Water Front Developments

Fire of creativity and imagination is promising to make Karachi beachfront a much sought-after tourist destination in the foreseeable future. Entirely practical and wholly realizable projects will have a deep impact on the lifestyle of the people of Karachi whose perception of enjoying the sea at present consists of riding a camel or a horse or just taking a walk on the wet sand and watching the waves crash on the shore. They will soon have access to multiple recreational activities within their reach.

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Many foreign visitors have agreed that the best portion of the Arabian Sea extending westward from the Indian peninsula is the Karachi beach itself. The surf, the foam, the regime of waves, the rocks, the coves, large stretches of red and white sand with lush green mangrove forests lining the horizon ---- one couldn't ask for more.

There isn't a better idyllic location for building entertainment and recreational spots than the tranquil creeks that cut the waterfront. The grand suitability of the creeks as locations is borne out by the highly successful projects as the DHA Golf Club, the Marina Club and the Creek Club on the historic Gizri Creek. These projects planned with a vision will alter the lifestyle of the people of Karachi in general.
Waterfront development the world over is seen as the reflection of a city, mirroring the life and rhythm of its people. The DHA Water Front Development project has not only the potential to bring about transformation and uplift of the Clifton beach but will also bring huge foreign/local investment and state-of-the-art entertainment technology with added advantage. The project will also provide employment opportunities and give a boost to national economy.
The assumption of some vested interest that the common man will have no place in this vision of development is contrary to the facts. While the Seaview will be developed as the most modern beach of the region with some components of commercial nature located at extended beach frontage to maintain the economic viability of the project, the maximum area of the beach

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front will be open to free access. The development of natural sand beaches of international standards will supplement this and the project will be available to the common citizens who will have ample opportunities to enjoy the pleasure of natural beauty and the bounties of the sea.

The entire Waterfront is divided into seven zones according to the characteristics of the beach. These zones are independent to the extent that each zone is an activity centre in itself. Lately DHA has asked for Expression of Interest for development of Recreational Zone B and Entertainment Zone C. Here is brief description of the two zones.

Zone B - Marvel of Dynamism
DHA recreational zone would be offering a whole new world of thrilling fun, excitement and loads of surprises. Located in between McDonalds and Kinara Restaurant - area in front of Seaview Apartments, the Recreational Zone B (approximately 48 acres) amazingly redefines the concept of enjoying life. It offers a life time prospering investment opportunity for the investors to broaden their horizons.

The special features of the zone include a Viewers' Tower 500 to 600 feet high having revolving restaurant and observatory deck on top. It will have a water park and water sports facilities with slides and swimming zones.
It will also have small size retail outlets, viewers decks, promenades, parks and piazzas, indoor games, such as ice-skating, simulators, shooting gallery, deck for artists to perform, offshore amphitheatre with a capacity of 6,000 spectators connected through a grand pier with the mainland. The area will have open access to general public.

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Zone C - The Rhythm of Life
DHA plans an exclusive entertainment zone between Darakhshan Villas and Seaview Apartment in Zone C of DHA Waterfront to relieve people from daily drudgeries of life and provide them rare excitements. All state-of-the-art facilities at par with best entertainment facility and most modern technology are planned to be developed.

Zone C is in the neighborhood of independent residential units (Darakshan Villas). Features of the zone include viewers' deck, parks, promenade and piazzas, a performance deck where artists will give live performance to the public. The most striking feature of the zone is construction of an exclusive Amusement Park on 24 acres of land which will provide fun and entertainment for adults and children alike.

The rules and principles of environment protection, coastal conservation and town planning according to stringent national and international standards are in-built components of the water front developments. Moreover, all the project designs are in accordance with contemporary bye-laws and standards of the Environmental Protection Agency.

It is widely predicted that DHA Waterfront Developments Project which is Pakistan's biggest private-public venture will lead to nation's social and economic prosperity. The "First Multilateral Giant Venture of its Kind" extends from the windy Arabian Sea coast to the calm waters of Gizri Creek, covering an area of 14 kilometers.
The beach development will have an integrated and comprehensive vehicular traffic management plant. A power and desalination plant and water management plan have also been developed. The sanctity of the beach is maintained ensuring that the design caters for the key concerns like security, pollution, sanitation, hygiene, regularization of street vendors, parking and pedestrian requirements, creation of urban piazzas and squares, adequate lighting and street furniture.

Strategically designed on best international standards this mega project is planned at par with the world's most advanced beaches.

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City Tower

Designed by: Khalid Abdur Rehman [Landmark Consultants]
Developers:
Contractors:
Status: Approved
Height: + 200'
Shopping Floors: 2 ?
Apartment Floors: ?
Office Floors:
Parking Floors: ?
Total Floors Above Ground: 18
Location: Multan/Pakistan

Rendering

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Creek City Hospital

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Creek City Hospital being built in Phase VIII... has been making progress since the last issue of the magazine came out. The 300 Beds most modern hospital will be spread over an area of 16 acres. The Hospital is being built under the aegis of International Health Group (IHG) UK. The partners of the project are DHA, MAS Group of Companies, Pakistan and International Hospital Group (IHG), UK. The Hospital will provide health care services at par with international standards and will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. The estimated cost of Phase-1 of the project is 40 million US dollars. CCH is designed to be a fast track hospital to be completed in July, 2008.

A renowned British architect M/S MDM, London, has completed the basic design of the hospital. The agreements for the functioning of the CCH Company and the mandate for the financial arrangement of the project have been signed with Faysal Bank.

Features Of Main Hospital
The hospital will provide full diagnostic facilities including Radiology, Pathology, MRI and Ultrasound facilities. Specialist clinic such as Urology, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Infectious Diseases, Dermatology, Physiotherapy, Renal Dialysis and Dentistry will be included in the first phase.

Two Laminar Flow Operating Theaters and normal operating theaters will be supported by Intensive Care facilities. There will be a minor Injuries Assessment Unit.

The wards will mainly provide single rooms for adults with some additional 2-bed, 4-bed wards and a Maternity Ward and a Pediatrics ward.

VIP rooms and Suites will be provided. A Retail Pharmacy and other shops will be available at ground floor level. A Restaurant/Conference Facility with panoramic view is envisaged at the top of the building.

These facilities together with a Cafeteria and Kitchen will be combined with Laundry, Storage, Administration, Security and all other support facilities.

Additional Features
The development control plan makes allowance for future development of the Hospital Complex to provide space for expansion and other facilities. These include:

- Expansion of Main Hospital to 500-beds Post Graduate Research Institute

- Accommodation for nurses, on-call doctors, attendants and visitors.

- External Pharmacy/Retail Building

A Health & Wellness Center. Site with facilities that include parking for staff and visitors, security, a separate service building and space for a helipad. Landscaping will include gardens and other green spaces for the benefit of patients, staff and visitors.

Site Layout
The development control plan provides a logical and efficient layout, which maximizes the potential for important open space. The integration of architecture, landscape design and art within this overall layout will create a coherent external environment.

The Hospital and expansion area is placed in the center of the larger 10.5-acre site facing Faisal Street No 2. In this prominent position the main building will be immediately visible from the approach road to the North and set apart from both Mosque and future Shopping Mall.

The residential accommodation and the Health & Wellness Center are located on the smaller 5.5-acre site, providing a separation zone between the Hospital and Shopping Mall. To the south another zone incorporating car parking, service yard and a helipad separates the Mosque from the Hospital.

