Gwadar:
Gwadar has been declared the new capital of what the Pakistani authorities are calling South Balochistan, reported GEO News.
Gwadar Port Authority’s (GPA) Chairman Naseer Khan Kashani told the GEO NEWS that the port has been officially granted the status of the capital of South Balochistan by the provincial government.
“We have received a letter from the Government of Balochistan in this regard,” he added.
Gwadar has been in the spotlight ever since the government, in collaboration with China, announced plans to develop Gwadar Port as a flagship project of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The Balochistan government has made preparations to set up a camp office within the premises of the GPA, where officials and staffers will be extending their services. Administrative work has started and has been running for the last seven months, Kashani added.
“Funds have also been allocated to furnish the civil secretariat of Gwadar in terms of its new status as the capital of South Balochistan. A team of Services and General Admission Department has launched the recruitment process too,” a Gawadar Development Authority (GDA) official said.
Courtesy: GEO NEWS
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