Rs6.18 billion for Gwadar airport

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to provide Rs6.18 billion for construction of an international airport in Gwadar, despite an earlier decision that the airport would be built by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) from its own resources.

The total cost of the project is Rs7.5 billion. The government of Oman will provide a grant of $17.5 million.

Urea-loaded vessel salvaged in Gwadar gwadar port,gwadar

KARACHI: The Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) managed to salvage the grounded vessel JPO Delphinus early on Wednesday morning with the help of a high-powered tug-boat which reached from Dubai, official sources said.

The vessel, coming from Ukraine with a load of urea fertiliser on Tuesday last (Dec 8, 2009), ran aground near South 4 buoy after it drifted from its actual course.