The site for the future Teaching Block is adjacent to the Hospital. For security reasons the number of entrance to the site area are strictly limited. The Main Entrance and exit are located on Faisal Street No: 2. In addition a separate security controlled entrance is provided for staff and another for emergency vehicles only. There is an entrance to the service yard that does not give access to the hospital.

High-quality landscaping will provide places of respite for patients, staff and visitors. In particular there is an inner garden court for the hospital building that will become fully enclosed when the future expansion is completed. A pedestrian axis runs N-S providing an access route between the residential accommodation and the hospital.

This could be extended to provide a link to the shopping centre subject to coordinated design. The air ambulance helipad is laid out in accordance with minimum dimensions for helicopter flight paths prescribed by the civil aviation authority with a 60m diameter Safety area around the helipad itself.

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Aesthetics And Building Design
The hospital will be a significant building for the community. The design aims to present a strong public image to reflect this importance. However, it must feel welcoming at the same time. The building is conceived as a series of 'blocks' of different heights grouped around an inner garden court. The blocks contain the wards, which are linked by circulation areas and stair towers.

The highest part of the building is located over the main entrance lobby from where access can be gained to a spectacular roof top restaurant/conference suit. Due to the aggressive environment, external materials have been selected for their durability and low maintenance. The main external finishes are render, glass and aluminum. Where appropriate, roofs have been used to provide high-level garden areas for patients and staff.

Efficiency And Cost Effectiveness
The building has a coherent and easily navigable layout with circulation and waiting areas that are places in their own right. Travel distances are minimized to promote staff efficiency. Bedroom sizes follow the guidance given in health building Note 04 (NHS Estates). Wards include nurse stations to allow easy visual supervision of patients.

Flexibility And Expendability
Wards and room sizes are planned on a modern concept to provide flexibility for change.
Services installations also follow a modular system to enable mechanical, electrical and plumbing distribution to provide adaptability to changing programmes. Floor plates reduce towards the top of the building to provide mix of ward sizes whilst maintaining the modular room concept. Future expansion is allowed within the site layout.

Therapeutic Environment
The interiors will be bright and spacious with direct and ambient daylight to ensure that the staff, patients and visitors will not spend any length of time in an environment that relies solely on artificial light.
Cheerful and varied colors and textures will be used always bearing in mind that some colors are inappropriate and can affect patient's well being.

View of the outdoor will be provided from every patient's bed. Good clear signage and graphics will be coordinated with the way-finding strategy. High quality landscaping both outside the building and in the inner garden court will provide places of respite. Generous and well laid out waiting areas will provide calm meeting and greeting places for staff, patients and visitors. The main entrance to the hospital provides a clear and easy approach and gives access to a spacious, uncluttered and calm waiting area.

Cleanliness And Sanitation
To ensure that the hospital will be easy to clean and maintain, appropriate durable finishes will be selected for each functional space. Door frames, skirting, and finishes will be carefully detailed to avoid dirt catching and hard to clean crevices and joints. Adequate housekeeping spaces are provided. Appropriate materials, finishes and details will be used for spaces, which are to be kept sterile, including antimicrobial surfaces where appropriate.

Accessibility
All areas both inside and out will be fully accessible in accordance with the United Kingdom Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). Care will be taken to ensure that the building will be easy for use by persons with all forms of temporary or permanent handicaps. All gradients and ramps where necessary will allow easy movement for wheelchairs. Entrances will be designed for easy access and with visual markings to ensure safety.

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Sustainability
The building will be designed to meet current energy conservation standards and in recognition of, for example, the LEED tm green building rating system for sustainability standards for construction projects.

Security
The hospital is designed to provide a safe and secure working environment for patients, medical staff and visitors.
In addition to the general safety concerns of all buildings, hospitals have particular security concerns including:
l Protection of hospital property, assets, drugs etc.
l Protection of patients and staff.
l Safe control of violent patients.
l Vulnerability to damage from terrorism.

The design follows guidance set out in Secured by Design-Hospitals, which is endorsed by the United Kingdom Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).

Landscaping
Water will be used in the inner garden court to create a place of rest and relaxation. Trees, soft planting and grass areas will provide places for patients, staff and visitors for respite as well as enhancing the appearance of the hospital complex. Creek City Hospital will provide quality health services of world standards not only for citizens of Karachi but for the entire country. The ground breaking ceremony of the Hospital is expected in August 2006.

Landmark's Designs are getting a bit better, First highrise of Multan?

Design is'nt bad, colour scheme is horrible, so is the render.

Floating Kitchen

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A group of overseas entrepreneurs have begun construction of a mega entertainment ship on the Sea View of Karachi. This landmark property of Pakistan is being built in collaboration with the Defence Housing Authority and would be known as the 'Floating Kitchen'. Inaugural ceremony of the ship is being planned for the summer of 2006.

It is the world's first stationary cruise ship converted into a Floating Kitchen.

As you descend to the bottom deck of the ship, you will be presented with a virtual cruise show that would be known as 'Around The World'. From here on, your most thrilling virtual journey to the International sea ports of many countries will begin… Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - China - USA - India - Europe.

Surprise visits by 'Spiderman', 'Batman' and 'Vampires' will be some of the most memorable encounters you will experience on this mega ship during your international journey. This entertaining mega ship is a most suitable place for an array of catered events ranging from conferences, business meetings, parties or family gatherings and much more.

There are four key decks (lounges) on this mega ship:
VIP - Honeymoon - Sky View - International

On the VIP deck, corporate facilities are offered to businesses for holding seminars, conferences, executive meetings, corporate dinners and much more in an atmosphere of complete privacy.
Honeymoon deck is located next to VIP deck of the Floating-Kitchen where married couples celebrate Wedding Anniversaries and Honeymoon dinner parties. Here all married couples are accorded with royal welcome and are offered complete privacy that married couples quite often long for.

Film shooting
The 'Floating Kitchen' ship is a truly ideal place for film or drama shooting, filled with unique locations, especially the romantic Honeymoon lounge. The ship is film-friendly with ample party and set-up space. Filming aboard this mega entertainment ship offers deck locations such as Sky View, VIP Garden, Honeymoon and International. Restaurants and Juice Bars are also available for shooting for celebrities, drama artists etc.

The 'Floating Kitchen' ship is a "City at Sea" with many unique locations under one roof.

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Pakistan is a land of opportunity
We truly believe success of the Floating Kitchen would help trigger new interest, especially among overseas entrepreneurs to cast a fresh look at Pakistan as a land of opportunity. The key objective of this overseas group is to promote tourism in Pakistan, and explore joint venture possibilities in the entertainment field.

To learn more about the Floating Kitchen ship, you may visit the web site www.floatingkitchen.com or write to ship@floatingkitchen.com

X-entric >>> Search for the Garden Height project for further info.....no update since long time~!!

Creek Vistas

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Creek Vistas, a unique luxury apartments project, continue to progress at a rapid pace in all twelve blocks. Approximately 1200 men are working round-the-clock to complete the project on schedule.

New concept in prepaid gas meters has been approved for the Creek Vistas. No queues, no bills, pay what you consume through the prepaid cards.

PTCL is in the process of installing 5x ONU (Optical Network Units) using latest fibre optic technology at Creek Vistas. 500 audio & video channels will be available to choose from. A revolution in communication technology shall be at the doorstep of all the occupants of Creek Vistas.

