India, Jan. 11 -- However, a macro-level review of official Pakistani government data, central bank statistics, parliamentary disclosures, and project records indicates that while CPEC continues as a framework, the scale, pace and intensity of Chinese economic cooperation have moderated significantly compared with the initiative's early years.

CPEC was formally launched in 2015 with an indicative investment envelope of around USD 62 billion, a figure that Pakistani and Chinese officials later revised upwards to USD 65 billion as additional power and infrastructure projects were added. Official CPEC documentation shows that the overwhelming bulk of these commitments were made between 2015 and 2018, a period marked by rapid approvals and f...