China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) | Updates & Discussions

[aks18]

What is the situation on KKH like? Is it safe for tourists?Many of my friends in Malaysia are interested in visiting Pakistan in near future.

its perfect in shape from raikot bridge to khunjrab pass while from thakot to raikot bridge its in pretty messed up condition

 

[Muhammad Omar]

FWO secures financial close for M-9, 9th july,2015


The Chief Guest Lieutenant General Khalid Asghar said that ensuring financial close of Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) within 100 days is a remarkable achievement of the two organizations.

The FWO, he said, has successfully completed the Lahore-Faisalabad Expressway, Lakpass Tunnel near Quetta and Habibabad Flyover on BOT basis before the stipulated time and now carpeting of Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M-2), Karachi-Thatta Expressway are rapidly in progress.


their time starts from 9 july,2015. UBL will provide all the money. They have 27 months to complete this project.

 

[Winchester]

Guys where is the that other thread about infrastructure development in Pakistan ???

 

[OrionHunter]

The truth about the CPEC in the vid below. As they say, there are no freebies in this world!

A good discussion on Pak TV on the pitfalls ahead regarding the CPEC with Maj Gen (Retd) Amjad Shuaib.....

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Guys where is the that other thread about infrastructure development in Pakistan ???

Here you go....

Infrastructure Development in Pakistan

 

[Rasengan]

Here you go....

Infrastructure Development in Pakistan

Just a quick question Muhammed, the proposed industrial zones have they all been chosen, I have read that Faisalabad, Lahore and Gwadar have been selected so far. I thought this process would have culminated in July, when the government of Pakistan would have discussed this with the Government of China.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Just a quick question Muhammed, the proposed industrial zones have they all been chosen, I have read that Faisalabad, Lahore and Gwadar have been selected so far. I thought this process would have culminated in July, when the government of Pakistan would have discussed this with the Government of China.

1 of Industrial zone is under Construction Near Lahore at Sheikhupura Named as Quaid e Azam Apparel Park.... not much info on others industrial zones but i'll share as soon as i find em ..... Yeah 1 Industrial Zone in also under construction in Faisalabad will share it later


Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park
The Punjab Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) has entrusted NESPAK with the task of master planning and detailed designing of Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park in District Sheikhupura.

Recently, Pakistan has been declared a Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) plus country. Therefore, in order to meet future export targets and to fulfil the dire need of financial uplift, Chief Minister of Punjab is taking keen interest in this project declaring it as 'Top Priority'. Mr. Aamir Munir, Project Manager and Mr. Abid Mahmood, GM Islamabad office, recently visited China along with the officials of PIEDMC, Minister of Industries Department and other renowned industrialists, to inspect the industrial parks of similar nature.

The Project Manager visited several potential industrial parks similar to the task assigned so that their key features may be incorporated while designing Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park. During this visit, delegation members also met Pakistani Ambassador to China.

NESPAK has completed master plan and infrastructure designing of the Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park (QAAP) comprising 1,523 acres of land near Sheikhupura.

Chairman of Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) S M Tanveer said that construction of boundary wall of the park has been started while development work is likely to be commenced very soon.

The federal government has approved a dedicated interchange for QAAP and the process of its designing is in progress by National Highways Authority, he added.

He said a timely completion of the project will also ensure maximum benefits of the GSP Plus facility from the EU and it would give boost to the country's economic growth and ultimately alleviate poverty and terrorism form the region.

He hoped that the project would create thousands of jobs and enable the value added textile industry to contribute more to the exports to strengthen the economy.

 

[Sky_123]

The truth about the CPEC in the vid below. As they say, there are no freebies in this world!

A good discussion on Pak TV on the pitfalls ahead regarding the CPEC with Maj Gen (Retd) Amjad Shuaib.....

Its quite logical that Chines are doing business not giving a charity to Pakistan. With the loan of $11bn, we will have world class infrastructure in our country and connecting roads to the remote areas.
Regarding Power plants, Coal base plants will have lower rates as compared to Oil or Gas plants.
It will be win-win situation for Pak and China. Pak need investment now to improve our economy and reduce unemployment.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Rawalpindi - July 22, 2015: On the directives of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Shareef, Frontier Works Organization (FWO) took the challenge to connect dividends of Gwadar Port with the rest of country by road network, which later became part of western alignment of Pakistan China Economic Corridor (CPEC). The strategic and economic stature is same of as Karakoram Highway (KKH).
Project encompasses construction of 870 kilometers of road. Deployment was approved in February 2014 and FWO units mobilized on site in March 2014. Presently 11 units are employed on Balochistan Projects. Unprecedented efforts were made for mobilization of manpower and equipment on project sites and to date 502 kilometers of road has been completed in less than one and half year.

In the line of duty FWO has sustained 16 Shaheed (6 military personal and 10 civilian employees) and 29 severely injured in 136 security related incidents. Whole nation fully recognize these sacrifices for noble national cause.

