Infrastructure Development in Pakistan

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New Islamabad Airport

Bahawalpur Quaid e Azam Solar Park

 

[l'ingénieur]

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[Sulman Badshah]

GILGIT-BALTISTAN: Under-construction Friendship Bridge on Karakoram Highway, part of upgradation of Karakoram highway

GILGIT-BALTISTAN: Under-construction tunnels and bridges on Karakoram Highway at Attabad Lake in Gojal, Hunza

Pakistan Highway of MArvel

 

[Muhammad Omar]

KARACHI 2 Underpasses Flyover by Bahria

 

[Muhammad Omar]

RAWALPINDI-ISLAMABAD Metro Bus System

 

[Muhammad Omar]

INDUS RIVER Dasu Hydropower Project

New Islamabad International Airport

Islamabad Express Highway

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Canal Road Lahore

U/C 4 km Canal road section from Bahria town to New Lahore City

BAHRIA TOWN Heritage Hotel

 

[Muhammad Omar]

GULBERG Al-Hafeez Height

 

[Muhammad Omar]

JOHAR TOWN Emporium Mall by Nishat Group

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Reconstructed Government Girls Primary School & Government Girls Community Model School in Qalla Village, Bishbanr Valley Swat

New Mini Dumpers - Faisalabad Waste Management Company

Different Projects Of Rawalpindi

Punjab's first Facilitation Center in Rawalpindi!

Chairman PITB Dr. Umar Saif with DCO Rawalpindi Sajid Zafar and other Facilitation Center Team Members visited the Punjab government's first facilitation center in Rawalpindi. It will be operational in next 2 weeks for one window operation for all citizen services.

Health insurance for the poor from next year

LAHORE: The government will provide health cover to nearly 280,000 poor families in four districts from the next year.

In this regard, the Health Department will register a company, namely the Punjab Health Initiative Management Company.

“The company will float a request asking insurance companies to submit proposals to provide health cover to the poor in four districts,” Health Special Secretary Salman Mufti told The Express Tribune.

Health Department officials say the pilot project of the Rs4 billion health insurance scheme will be launched in Layyah, Rajanpur, Hafiazabad and Chakwal on March 23, 2015. Earlier, the Health Department had shortlisted five insurance companies after inviting expressions of interest.

Each entitled family will be issued an insurance card allowing patients to receive medical care at hospitals that are on the panel of the insurance company concerned.

In addition to government hospitals, the insured families will be able to receive treatment at specified private hospitals.

However, the scheme will extend to indoor departments of hospitals only. Each beneficiary will be entitled to medical services worth up to Rs35,000 a year.

Punjab Health Insurance Company Board of Directors chairperson Aisha Ghaus Pasha said the World Bank’s data would be used to ascertain the eligibility of beneficiaries. She said similar data had been used to provide financial assistance to the poor under the Benazir Income Support Programme.

She said a complaint-registration system would also be introduced in the four districts.

She said the government planned to extend the service to other districts later in 2015. She said Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif would set the final date for the launch of the scheme.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/803889/f...rom-next-year/

Switch To Biogas: Plants planned in Bahawalnagar, Kasur

MULTAN: “The government has decided to install 36 biogas plants in Bahawalnagar and Kasur to run tube wells and provide farmers a viable way of lifting water at cheaper running cost,” said provincial assembly member Rana Ijaz Ahmad Noon on Monday. He said if the pilot project was a success, farmers would be given upto Rs7.5 billion subsidy for installation of such plants across the province. “Each farmer will get Rs200,000 subsidy for one biogas plant,” he said. The initiative would spare the farmers the electricity and fuel costs, Noon said. He said the government had taken notice of low market price of rice and had allocated Rs10 billion to stabilise Basmati rice prices. He said farmers cultivating Basmati rice would get Rs5,000 per acre cash grants. He said the Agriculture Department had begun preparing record of Basmati rice growers in the Punjab. He said the Punjab government had not issued any notification on reduction in sugarcane prices. He said farmers facing difficulties in receiving payments from sugar mills should approach the DCO or contact him over the phone to get their grievances addressed.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/803909/s...alnagar-kasur/

