EghtesadOnline: China’s Ambassador to Islamabad Sun Weidong says developing Iran’s Chabahar port could also strengthen development of Gwadar port of Pakistan.

EghtesadOnline: Pakistan Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan does not look at Chabahar port's progress as competition against Gwadar port, but a development that complements the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Express Tribune reported.

EghtesadOnline: When the leaders of India, Iran and Afghanistan gathered in Tehran in the spring for a ceremony marking India’s development of a strategic Iranian port, they recited Persian poetry and said their partnership would “alter the course of history.”

EghtesadOnline: Pakistan Minister for Ports and Shipping Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo said on Wednesday that Islamabad has decided to declare Gwadar port of Balochistan a duty-free port.