Infrastructure Development in Pakistan

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Pakistan’s aviation progresses as modern radar system installed

Pakistan has made key progress in the aviation sector with the installation of a modern radar system, Mode S, at major airports citing expected rise in flights after doubling its airspace routes

The development came after the formal approval of the Air Navigation Plan 2025 by the executive committee of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

The aviation authority has started implementing the new plan citing expecting a hike in revenue up to 25 to 30 per cent after increasing its airspace routes from seven to 14 sectors in accordance with the international aviation regulations

Sources said that the country’s aviation sector will witness a sharp rise in flight numbers especially from Europe, Canada, Saudi Arabia and other countries.

It is said that control towers of the country’s airports are being equipped with modern technology under the air navigation plan.

Moreover, the authority has installed a modern system, Mode S for Secondary Surveillance Radar process, that will equip control towers for selective interrogation of planes. In its first phase, two radar systems have been installed at #Islamabad and four at #Karachi airports.

The process for installation of modern equipment at different airports of the country alongside its modification as per international standards was continued.

The concerned authorities had also continued construction of new runways at the airports, whereas, the PIA revenue increased after the resumption of major routes including Lahore, Islamabad, United Kingdom (UK) and #Europe

 

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Great to see that this motorway+expressway passes very near to N15 (Mansehra-Balakot Road). It seems the best and closest accessible point between Hazara Motorway and N15 will be near the location of New Balakot City. As seen in the following screenshot.

P.S: Naran, Kaghan janay walon ki mojain hi mojain. Balakot at just 3 hours drive from Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Shogran 4 hours and Naran within 5 hours

P.P.S: It is not sure till what point Hazara Motorway will be 4-lane + access control, but if it is till Mansehra Interchange (connected with Lassan Nawab Road), then I suspect that the 2-lane expressway between Mansehra Interchange and New Balakot city may not remain sufficient in coming years due to extreme traffic destined to Kaghan Valley.
Next year would be the litmus test for the things to come.

 

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Japan will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan to import skilled Pakistani manpower for 14 different sectors at a ceremony on December 23.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari revealed this during an online interactive session (Pakistan Se Rabta) with the expatriates.

The MoU will enable Pakistanis to work in 14 sectors of Japan, including construction, information technology, nursing, manufacturing, engineering, and others.

He said the ministry has already started sending skilled workforce to European countries including Romania and the United Kingdom.

“We are exploring new markets for export of manpower other than the Middle East,” he said while responding to a query.

 

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Turkish AeroSpace Industry (TAI) launched new office at #Pakistan's first techn opark “National Science & Technology Park.” PM honoured the opening ceremony. It is great to be a first Turkish Defense Industry company at Techno park in Pakistan.

 

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PM to lay foundation stone of Jalapur canal today

December 26, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will lay the foundation stone of the 117-kilometre-long Jalapur-Kundwal canal in Jhelum on Thursday.

This project will be built at a cost of Rs48 billion and completed by 2024.

The ceremony will be attended by Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar, Jahangir Tareen and Federal Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry, whose constituency the project falls in.

The irrigation project was envisioned 121 years ago. The project is a new non-perennial irrigation system for enhancing the agricultural produce in Pind Dadan Khan and Khaushab.

The canal originating from Rasul Bridge will terminate at Khushab after passing through Pind Dadan Khan.

Around 170,000 acres will be cultivated through the project. The water flow in the canal will be 1,350 cusecs. The project will provide 48% clean drinking water to 17 different villages.

The expenses to be incurred on this project will be shared by Asian Development Bank and Punjab government.

Fawad Chaudhry told The Express Tribune that $274 million for the project would be provided by the Asian Development Bank. “The project will benefit over 500,000 people,” he added.

It took the ADB and the government of Punjab almost six years to plan and make the project effective. The scheme had for the first time been prioritised in the Country Partnership Strategy (2009-13) to improve the irrigation infrastructure.

The project will convert over 68,000 hectares of less productive and predominantly rain-fed area into irrigated farmland.

Agriculture remains a crucial component of Pakistan’s economy, contributing 20% of the gross domestic product and employing 42% of the labour force in fiscal year 2015, with Punjab contributing more than 80% of the agricultural output.

The Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform has estimated that the agriculture sector has to grow 5% per year to reduce the poverty incidence and ensure food security, and for the national economy to reach its 7-8% annual growth target.

 

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Prime Minister Imran Khan to inaugurate Allama Iqbal Industrial City on 3rd January

The ground breaking ceremony of first state-of-the-art Allama Iqbal Industrial City special economic zone Faisalabad which is being developed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project to be held on January 03. The Industrial zone has been planned over an area of 4000 acres which is strategically located on Motorway M-4. around Rs 357 billion foreign and local investment will be injected into various projects, which is likely to create 250,000 jobs.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to perform the ground breaking ceremony of this mega prioritized project of special economic zone of Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (#FIEDMC) under CPEC.

