Gwadar Worries India, Chabahar Port Sees Haste

[Indus Pakistan]

Bombay has a larger economy than the whole of pakistan, we aren't worried about gwadar.

India has more starving than all of Africa. Can you spare some Bomb -ay for the starving in India?

And this Chah Bahar mirage has been discussed like 1,000,000,000,000,000,002 times. There is so much hot air coming off about this Iranian port that there must be hole in earth's ozone layer by now. Till the next 1,000,000,000,000,000,003 time bye.

Ps. Indian nursery kids learning alphabet ...

A is for Alloo
B is for Bomb-ay
C is for Chah Bahar
D is for Donkey

 

[Hutchroy]

India sidesteps Pakistan in trade with big investment push for Iran's Chabahar

TEHRAN: India will invest billions of dollars in setting up industries -- ranging from aluminum smelter to urea plants -- in Iran's Chabahar free trade zone after it signed a pact to operate a strategic port on the Persian Gulf nation's southern coast.

The inking of commercial contract to build and run the strategic port of Chabahar will help India gain a foothold in Iran and win access to Afghanistan, Russia and Europe, thus circumventing Pakistan, Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari told PTI here.

"The distance between Kandla and the Chabahar port is less than the distance between New Delhi and Mumbai, and so what this agreement does is to enable us quick movement of goods first to Iran and then onwards to Afghanistan and Russia through a new rail and road link," he explained.

"Over Rs 1 lakh crore investment can happen in Chabahar free trade zone," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Sunday on a two-day visit seeking to further cement Indo-Iranian ties and explore avenues to bolster trade in a big way in the wake of lifting of sanctions against Iran.

Iran, Gadkari said, has cheap natural gas and power that Indian firms are keen to tap to build a 0.5-million tonne aluminium smelter plant as well as urea manufacturing units.

"We spend Rs 45,000 crore annually on urea subsidy, and if we can manufacture it in the Chabahar free trade zone and move it through the port to Kandla and onward to hinterland, we can save that amount," he said.

Gadkari said Nalco will set up the aluminium smelter while private and co-operative fertiliser firms are keen to build urea plants provided they get gas at less than $2 per mmBtu.

Railway PSU IRCON will build a rail line at Chabahar to move goods right up to Afghanistan, he said.

Gadkari said India Ports Global Pvt, a joint venture of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and the Kandla Port Trust, will invest $85 million in developing two container berths with a length of 640 metres and three multi cargo berths.

The Indian consortium has signed the port pact with Aria Banader Iranian.

"The contract is for 10 years and can be extended. We will take 18 months to complete phase one of the construction," he said, adding that first two years of the contract are grace period where India doesn't have to guarantee any cargo.

From the third year, India will guarantee 30,000 TEUs of cargo at the Chabahar port which will go up to 2,50,000 TEUs by the 10th year.

An initial pact to build the Chabahar port was first inked during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government in 2003, but the deal slipped through during subsequent years. It has been aggressively pushed in the past one year, leading to signing of the agreement for phase-1 today, Gadkari said.

"This is a historic event which will herald in a new era of development. We can now go to Afghanistan and further to Russia and Europe without going through Pakistan," he said.

The Zaranj-Delaram road constructed by India in 2009 can give access to Afghanistan's Garland Highway, setting up road access to four major cities in Afghanistan -- Herat, Kandahar, Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif.

India is also reported to finance another road network inside Afghanistan to enable Iran to access as far as Tajikistan through a shorter route.

Chabahar is about 100 km from the Chinese-run Gwadar port in Pakistan, which is part of China's USD 46 billion plan to develop China-Pakistan Economic Corridor aimed at opening new trade and transport routes across Asia.

The Indian joint venture company will invest more than USD 85.2 million in development of the port. India's Exim Bank will provide a credit line of another USD 150 million.

India is blocked from land access to Afghanistan and through it to the central Asia countries because of opposition from Pakistan, which sees India's expansive diplomacy in the region as a threat.

India, Afghanistan and Iran separately signed an agreement to set up a trade and transport corridor, with Chabahar as the hub.

Road and rail links are being built so that the land-locked Afghanistan can get access to the Iranian port as an alternative to the Pakistani port of Karachi.

