Winter capital: Logistical issues surface for Gwadar
Provincial Assembly Secretariat sends summary to CM about arrangements for provincial assembly’s winter session.
QUETTA:
The Balochistan government is finding it difficult to make arrangements for the provincial assembly’s session after declaring Gwadar the winter capital.
The Provincial Assembly Secretariat sent a summary to the chief minister inquiring about the arrangements for holding the provincial assembly’s winter session, which is scheduled for mid December.
“We sent the summary a week ago and are waiting for a response,” an official of the Balochistan Assembly confirmed. “The assembly sessions will last for 15 days. Hence, it appears to be difficult to arrange accommodation for 65 lawmakers and other dozens of staffers in Gwadar,” he said.
It is also difficult to take the entire assembly record for a prolonged winter session in Gwadar, another official complained.
Gwadar has only one hotel while the rest of the restaurants lack basic facilities like clean water.
Meanwhile, the chief secretary visited Gwadar to review the arrangements for making the city.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2011.
The Balochistan government is finding it difficult to make arrangements for the provincial assembly’s session after declaring Gwadar the winter capital.
The Provincial Assembly Secretariat sent a summary to the chief minister inquiring about the arrangements for holding the provincial assembly’s winter session, which is scheduled for mid December.
“We sent the summary a week ago and are waiting for a response,” an official of the Balochistan Assembly confirmed. “The assembly sessions will last for 15 days. Hence, it appears to be difficult to arrange accommodation for 65 lawmakers and other dozens of staffers in Gwadar,” he said.
It is also difficult to take the entire assembly record for a prolonged winter session in Gwadar, another official complained.
Gwadar has only one hotel while the rest of the restaurants lack basic facilities like clean water.
Meanwhile, the chief secretary visited Gwadar to review the arrangements for making the city.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2011.