{"id":48668,"date":"2019-02-04T14:02:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=48668"},"modified":"2020-01-27T07:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T07:55:50","slug":"gwadar-airport-construction-to-begin-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-airport-construction-to-begin-in-april.html","title":{"rendered":"Gwadar Airport construction to begin in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The construction work on Gwadar International Airport will begin in April, a news source reported. The spadework for the said project has been completed. Currently, the Pakistani and Chinese authorities are working to sort out the modalities of the project prior to starting with its construction.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ship-breaking-yard-in-gwadar-to-create-5000-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ship-breaking yard in Gwadar to create 5,000 jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The airport will measure 4,300 acres and cost $246 million; making it the biggest airport development in Pakistan. The authorities concerned have also completed, reviewed, and approved the feasibility study for the project.<\/p>\n<p>The latest official record shows that the design and work plan has also been approved. It also states that construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The soil testing on the land selected for the development began in January of last year. It now stands completed with 300 boreholes made on different locations.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-to-be-made-investor-friendly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gwadar to be made investor-friendly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources expect the Pakistani government to announce the initiation of formal work on the project within the next two weeks. They added that Balochistan has already included the airport in Gwadar\u2019s Master Plan. The said plan includes several projects for converting Gwadar into a hub for economic activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The construction work on Gwadar International Airport will begin in April, a news source reported. The spadework for the said project has been completed. Currently, the Pakistani and Chinese authorities are working to sort out the modalities of the project prior to starting with its construction. Read:\u00a0Ship-breaking yard in Gwadar to create 5,000 jobs The airport will measure 4,300 acres and cost $246 million; making it the biggest airport development in Pakistan. The authorities concerned have also completed, reviewed, and approved the feasibility study for the project. The latest official record shows that the design and work plan has also been approved. It also states that construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2019. The soil testing on the land selected for the development began in January of last year. It now stands completed with 300 boreholes made on different locations. Read:\u00a0Gwadar to be made investor-friendly Sources expect the Pakistani government to announce the initiation of formal work on the project within the next two weeks. They added that Balochistan has already included the airport in Gwadar\u2019s Master Plan. The said plan includes several projects for converting Gwadar into a hub for economic activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":34441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10288],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-gwadar-airport-construction-to-begin-in-april"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gwadar Airport construction to begin in April - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The construction work on Gwadar International Airport will begin in April, a news source reported. 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