Suleman Hashim
Gwadar: a 14-member delegation of Standing committee of National Assembly on Planning and Development visited Gwadar port under the leadership of Abdul Majeed Khan, on Tuesday.
A meeting was held in Gwadar where DG GDA Dr. Sajjad Baloch, DG Operations GPA Captain Abdul Razzaq Durrani and VC University of Turbat (UoT) Dr. Abdul Razzaq Sabir briefed the delegation about development projects relating to CPEC.
Delegation was briefed about the progress of the development projects and the problems faced related to electricity load shedding and water shortage.
Committee chairman instructed that the problems must be solved on emergency basis to ensure timely completion of CPEC projects.
Committee also instructed that steps should be taken to include the local population in the development process to make the projects sustainable.
VC UoT briefed the delegation that a sub-campus of UoT has been established in Gwadar on makeshift basis and admissions in graduate programs have been announced and classes would be started from January.
Delegation members also inspected different sites of CPEC and checked the progress of work.
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