DefenceTalkQUETTA: Pakistan Navy has increased all-round security and surveillance at Gwadar Port with the commencement of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, reported Radio Pakistan. “A special marine battalion has been raised for the security of Gwadar,” stated a spokesperson of the Pakistan Navy while briefing media personnel during an extensive tour of the Gwadar site. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cpec-pakistan-navy-ramps-up-security-at-gwadar-port-66248/

DefenceTalkKARACHI: Pakistan is set to sign a 40-year-lease with a Chinese company to develop a massive special economic zone in the deep sea port of Gwadar, officials said on Wednesday. The contract is part of the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corri­dor (CPEC) that will link western China to the Arabian Sea with infrastructure, energy and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-china-set-to-sign-economic-zone-accord-65336/

DefenceTalkChina took control Monday of a strategic Pakistani port on the Arabian Sea, as part of a drive to secure energy and maritime routes that also gives it a potential naval base, sparking Indian concern. The Pakistani cabinet approved the transfer of Gwadar, currently a commercial failure cut off from the national road network, from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-takes-over-pakistan-port-from-singapore-46869/

DefenceTalkChina’s acquisition of a strategic port in Pakistan is the latest addition to its drive to secure energy and maritime routes and gives it a potential naval base in the Arabian Sea, unsettling India. The Pakistani cabinet on January 30 approved the transfer of Gwadar port, a commercial failure cut off from the national road […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-port-integral-to-china-maritime-expansion-46871/

DefenceTalkIndia’s defence minister said Wednesday that New Delhi was concerned by Pakistan’s decision last month to transfer management of a strategically located deep-sea port to China. “In one sentence, it is a matter of concern for us,” A.K. Antony told reporters in Bangalore where he inaugurated the Indian air show. “My answer is very straightforward […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-concerned-over-china-running-pakistan-port-46685/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Wednesday approved a deal transferring from Singapore to China the management of the strategically located deep-sea Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea. China provided about 75 per cent of the initial $250 million in funding for the construction of the port in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan. It is currently being operated by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-approves-gwadar-port-transfer-to-china-46579/