Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Vice President Mir Naveed Jan Baloch on Saturday met with Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and presented a four-point economic revival plan for the province. Naveed Jan led a delegation of the business community comprising Raheem Zafar, President of the Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Qazi Ghulam Rasool, former president of the Anjuman-e-Tajran Balochistan and Shahab Zafar, Executive Committee Member of the Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In his revival plan for the economy of Balochistan, Naveed Jan Baloch emphasized the following four priority areas: improvement of regional trade, livestock and fisheries, the mining sector and agriculture. He said that if the Gwadar-Ratodero road is built then Balochistan’s link with Punjab and China will become very easy. Another important road that has to be built is Gwadar–Noshki road which will connect all mineral rich areas of Balochistan with Gwadar. He said that currently the distance from Noshki to Karachi port is approximately 1,100 kilometres, with the construction of Gwadar-Noshki road the distance will be cut down to half. He said that Balochistan has borders with Iran and Afghanistan. Currently there are four borders with Iran out of which only Taftan is open for trade and immigration. He proposed that the other 3 borders of Balochistan which are Gwadar, Panjgur and Mand be opened as well for trade. Similarly, With Afghanistan, Noshki district border should also be opened, he said.
