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                          GWADAR port  Gwadar Port is a warm-water, deep-sea port situated on the Arabian sea at gwadar in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Gwadar is near the border with Iran, and is located to the east of the Persian Gulf and opposite Oman.The port features prominently in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plan, and is considered to be a crucial link between the ambitious One Belt, One Road and Maritime Silk Road projects. Gwadar and its surrounding region were overseas possessions of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman from 1783 until Pakistan purchased the territory September 8, 1958. Pakistan assumed control of the territory on December 8, 1958, and the territory was later integrated into Balochistan province on July 1, 1977, as Gwadar District. Plans for construction of the port were not realised until 2007, when the port was inaugurated by Parvez Musharraf after four year...