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Syed Abdul Ahad Waseem served as the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Foreign Policy Consultant to the outgoing Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
The IMF, CPEC, and Pakistan: Will the Chinese save Islamabad yet again?
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), once heralded as a “game-changer,” has almost disappeared from the spotlight in recent years. The project has faced slow implementation, unpaid loans, corruption, and a dire security situation. How is China responding to Pakistan’s poor handling of CPEC, its perpetual financial troubles, and its periodic demands on China to bail it out?
