Gwadar Port

Tension persists in Gwadar as Pak army refuses release of Baloch protesters

If state and its institutions still do not change their terrorist and oppressive behaviour, then from today we will shut down entire Balochistan including Quetta for an indefinite period, BYC said

Will send 1K students to China for agriculture training: Pakistan PM Sharif

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced sending as many as 1,000 students of the country to China for advanced training in the agriculture sector as it strives to increase output, according to a media report on Sunday. The premier, who concluded his five-day official visit to China, made the announcement during a visit to Yangling Agricultural Demonstration Base in Xi'an city on Saturday, Radio Pakistan reported. The 72-year-old also invited China's North West Agriculture and Forestry University to open a campus in Pakistan. He directed the Pakistan ambassador to China and relevant authorities to finalise the matters with the Chinese authorities in this regard, Geo News reported. The prime minister toured various parts of the facility and was shown Pakistani products at the Pakistan Pavilion, the report said. Sharif also visited the modern plant production factory where he oversaw a demonstration of the vertical method of agriculture, it said. Pakistan is striving to

7 militants killed in attack on Pak's Gwadar Port Authority complex: Report

Multiple blasts and intense firing have been reported at Gwadar Port Authority Complex in Pakistan

China plays down protests against CPEC at Gwadar port in Pakistan

A wary China on Tuesday sought to downplay reports of mass protests against the CPEC projects at Pakistan's port city Gwadar, saying they are not targeted against the multi-billion dollar initiative, amid growing concerns here about the security of hundreds of Chinese personnel working in the neighbouring country. According to a report in the Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper on Monday, hundreds of children joined the ongoing protests in Gwadar which entered its 18th day on Sunday. The protesters are threatening to block the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects if their demands, which included banning illegal trawling in Gwadar, are not met within a week. These reports are untrue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here. The organisers have said in public that the protests are not targeting the Chinese side or the CPEC," Mao said. The Dawn newspaper further reported that the protesting children reached Gwadar city from Turbat, Pasni and ot

Pakistan: Weak economy, political uncertainty hit China-led Port Project

China, the sole investor in the Gwadar projects is hesitating to invest amid uncertainties as the ongoing economic crisis and political instability in Pakistan are hitting investment sentiments

Pakistan, China resolve to redouble efforts to tap potential of Gwadar port

Pakistan and China have resolved to redouble efforts to tap full potential of the Gwadar port and free zone and to ensure that the local population fully benefits from the projects

Minus Afghanistan angle, India loses bargaining power with Iran for Chabahar

If New Delhi eschews business with the Taliban, it will have to do business on Iran's terms to develop Chabahar port

Chinese firm vows to make Gwadar more valuable than Karachi within 7 yrs

Pakistan government stamped 23-year income tax holiday and exemptions of sales tax and customs duties for the Gwadar Port and businesses to be set up at Gwadar Free Zone

Saudi Arabia agrees to invest in new oil refinery in Pakistan's Gwadar

State-owned Pakistan State Oil will partner with Saudi state oil giant Aramco on the project

Pakistan seeks to build oil refinery near Gwadar port, Saudi may fund it

The government of new Prime Minister Imran Khan wants to turn the Chinese-funded Gwadar port into 'an oil city'

'Stop guessing': Beijing on rumours about China naval base in Pak's Gwadar

Beijing is developing Gwadar port, the last point of the economic route that begins from Chinese city Kashgar

Grenade explosions rock Pakistan's Gwadar port, 26 injured

The labourers were having dinner at the hostel when motorcyclists attacked them with a grenade

Bank of China plans to open branch in Gwadar port, says Pak official

CPEC is billed as a 'game-changer' & manifestation of a strategic partnership between Pak & China

Chinese navy ships to be deployed at Gwadar: Pak navy official

China and Pakistan are currently building the nearly 3,000-km-long economic corridor linking Pakistan's Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea with Xinjiang