KARACHI: The first phase of Gwadar Deep Seaport, pegged to be completed by April 2005, is likely to get finished by December this year, four months ahead of the target. This was stated by federal minister for communications, Babar Khan Ghauri, while talking to APP here on Saturday.He said steps are being taken for removal[…]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : May 06 (PNS) – Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhoaxing assured Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri that terrorists will not succeed in their nefarious designs and that China will continue to work on the Gwadar project which is of vital importance for the development of the area.

Expatriate Pakistanis in the Gulf are being offered residential real estate in the Golden Palms at Gwadar. Promoter Hashoo Group is offering developed plots of 1,000 and 2,500 square yards in the development that features a wide range of community facilities. Source: The News

ORMARA: Pakistan will soon set up a naval base at Gwadar, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah told journalists on Sunday. The naval chief said the Government of Pakistan was willing to provide assistance in setting up the naval base. “This will be the country’s third naval base after Karachi and Ormara,” said Admiral[…]

ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has refused to give a subsidised power tariff to the Gwadar port area, saying only the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) could reduce the tariff. “WAPDA has rejected the Gwadar Implementation Committee’s (GIC) demand, saying that it cannot subsidise the power tariff to Gwadar Port area,”[…]

The President made these remarks while talking to a five-member delegation of Asian Development Bank led by their vice president, Mr. Liqun Jin at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here Wednesday. The President briefed the delegation of the Government’s reforms agenda. He stated that as result of these reforms, all macro-economic indicators of the national economy were positive[…]

ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary for Communications, Iftikhar Rashid has said that Gwadar Deep Water Port would be complete six months ahead of schedule. He was addressing a press briefing on development of Gwadar, at Ministry of Communication Saturday. The senior officers of Ministry of Communications and National Highway Authority were also present. Idtikhar Rashid said, Gwadar[…]

QUETTA, Feb 27: The business community observed a strike in Gwadar on Friday on the call of the National Party (NP) and Baloch Students’ Organization (BSO) to protest against housing projects and attitude of the staff of Gwadar port authority. National Party leader Abdul Ghaffar told this reporter by phone from Gwadar that strike was[…]