Gawadar International Airport will be a modern airport with facility of night navigation, Sensate told.

ISLAMABAD -- The Senate was informed on Friday that Gawadar International Airport will be a modern airport with the facility of night navigation.

Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan, during the question hour, told the house that China has agreed to provide over thirty five thousand million rupees for the construction of the New Gawadar International Airport.

He said construction work on the airport is expected to begin by June this year and it will be completed in three years.

The Minister said Pakistan International Airlines has started flying on commercially viable routes and has discontinued service on non-viable routes.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan, responding to a question regarding Pak-Afghan trade relations, said Pakistan has always taken steps to create a peaceful environment so that trade could flourish between the two countries.

He said Pakistan has recently gifted Mohammad Ali Jinnah hospital worth twenty four million dollars to Afghanistan as a goodwill gesture.

The Minister of State told the house that export to Afghanistan in 2016-17 was 1299 million dollars and it has...