Work on 132 KVA Grid Station for the Project has started and is expected to be ready much ahead of the target.

Contract action for internal facilities like Clubhouse, Electrical Sub-Station, Water Bodies, Roads & Pathways, Entrance & Boundary Walls etc. are also in hand and the same shall soon be finalized and awarded.

all taken from http://www.dhakarachi.org

well they have stated to move out of lahore now and yup the design getter better~!

^^^ i doubt the building will actully be in that same colour when built,

but a huge uplift for shahdara, for shahdara its a mega project like SZC.

nice to see developments going to other areas,

Yeah, this one looks relatively better... but I, for one, never liked Landmark's buildings. Same goes for Rafi Group!

Its being built on the junction right which comes right after u get off from the ravi bridge and on the left the road goes to Sheikhopura, to the right road goes to Shahdara Town and straight to Gujranwala. Its like a landmark building for such an important junction~!

the design is good but the white bits arnt and if the back is full white then its total ugly.

but nice to see highrisers in multan. this city has finaly started to boom, they have alot of developments there.

btw. does anyone know about the chenab tower what chenone built there.

They should've replaced that pot holes-less road with a mud pile just to make it nearer to reality. :)

this is probly a szc for shahdara. LOL

ya i agree huit.....n the cars with donkey carts! ;)

Looks great, most of the DHA work right now is going on at Phase VIII though.

not a bad design

well i think you cant blame the architecture for the design .. they give you multiple designs and options and is us who choose it. actually the reason behind the bad desiging what i think is the client they want to make money instead of style desing and services.

Well anyways!

This is not Multan's first high rise...

It will be the second one though and the tallest in the entire city.

Country Club Appartments

Architects: SUHAIB & Associates
Clients: Minawa (Pvt.) Ltd
Floors: 18 In-Steps
Covered Area: 900,000 Sq.ft
Cost: Rs 900 Million (US $ 15 Million)
Location: Manga, Express Way, Islamabad

Site Location

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Master Plan

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Perspective View

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Mountain Side Views

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ISLAMABAD COUNTRY CLUB APARTMENTS
Only at a 15 minutes leisurely drive from Islamabad, the site is located on a river side with amazing views of lush green mountains covered with thick forest. The drive from Convention Center to the project site is via the dual carriage way / Muree express way with no traffic lights and sharp bends. The general ambiance is out of this world and a further drive takes you into the lap of Muree Hills.

Source: http://www.suhaibandassociates.com/

The Mall Tower (Proposed)


Architects: SUHAIB & Associates
Clients: Rabi Builders Lahore(Pvt.) Ltd
Floors: 20
Covered Area: 250,000 Sq.ft
Cost: Rs 250 Million (US $ 4.0 Million)
Location: Murree Road, Sadder, Rawalpindi

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Soucre: http://www.suhaibandassociates.com/themall.htm

Electro Optic Center

Architects: SUHAIB & Associates
Clients: PTCL
Floors: 12
Covered Area: 900,000 Sq.ft
Cost: Rs 150 Million (US $ 2.5 Million)
Location: The Mall Rawalpindi

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Source: http://www.suhaibandassociates.com/electroptic.htm

lets hope it does get built

hmm some improvment atleast covered shops

Nice development there seem to be alot of affordable housing projects in Islamabad at the moment.

90 percent of new projects are usually halted/delayed by CDA.

Thats a shame - this kind of thing hold overseas pakistani investing in Pakistan. How does this location compare with the Goldcrest development which seems well underway to construction now.

far better than those already in R.pindi

projects like these on the green hills will turn into ecological problems for our country in future. every new project in the forest will disturb the ecosystem and wild life. Islamabad is already expanding on moutains near the Bahara Kaho side.

i saw this project along time ago, it should have been completed by now.

i heard pace is also coming up at multan.

finally i see a nice design....i hope it gets approved and construction begins..

what are the beginning and ending dates of construction

tallest building we have are
MCB karachi, Habib bank plaza karachi, saima trade center karachi, Avari tower karachi and some other 15+ buildings of karachi....

Good one Moazzam

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Army Welfare Housing Scheme (AWHS) recently renamed as Defence Housing Authority Islamabad is a welfare project of Adjutant General's Branch. It aims at provision of development of residential plots to serving/retired officers and widows at no profit basis. The scheme at the moment is spread over an area of about 143434 Kanals approx and has the potential to expand further. So far the scheme has two Phases i.e Phase I and Phase II along River Soan and in Kahuta Triangle respectively. The two Phases are not contiguous and are approximately 3 KMs apart. By the grace of "ALLAH" the development activities are in full swing, sale purchase of the plots is on increase and scheme is likely to come up as one of the best, INSHAH ALLAH.

DHA Phase1

Bungalows

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-15.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-12.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-9.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-10.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-11.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-13.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-14.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-16.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/bungalow-17.jpg

Soan Riveria Appartments
http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/soan-rivera-appt.jpg

Jungle Restaurant
http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/jungle-rest.jpg

Jamia Mosque
http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/Jam-Mosq2.jpg

Water shooter
http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/water-shooter.jpg

Jinnah Avenue
http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/phase-1-zoom.jpg

http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/wide-view-2.jpg

Water Purification Plant
http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/Water-Purification.jpg

Water tannks
http://www.dhai.com.pk/images/water-tanks-3.jpg

Seems like alot of good projects are planned in DHA with big international firms building in this region. Alot of people say DHA Islamabad is way far out of islamabad and does not have a future. I am not from islamabad so I would be interested in what other people's views are on this ?

By the way are these bungalows in the pics already constructed in DHA phase I ?

Extension Proposal by Ahed Associates.

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:bow: Man! what a design, avari people should select it, looks atleast 30 Storeys tall.

looks nice, but looks weird standing next to the old white building.

Is this the extension of Avari Towers Karachi or the new proposed Avari Hotel Islamabad?

Is this the extension of Avari Towers Karachi or the new proposed Avari Hotel Islamabad?

How can something that does'nt exist be extended? Ofcourse its an extension of Avari Towers Karachi.

the building looks nice but r the two bulding connected or r they standing so close to each other than u cannot c the gap between them. in my opinion they should buy land somewhere else and construct the hotel there cuz like pakboy said it looks weired standing next to the existing building

just found more pics on the website of ahed associates

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http://www.ahedassociates.com/images/Avari_r11_c25.gif

the last pic wont be possible in Pakistan.we've got MMA! :runaway:

WOW!

Go Karachi!

the last pic wont be possible in Pakistan.we've got MMA! :runaway:

Hell with MMA... :cheers:

If they don't like it the new Pakistan...pack up and get out...and STAY out...

Looks awesome, but anyother details? When are they starting and the date of completion?

STC, City Tower have , I think, 14 floors above groung and Eden Heights 16. What about Floors and height of State Bank Lahore? Will anybdy please send a pic of that marvallous building on mall?

Nice project by Ahed. Same archi designing the CDA building in Isloo and UBL Bank Headquarter in KHI.

Looks awesome, but anyother details? When are they starting and the date of completion?

Its proposed at the moment. Even if it is approved, this design might not get built (Its a part of a design competition).

the last pic wont be possible in Pakistan.we've got MMA! :runaway:
The MMA have no power at all to stop anything. They can bitch and moan but thats where their power ends.

