ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan and China have agreed to operationalise the China-Gwadar-Africa shipping corridor with five feeder routes and bonded warehouses for trade expansion under the five-year maritime action plan for 2025-2029.

Sources told The Express Tribune that the two countries are set to finalise the action plan aimed at regional trade corridor development.

Under this plan, Gwadar will be positioned as a model "Green Port." Feasibility studies will be completed, and short-route infrastructure will be developed alongside enhanced connectivity linking Gwadar with the Islamabad-Türkiye-Iran rail and road corridors.

Gwadar is to be developed as a trade hub for Central Asian Republics (CARs), Afghanistan, and West Asia with expanded transshipment facilities.

The two countries also plan t

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