China and Pakistan relations are the best example of how greed for money, power and supremacy can bring even opposite ideologies together. Pakistan is an Islamic republic and China has no love lost for Islam. Burkhas are banned in China, people with long beard can’t ride public transport, Muslim shopkeepers are forced to sell liquor and government employees and their kids can’t go to mosques or observe fast during the month of Ramdan. Still China and Pakistan are closest of allies.

On Saturday 1st Oct 2016 China extended its technical hold on India’s move to get Pakistan based JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar listed as a terrorist by the UN, just two days before the expiry of the hold. An extremely calculative move by China as Massod Azhar is an important part of Pakistan’s terror assets and China will not do anything to disturb the trust that both countries have built based on mutual gains. So what if the whole world is facing the menace of terrorism. So what if the terrorists like Masood Azhar is a threat to the whole humanity.

Pakistan’s foreign policy revolves around China and for China, Pakistan is pivotal for establishing economic and military supremacy in Central Asia, Middle East,Afghanistan and eventually Europe. Mutual benefit involves pure economics.Firstly China is earning loads of money by exporting arms to Pakistan. Only a few years back the US and China shared an equal portion of Pakistan’s arm imports, 39% and 38% respectively. Today China has 63% share and the US has only 19% share. China is world’s third largest arm exporter and as China’s biggest buyer of arms credit goes to Pakistan. Secondly CPEC is a very ambitious dream project of China and role of China in the future of central Asia, Middle East and Europe would depend on it. CPEC will hugely impact China’s industry and economy.