Ya i can, but thats 11-12 storeys!

looks nice. but does anybody knows when construction is suppose to start or end. any further information?

any further details? like How tall is the building? How many stories? etc

avari tower people should accept it and start construction, since the process of getting it approved & start work is very slow, go for it

Just make the facade a bit more simple and I love it.

Good to know that Avari Towers is planning an extension.

The design by Ahed Associates looks kinda clunky. It could have been done a lot better.

International Property Exhibition and Conference 2006

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To be held at Expo Centre Karachi from July 7th - 9th.

Some of the Participants:

CDA, LDA , GDA, NCL, ABAD, BOI, Goldcrest, Bahria Town, Ensha...

The twin towers on the recently sold railway plot in Karachi will expectedly be displayed by ENSHA.

http://www.IPEConline.biz

can anyone go and get pictures

Hi Guys
Today's Jang has mentioned about 45 storey IT Tower near Civic Centre, Karachi. Does any one have more details

Its looks awsome.....but it hasnt populated fully yet......

But....Believe me....when i first entered the mall.......i have my breath disturbed....coz....never saw a Dubai-like mall in Karachi......

The shops with side-wise folding plastic shutters.....

Centrally airconditioned......

Perfectly glown lights....but only inside.....I think theres no sufficient lighing outwards....

Modern Design....which was never adapted in pakistan....

Technocity Rocks.....

See pictures of the exterior on this page:

http://www.historickarachi.com/the_modern_city.htm

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the project is fully designed by TAK of malaysia and is a joint venture between TAK and bahria town who have 50% each share in it.

project cost is $350 million and will be developed on a 20 hectare plot of land within the bahria garden city, a 403 hectare park city in rawalpindi. project architechs are the world renowned TAK and there real estate development company uprank have a 51% share in the project, this is a first of its kind themed landscape development project in the capital region. it will feature a blend of exotic gardens and 1700 unique homes nested within lush green landscaped hills in the back drop and the project will take 36 months to complete.

looks good but only if it starts quick enough....
any more pics would do...

Ayub National Park: Army Heritage Museum & Theme Park (http://www.tak.com.my/army.html)

Phase VI DHA Lahore Golf Course, Hotel and Housing Developments (http://www.tak.com.my/dha.html)

bigger picture
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there is many more projects by them but not all are listed on there site.

found this in todays issue of Dawn

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1113934/kptofficetower.JPG

anyone has any idea what this is about

dosent sounds like port tower

This is suppose to be the new head offices of Karachi Port Trust...

Port Tower is something else...

nope...i dont agree..its not for kpt themselves..its i think sumthin dat they want to make and give it on b.o.t. KPT will stay in thr classy office..

Saudis arriving to discuss hotel project with Punjab Govt

BY JAVED MAHMOOD
LAHORE - A delegation of Saudi government is arriving in the provincial metropolitan in a couple of days to discuss the construction of a modern hotel in joint venture with the Punjab Government in the city.
Chief Secretary Punjab Salman Siddique disclosed this to The Nation at a dinner, hosted by Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak on Monday night at 90-Shahrah-e-Qauid-e-Azam. Chief Minister Punjab, provincial ministers, MPAs and journalists attended the dinner.
The Saudi government was showing a keen interest in establishing a modern hotel at GOR, Club Road, he said, adding the Punjab government would provide land and get 30 per cent share in the hotel while the Saudi government would make equity investment in the project.
Chief Secretary Punjab dispelled the impression that the Saudi government was not interested in joint venture with the provincial government in this project.
He said that the provincial government and Saudi officials have already discussed the modalities of the hotel’s project.
He pointed out that the delegation is arriving within this week to give final shape to the project.
A Punjab government source told The Nation that Chief Minister Punjab had written a letter to the Saudi Government, seeking joint venture in the construction of a most modern hotel.
Meanwhile, Salman Siddique further said that the Punjab Government and Abu Dhabi Group are also negotiating joint venture in the construction of a multi-storey mega project, Sheikh Zayed Complex, at Ferozepur Road.
He said that for this project the provincial government would also provide land while equity investment would be made by the Abu Dhabi Group.
Chief Secretary Punjab also said that the provincial government was actively pursuing its major project of establishing housing colonies for its employees.
He said the government has allocated lands in major cities, where the housing colonies would be established.
He, however, said that homes would be allotted to the provincial government employees on their retirement.

http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/june-2006/28/bnews3.php

Damn that means the Govt. wants to be involved in SZC :bash: more delays.

Is this proposed hotel separate from the Fairmont hotel in Lahore proposed by Prince Waleed?

^^^ could be the same one since the news on Zayed Centre is old n everything is set to go.

what's GOR?

i take it back...well partially....they are planing to extend thr head quarter in da same area....and they are makin a couple of towers thr..one wil be for themselves and another for god knows who....but da orignal building wil remain in tact...and this wil just be along side it....

good news, there seems to be a hotel boom.

GOR is an area on mall road near the pc hotel.

Ahadhayat, are you associated with the KPT in some way?

I love KPT's current building! It is like a landmark of the entire city!

^^ I dont think anything is going to happen to that building. Nor will Karachiites let anything happen to it.

nothin wil happen to da building...they wil extend it at da back i heard...da original one wil remain thr...its classsy dude...and its way too old..u cant demolish heritage property...

what's GOR?

GOR stands for Government Officer Residence, its an area on Mall Road between the assembly hall and Mall road bisecting the Canal Road, in front of Atchison College, Pearl Continential is near to this place and also the Grandeur Habib Bank building.

Thanx....

They are actually 2 or more hotels on The Mall. Another one may be at the site of Services Internationa hotel. Its Federl Govts Project.Another is announced by Salman Taseer near Rahat Bakery

salman taseers one is grand hyat on 5 acre plot with shopping mall pace near airport, they are only mid rise towers though of 16 storys

Anybody knows the progress of this project?

does anybody have any updates on this project? is it still on the cards or has it been shelved?

No Updates yet, but this is the possible location that I can think of;

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/Fahadzkhan/8708a5cc.jpg

There is confirmation about this news both on the Sharjah Company website and the Pakistani NLC one. So it is true..but there is no info yet as to the start of designing, planning and construction.

^^ could you please post the URL of the company's website?

They got a very prime location indeed!

This is the NLC website:
http://www.nlc.com.pk/twin_towers.html

Its just an article, nothing too specific..but I guess the mention of the project on their website is solid proof that its certainly on the cards.

^^ I was asking about the UAE company's website

all I have found so far is this: http://www.enshaa.ae/

have been hearing soo much about all these new hotels in lahore yet nothing has been built there. the only good hotels are the PC and Awari and i doubt anything will be made for a while

I doubt Taseer will come up with anything as he has other things on his mind. Given Wateen's entrance into the Telecom sector, worldcall and taseer will be thinking on how to improve their pathetic broadband and cable tv service. So a Hotel seems to be out of the question.

anyone know the exact location of this project?? google image would be amazing :)

This is the NLC website:
http://www.nlc.com.pk/twin_towers.html

Its just an article, nothing too specific..but I guess the mention of the project on their website is solid proof that its certainly on the cards.
yes it is a solid proof that those towers will be constructed but how do you know that they will have 65 stories?

^ Thats what wer looking for, cant seem to find any updates on it.

I believe it will the Railway Ground...Adjacent to the GPO...

