid. “Dialogue in China.” The News. 13 July 2000
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______. “Revisiting the Silk Route.” The News. 28 September 2000.
______. “Sino-Pak Ties: Indian Factor.” Dawn. 14 April 2001.
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______. “China to Invest in Gwardar-II Project.” The News. 5 April 2005.
______. “Shaukat Leaves for China.” The News. 14 May 2004.
______. “China Offers Help in N-Power Generation.” The News. 7 April 2005.
Maqbool. “Pakistan and China Ink $327 million Loan Deal.” The Nation. 22 January 2008.
Masood, Tahir. “Qingqi: Innovation with Economy.” Dawn. 1 October 2001.
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______. “Pakistan Major Arms Buyers from China.” The News. 21 August 2001.
Matinuddin, Kamal. “President Musharraf’s Visit to China.” The News. 3 March 2006.
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Mehdi, Ghazanfar. “Ground-Breaking of Gwardar Port a Landmark in Pak-China Cooperation.”
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Mehsud, Awar Din. & Akhtar Shahzad. “Efforts for Chinese Recovery Fail.” The Nation. 14
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Mehsud, Awar Din. “Chinese Hostage, 5 Abductors Killed.” The Nation. 15 October 2004.
Mian, Muhammad Ali. “Flood of Chinese Goods.” The News. 9 June 2003.
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Mustafa, Abid. “At the Edge of a Precipice.” The Nation. 31 December 2006.
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______. “Attack on Chinese may put Mega Projects in Jeopardy.” The News. 10 July 2007.
______. “Broad-Based Sino-Pak Trade Pacts Expected.” Daily Times. 31 March 2005.
______. “China Stops Loans to Pakistan.” Daily Times. 5 July 2002.
______. “China to Fund Neelum-Jhelum Power Projects.” Daily Times. 12 August 2002.
______. “Experts to visit China to Study Pricing Mechanism.” Daily Times. 8 July 2004.
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______. “Pakistan and China to Sign PTA.” Daily Times. 25 October 2003.
______. “Pakistan to Seek More N-Ties.” The News. 14 February 2006.
______. “Pakistan, China may Enter Deals for more Nuclear Power Plants.” The News. 8
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______. “Trade to Go under PTA from Jan 1.” Daily Times. 14 December 2003.
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______. “China Supported Pakistan at NSG.” Dawn. 9 September 2008.
______. “China Urges Joint Efforts by India, Pakistan.” Dawn. 8 October 2002.
______. “No N-Arms for Pakistan: Li.” Dawn. 13 January 2001.
______. “Partnership with China Key to Global Peace: India.” Dawn. 15 September 2007.
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Aneja, Atul. “We have No Plan to Broker Indo-Pak Peace, Say Zhu.” The Hindu. 14 January
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Banerjee, Ajay. “progress in LAC Talks not Bright: Pranab.” The tribune. 24 October 2008.
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Kanwal, Gurmeet. “New Delhi and Beijing: It’s Better They have Strategic Ties.” The Tribune.
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Kanwal, Kamlendra. “India, China for ‘Reasonable’ Border Solution.” The Indian Express. 16
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Malhotra, Inder. “China: A Longview.” The Asian Age. 24 January 2007. (Selection from
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Malhotra, Jyoti. “Dixit to Play Point on China, Pakistan: NSA Gets a Call from Condoleeza.”
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Mishra, Bisheshwar. “Is the Karmapa a Security Risk?” The Times of India. 7 March 2001.
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Mukherjee, Pranab. “Strategic Partnership with China will Mature.” The Hindu. 18 September
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Parthasarathy G. “Challenges from China: Growth the Only Way for India.” The Tribune. 7
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