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Lahore:

Planned Business District near Airport

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Hyatt Regency and Serena Hotel, Ring Road

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Xinhua Mall, Gulberg

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DHA Shopping Mall, Phase 4

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Alama Iqbal Town moon market parking plaza


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Heritage Hotel, Bahria Town

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Please ignore Delhi and other city Metro Trains in this brochure...

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Grand Jamia Masjid, Bahria Town (Now Pakistan's 3rd Biggest Mosque)

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Rawalpindi Islamabad Metro

The bridge connecting H-9 and H-8 has been extended and reopened.

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Metro lanes at Peshawar More going under ground.

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Under construction Faiz Ahmed Faiz Road Station.

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The IJP-9th Avenue interchange

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Metro track coming at ground level after entering in Islamabad at 9th Avenue.

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Metro Pillars somewhere in Rawalpindi

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Such a simple life , lift and arrange bags of cement and same pile becomes the bed which you sleep on
If we can really help remove poverty in country that would be a great day when people can go home and sleep on bed
 
Rawalpindi:

GT Road, Bahria Town

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Peshawar:


Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital
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Narowal:

Post Graduate Block of Narowal Commerce College u/c

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Faisalabad
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Pearl City u/c

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Canal Road

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I have to admit some of the projects being done in Country are top notch , the shopping plaza the residential condo projects very high end comparable to perhaps 2000's from Western Standard or slightly better not seen before in Pakistani cities

The Bus project in Islamabad/Rawalpindi area would be a visible project no doubt

Its a shame that similar project was not done in Karachi considering what major shortage that city has for transport and the strange road system it employs with no traffic lights
 
Rural Sind:

DHQ Hospital - Qambar
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So who is providing the funds.
In every electricity Bill .. there are extra charging of money named as NJ surcharge (neelum jehlum Surcharge )

فن تعمیر کی مفرد شہکار بحریہ ٹاون لاہور کی جامع مسجد پاکستانیوں کی توجہ کا مرکز بن گئی،،،دنیا کی ساتویں بڑی مسجد کااعزاز حاصل کرنے والی اس عبادت گاہ میں قرآن اکیڈمی اور سات سو سال پرانے قرآنی نسخوں کا میوزیم بھی قائم کیا جائے گا

 
Highest peak of Balochistan: Club, army join hands for saving juniper forest

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Army personnel climb Balochistan’s highest peak Looai Sarr Naikaan with enthusiastic young adventurers. STOCK IMAGE

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Mountaineering in Balochistan is challenging, however Chiltan Adventurers Association joined hands with Pakistan Army at the Zarghoone Mount Expedition and Junipers Defenders grand camp near Quetta recently to promote the message of preserving the forests.


GOC Quetta Major General Mohammad Samrez Salik along with other army personnel climbed Balochistan’s highest peak Looai Sarr Naikaan with the enthusiastic young adventurers, according to the CAA founder and award-winning mountaineer Hayatullah Khan Durrani.

Hayatuallh supervised the expedition that took 65 climbers to Mount Zarghoone.

“This is historical,” Hayatullah told The Express Tribune. “It’s the first time any army general has joined hands with civilians to climb a peak in Balochistan. The feeling of taking 65 people to the peak and raising the flag of our country there was priceless.”

Hayatullah added that the army also gave reception to the team on Sunday, appreciating the venture to scale the 3,578 meters high mountain in one day.

“Our demand is simple, and it to stop the people from cutting juniper tree in this forest. It’s a national heritage. Even the UN has declared it an international heritage site because the trees here are more than 4,000 years old.

The scorpion hunters of Pakistan

Hundreds of people are involved in lucrative but unregulated scorpion trade amid fears it will affect the ecosystem.



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The hunters say that black scorpions weighing 60 grams can fetch at least $50,000 [EPA]
Thatta, Pakistan - Sitting in a dimly lit real estate office in a remote area of Pakistan's Sindh province, Naveed Gauri Khan waited for the scorpion broker he had been in correspondence with all week.

