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An Open Letter From Gwadar

Riffat Wahab Baloch Leaders of federal and Balochistan Government, Gwadar, situated on the south Western Arabian Sea coastline of Pakistan has achieved the status of an international city. Gwadar is the tipping point of all the mega projects that would be started in Pakistan under $46 billion China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC). These mega projects are positive thing for Gwadar as ...

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Interview: Fully Operational Gwadar Port Under Chinese Control Upsets Key Regional Players

Interview by Adnan Aamir Syed Fazl-e-Haider is a development analyst and a freelance columnist based in Pakistan. Areas of his expertise include Pakistan-China economic ties, Balochistan economy and Gwadar Port. He is the author of many books including “Economic Development of Balochistan”, which has been recommended at Ph.D and post-graduate level in two universities of Balochistan in the syllabi of ...

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Gwadar Youth Forum Protests Appointment Of Non-Locals

Gwadar – Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF) protested against the appointment of non-local candidates on different vacancies in Gwadar District, on Saturday. GYF is a community organization working for social welfare and protection of rights of youth of Gwadar. Large numbers of educated local youth are unemployed but instead of providing them the employment opportunities, most of the vacant posts, even ...

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Gwadar: Conference Condemns Selection of Student Representatives on Political Basis

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Gwadar – Gwadar Youth Forum (GYF) held a conference on Friday against the illegal selection of student representatives by the Municipal Committee Gwadar. The conference was presided over by the president of GYF Barkatullah Baloch. Conference was attended by a large number of college students, youth representatives, young civil society members including Shay Khalid Advocate, Ali Jan ...

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Gwadar: CM Balochistan Inaugurates Development Projects Of GDA

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Gwadar – Chief Minister (CM) Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch inaugurated the Sewerage and water drainage system of Old Town Gwadar as well as the newly constructed hostel of Gwadar development Authority (GDA) public Higher Secondary School during his two day visit in Gwadar on 9th and 10th of April. On the first day of the visit, ...

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Gwadar: Student’s Voting Rights Violated By Municipal Committee

Mariyam Suleman Baloch Gwadar – Municipal Committee of Gwadar has violated the voting rights of students by Selecting Student representative’s without any election. On Friday, Municipal Committee Gwadar released a notification that declared two students named Junaid and Faisal the representatives for the students in Gwadar. While no student or student organization was taken into confidence. Majority of the current ...

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Gwadar: The Missing Link

Adnan Aamir The controversy over alterations in the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is currently the major source of conflict between the federal government and the provinces. This conflict temporarily subsided because of the senate elections, but will resurface after the election of chairman of senate. Politicians from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are vehemently protesting against the changes ...

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Gwadar Youth Forum: A Ray Of Hope For People Of Gwadar

Gwadar – Gwadar a coastal district of Balochistan is famous in the word for its deep-seaport project. The numerous problems which inhabitants of Gwadar face on daily basis are not known beyond the borders of the district. In such a situation, Gwadar Youth Forum (BYF), a community social welfare organization mobilizes youth on daily basis to raise voice for problems ...

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Gwadar: Municipal Committee Chairman Elected Unopposed

Gwadar – The final phase of local government elections in district Gwadar completed on Thursday in the district hall when Abid Sohrabi of National Party was elected as the Chairman and Haji Mola Buksh of JUI as the vice chairman of Municipal Committee. Both were elected unopposed in the presence of the election commissioner, presiding officer, 55 councilors and the ...

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