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[Omar1984]

China is best to handle Gwadar, says Brig Mir


LAHORE - Pakistan can earn up to $60 billion a year by properly using the Gwadar Port, a former military official says. Brig Nadir Mir said in an interview to Family magazine that former president Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had taken a very wrong decision by signing an agreement with Singapore for the control of Gwadar Port. The step, he alleged, had been taken to please the US and India.

In his opinion China was the best country to handle the port.

Brig Mir said up to $3 billion could be earned only by exporting fish from this port. This was a better option than seeking assistance from the US, he emphasized. He proposed that the people of Balochistan should be made shareholders in the Gwadar Port. Also, he said, the reservations about settlement of people from other areas should be addressed. The non-locals should not have the right to vote for 20 years.

The brigadier said the construction of a defence base at Gwadar would bolster Pakistan ’s defence. Answering a question, Brig Mir said there was no secessionist movement in Balochistan till the assassination of Nawab Akbar Bugti. However, he said the tragedy provided the enemies of Pakistan an opportunity to start disturbances there.



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[Omar1984]

Pakistan offers sea route to Uzbekistan


ISLAMABAD – Pakistan offered Uzbekistan the shortest sea route for Uzbek goods through Gawadar and Karachi ports. Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar made the offer during a meeting with visiting Uzbek counterpart Lt. Gen Kabul Berdiev October 4.

It was emphasized that both the countries would promote friendly ties encompassing all fields including Defence.

Both ministers discussed the situation in Afghanistan in detail as both Pakistan and Uzbekistan face similar security challenges due to evolving situation in Afghanistan, Mohammad Mukhtar, spokesman of Ministry of Defence, told Central Asia Online.



Pakistan offers sea route to Uzbekistan

 

[Omar1984]

CAA purchases land to build Gwadar International Airport

The Gwadar airport project was planned when former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf decided to build the Gwadar Deepwater Port in 2002. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE


QUETTA: The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Air Marshal retired Khalid Chaudhary informed the Balochistan Government on Sunday that the CAA had acquired 43,000 acres of land for the proposed Gwadar Airport Project and would soon start construction to build the biggest airport terminal building in the province.

The director general of the CAA met with chief secretary Mir Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri and briefed him about the Gwadar airport project. He also informed the chief secretary that funds amounting to $17million were received from Oman for the project.

The new airport at Gwadar is to be equipped with modern equipment and facilities both for passengers and cargo handling, the director general told the Balochistan chief secretary.

The Gwadar airport project was planned when former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf decided to build the Gwadar Deepwater Port in 2002. Oman made the commitment to finance the project from day one.

It took more than nine years to initiate the project in the remote corner of Balochistan which is located on the mouth of the Persian Gulf and is the nearest place to the Gulf Waterway.

According to independent economists, if overflight facilities are granted to international airlines for refueling at Gwadar International Airport, then it will outshine Dubai Airport and other neighbouring airports in terms of importance.

However, the chief secretary had explained the stance of the provincial government and informed the director general of CAA that Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani had already declared Gwadar to be the winter capital of Balochistan.

The government was determined to give a big boost to development activities in and around Gwadar ensuring the pace of development. This project will be part of the government’s plan to make the Gwadar Deepwater Port functional and operational without any delay as it is linked with the economic prosperity of the people of Balochistan.

Correction: An earlier version of this story mistakenly mentioned Muscat and Oman as two separate countries. The error is regretted.






CAA purchases land to build Gwadar International Airport – The Express Tribune

 

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CAA purchases land to build Gwadar International Airport

The Gwadar airport project was planned when former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf decided to build the Gwadar Deepwater Port in 2002. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE


QUETTA: The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Air Marshal retired Khalid Chaudhary informed the Balochistan Government on Sunday that the CAA had acquired 43,000 acres of land for the proposed Gwadar Airport Project and would soon start construction to build the biggest airport terminal building in the province.

The director general of the CAA met with chief secretary Mir Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri and briefed him about the Gwadar airport project. He also informed the chief secretary that funds amounting to $17million were received from Oman for the project.

The new airport at Gwadar is to be equipped with modern equipment and facilities both for passengers and cargo handling, the director general told the Balochistan chief secretary.

The Gwadar airport project was planned when former President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf decided to build the Gwadar Deepwater Port in 2002. Oman made the commitment to finance the project from day one.

