Gwadar to have uninterrupted water and power supply
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GWADAR: Federal government will ensure uninterrupted water and power supply for Gwadar in next few months, Minister for Planning and Development, Dr Ahsan Iqbal here on Wednesday said.
Addressing the ground breaking ceremony of East Bay Expresswayproject, he said the problems faced by the residents of the port city,with regard to essential facilities will be solved on emergency basis.
"We have to make Gwadar as modern and developed as the portcities of Singapore and Hong Kong," Ahsan Iqbal said, who also holds theportfolio of Interior Minister.
He said the government strongly believes in inclusive developmentand therefore will ensure that inhabitants of the city and itssurrounding areas are also involved in the process of development andprogress.
"Federal Government has therefore made special allocation togrant scholarships to 50 outstanding students of the area and sendthem abroad for higher education," he said mentioning that identifiednumber of local youth will soon be sent to China to learn Chineselanguage.
The Minister for Planning and Development said foundation ofGwadar University has already been laid and the federal government hasearmarked a sum of Rs. one billion for it.
A general hospital is also under construction here, added thefederal minister.
He said the vision of former prime minister Mian Muhammad NawazSharif to turn Pakistan into an Asian Tiger and Balochistan a Tiger ofPakistan is in process of being materialized.
"The initiative taken by the leader in 2013 is fast turning intoan exemplary reality," he said.
He said China is a sincere and time tested friend of Pakistan andthat the mutual confidence enjoyed by the two countries has resultedin great achievements. "Can we ever forget the situation in Gwadar and also in otherparts of the country a few years ago," he enquired reminding that longhours of load shedding and law and order situation are now the forgotten past.
Minister Ahsan Iqbal said all provinces are on single platformwith regard to CPEC as its relevance and benefit is equally felt by all.
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing on the occasion said thefriendship between the countries has to exist forever and that CPECas well as Gwadar Port have connected the two with many other partsof the world.
