CAREC connects Pakistan roads with regional corridors linking China, Afghanistan and Central Asia to Arabian Sea.

What it does not prove: This describes road links that exist on a map, not tonnage, transit revenue or trade actually crossing them — ADB's own corridor assessment says that transit trade remains limited in practice. Corridor membership also says nothing about who captures the gains: the routes run through provinces where poverty is deepest, and connectivity alone does not redistribute it.

Memory hook: CAREC → Pakistan's roads already touch China, Kabul, Central Asia, Arabian Sea

Rebuts the claim: "Pakistan's geography automatically makes it the region's trade and transit hub" — corridor membership is a road network, not realised transit volume.