China - Pakistan Economic Corridor - CPEC
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- Motorway section to reopen this month...
The motorway (M-4) Gojra-Toba Tek Singh section will reopen for traffic after mid-August while Lahore-Abdul Hakeem portion of the Peshawar-Lahore-Karachi Motorway which passes through Rajana and Pirmahal areas will reopen for traffic after a few weeks when all of its interchanges get completed.
Just two days before PML-N government’s tenure ended, then prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the incomplete motorway atRajana.
Traffic was opened on both roads for just two days and as soon as the PML-N government was dissolved on May 30, the next day interchanges of M-4 located on Toba-Jhang Road and of M-3 (Peshawar-Lahore-Karachi) at Rajana were closed.
A National Highway Authority (NHA) official told Dawn that till the mid of August all remaining work and construction of the interchanges will be completed and now a new inauguration function will not be held.
He said the NHA had decided to construct four new service areas on M-4 (Pindi Bhattian-Multan portion) at Nawan Lahore and Jamani interchanges where there will be a petrol pump, a mosque, parking lot and tuck shops.
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Changan Automobile rolls into Pakistan
Changan Automobile and Master Motor recently signed a joint venture frame agreement to import and assemble LCVs, SUVs, MPVs and Passenger vehicles in Pakistan. A number of Master Motor representatives attended the signing ceremony including Chairman Master Changan Motors, Mr. Nadeem Malik and CEO Master Changan Motors,
Mr. Danial Malik. Changan was represented by Overseas Department Chairman Mr. Wang Huanran and Pakistan Project Director Mr. Yao Chongyan. More than 20 local journalists were on-hand for the event.
Under sincere and close cooperation, Changan believes the parties will provide “High quality, joyful experience” products and services to build Changan’s brand awareness and reputation.
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‘96% work of Dam water supply project completed’
: Around 96 per cent work on Khanpur Dam water supply project has been completed, said Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) Sibtain Raza.
Six overhead water tanks with 200,000 gallons water storage capacity and underground water tanks having same capacity have been completed. An overhead and underground water storage combined tank with 500,000 gallons capacity has also been completed while MS14742 pipeline and PE7800 water supply line laid under the project to supply water to the residents of the cantonment areas, he added.
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's long plagued water problem has finally been resolved....
Gwadar's acute water shortage has finally been resolved by the establishment of a water desalination plant. This plant produces 300,000 gallons of water daily, which is distributed to the local households in Gwadar.
The desalination plant was established by the China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC), who delivers this desalted fresh water at a cost price to the local government of Balochistan. This is a significant breakthrough achieved by the China and Pakistan under the Economic Corridor - ....
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Under construction RCD Highway N-25 Kuchlak by Pass Quetta.Due to increased popultion in kuchlak town there are difficulties in movement of large vehs. The Kuchlak by pass project of 15 Km length will give easy and fast access to connect with Afganistan through Chaman border. Completion Dec 2018.
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tracks to be upgraded before the completion of
Considering the importance of railway lines under the Economic Corridor (CPEC), it is being planned that the railway tracks be upgraded to bear the load of cargo and goods, set to pass through these tracks. The Chief Executive of Pakistan Railway, Muhammad Aftab Akhtar, laid supreme emphasis on the allocation of resources to complete this on a fast-track basis. He also ordered the removal of temporary barricades placed on the railway line from Karachi to Peshawar.
Railway tracks to be upgraded before the completion of CPEC...
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways Chief Executive Muhammad Aftab Akbar has said railways should use all the resources to repair, maintain and reconstruct the main line before the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) starts. He said that temporary barricades, which have been placed on the track from Karachi to Peshawar, will be removed gradually to improve the service. He was addressing a meeting of the engineering department. He instructed the officials concerned to upgrade Lahore-Wagah track to run the Samjhota Express operation more efficiently. He also ordered all the project directors to go to the field and monitor the pace of the projects on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, Additional General Manager Infrastructure Zafar-Ullah Kalor, Chief Engineering Open Line Nisar Ahmad Memon and Chief Engineer Survey & Construction Basharat Waheed said that the work on the ongoing projects is going on and temporary barricades will be removed subsequently. The chief executive said a plan should be submitted to the railways headquarters about the upgradation of branch lines with track and drain system of all the divisions. “Prepare a plan for closed sections and take all the legal actions to secure the land of railways and its assets,” he added.
Additional General Manager Mechanical Ijaz Ahmad Baroro, Additional General Manager Traffic Abdul Hameed Razi, Director Property and Land Asif Mateen Zaydi, Chief Operating Superintendent Amir Baloch and Chief Dry Port Dr Hassan Tahir Bukhari also attended the meeting.
PFA seals four food outlets: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday raided various food points across the city and closed down four food businesses for violation of the provincial food law. The raids held at various parts of the city especially in lower-class areas. PFA enforcement teams inspected the quality of food products and sanitation issues. The PFA spokesperson said the Authority had sealed Beijing Juice factory for producing juices of famous brands and using artificial colours for developing taste instead of fruit. The factory was functional in the Ravi Road area. Another factory was closed down in the Bund Road area for preparing inferior quality ice and for using rusted machinery and polluted water. He said that PFA closed a famous sweets and bakers, located at Jallo Morr, for using textile colours and other prohibited food articles in the preparation of confectioneries. Besides, a team of PFA raided Malik Gee Pan Shop in Garhi Shahu, sealed it for selling banned product of tobacco ‘gutka’, and for failing to produce medical certificates of its workers. An enforcement team seized 1,100 packets of gutka during the raid.
Dr Arshad appointed LUMS VC: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has appointed Dr Arshad Ahmad, Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning and Professor of Finance and Business Economics at McMaster University, Canada, as the 5th Vice-Chancellor of LUMS. Dr Arshad will assume the charge at the university by the end of August, 2018. Sharing his thoughts on his role at LUMS, Dr Arshad said, “It is a great privilege to serve Pakistan’s premier institution and I am excited to work with talented colleagues and the exceptional students who I am confident will take LUMS to the next level of excellence. It is also a homecoming for me and I am grateful for the warm welcome I have already received during my visits.
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Minister for Maritime Affairs and Foreign Affairs Abdullah Hussain Haroon on Friday said that ExxonMobil has indicated that it is close to hitting huge oil reserves near the Pak-Iran border, which could be even bigger than the Kuwaiti reserves.
Addressing business leaders at the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), the minister said that ExxonMobil — an American multinational oil and gas company — has so far drilled up to 5,000 meters close to the Iranian border and is optimistic about the oil find.
The Government of Pakistan, he said, has already taken an undertaking from the company to set up a generation complex worth $10 billion.
The government is also encouraging Chinese and Western investment in the country, he added.
He further said that there is a need to integrate the Karachi Port and Port Qasim so that they could supplement each other in the larger interest of the country.
On the occasion, he said the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has sufficient funds for purchasing two vessels but this will be done by next government.
The minister said that there is greater need to have new area for fish harbour because the existing one has many issues and there is shortage of land. However, he regretted that the harbour is not well kept and hoped that the European Union (EU) will give subsidy for new fish harbour.