 

[Ind4Ever]

 

[sree45]

haste?? 13 years after it was 1st proposed and after being in the news for the past 3-4 years, it is called haste? God knows what the author was thinking.

Moreover, Chahbahar is not about being a competition to Gwadar. It's about access to Central Asia and Afghanistan. The sooner the pakistanis realize this, the sooner they can sleep in peace.

 

[kabooter_maila]

India sidesteps Pakistan in trade with big investment push for Iran's Chabahar

TEHRAN: India will invest billions of dollars in setting up industries -- ranging from aluminum smelter to urea plants -- in Iran's Chabahar free trade zone after it signed a pact to operate a strategic port on the Persian Gulf nation's southern coast.

The inking of commercial contract to build and run the strategic port of Chabahar will help India gain a foothold in Iran and win access to Afghanistan, Russia and Europe, thus circumventing Pakistan, Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari told PTI here.

"The distance between Kandla and the Chabahar port is less than the distance between New Delhi and Mumbai, and so what this agreement does is to enable us quick movement of goods first to Iran and then onwards to Afghanistan and Russia through a new rail and road link," he explained.

"Over Rs 1 lakh crore investment can happen in Chabahar free trade zone," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Sunday on a two-day visit seeking to further cement Indo-Iranian ties and explore avenues to bolster trade in a big way in the wake of lifting of sanctions against Iran.

Iran, Gadkari said, has cheap natural gas and power that Indian firms are keen to tap to build a 0.5-million tonne aluminium smelter plant as well as urea manufacturing units.

"We spend Rs 45,000 crore annually on urea subsidy, and if we can manufacture it in the Chabahar free trade zone and move it through the port to Kandla and onward to hinterland, we can save that amount," he said.

Gadkari said Nalco will set up the aluminium smelter while private and co-operative fertiliser firms are keen to build urea plants provided they get gas at less than $2 per mmBtu.

Railway PSU IRCON will build a rail line at Chabahar to move goods right up to Afghanistan, he said.

Gadkari said India Ports Global Pvt, a joint venture of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and the Kandla Port Trust, will invest $85 million in developing two container berths with a length of 640 metres and three multi cargo berths.

The Indian consortium has signed the port pact with Aria Banader Iranian.

"The contract is for 10 years and can be extended. We will take 18 months to complete phase one of the construction," he said, adding that first two years of the contract are grace period where India doesn't have to guarantee any cargo.

From the third year, India will guarantee 30,000 TEUs of cargo at the Chabahar port which will go up to 2,50,000 TEUs by the 10th year.

An initial pact to build the Chabahar port was first inked during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government in 2003, but the deal slipped through during subsequent years. It has been aggressively pushed in the past one year, leading to signing of the agreement for phase-1 today, Gadkari said.

"This is a historic event which will herald in a new era of development. We can now go to Afghanistan and further to Russia and Europe without going through Pakistan," he said.

The Zaranj-Delaram road constructed by India in 2009 can give access to Afghanistan's Garland Highway, setting up road access to four major cities in Afghanistan -- Herat, Kandahar, Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif.

India is also reported to finance another road network inside Afghanistan to enable Iran to access as far as Tajikistan through a shorter route.

Chabahar is about 100 km from the Chinese-run Gwadar port in Pakistan, which is part of China's USD 46 billion plan to develop China-Pakistan Economic Corridor aimed at opening new trade and transport routes across Asia.

The Indian joint venture company will invest more than USD 85.2 million in development of the port. India's Exim Bank will provide a credit line of another USD 150 million.

India is blocked from land access to Afghanistan and through it to the central Asia countries because of opposition from Pakistan, which sees India's expansive diplomacy in the region as a threat.

India, Afghanistan and Iran separately signed an agreement to set up a trade and transport corridor, with Chabahar as the hub.

Road and rail links are being built so that the land-locked Afghanistan can get access to the Iranian port as an alternative to the Pakistani port of Karachi.

Yeah, the grapes are really sour! Sidesteps Pakistan? Big investment? Banya and big investment? Kia piddi, kia piddi ka shorba! How Pakistan gets sidestepped by Indian trade through international waters to chabahar? India imports/exports stuff from/to countries across the globe. What Pakistan has to do with that? Should we feel sidestepped? Huhh, my foot. And hundreds of millions of loan is called big investment? Yeah, good for consolation to hurt souls. Good luck any ways. We'll not be burning in jealousy like Indians. Our brothers in Iran and Afghanistan get another trade avenue, we are deeply happy for that.