Punjab to have 307 water filtration plants

LAHORE - The Punjab government has decided to install 307 water filtration plants in the first phase of the Saaf Pani Project to provide clean water to the citizens.
In the billions of rupees project, the Punjab government will ensure supply of potable water to every district of the province. In the first phase, water filtration plants will be installed in the districts of north and south Punjab and the scope of this project will be expanded under a phased programme.
Presiding over the meeting to review to pace of project on Monday, Shahbaz Sharif said that provision of potable water to the citizens was government top priority.
The chief minister directed that installation of water filtration plants under this programme should be expedited and the project be completed as early as possible. He directed that a comprehensive mechanism be devised for the implementation of the project and third party audit system should be evolved for effective monitoring of the same. The secretary local government informed the meeting that a programme had been chalked out for the installation of a total of 1650 water filtration plants in the province.

http://nation.com.pk/lahore/09-Dec-2...tration-plants

 

[Muhammad Omar]

LAHORE: Four senior officers of the Turkish National Police have joined two-month specialized training as instructors of the first batch of 468 corporals recruited by the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department as a part of new Anti-Terrorism Force.

They will be joined by an Turkish team on Dec 7 to conduct longest-ever training session of corporals at Elite Police Training School, Baidian Lahore.

As many as 1,271 corporals including 75 females have so been inducted in the CTD on a high pay package and incentives.

Officials told Dawn on Thursday that a group of 42 Turkish police experts of different ranks would impart training to 930 corporals of first two batches from Dec 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015, in two phases.

They said the training would be imparted in the fields of investigation, intelligence and special operations by experts who would use their own state-of-the-art academic courses and physical and tactical training modules.

Officials said Punjab police experts, including Elite instructors, would also assist Turkish instructors during two training sessions.

They said first batch of 468 corporals started their general training, including Elite Police course, from April 2014 while second batch of 462 corporals joined the training in June this year.

Officials said the first batch would be passed-out on January 31, 2015 and the second batch would complete two-month specialized training on March 31, 2015.

They further said third batch of 341 corporals, who had joined general training phase from Dec 1, would be getting Turkish training at a later stage.

According to the CTD record, the basic qualification for corporals was graduation, but a good number of them are master degree holders, vets, engineers and MBAs.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1149088

Clean Water Project to start this month

BAHAWALPUR: Work on the Clean Water Project will begin in 12 districts, including Bahawalpur, this month. The government has allocated Rs5 billion for the first phase of the project, Commissioner Captain (retd) Javed Akbar told journalists at a briefing on Wednesday.

He said the project will take three years to complete. They will begin by taking a survey of the target areas and designing projects best suited to these areas. The commissioner said areas with population of over 5,000 and restricted access to potable water would be prioritised. Areas where existing water projects have been discontinued will also be a priority.

He said three tehsils in Bahawalpur district had been identified for this purpose. He said the pilot projects will commence soon and the government will arrange seminars and awareness sessions to acquaint people with the project. “Providing potable water to the entire population is an arduous task, but we must look at it as a national duty. This project benefits all of us.” The commissioner stressed on the need for proper utilisation of funds. He said they would have to purchase durable machinery for which spares were available locally.

Akbar asked all departments to cooperate and work in coordination with each other to make the project a success. The Hasilpur, Liaquatpur and Manchanabad tehsils have been selected for the pilot project.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/805000/p...rt-this-month/

