Can a hashtag help bring back a promised opportunity for Gwadar, the famous port city of CPEC? By Mariyam Suleman November 18, 2020 Credit: Twitter/ @BilqeesBaluch ADVERTISEMENT In Balochistan the use of social media is increasingly helping people make their issues visible and bring attention to marginalization and inequalities. In that vein, on November 12 #GwadarNeedsUniversity was one of the top trending hashtags on social media in Pakistan. The previously little known harbor town of Gwadar in Balochistan province emerged as port city in 2002 after work on a port project commenced. Since then, this little peninsula has gained enormous international attention, partly because of its importance since 2015 as the hub of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative’s benchmark project, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). With the goal of making Gwadar a full-fledged port city, the provincial and federal governments in Pakistan as well as Chinese government authorities continue to anno
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