FWO is fully cognizant of the importance of these projects and fully committed to live up to its traditions and complete the project in stipulated time without compromising on the quality of the work.

Construction of these roads will link Gawadar Port with up country by multi – dimensional routes i.e Chaman through N-25, Dera Ismail Khan through N – 50 and Indus Highway N – 55. Pertinent to mention, average progress of work is approximately 1.5 kilometers per day on international standards which is unprecedented in field of road construction throughout the world.

It is worth mentioning here that security, harsh weather, rugged mountainous terrain and remoteness of the area were some of the major challenges against this gigantic and testing project of national importance

 

[Muhammad Omar]

 

[IR-TR]

zende bad Pak! This project proides jobs, it connects all parts of Pak and it will become a huge trade-corridor. Goof for you. Now get your energy problem solved.

 

[Rasengan]

1 of Industrial zone is under Construction Near Lahore at Sheikhupura Named as Quaid e Azam Apparel Park.... not much info on others industrial zones but i'll share as soon as i find em ..... Yeah 1 Industrial Zone in also under construction in Faisalabad will share it later

Thank you Brother Muhammad for replying to my previous question. How long is the expected time frame for full completion of the roads in inter-linking the whole route of CPEC.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Thank you Brother Muhammad for replying to my previous question. How long is the expected time frame for full completion of the roads in inter-linking the whole route of CPEC.

well most of the roads are already there and completed there's only few points which needs to be linked with each other.. Well FWO is doing work with the speed of 1.5KM per day so you can see much roads completed in 2018... THe Lahore Karachi motarway will be completed by then

 

[Rasengan]

well most of the roads are already there and completed there's only few points which needs to be linked with each other.. Well FWO is doing work with the speed of 1.5KM per day so you can see much roads completed in 2018... THe Lahore Karachi motarway will be completed by then

Thank you for providing this information brother, your knowledge is fantastic and its nice to see your dedication in promoting Pakistan on this thread. Pakistan should get JICA involved in this project too, creating separate industrial zones for Japanese companies who are looking to relocate to cheaper labor intensive economies.

 

[Devil Soul]

Eastern CPEC route unfeasible: report
Published: July 26, 2015

Balochistan govt challenges Islamabad’s rationale. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD:
By preferring a route that passes through Punjab and Sindh rather than Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the federal government is artificially inflating the cost of the China-Pakistan economic corridor, to the point where it may become economically unviable, claims a report studying the matter issued by the Balochistan government.

The report, titled “China Pakistan Economic Corridor: The Route Controversy”, addresses what Quetta feels is Islamabad’s lack of consistency on the matter, and its failure to take into account the needs and desires of all federating units of the country. The matter could get politically inconvenient for the federal government, since Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch’s National Party is an ally of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz.

However, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal claims that the report is one-sided and did not take into account the views of what he feels is the main stakeholder in CPEC: the federal government.

The report was prepared by the chief minister’s Policy Reform Unit, headed by economist Kaiser Bengali. It analyses the viability of the three CPEC routes based on three parameters: population density, total area under cultivation along the routes and total production of four major crops. These parameters become the base for determining the cost of land acquisition and displacement of population, the socio economic benefits and the environmental impact.

Read: Game changer: Army chief vows to turn economic corridor into reality

Pakistan has identified three routes for Chinese cargo: the eastern alignment (passing mainly through central Punjab and Sindh), the central route (passing partly through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and hitherto unconnected parts of Punjab and Sindh) and the western alignment (passing through the relatively underdeveloped areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan).

The provincial government claimed that “despite denials the route has been changed to pass through central Punjab”, Islamabad is primarily focusing on the eastern corridor.

The districts along the preferred eastern route are the most densely populated, having large swathes of land under cultivation and is the main source of production of four major crops, according to the report. All these factors will increase the construction cost. By comparison, the western route is thinly populated and the land is mainly barren.

The comparison between the three routes implies that the eastern route is economically unviable, claims the report.

By selecting the eastern route, the government is trading off today’s security risks with provincial discord and political instability in the future, the report stated.

However, Iqbal said that the central route was the shortest one. “The eastern alignment part of Peshawar-Karachi motorway serves the major markets, industrial areas and most populated centres of the country,” said Iqbal. He said the CPEC concept is not to create a “container-in, container-out” economy but rather help make the country a regional manufacturing hub.

Read: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Lines of development – not lines of divide

The report argues that the pre-existing sections are likely to save time and cost are not tenable, as most sections will have to be widened and re-laid to cater to the volume and load of the traffic.

CPEC trail

The report finds the traces of the CPEC in the mid-2000s when the Planning Commission made a presentation to the then-president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Shaukat Aziz. It was then called the “Trade, Energy, Transport and Industrial Corridor”. The Musharraf Administration had identified the central route for creating surface transport connectivity between Gwadar and Kashgar in China.

The report also challenged the government’s claim that it will build all the three alignments. “The resources to build all three routes are not available and China would certainly not allocate resources to pander to political disagreements in Pakistan,” it added.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2015.