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ISLAMABAD (September 07 2007): With the approval of the Prime Minister, a Policy Board for development of shipbuilding industry in the country has been set up with Prime Minister as its chairman, with immediate effect and until further orders.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan on Saturday revealed that his ministry fully supported giving control of the Gwadar Port to Balochistan and had also made a recommendation to the government in this respect.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday that the government was prioritising Balochistan’s development and had allocated substantial funds to provide basic necessities of life at a grassroots level across the province.
ISLAMABAD: A combination of mega and small development projects launched by the government is bringing overall gradual improvement in Balochistan and the completion of these projects will change fate of the province, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said.
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has warned the public against investing in 18 housing schemes, which have been declared fake by the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA).
ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) on Tuesday approved Rs 750 million for construction of Gwadar International Airport and Rs 1.357 billion for converting 29 troubled districts of Balochistan into peaceful “A” areas.
ISLAMABAD: Director-General Gwadar Development Authority Ahmed Bukhsh Lahri has said the status of private housing schemes of Gwadar must be verified by interested parties before they purchase plots in the area.
ISLAMABAD: Spokesman Balochistan Government Raziq Bugti Wednesday said that Gwadar port would turn Balochistan into an industrial hub of the region and would greatly help in bringing prosperity to the nation.
ISLAMABAD: The government plans to build another port after it completes the Gwadar deep sea port in Balochistan, Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri told reporters on Wednesday. Ghauri, after a meeting with the British high commissioner to Pakistan, said the site for the new port would be decided soon.
ISLAMABAD : Director Gwadar Port Authority Faiz Qudwai Wednesday said that government fully understands the importance of Gwadar which is future economic hub of Pakistan and would emerge as a major energy and container transport hub with Central Asia.
ISLAMABAD: The cargo handling capacity of Gwadar deep sea port would be expanded upto 300 million tonnes from current 50 million tonnes within the next two decades.
While the events of 11 September 2001 created an atmosphere of fear and suspicion among Pakistani expatriates living in the US, the benefits back home are becoming increasingly noticeable. Many wealthy Pakistanis in America have responded to increased monitoring of wealth and assets, particularly owned by Muslims, by sending a substantial part of their savings[…]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad is optimistic of a substantial upsurge in the Pak-Afghan trade volume with the construction of a sea-port in Balochistan’s coastal city of Gwadar.
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan is considering the idea of leasing out Gwadar port to private parties for a period of 25 to 30 years.
ISLAMABAD (APP) – By using the green building designs and technologies up to 70 per cent electrical energy could be saved and meet 90 per cent air-conditioning demand.
ISLAMABAD: The government is starting more development schemes in Balochistan in addition to the current projects in the province, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday.
ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yusuf said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz would soon inaugrate an industrial zone in Gwadar.
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet committee on Gwadar on Thursady declared the city tax-free zone for 30 years and said the government would not tax businesses in Gwadar industrial zone and would provide every facility to attract foreign and domestic investment, sources said.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has ordered work on Gwadar Port to be quickened in order to complete it without any delays. A meeting was held at Prime Minister’s House on Wednesday to review the progress on the port’s construction. The prime minister was told that dredging work to deepen Gwadar Port had started and[…]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is finalizing a long-term plan for massive development activities in Balochistan, primarily aimed at addressing the grievances of the people of the province.
ISLAMABAD: The pro-government Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) called for a “sincere and just” political solution of the Balochistan issue in its executive committee meeting held on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Railways intends to establish a railway link between Quetta and Gwadar at a cost of Rs 40 billion. This was stated at a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Communication and Railways, which met here on Monday under the chairmanship of Senator Kamil Ali Agha. The meeting was informed that the[…]
GWADAR: Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghori visited Gwadar port and expressed anger over slow pace of construction work. He directed the concerned authorities to complete the construction work on immediate basis.
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Council (NSC) is scheduled to meet on February 28 to decide on constitutional issues, the Balochistan situation and water reservoirs, sources told Daily Times on Saturday.
ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) decided on Thursday to rebuild at least 5,000 houses which were damaged because of floods caused by torrential rains that hit several parts of Balochistan and broke the Shadi Kor Dam.
