Gwadar Updates

ISLAMABAD: Work on the Eastbay Expressway Gwadar project is in final stage that would be completed by October 2021, CPEC Authority Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa said Sunday. In his tweet, Asim Bajwa said the 14.5 km offshore expressway had already been completed while the remaining 4.5 km onshore…

There was a time when people did not even know where Gwadar was located. At the time, game-changers knew its importance. They believed that the time would come when it will become the hub of the international market. Since then, it was tried by many but China succeeded to have…

Chairman GPA @Nkashani2 said opening of these industries would provide local employment opportunities to the local youth of #Gwadar and increase trade activities.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Customs cleared the first import-cum-export consignment for Gwadar Free Zone, consisting of metal scrap, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) announced in a statement issued here on Wednesday. The consignment by the HK Sun Corporation limited would be further processed in the Gwadar Free Zone, established under…

ISLAMABAD, April 5 (Xinhua) — Shazia Tariq, a 28-year-old tailor in the Gwadar district of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, is elated on finding a platform to earn good money and polish her skills in a tailoring center founded by “Chinese brothers and sisters” in her hometown. “I had been a…

KARACHI: In line with Pakistan and China’s ambitious development plans for the Port City of Gwadar, inauguration of ‘Gwadar CPEC Warehouses’ (GCW) and ‘Gwadar Commercial Zone’ GCZ) took place on Friday to establish cargo storage facilities and development of office buildings, hotels, markets etc at prime locations adjacent to the…

Last year, an 18-page draft of an agreement between China and Iran, obtained by The New York Times caused much hullabaloo amidst a Covid-ridden world. But as time went by, conspicuous silence from the Chinese side led many to believe that the deal was nothing more than all noise and no substance…

The development of Gwadar Port seen by many as the flagship project of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been praised by nations across in the Arabian Sea for its smooth and well-planned operationalization. Showcasing the peaceful development by setting up a path…

GWADAR: A one-day seminar titled “Gwadar Development and the Growth of Blue Economy in Pakistan” was held at the Pak-China Business Centre in Gwadar on Monday. The seminar was organised by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Pakistan in collaboration with Parliamentary Committee on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The dialogue was attended by members…

QUETTA: The Parlia­mentary Committee on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CEPC) has urged the authorities concerned to complete the construction of New Gwadar Inter­national Airport as soon as possible as it has great importance for attracting investors.   A meeting of the committee presided over by its Chairman Sher Ali Arbab,…