Appreciating the economic policies of Prime Minister, FIEDMC Chairman Mian Kashif Ashfaq on Saturday said that the incumbent government focused on the economic growth in the country

 

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KANUPP takes CSR to the next level

The very first word that jumps to mind when we have a glance at the pyramids and such iconic landmarks is ‘wonder’ but what these actually reflect is ‘legacy’–of some visionary leaders who built these marvels centuries ago. Today’s leaders should also aspire to leave the legacies. They should ensure that whatever they do must have sustainability so that long after they are gone, whatever they started continues to evolve.

To achieve this level of transformational legacy, we have to pursue more than the typical concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that entails a few nicely-worded hollow promises on official websites and some feel-good philanthropist initiatives. Rather, such legacy requires taking CSR to the next level that is deeply engrossed in all the activities of an organisation.

And that is exactly what Karachi Nuclear Power Project (KANUPP) has been aiming to achieve for over four decades. On the Arabian Sea coast, approximately 18km east of Karachi, KANUPP is Pakistan’s first nuclear power plant inaugurated on 28 November 1972. It comprises a single-unit Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) pressurised heavy-water reactor supplied by the Canadian General Electric Company with a gross output of 137MWe. The plant is one of the five nuclear power plants currently owned and being operated by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.

 

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‘Tarbela 4th extension generates 5.6bln units electricity’

Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project has contributed 5.6 billion units of low-cost electricity to the grid since its launch last year, almost 50 percent more than what was previously estimated, Wapda chairman said on Thursday.

Briefing the World Bank President David Malpass, Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Muzammil Hussain said as many as 378 million acre feet of water has been released from Tarbela reservoir to meet irrigation needs of the country. In addition, Tarbela 4th extension hydropower project, commissioned last year, generated 5.6 billion units - more than the generation envisaged in PC-I of the project.

In October last year, Wapda announced the completion of the third and last unit at its 1,410 megawatts Tarbela 4th Extension hydropower project, which was constructed on Tunnel no. 4 of Tarbela dam. The project has three turbine-generator units, each with a capacity of 470 MW. The hydropower plants were expected to annually contribute 3.84 billion units of electricity to the grid.

 

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China to train 1,800 Pakistanis, construct 50 schools, 50 Vocational training centres and 30 hospitals across Pakistan in 2020:...Chinese Envoy

Also China-Pakistan have finalized 27 priority projects of social development under the CPEC, of which 17 will be launched in the first half of 2020.

The second phase of the Free Trade Agreement between China and Pakistan comes into effect on January 1, 2020, and Pakistan’s exporting products such as leather, cotton and garment products will enjoy zero-tariff entry into China’s market.

 

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Three SEZs out of 9 have been declared as Prioritized Special Economic Zones by Pakistan anChina governments
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1. Allama Iqbal Industrial City, Faisalabad in Punjab

2. Rashakai SEZ in KhyberPakhtunkhwa

3. Dhabajee SEZ in Sindh.

 

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Pakistan Ranked Among Top 5 #Freelancer Markets Thanks to Massive Growth in 2019.


Pakistan has huge potential when it comes to freelance services considering that 70% of the total population is under the age of 30.
In the recently published by Payoneer rankings for freelance markets, Pakistan has been ranked at 4th, well above India and Bangladesh. The list is topped by the United States with a 78% year over year revenue growth.
In its report, Payoneer wrote that the country’s freelancers increased from 4% in Q3 2018 to 42% in Q2 2019, attributing the growth to government’s efforts and youth’s increased participation in the economy.
This growth has been mainly fueled by Pakistani youth, thanks to a period of government investment in enhancing their digital skills, combined with a young population where 70% of people are aged under 30

 

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CPEC East West Corridor: 70% Physical Work Of Under-construction Layyah-Taunsa Bridge Completed.The project is likely to be completed in current year 2020.Work on the Rs 2.7 billion project started in February 2018.The flow of traffic from east to west would be facilitated by providing a link between Indus highway N-55 (North-South Corridor) and Pindi Bhattian- Multan Motorway M-4...

 

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KP Govt Launches E-challan System Under Digital Pakistan Program

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has launched an E-challan system, one of the first initiatives taken under the Digital Pakistan Program.

According to details, the proposed E-challan system will be implemented across the province including former FATA districts. The E-challan system in different cities will be connected to a central control room.

The E-challan system will record incidents of traffic violations and automatically produce a ticket with details of the lawbreakers, including pictures with registration numbers of the vehicles. Moreover, KP citizens will be notified through an SMS in case of a traffic violation