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CPEC THE BINDING FORCE ORIGINS Work started on the Karakoram highway back in 1959. The highway is 1300 kilometers long starting from Hasan abdal in Pakistan reaches Kashghar in China. It could be hailed as true beginnings of China Pakistan Economic Corridor. In 1998 the Chinese started taking real interest in the Gawadar port. It was not until 2002 when construction began and was completed by the Chinese in 2006, after that work stopped due to political reasons. During the visit of Chinese premier in 2013 it was decided by both the friendly nations to develop connectivity between the two nations. The formal announcement of the project was made in April 2015 during the visit of the Chinese president Xi Jinping. Needless to say the inception of KKH was a defining moment because if there was no KKH there would have been no CPEC upgrading of road networks including KKH and the decision to build 1,240 km long Karachi-Lahore Motorway along with different other projects were pivota