Will move cargo from China to Gwadar this year, says army chief

Author: Web Desk

GWADAR – Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said that officials concerned will move the cargo from China to Gwadar this year, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

Addressing a seminar here, the army chief said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a reflection of the friendship between the two countries.

Engineers of the Pakistan Army, he said, were working on the infrastructure of the multi-million dollar project.

Earlier, a Chinese official said that the Gwadar port will see roughly one million tonnes of cargo going through it by 2017.

Read: ‘Gwadar port to be operational by year end’

“We hope a big jump will take place… Our dream is to make Gwadar a regional trading centre,” said Zhang Baozhong, chairman of the company in charge of development, the China Overseas Ports Holding Company.

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