Four Year Ban on New Construction Has Lifted in Gawadar
Gawadar: A 4-year ban on the issuance of No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for any development activity and construction in Gawadar was immediately lifted on Friday.
The director-general of the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) has lifted the ban that was imposed during the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government.
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The notification issued in this regard states that “in exercise of powers conferred under Section 9 of the GDA Act 2003, and with the prior approval of the competent authority, it is hereby notified that the ban on all kinds of NOCs for housing, commercial, industrial, recreational, warehouses and all types of construction and development activities within the jurisdiction of Gwadar Development Autho¬rity is here lifted with immediate effect.”
It is to be noted that in 2016, the GDA had imposed the ban initially for a period of six months on the grounds that it was in the process of revision of the Gwadar master plan as a “smart port city master plan” to meet the needs of a modern port city.