QUETTA, May 18: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has called for a review of the agreement signed with the Port of Singapore Authority for handling the Gwadar port.

A spokesman for the provincial government said the chief minister made the demand at a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Port and Shipping. Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad also attended the meeting.

The Musharraf government had signed the agreement with the PSA for handling the Gwadar Port for 40 years, but the authority could not make the port fully operational over the past seven years. The chief minister said some elements were creating hurdles in the way of making the port successful.—Staff Correspondent