Infrastructure Development in Pakistan

[Edevelop]

Pakistan Railways:

Jhimpir Railway Station

Wind energy Project in the background

Saad Inaugurates new power vaans

 

[Edevelop]

New Gwadar Airport

Hafizabad Agriculture Program

Canal Project in Peshawar

Rathoa Haryam Bridge linking cities in Azad Kashmir

 

[Edevelop]

Islamabad Metro Bus

Poultry Plant in Kasur

Kacchi Canal project between Punjab and Balochistan

969 MW Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project

Quaid e Azam Solar Park in Bahawalpur in progress

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Hazara motorway/ Expressway Work inaugurated by Dy Speaker NA Murtaza Abbasi

 

[PakCan]

Will each square in Quaid e Azam solar Park produce 100mw of electricity? Do you guys know what's the deadline of all the projects currently active right now?

 

[Asmar Hussain]

Islamabad Metro Bus

Poultry Plant in Kasur

Kacchi Canal project between Punjab and Balochistan

969 MW Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project

Quaid e Azam Solar Park in Bahawalpur in progress

nice work

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Will each square in Quaid e Azam solar Park produce 100mw of electricity? Do you guys know what's the deadline of all the projects currently active right now?

Yes Each Square will produce 100 MW of Electricity... The Total Production will be 1000 MW and later they will increase it to 1500 MW if wanted... The Projects on going will be completed in the end of 2017 and start of 2018... Most Projects will be inaugurated when the Chinese President will come to Pakistan like coal Power Projects Lahore Orange Line Metro Etc...

 

[Hammaad Khan]

Any updates on bhasha dam?

 

[Samir Ismail]

can ypu please upload something on Current Pakistani Artillery systems and future plans

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Any updates on bhasha dam?

Not yet But World bank gave 550 million for Dasu dam

can ypu please upload something on Current Pakistani Artillery systems and future plans

You Blind or smthing? this is the thread of Infrastructure not Weapons upgrade thread

 

[Sulman Badshah]

smart meter to be introduced

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=605090996301518

 

[Sulman Badshah]

Ministry all set to start 3,600MW power generation through LNG
February 05, 2015
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Ministry of Water and Power is all set to start 3600 MW electricity generation projects through LNG in Punjab and in this regard, has applied Rs. 8.85 per unit tariff in Nepra.
The LNG would be supplied to power plants in Punjab province and initially to four power plants. According to officials ministry opposed the idea of installing of power plants near Karachi, close to LNG terminal, due to the electricity transportation constraints. According to sources tariff request is ready and would be submitted to Nepra in a day or two.
There are three distribution companies where electricity requirements are more and they would be supplied additional power. GAPCO, PESCO and LESCO are the companies which would be fed by the LNG powered power plants, official said.
The officials said that in order to install new plants to generate more than 3500 MW electricity through LNG, new plants would also be set and they would start contributing to national grid in next three to four years.
Due to comparatively high cost, of LNG, Ministry of Petroleum has been eyeing to provide imported fuel to power sector.
What would be the cost of LNG, and when deal with Qatar would be finalised, nobody in power corridors is certain, however, according to sources, deal with Qatar is in final phase and government is carefully monitoring the volatile LNG market before finalising any price.
One of the top bosses of Ministry of Water and Power told that he has no idea about the prices of LNG, however, on average around $8 per mmbtu, they have worked out per unit tariff of Rs 8.85.
Ministry of Water and Power has been claiming in recent past that in coming winter, additional cheap electricity would be added to the national grid, but sources say it would take time. As per the data of Ministry of Water and Power, the electricity load shedding may increase this year as ministry is only using efficient power plants, to keep the productions prices and ultimately bills of consumers low.
This year we will have 749MW electricity from Guddu, through gas Nandipur would add additional 400 MW, but this electricity would hardly cater per year growth in demand, official said.

 

[karakoram]

can some body share news regarding neelam jehlum project

 

[OTTOMAN]

Ministry all set to start 3,600MW power generation through LNG
February 05, 2015
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Atif Khan

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ISLAMABAD
Ministry of Water and Power is all set to start 3600 MW electricity generation projects through LNG in Punjab and in this regard, has applied Rs. 8.85 per unit tariff in Nepra.
The LNG would be supplied to power plants in Punjab province and initially to four power plants. According to officials ministry opposed the idea of installing of power plants near Karachi, close to LNG terminal, due to the electricity transportation constraints. According to sources tariff request is ready and would be submitted to Nepra in a day or two.
There are three distribution companies where electricity requirements are more and they would be supplied additional power. GAPCO, PESCO and LESCO are the companies which would be fed by the LNG powered power plants, official said.
The officials said that in order to install new plants to generate more than 3500 MW electricity through LNG, new plants would also be set and they would start contributing to national grid in next three to four years.
Due to comparatively high cost, of LNG, Ministry of Petroleum has been eyeing to provide imported fuel to power sector.
What would be the cost of LNG, and when deal with Qatar would be finalised, nobody in power corridors is certain, however, according to sources, deal with Qatar is in final phase and government is carefully monitoring the volatile LNG market before finalising any price.
One of the top bosses of Ministry of Water and Power told that he has no idea about the prices of LNG, however, on average around $8 per mmbtu, they have worked out per unit tariff of Rs 8.85.
Ministry of Water and Power has been claiming in recent past that in coming winter, additional cheap electricity would be added to the national grid, but sources say it would take time. As per the data of Ministry of Water and Power, the electricity load shedding may increase this year as ministry is only using efficient power plants, to keep the productions prices and ultimately bills of consumers low.
This year we will have 749MW electricity from Guddu, through gas Nandipur would add additional 400 MW, but this electricity would hardly cater per year growth in demand, official said.