Khan, who claimed to be a frontman for a Swedish pharmaceutical firm, is among hundreds of others in the South Asian country involved in the lucrative scorpion trade.

The scorpions are in great demand apparently for medical research, and according to Khan a black scorpion weighing 60 grams can fetch at least $50,000.

Khan's phone rang constantly, but he ignored all the calls. Later, he told Al Jazeera that the phone calls were from middlemen offering him bribes to buy the invertebrate.

When the broker finally arrived, three hours late, he was empty-handed. Brokers and buyers involved in Sindh's scorpion trade complain that this is often the case.

"Although the trade is legal, hunters and brokers are afraid of security agencies," Khan told Al Jazeera. "They don't show the scorpion until they trust the buyer."

Local newspapers have recently carried stories describing the trade as illegal, discouraging open trading.

Nawab Muhammad Yusuf Talpur, a member of the National Assembly elected from Sindh, told Al Jazeera that although there is no legislation against the trade, regulations consider trading wildlife caught and moved from its natural habitat to be unacceptable.

The wildlife department, however, told Al Jazeera that there was no official law prohibiting Sindh's scorpion trade.

"Since there's no law prohibiting the trade and deals are apparently very profitable, why wouldn't more people get involved in this?" Javed Mehar, the head of the Sindh Wildlife Fund, told Al Jazeera.

Trust issues

Shahid and Sohail, two friends who grew up together in a housing colony in Sindh province's Thatta district, have never been scared of the scorpion's venomous sting.

"As teenagers, we caught and killed scorpions as a game," Sohail told Al Jazeera. "Last year we found out that if we caught a live one, we could be instant millionaires."

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Pannu, a snake-charmer said that he has been catching snakes and scorpions for his entire life but has never seen a scorpion heavier than 16 grams [Maham Javaid/ Al Jazeera]
On the hottest nights of the year, these hunters search for the nocturnal creatures in the 200-hectare dry forest behind their colony. Scorpions hibernate in cold weather, so Sohail says it is easier to catch them when it's hot.

Their broker, Faraz, is constantly in contact with other brokers who can sell the scorpion to foreign companies for thousands of dollars.

"I spend all my spare time connecting scorpion buyers with sellers," Faraz, who also works at Karachi Port Trust, told Al Jazeera. "When a big deal goes through, it will be like winning the lottery."

In the past year Faraz has only earned about $2,000 by selling tiny scorpions in bulk, but he remains optimistic.

He said that since the business is still relatively new, there are risks involved, which is why sellers often show up empty-handed.

"Until brokers are satisfied with the buyer's paperwork and the seller's item, neither the money nor the scorpion is brought forth," said Faraz. "This is why a great many deals fall apart."

Scorpion hunters and brokers told Al Jazeera that the trade also involved the risk of abduction. Buyers and middlemen receive calls requesting them to arrive at a specific location to purchase scorpions, but this can be a ruse for kidnapping.

Arrest by the police is another risk. Jamal Akhtar, a Thatta-based broker, told Al Jazeera that in August he was travelling to Karachi when the police stopped him and found two 70-gram scorpions in a container in his car. Akhtar was not charged, but he was held overnight at Makli's police station. His scorpions, however, were not returned to him.

"People will laugh at me if I register a case about missing scorpions," Akhtar told Al Jazeera. "Secondly, who can register a case about stealing against the police?"

Officials at Makli police station deny the incident took place.

Burgeoning trade

After a week of negotiations, Khan finally saw the 60-gram scorpion.

For this particular deal, the brokers had decided in advance that they would split the profit evenly among themselves. This meant that Khan would be paying five brokers, as well as the landlord who was the actual owner of the scorpion.

In recent years, landlords in Thatta and surrounding areas employ poor farmers to hunt for the scorpions. When farmers find a scorpion weighing above 40 grams, they are given approximately $100. The landlord then takes ownership of the scorpion and contacts brokers. As the number of brokers increases, the final price of the scorpion also increases.

Hunters and brokers told Al Jazeera that politicians are also heavily invested in the trade. "Anyone who has money to spare has invested in hunting for scorpions," Sohail told Al Jazeera.

