According to the South China Morning Post on Saturday, the naval base will be built in Gwadar Port, in the Pak province of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, as military vessels require "specific services" which cannot be provided by the present commercial facility.
"Gwadar port can’t provide specific services for warships... Public order there is in a mess. It is not a good place to carry out military logistical support," said one of the sources.
A China-based military analyst, Zhou Chenming, told the newspaper that China needs to build a base in Gwadar for its warships as the port has turned into a civilian facility.