Gwadar Hub

Pakistan’s latest venture known as CPEC has triggered fast paced development in its third deep-sea port known as Gwadar. Previously it was just a small fishing village, now it is on the course to be one of Pakistan’s most vibrant and progressing economic entity . For many years Pakistan’s largest province was heavily neglected and there was no significant development in the region. However Gwadar and CPEC are proving to be a game changer for Baluchistan . The Government of Pakistan and the Chinese have prioritized the development of the province and have stated that Baluchistan would be the main beneficiary of the CPEC initiative. China has introduced an array of new technologies that are being used to build up the province and with their expertise it is bound spur economic activity. They also intend to utilize the local population by providing them with various job opportunities . Various training facilities are being built to help in empowering the local population wi...

Almost 10 years ago, the city of Gwadar was planned to be turned into a large deep-sea port. And in the last 5 years Pakistan has made remarkable progress and it’s most notable venture the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has caught global attention. Gwadar’s port and the CPEC project now are of immense importance and valuable for Pakistan’s financial sector. The CPEC venture and Gwadar port have a huge potential and can transform Pakistan into a key trading player in the whole region.             Experts believe once the projects under CPEC and Gwadar port is completely built, the trading dynamics of Pakistan will greatly change. It is obvious and certain that CPEC will give a huge boost to the trading and exchange activities of Pakistan. Transportation for trade: Various roads, railways and highway projects that are being built under CPEC, will increase connectivity within Pakistan, this will: ·  ...

Pakistan’s plan to build its third deep-sea port at Gwadar, was proposed at a time when there were several other ports functioning already. Not to mention the mega cosmopolitan city Dubai, and two of Pakistan’s own ports, Karachi port and Port Qasim. Being a small fishing village and barren land, it was impossible to imagine Gwadar posing as a threat to the other ports that were around it. Inaugurated in 2002, the first phase of its development ended in 2006, and during this time the facilities built at the port were quite limited, with only 3 berths built there. The Gwadar port operations were then handed over to Port of Singapore Authority in 2007, the PSA oversaw the port’s operation for 5 years and during that time, and it was heavily neglected. Due to security reasons, PSA did little to no work there, and then the port was finally handed over to China . Now since 2013 COPHC is handling Gwadar’s operations. While things seemed gloomy on Gwadar’s end, but after the CO...

Around 5 years ago many Gwadar Housing schemes were under the process of being developed. Some areas did not even have a full-time access to basic life necessities such has gas, electricity and fresh water. In fact there were areas reported that had only 8 hours of electricity supply. The education in the region wasn’t very high quality and the city didn’t have proper schools. Before the arrival of the Chinese, the rate of development was slow. However as soon as the CPEC project started, the city’s situation changed and Gwadar started advancing. And now in 2017 despite all of these short comings thereal estate of Gwadar is booming and the value of land for sale in Gwadar is incrementing on a monthly basis. The primary reason for this is no doubt the multi-billion dollar project China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC, and what the future holds for Gwadar. FUTURE OF GWADAR: It has to be noted that the past few months have shown that Gwadar is now startin...