Gwadar Real Estate News

ISLAMABAD, April 4 (APP) – As per vision of the Pakistan People’s Party leadership, Ministry of Communications has launched Rs. 129114.3 million for development of Pakistan’s road network which will lower trade costs and enhance competitiveness of Pakistani products besides reduction in accidents and enhanced safety. The newly launched projects after their completion will play[…]

If closely assayed, the port at Gwadar, Pakistan—touted as part of China’s string of maritime gems—loses its luster, looking more like a counterfeit than the real thing. China’s investment in the construction of the Port of Gwadar in western Pakistan has fueled speculation for nearly a decade that the Pakistani port is a keystone of[…]

Trading activities resumed in Pakistan’s South-western Gwadar port this week after six months when two vessels from Saudi Arabia brought fertiliser to the city. The activity revived life in a town that had come to a standstill due to the security situation. A day before the vessels arrived, 11 workers of the National Highway Authority[…]

SINGAPORE: India and China’s quest for clout and resources extends across the globe, but perhaps the best manifestation of this fierce competition, and possible sign of who will ultimately win, lies in a tale of two ports. The port of Chabahar in the southwest corner of Iran, which India is hoping will win it access[…]

KARACHI: Gwadar Port plans to handle 125,000 tons of fertiliser during the current year, but the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is creating hurdles for the port, an official said on Thursday. “The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is creating problems for the Tally Contractor, Hussain Traders.” The contract for Tally services (to monitor the[…]

TASHKENT – Pakistan is now focusing it attention on developing bilateral relations with Central Asian Republics (CARs) in an attempt to prepare itself for handling Afghanistan situation once the ISAF and NATO troops pull out of this war-torn Muslim neighbouring country. Pakistan being a frontline state in the America-led war on terror has it genuine[…]

QUETTA: A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani reviewed ongoing projects and other issues of coastal regions of Balochistan.

BISHKEK – Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed March 15 to revive the dormant Pakistan-China-Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan transit trade pact, originally signed in 2004, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. The Pakistani-Kyrgyz decision occurred during Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan March 15-16. Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev expressed interest in electricity sales to Pakistan[…]

ISLAMABAD: Cash strapped Pakistan would seek assistance from China to carry out Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project to import 750 million metre cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to one billion cubic feet gas per day (bcfd) from Iran. Secretary Petroleum Imtiaz Qazi Friday said, “The government will seek assistance from China for 32 projects in[…]

Ever since the term “String of Pearls” was coined by a team of experts at United States-based consultancy Booz Allen in 2004, journalists and academics have overplayed China’s supposedly malevolent involvement with countries along its Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC), which stretch from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. For them it was[…]

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Country Director, Rune Stroem on Wednesday said that Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline deal is close to completion and gas sale purchase price agreement is likely to be concluded in near future.

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the four units of Pakistan are like a body, stressing the need for the provinces to share their joys, sufferings and resources with each other. The chief minister said that the country could make progress only when all its provinces became prosperous. He said that Balochistan[…]

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Monday offered assistance to Tajikistan by providing easy access to its ports, especially the Gwadar Port. President Asif Ali Zardari made the offer to the visiting Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, saying that Pakistan was ready to discuss the conclusion of a Trilateral Transit Trade Agreement between Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Addressing[…]

ISLAMABAD, March 7 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that Pakistan was ready to assist Tajikistan to provide an easy access to its ports, especially the Gwadar Port. In this context, he said, “we are ready to discuss the conclusion of a Trilateral Transit Trade Agreement between Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.” Addressing a[…]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has allowed Trading Corporation of Pakistan to import fertiliser through Gwadar Port. With this order, the court vacated the case filed by A R Khan & Sons versus the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and the Federation of Pakistan.

KARACHI: Baloch cultural day will be celebrated on Wednesday (today) throughout the country mainly in Balochistan and Sindh provinces besides in Iran, Afghanistan, Dubai, Muscat, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and India. The Visionary Group of Gwadar, involved in developing, construction and social services in Balochistan, has taken the initiative of highlighting and promoting Balochi culture and[…]

My trip to the ‘dream city’ of Gwadar is preceded by a reality check: “The situation here is volatile,” warns my friend, “Baloch political activists routinely disappear and are killed.” But that does nothing to deter me. Balochistan is a province with rich deposits of oil, gas, gold, copper and rare earth metals and Gwadar,[…]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has given the Attorney-General a three-day deadline to submit a report on measures taken by the government to improve the law and order situation in Balochistan. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry asked the government to take practical steps to improve law and[…]

This week, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who is also vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), which oversees the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), met with General Khalid Wynne, Chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The meetings, and associated announcements, underscore the close security relationship between the People’s Republic of China[…]

KARACHI: Meeting of advisory committee on Gwadar Export Processing Zones (EPZ) constituted by federal government to monitor and advice for fast track progress of Gwadar EPZ decided in phase-I the 3000 acres of land of Balochistan Industrial Estate would be completed. It also decided in phase-II the development work on 1000 acres of land allotted[…]

Reading the headlines about U.S.-China relations might lead to the conclusion that current tensions between the two have less to do with political differences than chemical imbalances, with the Chinese tiger “showing its claws” and America “far too soft” in its approach to China. It seems as though journalists are implicitly recommending drugs (maybe a[…]

* Gilani says India is interfering in Balochistan * Raymond Davis issue would not affect country’s relations with US ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday ruled out the possibility of mid-term elections, saying that the government will seek a new public mandate after two years.

ISLAMABAD (February 20, 2011) : Total 0.1 million tons fertiliser will be imported through Gwadar Port in the next 10 days, from February 20 to 28. This was stated by officials of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping on Saturday in the meeting Senate Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping which met here with Senator[…]