So there are two possible sites for this project:

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2374/iichund3cg.jpg


Site I by the GPO - seems kinda small

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6875/iichundgpo2ad.jpg

Site II by the Port Trust Bldg - also has some old warehouses

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/4452/iichund24hg.jpg


(funny how much you can do with a simple image editing program! haha)

I meant this location....The Railway Ground.....

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h76/AmeenAttari/iichund3cgcopy.jpg

Plan to set up engineering university in Sialkot finalised (http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=148859)


ISLAMABAD : The construction work under a project to set up a world-class engineering university at Sialkot will start by the end of the current year, and the varsity will be able to take students by the end of 2008, said an announcement.

A two-member Swedish delegation visited the Higher Education Commission (HEC) here on Monday to finalise the plan for establishment of University of Engineering Science and Technology (UEST) at Sialkot in collaboration with Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology.

The delegation, comprising Dr Ramon Wyss, vice president, Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, and Ake C Rasmuson, professor of chemical engineering and technology, royal institute, met HEC Chairman Prof Attaur Rahman, and later gave a presentation to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Mohammad Akram Sheikh.

The PC-I draft of the varsity was appreciated by the Planning Commission. During the presentation, some suggestions were also made for further improvement of the project as it would help develop industrial linkages between both the countries.

The university will be one of the six new engineering varsities to be established in different cities of Pakistan in collaboration with technologically-advanced countries as announced by the government. The HEC has been assigned to oversee the establishment of these universities.

The government through HEC will finance and build the campus, while the Royal Institute of Technology will be responsible for technical and human support like course content, university management, human resource development and quality control. The campus and laboratories will be built according to the Swedish institute’s specifications. It is pertinent to mention here that land has been acquired for the university in Sialkot.

It is hoped that this university will enrol 100 PhD students per year, and the academic programmes of the university would be extendible. Through this process, the yearly intake of the students will gradually increase to about 1,000 per year, at BS, Masters and PhD levels.

Salam,

Now that is a fresh news. We are facing a scholastic crisis of unparalleled proportions at this time in our history. Incidently, Sialkot District happens to be one of the most heavily populated districts of the entire country, while Gujranwala Division - where Sialkot district lies - is THE most populated division of Pakistan.

This university is just in time. To have an equivalent of GIK or NUST (or even better) in Sialkot region will help create that scholastic pool much quicker.

Peace.

Salam,

Now that is a fresh news. We are facing a scholastic crisis of unparalleled proportions at this time in our history. Incidently, Sialkot District happens to be one of the most heavily populated districts of the entire country, while Gujranwala Division - where Sialkot district lies - is THE most populated division of Pakistan.

This university is just in time. To have an equivalent of GIK or NUST (or even better) in Sialkot region will help create that scholastic pool much quicker.

Peace.


well said, further a lot of students from Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sialkot and surrounding areas had to come to Lahore. It will be an advantage to have university in sialkot. What further needed is a medical college.

^^ The ground you pointed out looks like an amenity plot with a cricket playing field on it. I doubt citizen's watch groups would (or should) allow its conversion for commercial use.

And the Site I in Swerveut's picture is mighty small for TWO 65 Story towers, you have to realize that 65 storie buildings require a bigger base, and to me Site II (the one I pointed out) seems the most likely location.

And the Railway ground even looks small for a single 65 story building.

Actually you can build a skyscraper on a very small footprint. As big as the ground floor of the building. The two square like plots on the map are about 20,000 square feet which is the footprint of most tall buildings so they might be the correct ones. Notice that they have a gap between them which would be required between two buildings.

In Dubai on Sheikh Zaid road there's a whole row of building that are built on 20,000 square feet bases.

Of course, we may be wrong and the actual site may be different.

Correction, actually, if I remember correctly, someone told me that the tall buildings on Sheikh Zaid road in Dubai have bases of 10,000 square feet.

Now I remember exactly. I was told by an construction industry person that the very tall skyscrapers on Sheikh Zaid Road have bases of 300 square meters which is exactly 10,000 square feet. These buildings don't get slimmer as thay go up and don't have a base bigger than the top.

The two plots on Chundrigar Road are 20,000 sq ft so they are more than enough.

Those of you in Toronto check out the site of the Trump Tower. It is a tiny parking lot, yet they're building a 70-80 storey building on it.

thats them in North America...they have better tech..better materials etc...
but 65 on 20K SQF is enough....

More land for universities: Elahi

Staff Report

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi announced on Tuesday that the Punjab government would provide land for international-standard universities in the province and reiterated the government’s commitment to strengthening the fields of science, engineering, telecommunications and information technology.

According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the CM made this announcement while chairing a meeting which was also attended by Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Attaur Rehman, Punjab Education Minister Mian Imran Masood and Punjab Chief Secretary Salman Siddique.

He said that he was satisfied with the role universities were playing in creating awareness about the latest technologies being developed and international research. He also pointed out the potential for socio-economic development in the field of education, citing this as its primary strength.

He said that a comprehensive strategy had been evolved in order to provide hundreds of thousands of students with higher education opportunities. He also highlighted the importance of universities as a centre of human resource building.

He said that academic and technical development played an important role not only in overcoming unemployment but also in strengthening the industrial potential of Pakistan’s workforce.

The CM said that it was mandatory for existing universities in the province to meet the standard laid down by the Higher Education Commission and make it the basis of their educational programmes.

Speaking at the occasion, HEC Chairman Dr Ataur Rehman said that the HEC was paying special attention to the promotion of research-based studies in the country. He also said that in order to bring local universities at par the international standard of education, they were being linked to the international centres for research.

Now I remember exactly. I was told by an construction industry person that the very tall skyscrapers on Sheikh Zaid Road have bases of 300 square meters which is exactly 10,000 square feet. These buildings don't get slimmer as thay go up and don't have a base bigger than the top.

The two plots on Chundrigar Road are 20,000 sq ft so they are more than enough.

Those of you in Toronto check out the site of the Trump Tower. It is a tiny parking lot, yet they're building a 70-80 storey building on it.

uhmmm uhmmmm...
Calculation sir...
950 sq meters = 10,000 sq feet (Approx)

whats the base area of Rose Rotana Hotel in Dubai... (i dont know whats the exact dimensions are... but..its quite small).

If you compare the size of the plots with the sizes of the Habib Bank Plaza and MCB Buildings adjacent to it (both of which are pretty massive), you can get an idea of the size of the plot. Both sites are bigger than either of those buildings.

Sorry about the mistake with conversion between sq meters and sq ft. But 10,000 sq ft is what I mean.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/05/SlideShow/pic25.jpg

Does anyone knows the location of this upcoming and 75% completed Wrestling stadium in Lahore?
Thanks

http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/05/SlideShow/pic25.jpg

Does anyone knows the location of this upcoming and 75% completed Wrestling stadium in Lahore?
Thanks
it looks more like a kabadhi stadium than a wrestling arena....
i think it is outside lahore ...rural areas love kabadhi

well does this project get shelved or is it alive still

This website says its still on the cards: http://www.dhakarachi.org/DHAKarachi/dev_waterfront.asp

dunno when development is gonna start though.

if i am not wrong its some where near to Iqbal park

Here is a Google Earth image of "The Tower" on Sheykh Zayed Road in Dubai.
As you can see the perimeter is 400 feet. Each side is 100 feet and the area
is 10,000 square feet or 900 Sq meters. Or rather, because they go by square
meters in Dubai the building is actually 900 sq meters or 9,687 sq ft.

