Baloch muddle

* People in Balochistan, the Pakistani province in which Gwadar is located, are

against the CPEC.

* They claim that the CPEC's benefits will not flow to them.

* Pakistani extremist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban has already claimed the killing of

some Chinese in Pakistan.

* Pakistan has deployed as many as 14,503 security personnel to secure some 7,036
Chinese nationals working on CPEC

Why India is unhappy

*India is unhappy with the CPEC as it passes through the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

*PM Narendra Modi brought up the Balochistan issue in his Independence Day speech,
drawing protests from Pakistan.

* Baloch activists have been reaching out to India, hoping it will help bring focus
to their plight internationally.