ISLAMABAD — The Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan marks its tenth anniversary on Sunday with analysts and even some officials noting its slow progress and unmet goals because of security threats to Chinese nationals and weak national governance.
Ten years ago on April 20, 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Islamabad and signed agreements that launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the $50 billion Pakistan component of Xi’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative that was meant to spread across more than 100 countries.
