Development projects: Gwadar roads will help curb extremism

Port city has the potential to take the country’s economy to great heights, Hamid said.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid has said that the construction of an international-level airport as well as access roads in Gwadar will generate job opportunities to thousands of local people, besides offsetting the rising trend of extremism in the region.

He added that the port city had the potential to take the country’s economy to great heights. He said, “The landmark visit of Pakistani premier to China was significant in more ways than one as the two countries signed eight Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and agreements following the meeting between Nawaz Sharif and Premier Li Keqiang, including Pakistan-China Economic Corridor accord”.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 15^th, 2013.