It took more than nine years to initiate the project in the remote corner of Balochistan which is located on the mouth of the Persian Gulf and is the nearest place to the Gulf Waterway.

According to independent economists, if overflight facilities are granted to international airlines for refueling at Gwadar International Airport, then it will outshine Dubai Airport and other neighbouring airports in terms of importance.

However, the chief secretary had explained the stance of the provincial government and informed the director general of CAA that Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani had already declared Gwadar to be the winter capital of Balochistan.

The government was determined to give a big boost to development activities in and around Gwadar ensuring the pace of development. This project will be part of the government’s plan to make the Gwadar Deepwater Port functional and operational without any delay as it is linked with the economic prosperity of the people of Balochistan.

Correction: An earlier version of this story mistakenly mentioned Muscat and Oman as two separate countries. The error is regretted.






CAA purchases land to build Gwadar International Airport – The Express Tribune

Good News as Gwadar is getting International Airport, will boost its value further.

Govt should work on helping locals to establish small industries, Gawadar have all potential to become a mighty economic hub.

 

[Omar1984]

Nine years on, work on Gwadar airport terminal to begin ‘soon’

By Shehzad Baloch

Published: November 21, 2011


QUETTA: About half a century ago, Pakistan paid $3 million to the Sultanate of Oman for an enclave – a hammerhead-shaped peninsula that juts into the Arabian Sea, off the Makran Coast – called Gwadar.

Five decades on, Oman has given Pakistan $17 million to set up an international airport, and realise Gwadar’s dormant potential.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has acquired 4,300 acres of land for the proposed Gwadar Airport and would soon start construction on the largest airport terminal in the province, Director-General (DG) CAA Air Marshal (retd) Khalid Chaudhry said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, $17 million have been received from Oman for this project, DG CAA informed provincial Chief Secretary Mir Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri while briefing him about the project.

The new airport at Gwadar will be equipped with facilities both for passengers and cargo handling, the director-general told the chief secretary.

Straddling the water and air passages

Perched at the confluence of Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, Gwadar’s strategic significance lies in its location. It sits at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, the only sea passage to the open ocean for most oil-exporting Gulf countries.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, a subsidiary of US Department of Energy, daily oil flow through Hormuz amounted to 15.5 million barrels in 2009. In perspective, that was roughly 33% of all sea-borne traded oil, or 17% of oil traded worldwide that year.

A greenfield, international airport at Gwadar was conceived almost a decade ago when former President Pervez Musharraf started work on a deep water sea port in the city in 2002. The sultanate of Oman made a commitment at the onset to finance the project.

While the sea port was completed five years later, and became operational in 2008, work on the airport has yet to commence. At present, a small terminal offers limited local and international connectivity.

Gwadar’s geographic advantage is not just limited to sea. It lies on the air traffic corridor between Europe and South-East Asia. The presence of three major global hubs in close proximity – at Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha – is testament to opportunities that lie ahead for Gwadar airport.

According to independent economists, if over-flight facilities are granted to international airlines for refuelling at Gwadar International Airport, it will provide stiff competition to other airports in the region.

The provincial government realises Gwadar’s importance, and as such, Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has already declared the city the ‘winter capital’ of Balochistan, the chief secretary informed the director-general.

The airport project is part of the government’s plan to enhance the deep sea port’s potential, he added.

(With additional input from news desk)

Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2011




Nine years on, work on Gwadar airport terminal to begin

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QUETTA: About half a century ago, Pakistan paid $3 million to the Sultanate of Oman for an enclave – a hammerhead-shaped peninsula that juts into the Arabian Sea, off the Makran Coast – called Gwadar.

Five decades on, Oman has given Pakistan $17 million to set up an international airport, and realise Gwadar’s dormant potential.

Pakistan got a very good deal

 

[Omar1984]

New Gwadar International Airport to be completed by 2014



ISLAMABAD, Nov 22 (APP): The under construction New Gwadar International Airport, which was due to be completed by end of 2013, would now be completed by December 2014. According to official sources, the PC-1 of New Gwadar International Airport Project was approved in September 2008 with implementation schedule of 48 months. The initial Site Protection Work was started in January 2009 with a planned completion time of 10 months.

