Pakistan today cut the size of China's "Silk Road" by $2 billion due to rising debt constraints, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed said. Also Read: CPEC projects risk widening social divides in Pakistan, says Report "Pakistan is a poor country that cannot afford huge burden of the loans," Rasheed said, adding,"therefore, we have reduced the loan from China under CPEC for rail projects from $8.

$2 billion cut from China's 'silk road' in Karachi-Peshawar road project due to debts: Pakistan

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$2 billion cut from China's 'silk road' in Karachi-Peshawar road project due to debts: Pakistan

Opinion: China's policy dilemmas in the Middle East

China pledges $124 billion for new Silk Road as champion of globalisation