Portion of Gawadar project launched

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated the Gwadar-Hoshab (M-8) road and reviewed the work being carried out on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), sources said.
During the inspection of the newly constructed M-8 route, Pak Army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif personally drove the prime minister in an open-top vehicle, Dawn reported. The military spokesperson also added that the locals were overjoyed with the progress of the CPEC project.
“The land-locked Central Asian states are interested in trade via the Gwadar port,” said the prime minister.
He said on the occasion that CPEC would open new vistas of development and prosperity in the region in general and benefit the country in particular. The inauguration ceremony was also attended by Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Commander Southern Command Lit. Gen. Amir Riaz and other high ranking military and civilian officials.
The CPEC is a 3,000-kilometer network of roads, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas from Gwadar Port to Kashgar city, northwestern China’s Xinjiang region.

Source: Arab News