Proper noun
Gwadar
A port city of Balochistan, Pakistan, situated along the Arabian Sea.
A day earlier, the CPEC chief had announced that the construction work of Gwadar International Airport was underway. Source: Internet
The major breakthrough for Gwadar, however, came in April 2015, when Pakistan and China signed the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), dubbed the of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Source: Internet
Dr. Murtaza Mughal said that Pakistan can never ditch China to please the US as both countries have a long history of helping each other in difficult times while handing over Gwadar Port to the US is out of question. Source: Internet
Built by Chinese workers and opened in 2007, Gwadar is undergoing a major expansion to turn it into a full-fledged, deep-water commercial port. Source: Internet
Islamabad is groaning underpayments for the Economic Corridor, one of Beijing’s most important BRI projects, and it gave China control of strategic Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. Source: Internet
It has established a port and naval facilities at Gwadar in Pakistan and Djibouti on the Horn of Africa, which place it within striking distance of the Straits of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf. Source: Internet