Introduction: Examining the Belt and Road Initiative in the China-Pakistan Context / Jawad Syed, Yung-Hsiang Ying -- China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Pakistani Perspective / Jawad Syed -- Economic Assessment of CPEC: The Case of a Power Project / Syed M. Hasan, Hamza Ali, Fatima Azmat, Suniya Raza -- Ethics and Governance Norms in Cross-Cultural Projects: Implications for CPEC and Other China-Pakistan Projects / Linking Ambitions, Transparency and Institutional Voids to South-South Funded CPEC Project Performance / Zehra Waheed -- CPEC and Its Potential Benefits to the Economy of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan / Muhammad Khalique, T. Ramayah, Khushbakht Hina, Abdullah Farooq -- Security and the Belt and Road: A Critical Analysis of Threats to Chinese Nationals and Businesses in Pakistan / Belt and Road Initiative: Misgivings and Resolve / Bashir Ahmad -- Aligning the Global Value Chains of China and Pakistan in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative, and China Pakistan Economic Corridor / Yasir Arrfat -- Developing a Competitive Agriculture and Agro-based Industry under CPEC / Mahmood Ahmad -- The Construction Sector Value Chain in Pakistan and the Sahiwal Coal Power Project / Jawad Syed, Syed Khawaja Anser Mahmood, Ahmed Zulfiqar, Majid Sharif, Usama Imran Sethi, Uzair Ikram -- Special Economic Zones under the CPEC and the Belt and Road Initiative: Parameters, Challenges and Prospects / Asifa Jahangir, Omair Haroon, Arif Masud Mirza -- Cooperation among Business Schools across the Belt and Road: A CPEC Perspective / Jawad Syed, Memoona Tariq