 

[Commander Haris]

INDIA and Iran concluded a long-awaited port deal in Tehran on Wednesday, lending a big boost to efforts for promoting regional trade. The Chabahar port near the Iranian border with Balochistan reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s keen interest in forging robust trade links with Central Asia, including landlocked Afghanistan.

In 2003, the two sides had agreed to execute the project, bypassing Pakistan, but the venture made slow progress due to Western curbs on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. The port’s expansion is expected to whittle down transport costs and cut freight time from India to Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.

Chabahar provides India an easier land-sea route to Afghanistan, where it has fostered close security cooperation and economic interests over the years. New Delhi has already spent $100 million on building a 220-kilometre road in the Nimroz province of Afghanistan. The road will be extended to Chabahar.
Chabahar provides India an easier land-sea route to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is expected to sign a tripartite transit trade agreement on using the port as an alternative route, which could jack up bilateral trade to $3 billion from $700-800 million.

The project’s strategic nature is illustrated by its location along the coast from the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in Balochistan. Noting the prospect of sanctions on Iran being lifted or eased, India plans to fast-track the plan.
Modi’s sense of urgency in concluding trade pacts with Iran and other Persian Gulf nations is apparently driven by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signing of $46bn energy and infrastructure development agreements with Pakistan last month.

During his daylong visit to Tehran, India’s shipping minister inked with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi a memorandum of understanding on developing the port on the Gulf of Oman. Both sides overruled America’s call for India and other countries not to rush into doing business with Iran. The US has expressed its concern that India is moving too fast and could undermine the sanctions regime.

After a commercial accord is reached on implementing the pact, Indian firms will, according to the Indian government, “lease two existing berths at the port and operationalise them as container and multi-purpose cargo terminals”, providing Afghanistan with access to the sea and reducing its substantial reliance on Pakistan.

The signing ceremony came on the heels of a warning from the US ambassador to India, who said countries engaging with Iran must wait for the outcome of Tehran’s discussions with the P5+1 group — the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany.

With the next round of talks scheduled for May 12 at Geneva, the European Union and the rest of the partners will join the negotiations three days later. As the negotiators seek to wrap up the process by June 30, there is cautious optimism of a breakthrough.

For its part, the Modi administration insists the development of the port in no way violates sanctions and that it is not bound to enforce Washington’s decisions. The port will enable Iran to open up to the Western world once the sanctions are lifted. India had also expressed its interest in developing a key oilfield, but Iran refused to give it gas marketing rights.

During the government of ex-premier Atal Behari Vajpayee, India slashed oil imports from Iran, a move that left the two countries running into rough weather. The situation worsened in 2014 when Iran hiked import duty on Indian rice from 10pc to 45pc, worrying traders and farmers from Punjab, Haryana and UP.

While eyeing a larger role in Western Asia, Delhi’s regional diplomatic status will see a huge surge with the development of the port. Iran, meanwhile, wants India to help create a free trade zone near Chabahar, some 70km from Gwadar where the Chinese Overseas Ports Holding Company has agreed to help Pakistan establish a free economic zone.

Islamabad’s constant refusal to provide a land route for Indian shipments to Afghanistan via Wagah has frustrated Delhi’s efforts to engage with Kabul economically and strategically. India has pledged $100m for laying railway lines connecting Afghanistan with Central Asia.

In order to ensure the launch of trade activities at Chabahar, India may enter into discussions with the US for seeking a sanctions waiver. Once the nuclear deal is sealed, New Delhi will invest $85m in the purchase of equipment to set up and run a container terminal and a multi-purpose berth at the port, whose operation is estimated to cost India $22.95m annually.

Officially designated as a free trade and industrial zone by the Iranian government, Chabahar has acquired increased significance in terms of an international trade hub. Poised to connect business growth centres in South Asia, the Middle East and Afghanistan, the free trade area is being connected to Iran’s main rail network.
Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2015

The writer is a Kabul-based Pakistani journalist.

