ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said arrangements for the construction of the new Gwadar airport will soon be finalized with the Chinese government.

GWADAR: Gwadar deep-sea port, Pakistan’s third modern port and Balochistan’s first has become operational last week after its formal inauguration by President General Pervez Musharraf. The port will serve as a strategic storage, transit facility and a regional hub for major trade activities, along some of the busiest sea-lanes in the region.

Karachi, Mar.23: Gwadar, located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, was just a small fishing hamlet at one time, but now is set to become not only a hub of shipping and commercial and industrial activities, but also a key geo-strategic location.

The inauguration of the Gwadar port is a step forward in Pakistan’s infrastructural and economic development and for Balochistan in particular. However, much still needs to be done to ensure that the fruits of this development filter down to the average Baloch.

GWADAR: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said that Pakistan was a cradle of ancient civilisation and called for wide-ranging measures for the preservation of national heritage for future generations.

QUETTA, March 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf officially opened, along with Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin, the country’s third port at Gwadar on Tuesday and promised a fourth port to be built at Sonmiani in the Lasbela district.

GWADAR: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Gwadar Port which would soon be operational was bound to transform the economic milieu of the region.

A labourer in his individual capacity on May 1 protested against the atrocities of the authorities concerned who take action against those workers who go to Gwadar to explore job opportunities there.

KARACHI, Aug 26: President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that Pakistan must establish oil refineries at Gwadar to refine oil of Gulf countries for international market. “If we can develop large oil terminal and set up oil refineries at the Gwadar port located at the mouth of the Gulf.

GWADAR: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Saturday that the federal government is spending a record 134 billion rupees on mega projects for development in Makran and Gwadar.