Gwadar Updates

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broad-casting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Tuesday said that the federal cabinet has approved first-ever E-Commerce Policy of the country. Awan while briefing the media persons here after the federal Cabinet meeting said the meeting considered the rising trend of e-shopping and expanding…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Reforms Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar on Sunday said the government had decided to go ahead with the ML-I mega project which would lead to dualisation and upgradation of the railway track from Peshawar to Karachi. Speaking at a seminar “Friends of Silk Road” organised…

ISLAMABAD: China has said that there was no slowing down of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it was laid on a solid foundation and the multi-billion dollar project had entered a new phase. “CPEC is running according to our satisfaction and there is no slowdown in it,” Chinese Ambassador…

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal has said the provincial government had finally approved the much-delayed Gwadar master plan, which would provide relief to its residents. “The final map of the Gwadar master plan has been issued. It wasn’t approved in Islamabad or Quetta, but in Gwadar during the governing…

BEIJING, Sep 22 (APP):The fourth batch of Chinese Red Cross foreign aid medical teams has left for Pakistan to conduct a six-month humanitarian medical assistance service in Gwadar. The team including medical experts, nurses and staff for laboratory, internal medicine was organized by Hushan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University and…

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that transmission of FM-98 Dosti Channel will be expanded from Gwadar to Gilgit-Baltistan. Addressing the ceremony in connection with 70th anniversary of Republic of China organized by the FM-98 Dosti Channel in Islamabad, she invited…

The sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Maritime Affairs was told on Friday that the China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) had given a grant of US$1.2 billion to carry out the development work in the area of Gwadar Port. “The China desires to see Pakistan as a prosperous…

ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 12th Sep, 2019 ) :Adviser to the Prime Minster on Commerce, Textile, Industries and Production and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood Wednesday said the government has taken strategic decision to facilitate investors by providing state of the art infrastructure in Sepecial Economic…

Chinese and UAE officials on Tuesday discussed investment in the second and third phase projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). UAE Deputy Head of Mission to Pakistan Al Aziz Al Noyadi met China Road and Bridge Construction General Manager Li Changgui in Islamabad. They discussed a mechanism through which…

Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has finalized an initial recommendations’ draft to carry out amendments to laws concerning tax immunities for the Gwadar port and free zone. The Cabinet’s sub-committee, ECC formed on Aug 28, was instructed to find a legal cover for Gwadar’ tax exemptions. It was the first meeting…