Shahbaz assured of Iranian cooperation in energy sector

LAHORE - A high-level Iranian delegation led by Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance Dr. Ali Taeibnia met Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, here on Wednesday. It was agreed in the meeting that trade and economic relations as well as cooperation between the two countries in energy, agriculture, livestock, industries and transport sectors will be promoted. Talking to the Iranian Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance, the Chief Minister said that there are historical and brotherly relations between Iran and Pakistan and time has come to take practical measures to transform them into economic and trade ties. He said that a modern slaughter house has been set up in Lahore with the cooperation of Iran and there is a need for promotion of cooperation in other sectors as well for the benefit of the people of the two countries. He said that setting up of a joint commission between Pakistan and Iran and signing of some agreements in Islamabad augurs well for future relations. He said that there is a vast scope of promotion of bilateral cooperation in energy, agriculture, livestock, industries, transport and other sectors and there is a need to benefit from the existing opportunities. The Chief Minister while proposing to set up a joint committee between Punjab and Iran for promoting cooperation in different sectors said that it should devise a strategy for practical and speedy measures for promoting cooperation in different sectors.He said that Iran has executed metro projects in its cities and Punjab government wants that Iran should consider promotion of cooperation with Punjab also in metro projects.
He said that Iran has expertise in manufacturing plants for generation of power from gas and Iranian cooperation in this regard will be welcomed. He said that LNG terminal in Karachi will start operating in 2015 and it will help meet requirements of power houses. The Chief Minister expressed keen interest in Iranian gas plants of power generation.
Iranian Finance Minister said that the leaderships of Pakistan and Iran are determined to promote bilateral relations. He said that Iran wants to strengthen it economic and trade ties with Pakistan and hoped that like cultural and political relations, economic and trade ties between the two countries will also touch new heights. He said that Iran is ready to cooperate with Pakistan in meeting its energy needs as well as construction of new power houses. He said that Punjab’s textile industry has a vast potential and trade relations can be further strengthened through promoting cooperation in this sector.
Iranian Finance Minister while assuring cooperation regarding metro projects, welcomed the Chief Minister’s proposal for the setting up a joint committee between Punjab and Iran. He said that Chief Minister Shahbaz has taken practical measures for the progress of the people in the real sense and he is a dynamic leader. Iranian Finance Minister also invited Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to visit Tehran. The CM said that he will visit Iran as soon as possible. Provincial Ministers Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman, Rana Mashhood Ahmad, Director General Walled City, Secretaries of Planning & Development, Health, Industries, Livestock, Excise & Taxation, Deputy Minister of Iran Dr Mohammad Khazaeel, Governor of Iranian Province Sistan Osat Hashmei, Ambassador Ali Raza and other senior authorities were also present on the occasion.


http://nation.com.pk/business/11-Dec...-energy-sector

PDWP approves 15 Development schemes worth Rs 13.5 billion

The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Punjab approved 15 uplift schemes for various development sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 13150.928 million. These schemes were approved in the 27th meeting of PDWP of current fiscal year 2014-15, presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman Muhammad Irfan Elahi.

The approved development schemes are non-formal education promotion project with Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica) at the cost of Rs 191.049 million, Third Party Evaluation of Literacy Projects.(PC-II) at the cost of Rs 50 million, extension of building of Bahadur sub-campus of BZU at Layyah at the cost of Rs 354.672 million, establishment of expansion of emergency service to tehsils (Phase-II) at the cost of Rs 1090.009 million, Punjab Water and Sanitation Academy Lahore at the cost of Rs 673.251 million.

The construction of purpose built building for archives wing of S&GAD in Punjab Civil Secretariat Lahore at the cost of Rs 277.972 million, dualisation of Samundri-Rajana-Toba Tek Singh Road, length=49 Km, Faisalabad/TT Singh at the cost of Rs 3178.145 million, widening/improvement of Jourian Chakri Road including Missing Link Kachi Jourian to Choutra, length 22.20 km, district Rawalpindi at the cost of Rs 263.936 million, construction of bridge on River Ravi at Qutab Shahana in district Sahiwal at the cost of Rs 1799.815 million, improvement of Bahawalnagar-Haroonabad Road, district Bahawalnagar (revised) at the cost of Rs 1502.315 million.

The dual carriageway with green belt and lights from Cantt Baker to Railway Station via Chowk Munir Shaheed (length:2.65 km) district Bahawalpur at the cost of Rs 513.241 million, construction of Mahota Dam, Rawalpindi at the cost of Rs 1861.985 million, and management of Hill ******** in Irrigation Zone, DG Khan-Sori Lund, Vidore, Mithawan, Kaha and Chachar (Kaha Hill Torrent) at the cost of Rs 968.713 million. Provincial Secretary P&D Waseem Ajmal Chaudhary, members of the Planning & Development Board, Provincial Secretaries concerned and other senior representatives of the relevant provincial departments also attended the meeting.

http://www.pcq.com.pk/pdwp-approves-...s6KEc.facebook

Campus of Khawaja Ghulam Fareed Univ of Eng. & Information Technology under construction in Rahim Yar Khan

 

[Sulman Badshah]

The 367-km long six-lane Islamabad-Lahore M-2 Motorway will be overlayed (re-carpeted) and modernized. Project has been awarded to the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) by the National Highway Authority (NHA) on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park

 

[Muhammad Omar]

RAWALPINDI-ISLAMABAD Metro Bus