Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that his government desires to develop Gwadar Port on Hong Kong model and it may be given special status through necessary legislation to ensure speedy execution of the project. In a meeting with China Overseas Port Holding Company Limited President Sun Ziyun, the prime minister said there should be no delay in the infrastructural development of Gwadar and assured the government’s all out cooperation to the companies engaged in Gwadar’s development. He said the government wanted to develop an airport of international standard in Gwadar and called for early completion of the repair and rehabilitation works on Karakorum Highway.
Nawaz Sharif said KKH was of utmost importance that should be rehabilitated without any delay so that the bilateral trade between Pakistan and China may flourish.
He also urged the Chinese company’s head to accomplish the rehabilitation work on Attabad Lake and surrounding areas.
Sun Ziyun told Nawaz that work on Attabad Lake would be completed by 2016 while the rehabilitation of KKH would complete a year earlier.
Sun also said that assistance would be sought from China Development Bank for Gwadar’s development. He said the roads infrastructure in Gwadar would be connected with the communication network of rest of the country to facilitate transportation of goods.