This building has 54 stories and is almost 800 feet high.

The point I'm trying to make is that you can build tall buildings on a very small
footprint. 9,687 sq ft. is only 1,076 square yards or 36 Marlas in Lahore
measurements.

http://www.kauser.net/images/TheTowerDubai.jpg

It would definately be a Kabbadi stadium, I dont think proper Wrestling is practiced here ..

IPEC 2006 – Pakistan 's first major property development and real estate networking event is aimed at enticing investors from all over the world. The IPEC Conference will provide insights on trends, products, case studies and best practices by executives from top property development companies all over the world.

7-9 July 2006 at Karachi Expo Centre

http://www.ipeconline.biz/

Skyscrapercity.com intelligence agents based in Karachi are kindly requested to go to this event and gather as much information as possible and post it online.

ENSHAA, the builders of the twin 65 storey towers on Chundrigar Road will be there. We may get the pictures of the buildings and other information.

The only other major companies appear to be Gold Crest and Bahria.

There was one such show last year as well that I visited. Excellent opportunity to get to know about different proposals for different buildings. Please visit, and DONT FORGET THE CAMERA!

Also one more tip, if you come across a key contact for a big project eg. Dolmen City, please also get their email address.

i may be worng but i heard something of wrestling stadium being built next to the iqbal park according to the BOXER on geo

Just got some details about the project ..

Consultant = CPG Consultants

CPG Consultants Wins 6-Million Square Feet Mixed Development Project in Pakistan


PRESS RELEASE - 19 JUNE 2006



CPG Consultants and Enshaa – NLC Developers Pte Ltd (Enshaa - NLC) have inked a contract on Thursday, 15 June, for the former to provide master planning and architectural design, as well as engineering, quantity surveying and interior design consultancy services, for a major mixed development project on Chundrigar Road, Karachi. This 6-million square feet development comprises hotels, residential, retail and offices. One of the towers will be an iconic building and will be the tallest buildings in Pakistan.

First phase of the development which involves the office blocks will commence immediately after the signing. The entire project is expected to be completed by end 2009. This is CPG Consultants’ largest project in Pakistan to-date.

Dr Timothy Seow, the CPG architect-in-charge of this project, said, “The master plan which aims to create a fully integrated living, working and leisure environment of international standard allows each of the land parcel in the development to be owned and developed independently but planned such that all the land parcels are accessibly interlinked to each other. The project will be a landmark in Karachi.”

Mr Mazhar ul Haq, CEO of Enshaa – NLC said, “CPG Consultants has established a reputable brand name in the Middle East, being the firm behind the design of the Emirates Financial Towers. As such, we have no doubt of their design capabilities and professionalism and confident that they are the ideal firm in master planning and designing this new mega development on Chundrigar Road.”
"The Pakistani economy has made an amazing rebound since the Asian financial crisis in the late nineties. We recognise that it is well on its way to being a sound platform for local and international investors alike” said Mr Pang Toh Kang, president and CEO of CPG Consultants. “We are proud to work with Enshaa - NLC on this ground breaking project. I am certain that this development will become an architecture icon in Pakistan.”

CPG Consultants is a Singapore-based design and consultancy services provider and has undertaken many prominent projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Some of the more notable projects include the Emirates Financial Towers in Dubai, the Youth Cultural House in Vietnam, Sun Star City Commercial Development (plot C) in the PRC, Singapore Changi Airport Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and a golf and country club in Lahore, Pakistan.

http://www.cpgcorp.com.sg/press/view_press.asp?PRID=344

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/407/chundrigarpix8vw.th.jpg (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chundrigarpix8vw.jpg)

still no update about height or stories of project?????

so wats the news on this, happening or shelved?

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/407/chundrigarpix8vw.th.jpg (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chundrigarpix8vw.jpg)

Wow!!! Very sleek :eek2:

wow....just beautiiiiiiifull....amazing...hope this get approved and get started and another work of art to remember karachi....

yeah guys any news...this thread has been dead for long time now....

Wow... Beautiful buildings!!!! I love it!
I hope they build it!!!!!!!!!!!

finally we have a good looking tower coming up.

Definately looks good.

but...from where did he get that rendering????
I doubt, he has posted any other project's rendering here :P....i mean project of somewhere esle...

And one thing more....the project is titled as the TWIN 65-storeyd buildings....so imran sahib hanst posted the rendering of TWIN 65 towers....because one toewr in this rendering is relatively smaller..

Yes, Imram02Feb76, PLEASE QUOTE YOUR SOURCE for the rendering.

Merci beaucoup.

He's already posted the source of the rendering:
http://www.cpgcorp.com.sg/press/view_press.asp?PRID=344

Nevermind.

I did some looking around, and the design on the website (the one quoted here) looks like a reproduction of the old design of the Emirates Financial towers. I think the Karachi buildings havent been designed as yet.

Find more info on the emirates building here: http://www.access-investment-property.com/emirates-financial-towers/828/property_details.html

The Chundrigar buildings design may look like the Emirates Financial Towers because they were designed by the same company and architects have a tendency to reproduce their work.

The design posted for Chundrigar Road may be a proposal that is not finalized yet or it may be the actual one. The name of the picture is "chundrigarpix8vw.jpg" so it's likely to be correct one.

As far as the beauty of the design is concerned, I feel that, while it's better than anything else we have in Karachi and we should be happy if it gets built, it's not as imposing and beautiful as the Sheykh Zayed Centre tower in Lahore. That one is just about as good as you can possibily get, and if we got something similar in Karachi it would stand out as a monument for decades to come.

By the way, if you count the floors on the posted design you get only 43 and 51 floors for the two buildings ans not 65.

I just hope that these are not the actual designs. It would be a bit of a letdown if they reduce the scope of the project.

^^ I was also noticing that this center seems to be designed in somewhat of a middle eastern flavor. Something that Karachiites are not really disposed towards. I think a more of a cool-toned and progressively modern looking building would be more appropriate for Karachi.

Something that mixes well with Karachi's old european heritage in the modern way.

Yes, Imram02Feb76, PLEASE QUOTE YOUR SOURCE for the rendering.

Merci beaucoup.

my nick is imran02feb79 bu not Imram02Feb76 ....

u made me 3 yrs older just by doing a small mistake :) its a sensitive ID :)

Well....we are just hearing of the projects.....plans.....highest buildings.....corridors....mono-rails...and much much more for a long ago........but no sufficient and proper work is going on....

These all are slogans....I believe that one who wants to make changes....doesnt make slogans and advertisments.....he just complete the work and then announce....

And we pakistanis just announce first with heavy claims, ahead of schedule completion....but nothing happens like this....

Its actually better now, before it was even worse.

Back then it was like a Minister dreams of something and then announces it in the press, without any proper planning of any sort.

Recently I came across an ad in Dawn about AlHamra country homes. The project consists of 20 kanal country homes. It is a project of Habib Rafique and is backed by several institutions such as Faysal Bank, Bank Alfalah and Saudi Pak. There was a full page ad on 27th June in Dawn. However, I havent heard about it since. If anyone has info about the project, please post here. I dont have a scanner, or i would post the scans.

Thanx

a whole topic for this piece of shit project?