 

[kabooter_maila]

INDIA and Iran concluded a long-awaited port deal in Tehran on Wednesday, lending a big boost to efforts for promoting regional trade. The Chabahar port near the Iranian border with Balochistan reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s keen interest in forging robust trade links with Central Asia, including landlocked Afghanistan.

In 2003, the two sides had agreed to execute the project, bypassing Pakistan, but the venture made slow progress due to Western curbs on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. The port’s expansion is expected to whittle down transport costs and cut freight time from India to Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.

Chabahar provides India an easier land-sea route to Afghanistan, where it has fostered close security cooperation and economic interests over the years. New Delhi has already spent $100 million on building a 220-kilometre road in the Nimroz province of Afghanistan. The road will be extended to Chabahar.
Chabahar provides India an easier land-sea route to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is expected to sign a tripartite transit trade agreement on using the port as an alternative route, which could jack up bilateral trade to $3 billion from $700-800 million.

The project’s strategic nature is illustrated by its location along the coast from the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in Balochistan. Noting the prospect of sanctions on Iran being lifted or eased, India plans to fast-track the plan.
Modi’s sense of urgency in concluding trade pacts with Iran and other Persian Gulf nations is apparently driven by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signing of $46bn energy and infrastructure development agreements with Pakistan last month.

During his daylong visit to Tehran, India’s shipping minister inked with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi a memorandum of understanding on developing the port on the Gulf of Oman. Both sides overruled America’s call for India and other countries not to rush into doing business with Iran. The US has expressed its concern that India is moving too fast and could undermine the sanctions regime.

After a commercial accord is reached on implementing the pact, Indian firms will, according to the Indian government, “lease two existing berths at the port and operationalise them as container and multi-purpose cargo terminals”, providing Afghanistan with access to the sea and reducing its substantial reliance on Pakistan.

The signing ceremony came on the heels of a warning from the US ambassador to India, who said countries engaging with Iran must wait for the outcome of Tehran’s discussions with the P5+1 group — the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany.

With the next round of talks scheduled for May 12 at Geneva, the European Union and the rest of the partners will join the negotiations three days later. As the negotiators seek to wrap up the process by June 30, there is cautious optimism of a breakthrough.

For its part, the Modi administration insists the development of the port in no way violates sanctions and that it is not bound to enforce Washington’s decisions. The port will enable Iran to open up to the Western world once the sanctions are lifted. India had also expressed its interest in developing a key oilfield, but Iran refused to give it gas marketing rights.

During the government of ex-premier Atal Behari Vajpayee, India slashed oil imports from Iran, a move that left the two countries running into rough weather. The situation worsened in 2014 when Iran hiked import duty on Indian rice from 10pc to 45pc, worrying traders and farmers from Punjab, Haryana and UP.

While eyeing a larger role in Western Asia, Delhi’s regional diplomatic status will see a huge surge with the development of the port. Iran, meanwhile, wants India to help create a free trade zone near Chabahar, some 70km from Gwadar where the Chinese Overseas Ports Holding Company has agreed to help Pakistan establish a free economic zone.

Islamabad’s constant refusal to provide a land route for Indian shipments to Afghanistan via Wagah has frustrated Delhi’s efforts to engage with Kabul economically and strategically. India has pledged $100m for laying railway lines connecting Afghanistan with Central Asia.

In order to ensure the launch of trade activities at Chabahar, India may enter into discussions with the US for seeking a sanctions waiver. Once the nuclear deal is sealed, New Delhi will invest $85m in the purchase of equipment to set up and run a container terminal and a multi-purpose berth at the port, whose operation is estimated to cost India $22.95m annually.

Officially designated as a free trade and industrial zone by the Iranian government, Chabahar has acquired increased significance in terms of an international trade hub. Poised to connect business growth centres in South Asia, the Middle East and Afghanistan, the free trade area is being connected to Iran’s main rail network.
Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2015

The writer is a Kabul-based Pakistani journalist.

What's the point to post an older article here? It is already out of perspective. Is the purpose to tell that India then pledged $100 million for railway track and $85 million for terminal equipment at Chabahar?

