The Gwadar Garment Factory was established and operated by China Overseas Port Holdings Co., Ltd., providing jobs for a large number of local low-educated and unemployed women.
According to the reporters, in the off-season, aquatic products can also help make up for the family. Zaitoon Abdullah, deputy manager of the garment factory, told reporters. “Almost 80% of our employees are locals.” Mohammad Salim Batt, director of port operations at Gwadar International Terminal Co., Ltd., told the media.
There are not many educational institutions and skills training institutions in the Gwadar area. Zain, the manager of the Gwadar China Business Center Office, admitted that nearly 90% of the local people may only be able to do simple custodial work when they first apply for jobs. “We teach them from scratch,” Zain said. After training, these local employees are competent for simple technical work and computer operation.
Medical resources are scarce in the Gwadar region. If local residents are seriously ill, they have to travel thousands of miles to large cities such as Karachi to seek medical treatment. On December 16, 2019, the construction of the Pakistan-aided Gwadar Port Hospital Project officially started.
According to Deng Chaoyang, engineer of the project management team, the total construction area of the aided hospital project is about 12,000 square meters, with complete department configuration and advanced medical equipment. Local medical equipment and technical level, improve the medical and health conditions of local people and change the current situation that local residents are difficult to see a doctor.
The climate in the Gwadar region is dry and hot, with an average annual rainfall of less than 60 mm, little vegetation coverage on the surface, and serious soil salinization and desertification. The first time I set foot on Gwadar, all I could see was the vast yellow sand. Gwadar is Developing and the city is rising, with a silent gesture. The Gwadar East Bay Expressway is now 92% complete and is expected to be completed within this year. When I first came, it was only 25% progress. At that time, the Gwadar Vocational and Technical School were not even approved, but the project was completed ahead of schedule.
The Gwadar New International Airport project is still progressing in an orderly manner. Nauman Abdul, chairman of the Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry and owner of the Gwadar Fish Factory, told reporters that he hopes to export lobsters to China from the new airport in the future.
HAMMAL ZAHID
KOLAHOO
