Infrastructure & Development Projects: Pakistan

Even 20:80 is acceptable to me. Atleast 80% is being spent on the development unlike PPPP after ruling 40+ years turned Sindh into Nazi era Ghetto while your favorite utopian cloud cuckoo land perfectionist/idealist 've miserably failed to start a single mega development/social sector project in KPK after 3 years of rule !

Sachaydino · April 6, 2016, 9:07pm

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20% of billions of dollars are billions of dollars. How come you are comfortable with this loot of the money of poor country by your leaders??? Don't you think they should be in jail rather than ruling and looting the country?

What is the difference between one idiot PPP leader said that corruption is his right and what you are saying for your pml(N) leaders.

kaaba kis munh se jaao ge Ghalib
Sharam tum ko magar nahin aati :)

desert_bird · April 14, 2016, 6:20pm

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**1,320 MW Sahiwal Coal Power Project

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Gwadar free zone inaugurated today

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**First cargo from China to reach Gwadar this year: Gen Raheel

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QUETTA: Army chief General Raheel Sharif said on Tuesday that the first cargo from China would reach Gwadar deep seaport this year.

“Insha Allah this year, we will move cargo from heartland China to Gwadar and beyond, fulfilling our dream,” he said while addressing a seminar on prospects of peace and development in Balochistan.

The seminar was organised by Turbat University, Devot Organisation and the commander Southern Command. Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Aamir Riaz and a large number of people attended the seminar.

Gen Raheel said CPEC was a lifetime opportunity for Pakistan to improve the socio-economic equation of its underprivileged areas and populace. “I assure the people of Balochistan that it is they who will benefit the most from this project.”

Since the onset of CPEC, Balochistan has seen unprecedented development of communication infrastructure as army engineers were mobilised for construction while army and Frontier Corps units were used for security of the projects, he said.

“Over the past two years, 675kms of roads have already been constructed, while by the end of this year, a total of 870kms of road infrastructure will be completed by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO).”

He said it was his belief that CPEC was poised to bring a true economic transformation to the province, and Gwadar was central to the broader conception of CPEC. ‘[However,] the corridor itself ranges from western China to the plains and coasts of Pakistan and promises to bring prosperity to the remotest areas of Pakistan from Gilgit-Baltistan to Balochistan,” he added.

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Gen Raheel said that while many world powers had appreciated the true potential of CPEC as a catalyst of economic transformation of the entire region, the project had also raised many eyebrows ‘by those competing for influence in the region’.

In an apparent reference to the arrest of Indian spy Kulbhushan Yadav from Balochistan last month, the army chief said India had openly challenged this initiative and its spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), was blatantly involved in destabilising Pakistan.

“We all know that hostile intelligence agencies are averse to this grand project. Let me make it clear that we will not allow anyone to create impediments and turbulence in any part of Pakistan. Therefore, it is important for all to leave behind confrontation and focus on cooperation,” he said.

The army chief vowed to ensure security of CPEC, adding that a 15,000-strong dedicated force was already in place under the ambit of a special security division.

Source: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) | Updates & Discussions | Page 40

desert_bird · April 14, 2016, 6:25pm

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Volvo Luxury Bus Islamabad to Lahore

desert_bird · April 14, 2016, 6:32pm

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**MULTAN METRO

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LAHORE

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desert_bird · April 22, 2016, 6:45pm

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$3.5bn LNG pipeline deals with China, Russia in two months](http://www.dawn.com/news/1253588/35bn-lng-pipeline-deals-with-china-russia-in-two-months)

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources on Thursday was informed that Pakistan is set to sign commercial agreements with Chinese and Russian government in two months for construction of Gwadar-Nawabshah and Karachi-Lahore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipelines.

The committee meeting was chaired by Chaudhary Bilal Ahmed Virk.

Managing Director Inter State Gas Systems (ISGS), Mobin Saulat informed the committee that China will lay Gawadar-Nawabshah LNG pipeline at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion and Russia will construct Karachi-Lahore pipeline at a cost $2bn.

Mr Saulat said both pipelines will be completed by the end of 2017 and will help transport 1.2bn cubic feet gas per day (bcfd) imported LNG.

In phase one, LNG terminals in Gawadar and Karachi will be built each with a capacity to handle 600 million cubic feet LNG. In phase two, LNG terminals in Karachi and Gawadar will be completed with the same capacity.

The meeting also asked Director General Petroleum Concession, Saeed Ullah Shah to verify the figures provided by the provincial energy departments.

Mr Shah told the committee that the licences of non-performing oil and gas exploration and production companies have been revoked out of which 12 companies have gone into litigation and were granted stay orders by the courts.

desert_bird · April 24, 2016, 3:04am

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CPEC western route wins tentative nod

By Shahbaz Rana
Published: April 23, 2016

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ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday conditionally approved the 285-kilometre long western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) after Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa objected over its alignment and claimed that it is in violation of the agreement reached at an all parties conference (APC).

