Gwadar Port fully operational: Asim Saleem Bajwa
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Work on Gwadar Airport is also in full swing:Chairman CPEC Authority
GWADAR (Dunya News) - Chairman of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Lt. General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa has said that Gwadar port has been made fully operational and now online booking for delivery of goods can be made.
Addressing a news conference in Gwadar, Chairman CPEC Authority informed the media persons that the work on Phase-II of Gwadar Free Zone is underway and other projects connected to Gwadar Port have also been expedited in last two and a half years.
CPEC has strong focus on social development, population welfare and poverty alleviation along its command areas… unlike any other programme of the IMF, World Bank
China-proposed China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has intensified Baloch deprivation
At the time of independence, Khan of Kalat-the largest of the four principalities of Balochistan, wanted to cede to the Indian Union but Jinnah’s treachery resulted in its merger with Pakistan. Balochis have been fighting since then for their freedom from Pakistan.
Pakistan never considered Balochistan as its own, rather treated it as a colony. Locals have revolted against the exploitation of its natural resources but Pakistan resorts to unspeakable repression. That has alienated the masses and inflamed the freedom struggle further.
Pakistan Army commanders deployed in Bangladesh had unleashed hell on locals – rape and torture of women and wanton killing of intellectuals. The evil force was defeated and ninety-five thousand were taken prisoners by India. To suppress the Baloch freedom struggle, Pakistan deployed those war-returned commanders who unleashed their pent-up anger and frustrati
QUETTA, Pakistan Residents of Gwadar, a city of 90,000 in Balochistan province of Pakistan, are up in arms over barbed wire fencing that’s keeping them out of the area around the city’s new port.
The government is fencing off 24 square kilometers (9.3. square miles) to protect the Chinese-built deep seaport from insurgents. The resource-rich province of Balochistan, which is central to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, has been plagued by sectarian violence, attacks by Islamist militants, and a separatist insurgency that has left thousands of casualties since 2004.,
“Barbed wires are being installed now, but the psychological fencing of Gwadar city had been done years ago by placing check posts and barriers,” said Javed Maula Bakhsh, a local student.
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