Under Construction: Gwadar airport to be ready by 2014

ISLAMABAD: The under construction New Gwadar International Airport, which was due to be completed by the end of 2013, would now be completed by December 2014. According to official sources, the project was approved in September 2008 with implementation schedule of 48 months. The initial Site Protection Work was started in January 2009 with a planned completion time of 10 months. However, due to the law and order situation, frequent extensions have been granted to the contractor.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 23^rd, 2011.