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**Makran Coastal Highway opens **
President General Pervez Musharraf inaugurated a coastal highway on Thursday linking Karachi with Gwadar deep-sea port being built with Chinese help. Musharraf inaugurated the 530km dual carriageway linking Karachi in the south with Gwadar to the south-west, where the port is expected to be completed in two months. “The coastal highway and the Gwadar project is the beginning of a new era,” Musharraf said at the inauguration ceremony near Ormara Naval Base in Balochistan. “They will go a long way in alleviating poverty.” The Makran Coastal Highway is expected to open up commercial opportunities for tourism and fishing.
Balochistan’s coastal area has miles of unspoiled beaches suitable for tourism but access has been limited because of lack of roads and other infrastructure. Officials said the government has spent Rs 10.5 billion ($175 million) since July 2000 when work on the highway began. Another stretch of 120km has yet to be made Gwadar will become Pakistan’s second deep-sea port after Karachi Musharraf said that eventually it would be linked by road to neighbouring Iran and Afghanistan, spurring trade. “Gwadar is now emerging on the map of the world and people around the world are looking at the opportunities available here,” he said. The $248 million project, largely funded by China, to turn a fishing port with a population of 60,000-70,000 people into a transit point for Central Asian trade has been touted as a showcase for foreign investment in Pakistan. The opening of the highway leading to it came as Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was on a visit to Beijing. Later, talking to a delegation of elected representatives of the province, President General Pervez Musharraf asked them to identify problems being faced by the people of Balochistan and play due role for their solution. The delegation comprised federal ministers, members of the national and provincial assemblies, senators, Nazims and Naib Nazims and notables of Balochistan. Balochistan Governor Awais Ahmed Ghani, Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousuf and Senator Mushahid Hussain were also present on the occasion.
The Makran Coastal Highway will reduce travel time from 48 hours to only seven hours from Karachi to Gwadar, while the public transport operators have considerably reduced the fares.
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very good news...excellent pics
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One more step towards the development of Gawadar. I heared that plots in Gawadar are the hot cake on the property market in Pakistan these days.
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I dont think there are any left to buy 
Many frauds schemes are also flourishing in the name of “Gawader Plots” …. So if you are looking for one, be careful
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Umm it looks a lot like the landscape in the southern Arabian pennsula, with all the craggy arid peaks and the sea by the side. Pretty nice stuff! Hope they get tons of tourists and money!
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speak up some anti development guys - doesnt it look good?? or it isnt in Blochistan??
thanks for sharing nice pics, hope to drive on it one day. :)
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^ Balochistan is a land of wonders! 
On a rather pessimistic note, wouldn’t these hills and jagged mountains provide a good place for BLA, BLF to barrage rockets on the traffic below (right now as in the pics, the road is empty).
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Great Experience! I travelled on it on my way to Gwadar & Pasni, 3weeks ago. Though, it lacks a few service stations. They should build more.
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this is our balochistani's beauty
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We also know it is our Balochistan's beauty!
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