China, Pakistan open first land-based communication link
The first-ever land-based communication link between China and Pakistan was inaugurated on Friday. The Pakistan-China Optical Fibre Cable project includes an 820-kilometre underground cable that starts from Pakistan's Rawalpindi and ends at Khunjerab bordering China and connects with optical fibre in the Chinese side. It is a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.