Almost all the new recruits at the newly-established Gwadar airport — a joint effort between China and the Pakistan Aviation Authority (PAA) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — are from outside Balochistan.
Notification of new recruits is making rounds on social media, with many users criticising the exclusion of people from Balochistan from the airport’s workforce.
Among 35 new recruits for newly established Gwadar airport, from the positions of director to sweeper, none is from Balochistan or Gwadar. As Zubair Hoath from Gwadar points out “ it’s colonial policy or mentality.” Via @ZubairHoath pic.twitter.com/9jBGVpsj04
— Shah Meer Baloch (@ShahmeerAlbalos) May 29, 2023
Social media users pointed out that from upper management to lower management, majority of the people have been recruited from outside Balochistan.
Gwadar rights movement leader Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch also tweeted that it is unacceptable that people from Gwadar have been ignored for recruitments at the local airport.
گوادر ائیرپورٹ پر مقامی نوجوانوں کو نظرانداز کرنا قابل برداشت نہیں۔ گوادر سے متعلق تمام پروجیکٹس میں مقامی افراد کو ترجیح دی جائے۔
— Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch (@MHidayatRehman) May 29, 2023
Activists have also planned to protest outside the Gwadar Press Club tomorrow against the “illegal” hirings.
گوادر کے بیروزگار تعلیم یافتہ نوجوانوں کی حق تلفی نہ منظور۔۔۔۔
کل بروز منگل صبح 11بجے گوادر کے تمام تعلیم یافتہ نوجوان گوادر پریس کلب میں آجائے نیو ایئر پورٹ میں حالیہ غیر قانونی بھرتیوں کےخلاف احتجاجی مظاہرہ ہوگا۔#Gwadar https://t.co/6p50rchdOX
— Zubair Hoath (@ZubairHoath) May 29, 2023
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