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Raisani rejects Pakistan China Gawadar Port deal
The Provincial Chief Minister, Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani, has rejected the Pakistan-China deal on Gawadar Port saying that he was not consulted, thus he was dissatisfied with the deal.
The federal defence minister had disclosed that the Chinese government had agreed to a request from Pakistan to take over Gawadar Port Operation once the tenure of Singapore Port Authority expired.
He also disclosed that the Pakistan government had also requested China to build a naval base in Gawadar.
Talking to journalists on Saturday night, Nawab Aslam Raisani said that his government was not consulted and with such decisions, the sense of deprivation would increase among the people of Balochistan.
He recalled the decision of the federal cabinet nominating the chief minister (Raisani) as chairman of the Gawadar Port Authority and a notification had been issued in this regard.
He said he had been demanding, from day one, to end the operations of the Singapore Port Authority and the provincial government should be allowed to operate the port. He said that the government is competent and capable to operate the Gawadar Port.
The chief minister said that he had talked to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on several occasions and now he would talk to the federal government on the issue. He said that the sense of deprivation was very sharp among the people of Balochistan.
He said the government announced the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package but it was not implemented to this date and not to mention the NFC Award and the 18th Constitutional Amendment.
Sharply attacking the federal policies, the chief minister said that the additional financial burden of the federal ministries had been shifted to the federating units which, he termed totally unfair and unjust. On one hand, the federal government is making promises to end the sense of deprivation and on the other 85 percent development schemes of Balochistan are being slashed, Raisani told newsmen.
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
The Provincial Chief Minister, Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani, has rejected the Pakistan-China deal on Gawadar Port saying that he was not consulted, thus he was dissatisfied with the deal.
The federal defence minister had disclosed that the Chinese government had agreed to a request from Pakistan to take over Gawadar Port Operation once the tenure of Singapore Port Authority expired.
He also disclosed that the Pakistan government had also requested China to build a naval base in Gawadar.
Talking to journalists on Saturday night, Nawab Aslam Raisani said that his government was not consulted and with such decisions, the sense of deprivation would increase among the people of Balochistan.
He recalled the decision of the federal cabinet nominating the chief minister (Raisani) as chairman of the Gawadar Port Authority and a notification had been issued in this regard.
He said he had been demanding, from day one, to end the operations of the Singapore Port Authority and the provincial government should be allowed to operate the port. He said that the government is competent and capable to operate the Gawadar Port.
The chief minister said that he had talked to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on several occasions and now he would talk to the federal government on the issue. He said that the sense of deprivation was very sharp among the people of Balochistan.
He said the government announced the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package but it was not implemented to this date and not to mention the NFC Award and the 18th Constitutional Amendment.
Sharply attacking the federal policies, the chief minister said that the additional financial burden of the federal ministries had been shifted to the federating units which, he termed totally unfair and unjust. On one hand, the federal government is making promises to end the sense of deprivation and on the other 85 percent development schemes of Balochistan are being slashed, Raisani told newsmen.
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan