China-Pakistan cooperation helps former Pakistani fishing village prosper

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A regular job at the business center in the free trade zone of Gwadar port, southwestern Pakistan, once a small backward fishing village, has brought a great change in Younis Ghulam Qadir's life by lifting him to a five-star working atmosphere.

Qadir, a 22-year-old former fisherman, looked very happy and satisfied with his job now as a housekeeper at the Gwadar Free Zone business center because a regular and handsome monthly salary has helped his 10-member family solve financial problems.

The young housekeeper is the eldest child among a laborer father's six daughters and two sons. He told Xinhua in Gwadar that he had to quit his studies and started work at the age of 16 as a fisherman to help earn food for family.