 

[Kao Boy]

In Simple Words : Every Pakistan's project, collaboration is for the betterment of Mankind, Region, World, Climate change, , Eco system, Solar System, Space exploration, Universe blah blah blah even if it is Haqqanis, deceased UBL hospitality in abottabad but every Indian effort is doomed .. so It's Okay... Live the Chinese Dream...

 

[Jaanbaz]

The problem is not chahbhar port, you don't see Pakistan trying to sabotage it, Indians on the other hand, well they would even make deal with Taliban to attack Gwadar, we should be expecting some attacks on Chinese citizens in Pakistan.

Hopefully some economic development in Baluchistan would isolate the separatists, we should expect more retired Indian uncles getting caught in Baluchistan.

 

[kabooter_maila]

In Simple Words : Every Pakistan's project, collaboration is for the betterment of Mankind, Region, World, Climate change, , Eco system, Solar System, Space exploration, Universe blah blah blah even if it is Haqqanis, deceased UBL hospitality in abottabad but every Indian effort is doomed .. so It's Okay... Live the Chinese Dream...

Even though you have exaggerated the matter in a typical pessimist Indian way, I would like to point out the basic flaw in Indian approach. The fundamental difference lies in the targeted goal. Indians are negative in their nature. Making progress is less of a target for them and blocking, bleeding, and pushing others back is their most cherished goal. And the regional history of last six decades is a testimony on that. What the heck India gets out of Chabahar in real terms? It's more aimed at making Gwadar strategically less important (if not making it fail out rightly) and less at making it a real trading hub. A port becomes successful if it either fronts a region producing stuff for trade or it acts as a forwarding/smuggling hub. Gwadar is an example of former (with Pakistan, China, CARs, and potentially Russia in the back) while Dubai represents the latter case. What Chabahar will do for India? Their was a panic and urgency in New Delhi regarding CPEC project and Chabahar after the capture of terrorist monkey Commander Kul Bhushan Jhadev. I am wondering why you are complaining here.

 

[Kao Boy]

Even though you have exaggerated the matter in a typical pessimist Indian way, I would like to point out the basic flaw in Indian approach. The fundamental difference lies in the targeted goal. Indians are negative in their nature. Making progress is less of a target for them and blocking, bleeding, and pushing others back is their most cherished goal. And the regional history of last six decades is a testimony on that. What the heck India gets out of Chabahar in real terms? It's more aimed at making Gwadar strategically less important (if not making it fail out rightly) and less at making it a real trading hub. A port becomes successful if it either fronts a region producing stuff for trade or it acts as a forwarding/smuggling hub. Gwadar is an example of former (with Pakistan, China, CARs, and potentially Russia in the back) while Dubai represents the latter case. What Chabahar will do for India? Their was a panic and urgency in New Delhi regarding CPEC project and Chabahar after the capture of terrorist monkey Commander Kul Bhushan Jhadev. I am wondering why you are complaining here.

I have not complained about anything brother! If we have negative approach you too are not too pessimists either... and we have are to discuss past six decades strategic history then I am sure I will have more to talk to Pakistan.. you had a bombastic history after all. as far as Gwadhar is concerned Red dragon is only investing to have his influence across indian tectonic plates and nothing else and perhaps we too want our influence across central asia through Chaahabar.. whats the problem .. Indeed connecting Nimroz to Chaahar will give us strategic edge...

The sooner the pakistanis realize this, the sooner they can sleep in peace.

That explains all ... Thanks!

 

[New Resolve]

Indian shipping will now have to pass under our noses to get to Chahbahar, how interesting. I'm sure Pakistan and its Northern Thunder allies will be keeping close tabs on them.

Dehati Aurat is rightly wetting her dhoti because unlike the peanuts port they are building, CPEC is an all encompassing game changer which will effect Most of Western Asia and Africa.

 

[vsdave2302]

Gwadar unnerves India, hastens Chabahar
By Mian Saifur Rehman
May 16, 2016


A select group of Pak navy veterans who also dwell in inter-state relations with focus on regional issues, smell a rat in Modi's government's recent keenness to operationalise Chabahar Port as a move to achieve something much more than the declared economic objectives as if it were a reaction to Pakistan's fast-track development on Gwadar project.