However, due to law and order situation of the area and frequent interruption extensions have been granted to the contractor. Consequently, the progress remained slow and the project schedule was effected adversely.

Presently, only 27.73 percent progress was achieved with regards to Site Protection Work by Frontier Works Organization (FWO).

The remaining works on the airside infrastructure, terminal building, cargo and allied services are at planning stage with consultant M/s NESPAK.

The sources informed that considering the uncertainty associated with the project, no definite date for completion of this project can be ascertained.

The planning of the project depends on successful launching of remaining works, provided peace and harmony prevails in the area and subject to completion of Site Protection Work, amicable resolution of land disputes with the locals, remaining works can be planned to be completed by December.





Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - New Gwadar International Airport to be completed by 2014

 

[Omar1984]

Raisani seeks Afghan transit trade via Gwadar


Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani has emphasised the need to import Afghan Transit Trade goods through Gwadar port.

In a handout issued here on Monday, he said the provincial government wanted to see operation of Afghan Transit Trade through Gwadar port in order to make it operational.

"We decided to make Gwadar winter capital of Balochistan to boost economy and trade of the region," he said adding that arrival of large ships loaded with wheat and fertilisers was likely at Gwadar port.

He viewed that development of Gwadar port linked with bright future of Pakistan.

He said that making Gwadar port operational would decrease burden on Karachi and Bin Qasim ports.

He said that with efforts put by the Balochistan government, wheat was being imported through Gwadar port.



Raisani seeks Afghan transit trade via Gwadar | Business Recorder

 

[Omar1984]

Balochistan’s share: Government to negotiate Tehran gas deal for Gwadar


ISLAMABAD: As the federal government expresses its inability to allocate gas to Balochistan from current committed supplies from Iran under Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project, it has decided to seek additional supplies of 250 million cubic feet gas per day (mmcfd) from Tehran to meet requirements of industrial estates at Gwadar Port.

The federal government will negotiate with Iran to extend gas import volume from the existing 750 million cubic feet gas per day (mmcfd) to one billion cubic feet gas per day (bcfd) to meet the requirements of Balochistan at Gwadar Port for industrial estates.

Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani reiterated its demand of 250 mmcfd gas allocation out of supplies under IP gas pipeline project to meet requirements of industrial estates at Gwadar in a meeting held with Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry here in Islamabad on Monday. Sources told The Express Tribune that Raisani said that Balochistan required 250 mmcfd gas for industrial estates at

Gwadar Port and therefore gas should be allocated under the IP gas pipeline project.

When contacted, Secretary Petroleum Ijaz Chaudhry said that Iran had already expressed its desire to provide 250 mmcfd of additional gas that could be used for industrial estates at Gwadar Port. He maintained that the Ministry of Petroleum had already moved a summary to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in 2010 seeking approval for import of this enhanced volume.

“I have asked the Baluchistan chief minister to work out pricing relating to gas imported from Iran,” Ijaz Chaudhry said.

He also maintained that Balochistan wanted to set up an energy company on the patter of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL). “We have assured Balochistan of help in setting up such a company to carry out oil and gas exploration projects,” he added.

An energy expert said that the government should meet

Balochistan’s demand to allocate gas under the IP pipeline project that would boost economic activities in Gwader.

“The imported gas from Iran would not be sufficient to bridge the gas shortfall, so the government should expedite local oil and gas exploration activities,” he said, adding that import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will also help overcome the energy crisis.

Meanwhile in a statement issue here, Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Resources apprised Chief Minister Baluchistan regarding status of various oil and gas development projects being implemented by the federal government in Balochistan. The Aghaz-e-Huqooqe Balochistan package announced by the government was also discussed and the ministry assured the chief minister that it would facilitate the provincial government in providing employment opportunities to the locals in various oil and gas projects.

Raisani was also updated on the progress made in the IP gas pipeline project and the chief minister assured that the government of Balochistan would facilitate in land acquisition for the project. Moreover, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project also figured in the discussion.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 22nd, 2011


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I thought Balochistan Province had plenty of its own gas reserves. Instead of importing gas into this resource rich province, we should tap the gas reserves in this province that can provide more than enough gas to Gwadar and rest of Balochistan Province.

 

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Gwadar beaches

 

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What a sad moment that all those developments started by Musharraf has been stopped or cancelled by zardari.

 

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