Gwadar Port: redeeming a pledge of socio-economic uplift

[antiobl]

Re: Gwadar Port: redeeming a pledge of socio-economic uplift

@TheRealDeal

.......Given such financial constraints, it is no wonder that successive government in Quetta have failed to develop a province that has a small population but is spread over a huge 211,000 square kilometer area.

The irony is that there is considerable wealth buried underneath it. Apart from oil and gas, there is gypsum, chromite, marble, uranium and even gold, silver and copper.

Besides, it has some of the richest fishing fields in the Arabian Sea along its 700-kilometer coastline. But there is no water, no agriculture, no industry, no roads, few schools, fewer hospitals, and hardly any remunerative jobs. The choice for nationalists is obvious sit on their riches and act like a dog in the manger until an atmosphere of equity and justice descends from Islamabad.

1. "Successive government in Quetta" got funds neverthless. What do they have to show for the money they did receive?

2. Besides NG, none of the other minerals produce considerable wealth.

3. Fishing fields are there, but it is hardly the domain of "Balochis" exploding mines in Kohlu. Mikranis have been fishing for centuries with low-tech stuff, and they will continue doing so.

4. Nationalists will be treated as dogs if they behave as dogs. OTOH they will be treated as humans if they behave like one.

Bottom line is, that Kabuli Kommies would love to make Quetta as "model city" just like what they have done to Kandhar and Kabul.