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This is not the correct image.

Guyz, Do we have any official picture or plan of New Gwadar Airport or it will be released on the grounbreaking.

Ground breaking ceramony planned for today bro, hopefully we will see a better model but this is what is currently on internet and cited as the new airport.

 

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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.

 

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Pakistan's Gwadar Port takes on a new look under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor , CPEC BeltandRoad

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The new Gwadar airport will have the international status and it will be run under an “Open Skies” policy.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Gwadar International Airport on Friday.

“What a pleasure it is to be in Gwadar. In the coming months, years, Gwadar would be, I see, as engine of growth for Pakistan,” Imran said while addressing at the ground breaking ceremony in Gwadar, in the country’s southwest, on the Indian Ocean coast.

Three-years construction plan

The construction of the airport will be completed within three years at the cost of US$256million.

Unlike other projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are operating under concessional loans, the Airport is planned under a Chinese grant.

The airport will also be the biggest in Pakistan at an area of 4,300 acres.

It will be the biggest airport of Pakistan. In comparison to other airports like

Karachi Airport (3,700 acres),
Islamabad International Airport (3,600 acres),
Lahore Airport (2,800 acres),
the Gwadar Airport will be built on 4,300 acres.

The airport is one of several development projects in Gwadar worth $690 million which the Chinese government is financing as part of its Belt and Road Initiative.

The ground breaking ceremony of the airport was also attended by Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing besides a large number of ministers, officials and Chinese workers, according to APP, the official news agency of Pakistan.

China’s grant for the airport

The Chinese government would assist Pakistan for construction of the airport under Chinese Grant Assistance.

The project is part of overall infrastructure development of Balochistan. It would be developed as a green-field facility with all modern facilities for safe operation.

The project would comprise a modern terminal building with cargo terminal having initial handling capacity of 30,000 tons per year.

On this occasion, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for construction of Pakistan and China Vocational Training Institute and Pak-China Friendship Hospital.

Prime Minister Imran thanked the Chinese Ambassador for the grant given by the Chinese government for the airport.


Benefits to local people

He categorically said any development would be of no use unless it benefited the local people.

He said in the past, the locals were ignored while executing the development projects in Balochistan. He said gas worth billions of rupees was extracted from Sui but it could not change the living standard of the local people.

He said it was pleasing that the capacity of the hospital in Gwadar would be enhanced and a vocational training institute would also help create employment opportunities.

Prime Minister Imran announced to launch Insaf Sehat Card (health card) to provide health insurance cover worth Rs720,000 to every family.

He said previously power was being transmitted from Iran, but now the government had decided to link the area with national grid.


Desalination plant

A desalination plant would also be set up in the city and under Clean and Green Pakistan, one million saplings would be planted. Besides, a solid waste management system would also be established to protect the area from pollution.

He said following the models of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, the government had decided to recycle water in Gwadar to water the plants.

He told the gathering that Gwadar and Quetta would be linked through railways as it was the best travel mode but unfortunately Pakistan had been lagging behind in this sector.


Rail links

He said Chinese support was being sought to upgrade railway lines as China had the most advanced rail system. A high-speed rail link would cut travel time between Karachi and Lahore to within four hours, instead of 18 hours by car, or 21 hours by bus at the moment.

Khan said having located at an ideal location and being well connected, Gwadar development would be the development of whole of Pakistan.

During the development process of the new airport, the existing airport’s capacity would also be enhanced by making it capable of transporting big aircrafts.

With the establishment of new international airport, the Gwadar city would become hub of aviation industry and it would also help elevating the CPEC framework.

 

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New Gwadar Int'l Airport

 

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The visiting French parliamentary delegation headed by Senator Pascal Allizard will visit Gwadar on Friday to see the projects on ground for exploring opportunities for French companies in the projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Speaking at a news conference along with members of the delegation, Senator Allizard said that CPEC has a lot of interest for not only France, but also for other European countries.

He said that his delegation will leave for Karachi today (Thursday) and then to Gwadar on Friday with a view to see the CPEC projects on ground and the opportunities it offers for the French companies for investment. He said that France is looking the CPEC projects very closely and the EU countries also need to look these projects keenly.

He said that they had very fruitful discussions with Pakistani authorities in their meetings, adding that they met with Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and members of the France-Pakistan Inter-Parliamentary Group.

At the Board of Investment, Allizard said that the BOI authorities gave them presentation on the investment opportunities for French companies in various sectors, especially in automobile and dairy.

However, he pointed out that there are certain barriers due to which the French companies are hesitating to invest in Pakistan, adding that security was the major concern which has now considerably been improved. He said that Pakistan also offers a great opportunity of mountain tourism.

However, he said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and French Ministry of Finance are trying to address the issues with regard to the trade barriers.

Moreover, he said that members of the Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group are also in close contact with each other and there are frequent exchanges to further enhance the bilateral relations and ties between the two parliaments.

He further said that Embassy of Pakistan in Paris in collaboration with French government will soon organise a seminar on Gwadar in Paris in which leading French shipping companies would be invited to explore opportunities for them in Gwadar.

 

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