Pakistan and China held the inaugural meeting of their Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission in Islamabad on Wednesday, formally activating a mechanism rooted in a 2013 agreement that had gone unimplemented for over a decade. The commission, co-chaired by senior foreign ministry officials from both sides, will provide an institutional framework for joint border surveys, boundary marker maintenance, cross-border facility management, and coordination along key transit points such as the Khunjerab Pass — a high-altitude crossing connecting the two countries through the Karakoram mountains. The activation is seen as a boost to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship infrastructure and trade initiative, though India swiftly rejected the mechanism, reiterating that it does not recognise any legal boundary between Pakistan and China in a region it considers part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.