GWADAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan shall visit Gwadar later this week where he shall attend the international expo in the coastal city, Chinese diplomat Lijian Zhao said on Tuesday.Zhao said that the premier shall grace Gwadar Expo 2019, to be held on March 29, and attend the ground breaking ceremony of new Gwadar International Airport.
"PM @ImranKhanPTI shall visit #GwadarExpo2019, attend groundbreaking ceremony of new Gwadar International Airport.
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The airport is being hailed as Pakistan's biggest airport, thus far.
Moreover, it shall be capable of handling a combination of ATR 72, Airbus, (A-300), Boeing (B-737) and Boeing (B-747) for domestic as well as international routes.
Earlier in February, Minister for plotning, Development and Reform Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar had said that the groundbreaking of a number of Gwadar projects shall be performed in March.
Bakhtyar said the government attaches top precedence to the development of Gwadar.&Groundbreaking of a number of projects including Gwadar power plant, fresh International Airport, vocational institute and hospital would be done in the coming few weeks,& the minister was quoted as saying in an official statement.
&Similarly, Gwadar master plan would be finalised in the coming six weeks.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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