Thx for ur contribution.

my nick is imran02feb79 bu not Imram02Feb76 ....

u made me 3 yrs older just by doing a small mistake :) its a sensitive ID :)


Sorry about that Imran02feb72! :colgate: :runaway:

:rofl:

PROJECTS COMPLETED DURING

THE LAST 3/4 YEARS

This Thread is for Completed Projects feel free to post any Projects in Pakistan that allready Completed or about to be Completed ... here are the list of the Projects all ready been Completed..



1) Karachi International Container Terminal
Civil & Interior works at American President Lines
at Karachi Port (Marine & Operation Building,
Crane Shop & Labour Building, Toilet Block)

2) Bank of America
Complete Civil & Interior Works for Head Office, Karachi.

3) Qasim International Container Terminal Port Qasim.
(1) Construction of Workshop including Civil &
Plumbing works.
(2) Construction of First Floor at Tenants & Delivery
Office Building including Civil/Plumbing works.

4) Qasim International Container Terminal Port Qasim.
Interior works for Canteen & Admin Building

5) Cotecna Inspection S.A.
Cotecna Offices at PIC Towers, Karachi.
Complete Civil & Interior Works at G.F & 5th Floor.

6) Pioneer Cement Ltd., New H.O., Karachi.
Complete Civil & Interior works.
(Lakson Building # 1 & 3)

7) Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp.
Complete Civil & Interior Works for Head Office,
Shaheen Complex Karachi.

8) IBM World Trade Corporation.
Complete Civil & Interior works for IBM Head Office,
Avari Towers, Karachi.

9) Chase Manhattan Bank, SIDCO Centre, Karachi
Complete Civil & Interior Works

10) Television Business Production Ltd.
Recording Studio for PTV & NTM :
Civil & Interior Works.

11) Pak Carpet Industries Mehdi Towers
Complete Interior works at 5th floor

12) W.M & Eastern Financial Services (Ltd.)
Complete Interior works at Park Avenue
Shara-e-Faisal Karachi.

13) Pak Carpet Industries, Mehdi Towers
Civil & Interior works (G.F & Mezzanine)

14) IBM, 5 Shadman - Lahore
Civil & Interior works


Electrical Works

1) Karachi International Container Terminal
Electrical works at American President Lines
at Karachi Port

2) Bank of America
Complete Electrical Works for Head Office, Karachi

3) Qasim International Container Terminal Port Qasim.
(1) Construction of Workshop including Electrical
works.
(2) Construction of First Floor at Tenants & Delivery
Office Building including Electrical works.

4) Qasim International Container Terminal Port Qasim.
Electrification Works of Existing Building.

5) Cotecna Inspection S.A.
Cotecna Offices at G.Floor & 5th Floor PIC Towers,
Karachi. Complete Electrical Works.

6) Pioneer Cement Ltd., New H.O., Karachi.
Complete Electrical works.

7) Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp.
Complete Electrical Works for Head Office, Karachi.

8) IBM World Trade Corporation.
(i) Installation of Computer data cables,
Termination etc. at Income Tax Building , Karachi
H.O. Karachi Port Trust, Lever Brothers Ltd.,
Lipton Pakistan Ltd., Bank of Tokyo, Caltex.
(ii) Complete Electrical works for IBM Head Office,
Avari Towers, Karachi

9) Chase Manhattan Bank, SIDCO Centre, Karachi
Complete Electrical Works

10) Television Business Production Ltd.
Recording Studio for PTV & NTM :
Electrical Works including special lighting &
Sound proofing for studio.

11) Pioneer Cement Ltd., Jauharabad, Distt. Khushab
Mechanical, Fabrication and Erection of :
Fuel Oil Storage Tanks, Steel Structures, Platforms, Silos,
Steel Ducts, Conveyors, Hoppers various small Sheds
Complete Electrical & Instrumentation Works.

12) Toyota Southern Motors - Show - room & Workshop.
Complete Electrical Works.

13) Standard Chartered Bank, Karachi.
Complete Electrical Works, at World Trade Centre Karachi.

14) Roche Pakistan Ltd.
Electrical Works for Ointment Department.

15) Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd., Karachi.
Complete Electrical Works, at Head Office, Karachi.

16) Commercial Union Life Assurance Ltd.
Complete Electrical Works at Karachi, Lahore &Islamabad.

17) Karachi Stock exchange Ltd.
Electrical Works for New Trading Hall.

18) Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd.,
Complete Electrical Works Corporate Office Islamabad.

19) Pfizer Laboratories Ltd.,
Complete Electrical Installation Works.

20) Karachi Boat Club.
Electrical Works.

21) Pak Carpet Industries Mehdi Towers
Complete Electrical works at 5th floor

22) W.M & Eastern Financial Services (Ltd)
Complete Electrical works at Park Avenue
Shara-e-Faisal Karachi.

Air-conditioning works

1) Karachi International Container Terminal
Air-conditioning works for American President Lines
at Karachi Port

2) Bank of America
Complete Air-conditioning Works for Head Office, Karachi.

3) Qasim International Container Terminal Port Qasim.
(1) Air-conditioning works for Workshop.

(2) Air-conditioning works for First at Tenants &
Delivery Office Building.

4) Qasim International Container Terminal Port Qasim.
Air-conditioning Works for Existing Building.

5) Cotecna Inspection S.A.
Cotecna Offices at G.Floor & 5th Floor PIC Towers,
Karachi. Complete Air-conditioning Works.

6) Pioneer Cement Ltd., New H.O., Karachi.
Complete Air-conditioning works.

7) Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp.
Complete Air-conditioning Works for Head Office, Karachi

8) IBM World Trade Corporation.
Complete Air-conditioning works for IBM Head Office,
Avari Towers, Karachi.

9) Chase Manhattan Bank, SIDCO Centre, Karachi
Complete Air-conditioning Works


10) Toyota Southern Motors - Show - room & Workshop.
Complete Air-conditioning Works.

11) Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Complete Air-conditioning Works,
3-Outlets in Karachi.

12) Allied Engineering & Services Ltd.
Complete Air-conditioning works

13) Reckitt & Colman – Karachi
Dehumidification and Air-conditioning works.
for Disprin packing Department

14) Pak Carpet Industries Mehdi Towers
Complete Air-conditioning works at 5th floor

15) W.M & Eastern Financial Services (Ltd)
Complete Air-conditioning works at Park Avenue
Shara-e-Faisal Karachi.

16) Bahria Complex No.1
Installation of Owner supplied Direct Fired Absorption
Chiller of 400 TR capacity complete with cooling
Tower, 40 HP & 60 HP pump sets, chilled &
Condenser water piping, including interconnection
of new system with the existing system.

17) Roche Pakistan Ltd., - Pharma Extension (New Facility)
Installation of Owner supplied Direct Fired Absorption
Chiller of 100 TR capacity including air-handling units,
Cooling tower, chilled, condenser, steam, and SS
De-mineralized piping, pump sets and interconnecting
the new system with the existing system.


Mechanical/Fire Fighting


1) Karachi International Container Terminal
Mechanical works at American
President Lines at Karachi Port.

2) Qasim International Container Terminal Port Qasim.
Fire extinguishing works for Workshop.

3) Pioneer Cement Ltd., Jauharabad, Distt. Khushab
Mechanical, Fabrication and Erection of Fuel Oil
Storage Tanks, Steel Structures, Platforms, Silos, Steel
Ducts, Conveyers, Hoppers various small Sheds.

