The friendship between China and Pakistan can be called a model of exchanges between countries in the world, and the friendship between China and Pakistan is higher than a mountain, deeper than the sea, and harder than steel. It is precisely because of this brotherly friendship that we affectionately call Pakistan "Pakistan Railway".
Recently, Pakistani Prime Minister Anwar Haq Kakar publicly stated that "Chinese will never be allowed to be harmed in Pakistan." As long as a bullet flies by, we will definitely stand in the chest of our Chinese brothers." I have to say that Prime Minister Kakar's remarks are sincere and very moving. However, seeing this, we may feel very strange, after all, Pakistan is not in a state of war at present, and is a peaceful country on the whole, why would the country's prime minister make a slightly tragic statement of "blocking bullets"?There's a reason for that, of course.
Prime Minister Kakar's remarks came as he spoke at the completion ceremony of China's assistance to Pakistan's Gwadar Port desalination plant and friendship hospital at Gwadar Port. And the location of this Gwadar port is Balochistan, which is relatively turbulent in Pakistan.
The total area of Balochistan is 3470,000 square kilometers, accounting for 43 of the total area of Pakistan6%, which is the largest province in Pakistan, but the population of the province is less than 13 million, accounting for 5% of the total population of the country, making it the least populous province in Pakistan. At the same time, the province's economy accounts for only 3 percent of Pakistan's total economy5%。Many of the province's inhabitants are Baloch people, who are ethnically and culturally alien to Pashtuns. As a result, the situation in the province has not been very good.
Even, with the support of the United States, India and other countries, there have been armed forces in the region for a long time against the Pakistani railway authorities. It is therefore not surprising that Prime Minister Pakistan Tetekakal publicly called for "bullet stopping" when attending an event on the province.
In the author's opinion, the biggest reason for the turmoil in Balochistan is the poor economic development of the country. As the largest province in Pakistan, Balochistan is actually very rich in natural resources, including copper, gem mines, lead mines, etc., and the province is also rich in natural gas. I believe that in the near future, with the joint efforts of China and Pakistan, under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, the rich resources of Balochistan will definitely benefit the local people and make everyone live a good life!