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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.
China is best to handle Gwadar, says Brig Mir | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online
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.
China is best to handle Gwadar, says Brig Mir | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online