The APC held in May last year was instrumental in developing national consensus on routes of the CPEC. It recommended that the government give priority to the western route which passes through some of the country’s hinterlands and can help address poverty in these areas. The government initially preferred the eastern route and allocated more than 90% of CPEC funding for its early completion.

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On Friday, the communication ministry tabled the project for construction of a motorway from Burhan/Hakla on M-1 to Dera Ismail Khan at the rationalised cost of Rs124.2 billion for the consideration of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec).

However, K-P Finance Minister Muzaffar Sayyed objected to the proposed alignment, officials told The Express Tribune after the meeting. They said he claimed that the alignment was not final yet and that the route was in violation of the APC agreement.
The communication ministry informed the meeting that the route for the motorway was as per the joint declaration issued after the APC, a handout issued by the finance ministry said.
Universities on western route of CPEC to start this year

Ecnec was also informed that the proposed alignment of the project along the western route of CPEC has been taken up as agreed during the 5th Joint Coordination Committee meeting between China and Pakistan

The finance ministry said Ecnec approved the project, subject to formal confirmation of the route being in accordance with the understanding contained in the joint declaration of the APC. Ecnec Chairman Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the K-P should not change the goalposts as the matter has already been resolved at the highest political level.

Ecnec also conditionally approved a Rs11.98 billion project for acquisition of land for western route, compensation for affected properties and relocation of utilities for construction of the Burhan/Hakla to DI Khan motorway.

According to the project documents, the Hakla-DI Khan road will be completed by June 2018 and work on it is expected to begin by the middle of this year.

However, the last-minute objections may create difficulties in timely completion of this project. Another issue that can affect timely completion is the availability of the requisite funds as the project requires huge funds for its completion by June 2018.
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The proposed motorway will be built as a controlled access facility and includes provision of 11 interchanges, 19 flyovers, 15 bridges, 74 underpasses, 259 culverts and three major bridges.

The land acquisition project envisages acquisition of 7,575 acres of land for construction of the expressway. The average unit cost of the project is Rs1.8 million per acre, which is slightly on the lower side when compared with the unit cost of the Rs1.97 million per acre of Sukkur-Multan section of the eastern route.

Ecnec approved the project for construction of bridge across River Indus connecting Larkana and Khairpur districts with approach roads and river training works at a revised cost of Rs13.4 billion.
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Published in The Express Tribune, April 23[SUP]rd[/SUP], 2016.*

desert_bird · April 24, 2016, 3:27am

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**Gwadar Port will be operating fully by end of this year, says Zhang Baozhong

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BEIJING: The expanded and better-equipped port of Gwadar in Pakistan, which forms an important part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), will be operating fully by the end of this year.

This assurance was given by the head of the Chinese company that runs the strategic facility.“The new port’s cranes are almost ready and the water desalination plant is in place,” said Zhang Baozhong, chairman of China Overseas Ports Holding Co, at a conference in Beijing to promote business opportunities at the port. He said attached great importance to early completions of the projects undertaken under CPEC. This will be another milestone in the relationship of the two countries, he added.

According to a China Daily’s report, it is projected that the total investment of the China-Pakistan Economic Zone will amount to 46 billion dollars.

**An expressway linking Kashgar of Xinjiang and Gwadar is under construction and will be completed in 2017, and a railway between the two cities is planned.
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**By 2030, the resident population in Gwadar will have reached 500,000. In the next two or three decades, the port city will develop new industries such as petrochemical works, iron and steel manufacturing, cement and building materials, automobile assembly, transportation and modern technology. A new airport, regional expressways, a coal-based power plant, an urban light-rail transit system, a sport center, and well-established schools and hospitals will soon be built.

Gwadar is only 40 minutes’ flight from Dubai.** It is not only the key junction of the “21st Century Silk Road Economic Belt”, but the vital port of the “Maritime Silk Road”. About 18 million tons of oil is transferred via the port of Gwadar on a daily basis. In order to promote investment, an economic zone with a radius of 30 km has been set up. The enterprises in the zone will benefit from a preferential tax reduction or exemption. However, Karamay investors are more interested in the Free Trade Zone there operated by China Overseas Engineering Corporation (COVEC).

According to Wu Chunguo, director and CFO of COVEC, the total area of the Free Trade Zone is 923 hectares. The enterprises in the trade zone will benefit from 20 years of duty-free operations.

In addition, based on the free trade agreements signed by Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Oman, Chinese products can enter the Middle-East market without payment of duty after being sub-packaged in the Free Trade Zone.

COVEC has also provided high quality services for the enterprises in the Free Trade Zone. Settled companies will receive price reductions in land, plant facilities and water and power. They will also be able to readily access services in investment consultation, law, company registration, visa processing, market

Gwadar Port will be operating fully by end of this year, says Zhang Baozhong