The Chinese company had completed the first phase of construction of Gwadar Port with unprecedented speed completing the project six months ahead of schedule which was not appreciated by the naïve Pakistani rulers or the policy planners sitting in Islamabad. The Chinese interest was to get the contract of second phase of construction and also making the port functional at the earliest. The former President General ® Pervez Musharraf frustrated the hopes of the Chinese for his petty personal interests and awarded the contract to the Singapore Port Authority overruling the orders of his hand-picked Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Thus the port project remained completely ignored for ten long years and it remained dormant with an exception of some efforts to divert the Government cargo from Karachi to Gwadar Port to meet its day to day expenses. The former Chief Minister, Nawab Aslam Raisani, played an important role giving more importance to Gwadar by making it winter capital of Balochistan. After complete failure, finally, the port was handed over to the Chinese company for handling or making it functional in due course of time. Following this development, the Chinese were found to be more interested in the Gwadar Project and decided to develop the trade corridor linking Xingjian with the Gwadar Port in West Asia or at mouth of the Persian Gulf.

In order to develop the traditional and old trade route, the Chinese decided to make significant investment in Gwadar related project providing basic infrastructure for development of Gwadar Port. The Chinese had offered a grant of 250 million US dollar to construct the Gwadar International Airport for which the Government of Balochistan had already provide a huge land for building the biggest airport in the country. The second project is establishment of a power house with the capacity of 300 MW to meet the future requirement of the port and the future industrial city of Gwadar and its surrounding human settlements. Chinese are providing the funds for these two major projects linked with the Gwadar deep-water port. Three ships are scheduled to dock at the Gwadar Port bringing necessary equipment and construction material for the Gwadar International Airport and also the major power house in Gwadar. Besides this, the Chinese are committed to skill development of the local manpower by establishing technical training centre improving skill development among the local population or meeting the future needs of a major and mother port in the whole region.

In regard to providing rail and road link with rest of the country or to the international trade, transit and railway routes, the Government is extending the Coastal Highway from Uthal to Dureji and linking it with the Super Highway somewhere close of Midway. Only a small patch of road linking Uthal with Super Highway and passing through Dureji will be constructed. It will complete the Eastern Route for the time being. At the same time, there is an urgent need to link Gwadar with the Pakistani railway network at some suitable point. According to indigenous wisdom of the local people, the proper site is somewhere close to Nokkundi that will link with the International Railway system of the world. The Quetta-Zahedan section of Pakistani Railways is already on the world train route merely needing upgrading its track to international standards. If we complete the railway line quickly, then Iran will probably use this route which is short and compatible for Chah Bahar to link with Zahedan through Pakistan Railways. If we delay this project, the Iranians, being more impatient, will build their own railway line with the help of Indians. In any case, the Gwadar and Chah Bahar corridor can meet the future needs of the landlocked Central Asian countries for international transit trade with outside world. More than a dozen landlocked countries can benefit from this sea corridor on the Mekran Coast.