Arab legacy lingers as Pakistan’s Gwadar grows from tiny fishing town into port city

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Mon, 2019-04-29 04:07

GWADAR, Pakistan: One night, in the mid-1950s, a young fisherman, Muhammad Akbar, and his father pushed their boat into the sea near their village. Suddenly, they heard an explosion that sent sparkling fireworks into the air. They turned back, anchored their vessel, and ran toward their home.

It was Eid in the Omani city of Gwadar, and the blast was its official declaration.