IT seems that the regional geopolitics is once again gaining momentum starting another round of 5th generation hybrid media war against Pakistan-China friendship, CPEC, BRI and Gwadar sea & and Air ports alike through comments of pseudo intellectuals, paid columnists, sponsored economists, puppetry journalists and compromised advocators in the region.

The sequences of anti-CPEC untrue media statements, false commentaries and unnamed fake reports published first in India on “Mathrubhumi.com” titled Gwadar gamble: will China’s port link Pakistan, boost India written by Girish Linganna on January 14, 2025. The Eurasia Review published a new article titled “Pakistan’s Gwadar Port: ‘White Elephant’ written by Partial RC published on January 21, 2025. A retired Infantry officer of the Indian Army, Dawn and last but not the least, the Guardian titled “What went wrong with ‘Pakistan’s Dubai’? inside the Chinese initiative that is prompting terror attacks” propagated against Pak-Sino friendship, CPEC, Gwadar Sea and Air ports terming it “White Elephant”, “Dead Horse” “Debt Trap”, “un-operational” and “unproductive” thus it has Indian conspiratorial schemes, sponsorship and colours.

Additionally, it has also a direct link to the Interior Minister’s recent visit to the USA and so-called participation in anti-China organization which Pakistan Foreign Office has strongly rejected and refuted by issuing a statement. Ultimately, the new hybrid media war has been started from Gwadar to Guardian and Asia to Eurasia trying to pollute the strategic significance of CPEC jewel i.e. Gwadar Sea & Air ports in the country. Gwadar, with its Chinese-sponsored airport, deep-water port and proposed economic zone, has been dubbed as a jewel in the crown of the China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC), under which China pledged to build around US$62bn of infrastructure “megaprojects” spanning airports,........

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