Pakistan Gwadar Airport China : With the help of Pakistan’s friend China, the country’s largest international airport, Gwadar Airport, has started. The first commercial flight of Pakistan’s government airline PIA landed at Gwadar Airport on Monday (January 20). Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and Chinese officials were present at the airport to welcome the first flight. Let us tell you that Gwadar Airport has been built in Balochistan province of Pakistan, which has been the center of separatists demanding a separate country for decades.
The airport was to be inaugurated on August 14, 2024.
It is noteworthy that this much-discussed airport built in Gwadar, Balochistan was initially scheduled to be inaugurated on August 14, 2024, but due to increase in extremist and separatist attacks on Chinese citizens working on the project, the completion of the project was delayed. After August 14, 2024, the opening of the airport was postponed to January 10, 2025. After which this airport was inaugurated on Monday (January 20). Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has described this airport as a gift to China, which will benefit the entire country. But experts are calling this project a white elephant, which is going to be a burden on Pakistan in future.
It took 16 years from approval to start of flight
The construction work of this Gwadar Airport, with an annual capacity of 4 lakh passengers, started in the year 2019. However, approval for this project was given only in the year 2009. If seen this way, work on the project started 10 years after it was approved and it took 16 years for the first flight to begin.
CPEC The airport was constructed under
Gwadar Airport has been constructed in Balochistan province of Pakistan under the US $ 65 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which is said to be the largest airport of Pakistan. But this airport spread over 4300 acres of land is already raising questions that who will use such a big airport built in a small town in this troubled area?
People fear that the condition of this airport of Pakistan may become like Pokhara International Airport of Nepal. Nepal’s Pokhara Airport is running in loss today and the interest on its loan is continuously increasing.
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