Good news! Pakistan’s Gwadar International Airport may finally open in 2025. The airport got certified for safe landings in various weather conditions. It has a modern system for handling big planes like Airbus 320 and Boeing 737. As per a local media outlet, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan is optimistic about the operationalization … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party meeting on Monday gave a green signal to a development project with a cost of Rs2.66 billion and recommended another project worth Rs51.29 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) for further consideration. The meeting was presided over by Planning Commission deputy chairman Mohammad Jehanzeb … Read more
BEIJING: Even as battle raged across Afghanistan last week, Gwadar Port, now operated by a Chinese company, continued to ship fertilisers to the landlocked country, the Global Times learned. A total of 500 tonnes of fertilisers were shipped out of the port’s warehouse by a fleet of Pakistani trucks during the last week, a source … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Thursday approved a summary moved by the Power Division, presenting proposals to accelerate the power supply to Gwadar. It allowed the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) to change its executing agency so as to expedite the work and ensure the project should be completed by … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Almost 90 per cent construction work on the Pak-China Technical and Vocational Training Institute has been completed, while the remaining would be completed in the stipulated time, official sources said on Friday. The project was being built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the port city of Gwadar with the total cost of … Read more
BEIJING: Pakistan could overtake India in trade with China in just eight years, even though its trade volume with China was only one-fifth of India’s in 2020, a Pakistan diplomat said. In 2020, bilateral trade between China and Pakistan stood at $17.49 billion, while between China and India it was $77.70 billion. “India has a … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Gwadar and Makran face severe electricity crisis, resulting in unemployment and closure of industries, an official said on Thursday. Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mir Naveed Jan Baloch said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown seriousness to resolve these problems and the issues being faced by the investors and industrialists in … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that the Gwadar Port and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) offered enormous investment opportunities to regional countries and Tajikistan, in this regard, could benefit from the emerging opportunities by exporting its goods to foreign countries through the Gwadar Port. During a meeting with the Tajik Defence Minister … Read more
ISLAMABAD: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Chairman Lt-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa (Retd) on Thursday invited the investors from Singapore to tap the huge opportunities being developed in the newly-established Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under CPEC. “I invite you to come in here for the win-win opportunity as we have a huge young human resource and … Read more
Pakistan-Iran International Border Crossing Point Inaugurated in Gwadar. Minister of Defense Production Zubaida Jalal and Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami inaugurated the border crossing. Addressing the inaugural function, Zubaida Jalal said that the border crossing would help in the welfare and prosperity of the people of the adjoining areas and increase … Read more
Pakistan plans to permit Chinese organizations for deep-sea fishing in the nation’s regional waters. However, activists representing Pakistani fishermen stated that the decision could undermine at least 3 million people’s livelihoods. A month earlier, Twelve Chinese deep-sea fishing vessels moored at the port of Karachi, disturbing local fishermen who argued that fishing vessels for enterprises … Read more
A moderate intensity earthquake jolted Gwadar coastal belt on Wednesday morning. The epicentre of the earthquake was on 51 kilometers in the east of Gwadar at the depth of 18 kilometers, according to the seismological centre. The quake jolted the area at 9:15 in the morning.e The Makran Trench, which is the meeting point for … Read more