According to these veterans, who opted for not being named, the Gwadar Port's operationalisation will not only bring massive economic benefits to Pakistan besides making the port a hub of oil trade, Gwadar is being perceived by Indian armed forces, especially its navy, as a strong 'lever of blockade — strategic in particular — in the hands of Pakistan.

The Navy veterans told The News that previously New Delhi has been demonstrating complete non-seriousness about developing Chabahar Port since the project was initially visualized two decades ago.

Apparently, India is presenting a best-friend facade to Iran and posing as if Chabahar is more beneficial to Iran than itself (India) but if one keeps in mind India's track record, the real goals and objectives of India may get exposed sooner or later, opine these circles.

These veterans are confident that Iran being a vibrant Islamic country that is making strides in many fields, apart from being a next-door neighbor, understands the security concerns of Pakistan and would watch against anything turning into a new regional conflict.

Discussing more parts of their India-Iran honeymoon analysis, The News was further told that in the matter of Kul Bhushan Yadav, India mischievously tricked Iran and attempted to affect its relations with Pakistan.

The said circles also raised questions "How can Teheran afford to overlook India's vote at the IAEA?". Will a "realist" Iran opt for the long-term benefits of mutual cooperation? And what about India's new found bonhomie with USA which seems somewhat like a 'diabolic axis' (sic)? And then, at the same time, India is deepening its engagement with Israel but also shrewdly engaging the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council that have something to do with double-edged Indian strategy vis-à-vis Iran.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/120329-Gwadar-unnerves-India-hastens-Chabahar

Infact it is not haste at all. We had been conceiving this project for a very long time. i am happy that it is formalized now. Looking to the status of Idnia, I think we need an expansion geographically to persue our national interest and this is a step forward in this direction.

 

[GURU DUTT]

The problem is not chahbhar port, you don't see Pakistan trying to sabotage it, Indians on the other hand, well they would even make deal with Taliban to attack Gwadar, we should be expecting some attacks on Chinese citizens in Pakistan.

Hopefully some economic development in Baluchistan would isolate the separatists, we should expect more retired Indian uncles getting caught in Baluchistan.

ok tell me with full honesty that taliban which hard core extreme idology sunny islamists students will they ever i mean a "sachha muslaman" ever ever try to harm his fellow muslim just because he is getting some monitarry aid from an non muslim or a shia regime ?

what has india to gain from gawagr or for that matter putting a spanner in the wheel ?

see buisness dosent works like trying to sabotage the comptition rather compitition is the key element for great and suatined buisness and we indians think everything from buisness point of view you if go and try to sabotage the compition then it brings more troubles in long term than benmefits in short term trust me if pakistan dosnet bothers about chahbahar there is no rason for iran or india or afgahnistan to bother about gawadar rather gawadar and chahbabahr in parellel will be doom for the ports and economy of arab nations inside the persian gulf and they are the ones who are tryioing to entice this unfruitfull and nasty and trouble making paranoia against both chahbahar and gawadar specially when international crude prices are at all time low ... think about it

ok tell me with full honesty that taliban which hard core extreme idology sunny islamists students will they ever i mean a "sachha muslaman" ever ever try to harm his fellow muslim just because he is getting some monitarry aid from an non muslim or a shia regime ?

what has india to gain from creating trouble in gawadr or for that matter putting a spanner in the wheel ?

see buisness dosent works like trying to sabotage the comptition rather compitition is the key element for great and suatined buisness and we indians think everything from buisness point of view you if go and try to sabotage the compition then it brings more troubles in long term than benmefits in short term trust me if pakistan dosnet bothers about chahbahar there is no rason for iran or india or afgahnistan to bother about gawadar rather gawadar and chahbabahr in parellel will be doom for the ports and economy of arab nations inside the persian gulf and they are the ones who are tryioing to entice this unfruitfull and nasty and trouble making paranoia against both chahbahar and gawadar specially when international crude prices are at all time low ... think about it

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

Who told you this non sense ?
We have good relation with China,Nepal and SL .
We have good trade relations with China .
Of Course I am sorry we cant say same about Pakistan .
Then that is not our fault .

the love you have for SL,BD, China and Np we all know
just hide your identity and ask any person from this 4 countries how much love they have for you ...
indian will know their worth...
money doesnt mean love .. you can trade with anyone but brotherhood is out of your reach.