3 The aim was to protect CPEC projects and Chinese workers. Ten labourers were gunned down in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday while working on link roads to connect outlying towns to the country's $57-billion Chinese "Belt and Road" initiative, security officials confirmed. Pakistan's military created an army division in 2015, believed to number more than 10,000 troops, specifically to protect CPEC projects and Chinese workers. The roads the labourers were working on are not specific CPEC-funded projects, but they are part of a network of connecting roads that are part of the corridor. Also Read:India to miss China's One Belt One Road summit, Nawaz Sharif to take centrestage: Reports

Source: India Today May 13, 2017 10:30 UTC