Groundbreaking of new Gwadar Airport

[shahbaz baig]

PM Imran to perform groundbreaking of new Gwadar airport on
March 29: Chinese diplomat

GWADAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Gwadar later this week where he will attend the international expo in the coastal city, Chinese diplomat Lijian Zhao said on Tuesday.

Zhao said that the premier will grace Gwadar Expo 2019, to be held on March 29, and attend the ground breaking ceremony of new Gwadar International Airport.

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The airport is being hailed as Pakistan's biggest airport, thus far.

Moreover, it will be capable of handling a combination of ATR 72, Airbus, (A-300), Boeing (B-737) and Boeing (B-747) for domestic as well as international routes.

Earlier in February, Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar had said that the groundbreaking of a number of Gwadar projects will be performed in March.

Bakhtyar said the government attaches top priority to the development of Gwadar.

“Groundbreaking of a number of projects including Gwadar power plant, New International Airport, vocational institute and hospital would be done in the coming few weeks,” the minister was quoted as saying in an official statement. “Similarly, Gwadar master plan would be finalised in the coming six weeks.”

 

[shahbaz baig]

 

[Rusty]

More than anything, the idea of Gwader being the next Dubai has me so excited.

 

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Gwadar Airport is a must for the Port city. An air-port and sea-port both are a must for an economic powerhouse like Gwadar.

I must say there must be daily routes to Muscat to maintain our rich Arab-Makran culture.

 

[shahbaz baig]

Gwadar Airport is a must for the Port city. An air-port and sea-port both are a must for an economic powerhouse like Gwadar.

I must say there must be daily routes to Muscat to maintain our rich Arab-Makran culture.

Oman offered to invest in new gawadar air port but later deny it. We have old gawadar air port for this specific purpose only.

 

[Imran Khan]

PM Imran to perform groundbreaking of new Gwadar airport today

PM will also perform the groundbreaking ceremony of CPEC western route. Photo: File

QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan will lay the foundation stone of various projects, including the Gwadar International Airport, today (Friday).

Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamail said the prime minister will also perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Earlier this week, Lijian Zhao, deputy chief of mission at the Chinese Embassy, said, “On the occasion of the groundbreaking (ceremony) of the new Gwadar international airport and second Gwadar expo, we will show you a different Gwadar port.”

After completion, the Gwadar new airport will be Pakistan’s second largest. It will be capable of handling ATR 72, Airbus A-300 and Boeing B-747 aircraft on domestic as well as international routes.

 

[Imran Khan]

PM Khan to launch $230m Gwadar airport project on Friday

Once ready, the new airport in Gwadar will be the second largest such facility in Pakistan. (Photo courtesy: Press Information Department)
Updated 28 March 2019
Khurshid Ahmed
March 28, 2019 13:56

• Once completed, the facility will be the second largest airport in the country
• Khan expected to announce development plans for Balochistan during Gwadar visit

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit the strategically important port city of Gwadar on Friday to lay the foundation stone for the $230 million New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA), the national civil aviation authority said.

Gwadar, which lies in the southwestern Baluchistan province, is the crown jewel of China’s $60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor of energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan.

The plan for Gwadar includes turning it into a trans-shipment hub and megaport to be built alongside special economic zones from which export-focused industries will ship goods around the world. Roads, rail link and energy pipelines will connect the deepwater Gwadar port to China’s western regions.

“The prime minister is scheduled to lay the foundation of NGIA on Friday afternoon," Mirza Mujtaba Baig, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority, told Arab News.

Khan is also expected to visit Gwadar's special economic zones, the harbour, and an ongoing exhibition, the Gwadar Expo, during the visit. He will also announce several development packages for the province of Balochistan.

Khan is also expected to announce several development packages for the province of Balochistan, especially Gwadar. (AFP/File)
Once completed in three years, the Gwadar airport, for which an agreement was signed in May 2017, will be the second largest airport in Pakistan.

“On the occasion of the groundbreaking (ceremony) of the new Gwadar International Airport and second Gwadar Expo, we will show you a different Gwadar Port," Lijian Zhao, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy, said in a Twitter post.

 

[Zee-shaun]

Once ready, the new airport in Gwadar will be the second largest such facility in Pakistan.

It looks like a simple and poor design. I doubt it will be the second largest terminal. Karachi and Lahore airports are already much bigger than this.

Btw, where are the aerobridges?

 

[Lincoln]

It looks like a simple and poor design. I doubt it will be the second largest terminal. Karachi and Lahore airports are already much bigger than this.

Btw, where are the aerobridges?

That isn't the actual design for obvious reasons.

 

[Zee-shaun]

That isn't the actual design for obvious reasons.

Do you have the actual design? I would love to aee ir.

 

[war&peace]

Excellent news.. Pakistan is rising and going forward on the road to progress & prosperity.
BTW, this picture is not true...some hobbyist teenager made this rendering but it not the design. Gwadar will be the largest airport in Pakistan and the busiest in South Asia due to its strategic location and huge business city.

 

[maximuswarrior]

A slap in the face of our enemies. That includes internal and external enemies.

 

[Lincoln]

Do you have the actual design? I would love to aee ir.

I should be more clear. I don't, but that design is a conceptual design by Chinese companies, it doesn't feature everything. Similarly there are many conceptual designs. Real design that is to be built, I don't know.

 

[ghazi52]

PM performed ground-breaking of Gwadar International Airport at Gwadar

March 29, 2019

Prime Minister Imran Khan performed ground-breaking of Gwadar International Airport at Gwadar on Friday.

Addressing the ceremony, he said development of Gwadar will benefit not only Pakistan but also the entire world because of its strategic location.

The Prime Minister said Gwadar will be connected with national grid and powers stations will be established there.

He said desalination plants will be installed to make the sea water drinkable.

He said solid waste management plants will also be set up in Gwadar to recycle the water.

Prime Minister said development of railway is a priority of the PTI government and the government will spread railway lines across the country. He said Gwadar will be connected with Quetta through railway line. He said Chinese cooperation will be sought for the purpose.

Imran Khan said Insaf Health Card scheme will also be launched in Gwdar to provide free medical facility to a family up to 720,000 rupees from any hospital.

Under the Clean and Green Pakistan campaign, he said one million saplings will be planted in Gwadar to make the region green.

The Prime Minister said that the expressway being constructed at Gwadar Port will not affect the local fishermen as the government has allocated funds to construct bridges to facilitate them.

Imran Khan commended the role of the Chinese nationals working on development of Gwadar.

He said he is going to China next month for expanding bilateral cooperation in diverse fields, including trade, agriculture technology and fisheries.

New Gwadar International Airport Project (NGIAP) is inducted as an Early Harvest High Priority Project of CPEC Programme in 2014.

Chinese Government has agreed to assist Pakistan for implementation of New Gwadar International Airport under Chinese Grant Assistance.

The NGIAP project is part of overall infrastructure development of Balochistan.

The airport will be developed as a green-field airport with all modern facilities for safe operation.

The airport will be able to accommodate large aircrafts such as A380.

A modern terminal building will be part of project with cargo terminal having initial handling capacity of 30,000 tons per year.

A Memorandum of Understanding regarding Pakistan and China Vocational Training Institute and Pak-China Friendship Hospital were also signed at the ceremony.

Ambassador of People's Republic of China Mr Yao Jing was also present during the groundbreaking ceremony.

 

[ghazi52]

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