Ministry have gone nuts.... i wonder what would become of this project in 5 years time, when world´s gas reservoirs would decline, bunch of corrupt people ruling Pakistan.

 

[Edevelop]

Agreement signed between Punjab govt, Sweden for inspection, fitness of vehicles

Lahore—An agreement was signed between Punjab government and Sweden here Wednesday regarding inspection and certification system of vehicles. Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif was the chief guest at the ceremony held at Model Town. Secretary Transport and President OPUS Group of Sweden Carl Magnus Greko signed the document.

Under the agreement, the Swedish group will set up 39 fitness stations in Punjab for the checking of commercial vehicles. In the first phase, three fitness stations will be established in Lahore division which will start functioning from June 2015 while in the second phase fitness stations will be set up in other cities of the province. Seven tests of different kinds will be conducted on the vehicles at the fitness stations to be established by the Swedish Group. The Swedish group will also extend cooperation with regard to licencing and training of drivers and a separate driving school of international standard will be established in Punjab.

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif while speaking on the occasion said that it is the first agreement signed in Pakistan under public-private partnership in services sector. He said that under the agreement fitness certificates of international standard will be issued to commercial vehicles and no unfit vehicle will be allowed on the road. He said that route permits will be issued only to the vehicles which will meet the standard of fitness.

The Swedish group will also provide licensing and training to the drivers. He said that the project of establishing fitness stations for vehicles is of vital importance as fitness station for inspection of vehicles and certification system for drivers will be helpful in controlling accidents as well as environmental pollution. He said that a driving school will also be set up for the training of drivers on modern lines. The Chief Minister appreciated the agreement with the Swedish group and said that it will not only create job opportunities but will also increase foreign investment.

Ambassador of Sweden Tomas Rosander, Chairman Lahore Transport Company Kh. Ahmed Hassan, Chairman Planning & Development, Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board and Chief Executive Officer of OPUS Inspection International Lothar Geilen were also present on the occasion.

Suzuki Kizashi to be launched in Pakistan within 6 months.

Suzuki Kizashi competes with the old, more established guns of the affordable mid-size segment of the automotive market namely; Honda Accord and Toyota Camry however, it has received positive press around the world with some auto-pundits, such as Motor Trend going as far as saying that the Kizashi is better than Accord. Despite that fact, Suzuki lost its ground in the US and isn’t faring so well in China either.

The model Kizashi isn’t to be blamed for Suzuki’s lack of success in either of the countries, but rather the lack of models which contributed to Suzuki’s ouster from US and the depleting sales figures in China. In the US, the problem was largely due to the fact that Suzuki’s dealer network was a mess and to top it off, Suzuki didn’t have much of a portfolio to offer so after reaching peak sales figures of around 100,000 units in 2006 and 2007, everything just went downhill from then on.

In China though, Kizashi didn’t do so well unfortunately and Suzuki was seen offering discounts/incentives to bring the prices down from $28,877 to $22,791 however, Suzuki isn’t giving up on China as easily as it did on the US. Kizashi’s successor model was spotted testing in China in, around May 2014 so while Pakistan may just be getting the Kizashi here, China is preparing for the new model.

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So it makes perfect sense now, the world bids farewell to the Kizashi and we’re preparing to welcome it.

Regardless of that, it is a great car and IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) ranked the car’s safety as “good”, the other car to get it was Accord while Camry and Prius V were ranked poor. So there’s that!

The engine is Suzuki’s in-house developed 2.4 liter DOHC inline four-cylinder which produces 185 HP and 170 lb.-ft. of torque while you can have the vehicle with a CVT which reduces the horsepower to 180 or, keep the 5 additional ponies with a manual transmission.

Granted, all these things are China and US specific as other than the fact that Suzuki is working furiously to introduce the Kizashi here (expected within the next 6 months), we don’t know what options will it receive here but the car has some good options.

The base version is offered with standard push button start, sport front seats, steering wheel audio controls, automatic dual-zone climate control with passenger rear vents, stability control, 8 airbags and integrated-chromed dual exhaust tips but we can’t be sure however, the Accord price in the US starts at 22,000 $ and the Kizashi also starts from that range but while Accord’s price climbs up to 32,000 $ (V6 Accord), Kizashi stays within 25,000 $.

We’ve received confirmed reports from multiple sources that Kizashi is en route to Pakistan and Pak Suzuki has all the marketing materials and other stuff ready to launch it in Pakistan. We’ve also got to know that Pak Suzuki is importing the Kizashi like they brought in Grand Vitara, for their senior management and the leftovers were sold to the public but here’s hoping it will be cheaper than an Audi A3.

Yamaha motorcycles with new bike models returning to Pakistan