Gwadar Port and Sino-Pak relations.
Table of Contents:-
a . Introduction
b . Background
c . Historical Location
Chapter #1
a. Pakistan China relations
b. Strategic Cooperation
c. Economic Forecast
Chapter # 2
a. Geographical Importance
b. Advantages of Gwadar Port
Chapter #3
a. China’s Involvement in Gwadar project
b. China’s Gain
Chapter #4
a. Gwadar port as development Project
b.Construction
c. Port Operation
Conclusion
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Introduction :- Gwadar port is located at Gwadar city at the entrance of the Persian Gulf on Arabian Sea and about 460 km west of Karachi from Balochistan , Pakistan . Gwadar port , is a deep –sea warm water port ,being constructed in two phases with heavy investment from china .Gwadar has had huge geostrategic significance on my accounts. In 1993 ,Pakistan started technical and financial feasibilities for the development of Gwadar port . The Gwadar port project started on 22 March 2002a.The first phase has been completed but officials expect the port’s initial three berths to be operational in the later months of 2007 .
Gawadar port was inaugurated on March 19,2007 .Gawadar port is Pakistan’s first deep port that has the capacity to serve virtually all sorts of cargo ships of any size.
Background :- Gwadar is located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan,close to on the persain Gulf. More than 13 million of oil pass through the strait .It is strategically located between three increasingly important regions : the oil –rich Middle East, heavily populated south Asia and the economically emerging and resource –loaded region of central Asia .The Gwadar port is expected to generate billions of dollars in revenues and create at least 2 million jobs. In 2007 the government of Pakistan
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