ISLAMABAD – The work on the new Gwadar international airport, vocationaltraining centre and friendship hospital at Gwadar will be intensified inthe coming months.
Both Chinese and the Pakistani officials hold regular consultation todecide the modalities of using the Chinese grant in implementing the socialsectors’ projects.
According to the sources, all the initial work of the new airport includingdesign and the feasibility study has already been finalized.
The completion of the new airport will place Gwadar, an important componentof the CPEC framework, on the global aviation map.
It will be an airport of international standards capable of handling thelargest of passenger planes, including the A380 Boeing Jet and is aimed atfacilitating the movement of international investors and visitors.
The Civil Aviation of Authority (CAA) has earmarked 3000 acres of land 26kmnortheast of the existing airport.
The new airport will be given international status and operate under theopen skies policy. In the meantime, there are plans at the existing airportto further facilitate the movement of wide-bodied aircraft.
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Efforts are also on to start work on technical and vocational instituteearly next year to meet the demand of the skilled workers for the port andthe free zone.
The land has been acquired for the purpose, while the design andfeasibility study have also been completed.
The construction of China-Pakistan friendship hospital to ensure medicalfacilities to the local population will start in the next few months.
The pilot phase of the free economic zone has already been completed.
