PSA has so far declined to make any press comment on this controversy. A fully operational Gwadar port will expand China's maritime trade links, possible naval presence in the Indian Ocean and possibly also reduce maritime volume heading towards China across the Malacca and Singapore. The government of Balochistan has initiated a challenge of port operation to PSA in Pakistan's Supreme Court. Pakistan chief of naval staff Admiral Noman Bashir, has called for the cancellation of the port operation agreement with PSA, and suggested passing the operations to the Chinese government.