Mir Aamir Ali Khan Magsi, a member of the National Assembly representing the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party in Sindh, told Al Jazeera that while he is not involved, he is aware that there is a great demand for black scorpions across Sindh. "There have been rumours of Chinese buyers who came in search of the scorpions," said Magsi.

Sohail, however, said sellers prefer not to deal with Chinese buyers because they do not match the rates offered by American, Australian and Swedish buyers.

The weight of the scorpion matters because, according to Khan, those weighing more than 40 grams have a longer life expectancy.

Khan discounts rumours about the scorpions being bought as a delicacy - or, according to some ludicrous rumours, to create explosives.

Sceptical amid security concerns

One concern about Sindh's scorpion trade is regarding the payments. Given Sindh's deplorable security situation, sceptics ask how buyers make such large payments.

Last year we found out that if we caught a live one, we could be instant millionaires

Sohail, a scorpion hunter

In Khan's case, the problem isn't too grave. He told Al Jazeera that he brought the money into the country through the State Bank of Pakistan. The actual exchange took place within the parking lot of a Thatta branch of the National Bank of Pakistan.

"Although the National Bank was not involved in our transaction, we used their premises for increased security," said Khan. "The money was delivered from Karachi in an armoured Brinks vehicle."

Pannu, a snake-charmer based in Thatta, told Al Jazeera that he has been catching snakes and scorpions for his entire life but has never seen a scorpion heavier than 16 grams.

He does, however, admit that he has sold scorpions to Australians. "Depending on the colour, you can make up to $5,000 for a bag of scorpions weighing a kilogram," Pannu told Al Jazeera.

He is aware of the impact this hunting has on Sindh's ecosystem. "Scorpions are used to feed gecko lizards, which in turn are eaten by the snakes," said Pannu. "So if we capture too many scorpions, we are indirectly endangering the snakes."

But Pannu added that if the government isn't making an effort to protect these species, he sees no reason for himself to sacrifice an opportunity to make some easy money.
 
I have to admit some of the Projects that are in this thread are certainly Mega Projects specially ones with China friendship is amazing

a) Airport in Islamabad
b) Multan Airport
c) Various residential projects
d) Metro Islamabad is a major project
e) Various other key projects in Lahore
f) Mosque and heritage projects
g) Few under construction projects such as cancer hospital etc and few others mentioned
h) Some of the Architecture of new buildings residential and commercial is fantastic top notch
i) Quite a few mega million Hotels and Malls of very high caliber

Some are private while others are thru federal government

Good projects indeed good steps but a very long way to go , Sindh of course is under PPP and we all know nothing will materialize there except for Bilawal's rants , Gwadar project has slowed down but still lot of postive, specially since now china is partner in that project

For me the biggest one is the City cleaning Management project it certainly makes Lahore stand out vs streets in Karachi or other cities, would have been nice if along with Islamabad Metro - the Karachi Metro project was also started same time

However it remains to be seen what does the people of nation want more infrastructure projects or social project remains to be seen if these projects serve the vast majority or not but still these project had to be done anyways

Inflation is a huge problem for nation there are 2 ways to approach is and Nawaz is following the path of Infrastructure refinement

However a wonderful thread and thank you for people who posted the wonderful images
Some of the residential schemes being introduced by various private construction companies look fantastic housing schemes good effort and applause to these companies for bringing in Top quality workmanship and housing to Pakistan.


Very promising stuff :pakistan:


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The rest will get sorted out lets see how nation evolves
Imran's view are more about social welfare structure first approach again a wonderful idea supported by people so remains to be seen how things turn out

a) Security
b) Social Areas (School / Hospitals/ Services sector)
c) Improved Plane/Train/ Gas Utilities / Electricity situation

Every man has his own way of approaching problem so lets see what happens next
 
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Sorry to say but Until the Law and order situation is not been improved in Pakistan; Buildings, Malls, Airports etc. are just waste of money. We need improvement in said situation on a first priority...
 
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