{"id":101311,"date":"2025-02-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=101311"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:51:42","slug":"decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html","title":{"rendered":"PM\u2019s decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed as game-changer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Faisal Dashti, Founding President of the Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has welcomed Prime Minister\u2019s decision to operationalise Gwadar Port on a regular basis, calling it a long-awaited breakthrough for the region\u2019s economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He praised the formation of a high-level committee, led by Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal, to coordinate with stakeholders and ensure the port\u2019s transformation into a fully functional and commercially viable trade hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-gda-development-plans-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GDA Unveils 2025 Plans: A Milestone Year for Gwadar\u2019s Growth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dashti emphasized that the untapped potential of Gwadar Port must now be fully leveraged, noting that this step should have been taken much earlier. He expressed optimism that regular port operations would unlock new economic opportunities and strengthen Pakistan\u2019s maritime trade capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The business community and residents of Gwadar and Balochistan have widely appreciated the decision, seeing it as a major boost for local industries and job creation. A fully operational port is expected to stimulate trade, attract investment, and drive long-term prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Faisal Dashti, Founding President of the Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has welcomed Prime Minister\u2019s decision to operationalise Gwadar Port on a regular basis, calling it a long-awaited breakthrough for the region\u2019s economic development. He praised the formation of a high-level committee, led by Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal, to coordinate with stakeholders and ensure the port\u2019s transformation into a fully functional and commercially viable trade hub. Read: GDA Unveils 2025 Plans: A Milestone Year for Gwadar\u2019s Growth Dashti emphasized that the untapped potential of Gwadar Port must now be fully leveraged, noting that this step should have been taken much earlier. He expressed optimism that regular port operations would unlock new economic opportunities and strengthen Pakistan\u2019s maritime trade capacity. The business community and residents of Gwadar and Balochistan have widely appreciated the decision, seeing it as a major boost for local industries and job creation. A fully operational port is expected to stimulate trade, attract investment, and drive long-term prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":60385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[62383,62384,20718,62381,2412,3619,62382,34475,62386,62385],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-balochistan-growth","9":"tag-cpec-expansion","10":"tag-economic-development","11":"tag-gwadar-business","12":"tag-gwadar-port","13":"tag-investment-opportunities","14":"tag-maritime-trade","15":"tag-pakistan-economy","16":"tag-port-operations","17":"tag-prime-minister-decision","18":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The business community and residents of Gwadar and Balochistan have widely appreciated the decision, seeing it as a major boost...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The business community and residents of Gwadar and Balochistan have widely appreciated the decision, seeing it as a major boost...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-09T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Gwadar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed - Zameen News","description":"The business community and residents of Gwadar and Balochistan have widely appreciated the decision, seeing it as a major boost...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed - Zameen News","og_description":"The business community and residents of Gwadar and Balochistan have widely appreciated the decision, seeing it as a major boost...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2025-02-09T05:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Gwadar.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samra Zulfiqar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samra Zulfiqar","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html"},"author":{"name":"Samra Zulfiqar","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9810bc80e0f6830dcb87310b88ef6293"},"headline":"PM\u2019s decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed as game-changer","datePublished":"2025-02-09T05:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html"},"wordCount":179,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Gwadar.jpg","keywords":["Balochistan Growth","CPEC Expansion","Economic development","Gwadar Business","Gwadar port","investment opportunities","Maritime Trade","Pakistan economy","Port Operations","Prime Minister Decision"],"articleSection":["New Developments"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html","name":"Decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Gwadar.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-09T05:00:00+00:00","description":"The business community and residents of Gwadar and Balochistan have widely appreciated the decision, seeing it as a major boost...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Gwadar.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Gwadar.jpg","width":1170,"height":400,"caption":"Gwadar Port"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-operationalise-gwadar-port-hailed.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PM\u2019s decision to operationalise Gwadar Port hailed as game-changer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9810bc80e0f6830dcb87310b88ef6293","name":"Samra Zulfiqar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","caption":"Samra Zulfiqar"},"description":"Samra Zulfiqar, a real estate analyst at Zameen.com, is passionate about finding projects that offer buyers the best returns. Her keen insights spotlight the market\u2019s most promising opportunities.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/samra"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101312,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101311\/revisions\/101312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101311"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=101311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}