By Ali Imran
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt. Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday said that development activities at Gwadar port were picking up to make it a world class port city.
In his tweet, Asim Bajwa said that Gwadar had huge potential to become a global city and a vibrant port.
Asim Bajwa who also heads China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority, said development activities in South Balochistan were also in progress.
“Current focus is on building roads for better connectivity and socio economic development of the area.”
Asim Bajwa said Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar and Awaran-Bela roads were in focus to transform this region.
Meanwhile, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa has said that the current focus is on building roads for better connectivity and socioeconomic development in south Balochistan.
In a tweet on Sunday, Asim Saleem Bajwa, who is also special assistant to the prime minister on information and broadcasting,
said that Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar and Awaran-Bela roads are in focus to transform this region.
Earlier on June 18, Asim Saleem Bajwa announced that the second phase of CPEC would create job opportunities for Pakistani youth. He said that an agreement signing ceremony was held between CPEC Authority and Chinese companies in Taxila. Bajwa elaborated that phase-II of the mega project has been started, which will provide further investment opportunities to foreign investors in Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
Moreover, Chairman China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPEC), Asim Saleem Bajwa, said on Saturday that Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway project will bring a socio-economic revolution for interior Sindh.
In a tweet, he said that after completion of 306-kilometer Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6), the CPEC Eastern route (Peshawar-Karachi) will also be completed. “306 KMs Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) approved in ECNEC on BOT basis will contribute to the construction boom, socio-economic revolution for interior Sindh,” he added.
Asim Bajwa further said that the project would also connect East Balochistan to entire Motorway network.
Earlier on Thursday, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved various projects worth Rs289 billion, including Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway. Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, in a Tweet, said that the ECNEC meeting approved four mega projects worth Rs 289 billion. The projects approved in the meeting included Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway, Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar section of M 8, Swat Expressway Chakdara to Fatehpur section and addition of linkage of Khyber agency to khyber pass economic corridor, said Asad Umar in a Tweet.
