ADDRESSING REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC)

Abstract

The origins of socialism and left-wing ideology in Pakistan can be traced back to the Russian revolution in the early 1900s. In the early twentieth century, the peasants of the Punjab and Sindh, sub-continent’s two regions began openly rising against British Empire, while labor unions and strikes popped up in these regions. During the 1930s and early 1940s, the CPI and communism faced numerous challenges. CPI' quickly gained both momentum popularity in the subcontinent posed a severe danger to imperialists, prompting its prohibition in 1934. This restriction, however, had no effect on communism's expanding influence, since communism continued to work under other umbrella organizations. The bourgeois controlled the state in Pakistan at this time, but the proletariat tried to controll the country as a whole. Peasants, workers, and students were all united in their opposition to the regime, while leftists slept soundly, dreaming of the two-stage theory and the democratic revolution that the progressive bourgeois was supposed to bring about infrastructure, but construction of road networks is leading to deforestation in northern parts of Pakistan, effecting environment. Another possible environmental risk of CPEC is Vehicle trafficking that will release millions of tons of CO2. If timely initiatives are not made to lessen environmental effects, Pakistan will be among major contributors of CO2 emission.