Pakistan’s BIG conspiracy to corner India, hands 5000 acres of land to China in Baluchistan to…

Pakistan has reportedly handed 5,000 acres of land to China, allegedly to build a naval and air base in the Baluchistan province. China already operates the strategic Gwadar port, but the establishment of a Chinese naval and air base in Baluchistan will pose a significant threat to India.

In a worrying development for India, Pakistan has reportedly handed around 5,000 acres of land to its “all-weather ally” China, allegedly for Beijing to build a naval and air base in the Baluchistan province. The sensational claim was made by Adil Raja, a former officer of the Pakistan Army.

China to build naval base, airport in Baluchistan?

Citing sources in the Pakistani intelligence community, Raja claimed that “an undeclared area of land, estimated to be over 5,000 acres, has been allocated to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for the establishment of a Chinese naval and air base in southern Balochistan.”

According to the Pakistani army veteran, the site is located approximately 65 to 70 kilometres northwest of Gwadar and near Turbat

Notably, China already operates the strategic Gwadar port, but the establishment of a Chinese naval and air base in Baluchistan will pose a significant threat to India, according to geopolitical experts.

“Around seven years ago, Chinese state television reported signing an agreement with Pakistan on a similar development in the Jiwani area of Balochistan. With an existing deep-sea port and airport built and controlled by China in Gwadar, this development will provide significant control to China over one of the world’s most crucial chokepoints, the Strait of Hormuz,” Raja noted.

New conspiracy to corner India

Notably, Pakistan has assured to allow China to build a naval base in Gwadar, and experts point out that the port is essentially useless for Islamabad, yet Beijing has spent millions, if not billions, of dollars to develop it, as part of China’s ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which has so far cost $60 billion to build.

Earlier this year, reports emerged that Pakistan and China were at loggerheads over the control and ownership of Gwadar Port with Islamabad stating that the port, which was built with substantial Chinese investment, belongs solely to Pakistan and won’t be handed over to any “foreign entity”.

As per Pakistani media reports, a high-level meeting was held between Pakistani and Chinese senior government and military officials where discussions and negotiations were held on the future use of the strategic Gwadar port. Reports said that Islamabad demanded Beijing to arm Pakistan with second-strike nuclear capability if China wants to build a military base in Gwadar.

However, according to reports, this threatening tone did not go down well with Beijing, which outright rejected Pakistan’s demand and decided to indefinitely postpone future talks due to Islamabad’s shocking audacity.

China’s ‘String of Pearls’

The report about Pakistan giving land to China in Baluchistan comes amid Beijing’s efforts to surround India by building a network of ports. Dubbed the ‘String of Pearls’ strategy, it involves China dominating the Indian Ocean region and thwarting India by building commercial ports that are also designed for military use in wartime.

China’s ‘String of Pearls’ network extends from ports in Chinese mainland to the Sudan Port, and includes the container facility in Chittagong, Bangladesh, as well as the Karachi and Gwadar ports in Pakistan. Even though the ‘String of Pearls’ strategy has never been acknowledged officially, the network also includes the Colombo and Hambantota ports in Sri Lanka, in addition to naval base in Djibouti, all designed to surround India from all sides.

The Djibouti naval base is part of China’s strategy to surround the Indian subcontinent with the help of military alliances and assets in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Additionally, China is supporting port projects in countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar through its naval bases, and according to experts, the Gwadar Port will provide China an attack base against India from the West.

While the Pakistan army veteran’s claim of Islamabad giving 5,000 acres of land to China to build a naval base and airport in Baluchistan is unconfirmed, experts note that Beijing always keeps such projects under the wraps, and almost nothing is known about them until months or even years have passed.