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THE right of operation of the Gwadar Port has recently been given to China. At the national level, many people have appreciated the deal because they believe that China can operate the port more effectively unlike Singapore.
However, the people of the province were not taken into confidence by the federal government before it took this decision. The port should be operated with care and local people should be taken into confidence and given priority in appointing staff at the port.
As a result of this policy, the port will have a positive impact on the economy and will open new vistas for trade and industrial progress in the country.
ADAM NAZAR Turbat
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Mar 02, 2013 08:44am
Government should ask the new operators of Gawadur port to copy the policy of Engro for purposes of providing jobs to locals of Baluchistan in Gawadur port. The policy in its essence is financing education of the best youngesters of Baluchistan in good national institutions based in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and then hiring them in the company after they have successfully competed in an open and transparent process for positions in Gawadur Port. In this manner Gawadur port will get quality manpower and some of them will be local too. This will be a win-win situation for the operator of Gawadur port and the people of Baluchistan.
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Mar 02, 2013 11:42am
Pakistan has mortgaged it's pride by giving the port to be managed by China or for that matter any other country. Chinese will send their countrymen to do he jobs and locals will be given gatekeeper and watchmen jobs! This is happening in several African countries where China has a role to play. They are the new colonial. Power of third world. Good luck Pakistan
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Mar 02, 2013 12:13pm
Very valid point, Make sure that at level of new appointment at Gwadar Port, central government and provincial government must watch that Chines contractors are hiring process are correct and they must give 1st priority to Baluchistan residents.
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Mar 02, 2013 02:16pm
Be careful. China is not known to hire locals. They bring their own labor and managers, All the infrastructure they build will be to optimize their profit at cost to local population and environment. See their experience in Africa,
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Mar 02, 2013 03:57pm
While the Selection process should give some weightage to the local candidates the bulk of focus must be on selecting a qualified candidate. Being local should not be certificate for a job.
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Mar 02, 2013 09:30pm
Definitely people of Gwader and surrounding areas should be top priority.....
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Mar 02, 2013 11:43pm
Why can't Pakistan operate this pakistanin port? Do they not have the skills? The chinese will bring in their own workers (as they do in Africa) and pakistan will gain nothing.
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Mar 03, 2013 12:16am
Good suggestion, at least 60% jobs should go to the people of Baluchistan.
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