4) Roche Pakistan Ltd.
Mechanical Works for Ointment Department.

5) ICI (Pakistan) Ltd.
Fire Fighting & Mechanical Works near Port-Qasim.

6) Pioneer Cement Ltd.
Designing, Supply, Fabrication & Erection of 210 meters
long 51m – span. Raw material storage shed.

7) Bestways Cement Industries Ltd - Haripure.
Mechanical Fabrication & Erection of Air Ducts, Electrostatic
Precepitator, Fuel Oil Storage Tanks, Pre-heater Tower
Plate forms, Waste Gas Duct,Cyclones, Air-slides etc.

8) Army Welfare Trust,
Fire Hydrant System in Army Welfare Trust Bldg, Karachi.

9) Galadari Cement – Hub Balauchistan
Design, Fabrication, Supply & Erection of
template for 3 Nos. Horo Mills

10) ICI Pakistan Ltd, - Port Qasim
Fire Protection System including Fire Hydrants
& Fire Alarm System for ICI - PTA Warehouse.

11) Security Papers Ltd.
Installation & commissioning of Boiler of HMC 8 T/hr 00.50 ”
Installation, testing & commissioning of Breaker/Beater

Good topic, but Bank of America in Karachi?

Never heard of it here!

Jeez man your (Pakboy) certainly against this project!

Tone it down a bit mate.

Good topic, but Bank of America in Karachi?

Never heard of it here!

Yeh this is only Karachi list we need to update more and more about all of the other citys too ..

Yeh this is only Karachi list we need to update more and more about all of the other citys too ..

Bank of America in Karachi :?

Just looked it up and much to my surprise, there is one!

BANK OF AMERICA
Jubilee Insurance House I.I.Chundrigar Road Karachi
021-2412530, 021-2412520, 021-2412522, 021-2412523
Fax: (92-21)-2415371
21081 BOA PK
1-B, Awan Arcade, 1st Floor Blue Area Islamabad
051-828805, 051-828801, 051-828802
Fax: (92-51)-275743
5759 BAISL PK

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Research Projects Completed


Research Projects Completed (BAHAWALPUR)

Desertification Assessment and Mapping of the Cholistan Desert

The PCRWR under PADMU project at Bahawalpur has assessed and mapped about 2.6 million hectares of Cholistan desert by ground truth survey and remote sensing data. Considering all major desertification parameters i.e. soil problems, vegetation cover and species, wind erosion, soil salinity, water resources, land capability, land carrying capacity and over all desertification. As a result of these surveys, four technical reports have been prepared including number of maps i.e. soil, vegetation, wind erosion, soil salinity, land capability, soil compaction, range carrying capacity, water resources and desertification. The nature and extent of desertification has been brought in picture with recommendations and measures, essential to combat and reverse desertification as well as to utilize existing natural resources in a better way for sustainable production of desert areas.

On-going Research Projects (LAHORE)

Ground Water Management Cell
The cell was established in 1987 with the main objective of providing consultancy/technical services in Public and Private Sector for selecting the potential sites for installation of tubewells to get fresh groundwater with less time and low cost. The cell also provides services of bore hole logging in respect of single point resistance short normal, long normal and gamma ray log to know exact thickness and depth of various sub-surface formations for proper designing of tubewells.

Lysimeter Research Studies
This project is being conducted in collaboration with Directorate of Land 0Reclamation, Irrigation and Power Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore. Research has been conducted on various crops to determine water requirement including surface irrigation requirements, groundwater contribution and deep percolation losses under different types of soil profiles & different depths of water tables. The crops experimented include wheat, maize, sugarcane, sunflower, berseem, sorghum and rice etc. Each crop has been experimented more than twice for confirmation of results. The crop co-efficient have also been worked out for the implementation of results in other areas also where meteorological conditions are different from the experimental site.

Designing and Fabrication of Soil Moisture Instruments
The following soil moisture instruments are designed, fabricated, tested and finalized for their production and use in various research activities.
i) Tensiometers;
ii) Gypsum blocks;
iii) Temperature probe (sensor);
iv) Soil Moisture Extractor;
v) Sprinkler; and
vi) Groundwater level indicator.

All the soil moisture instruments have been displayed in science fairs etc. to local and foreign scientists and high dignitaries. Various organizations have shown interest in purchasing these soil moisture instruments.

Conjunctive Water Management Study
This study has been initiated in collaboration with International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) from January 1999. The Broad Goal of the research project is to:
Identify combinations of institution and management tools to manage surface and subsurface water conjunctively to maximize agricultural productivity of water (crop per drop) and promote environmental sustainability of irrigated Agriculture and Evaluate appropriate combinations identified
• Rechna Doab in Pakistan and Murrumbidgee Region in Australia.

Study of Groundwater Pollution by Industrial Wastes in North Lahore
This study is initiated in collaboration with PINSTECH, Islamabad to monitor movement of heavy metals and other toxic elements into groundwater from industrial as well as municipal wastes. In this regards two field visits have been conducted and samples of water from surface drain and hand pump, tubewell, open wells etc were collected. The analysis of these samples is in progress. This study will be very helpful to adopt suitable measures to save groundwater from pollution.
On the basis of these results this study will be under taken in other problematic areas of the country and suitable measure will be recommended to avert entry of toxic element in to groundwater.

A study to evaluate the bed-and-furrow irrigation method
It has been started from kharif 2001 with the transplanting of rice crop. Various efficient irrigation methods will be tested in the context of water use efficiency. The useful results will be disseminated.

Irrigation Agronomy
In the context of irrigation agronomy, the applied research and dissemination of these findings for efficient use of irrigation water and land resources to enhance the agricultural productivity has been initiated.

Research Projects Completed (QUETTA)

Following is the list of completed research studies conducted by this Centre:
Survey and Evaluation of Delay Action Dams in Balochistan
The main purpose of the study was to establish the hydraulic link between the reservoir infiltration and the karez flow downstream the delay action dams built by Irrigation and Power Department, Government of Balochistan. These dams have been constructed to replenish the ground-water aquifer so as to increase the flow of karezes. The study was initiated from October, 1988. Two dams, namely Pechi in Ziarat and Amachbund in Mastung were selected for in depth study in which basic data of rainfall, inflow statistics, flow in karezes, ground-water level fluctuation in open wells downstream the dams were monitored. Besides these, in-situ infiltration tests were also conducted to establish the infiltration capacity of the reservoir area. Storage draft technique was applied to determine the frequency of obtaining full supply level of dam based on rainfall data from which runoff was computed by developing rainfall-runoff model and with empirical approach. The water balance based on black box technique was used to evaluate the impact of infiltration on groundwater regime. It was found out that reservoir inflow was not contributing to the flow of karezes. In order to reconfirm the results of the hydrological linkage between reservoir and the karezes downstream the Pechi Dam, PINSTECH was also involved which collected the water samples for isotope analysis and confirmed the above stated inferences. Based on the results of the study, a set of recommendations were made and forwarded to Irrigation and Power Department, Government of Balochistan, for improvement in the design of the dams.

The final report based on isotopic and chemical analysis of water samples entitled “Survey and Evaluation of Delay Action Dams in Balochistan: Study of Hydraulic Relationship Between Pechi Dam Reservoir and the Adjacent Karezes Using Isotopic and Chemical Techniques” has been published collaboratively by PINSTECH and PCRWR. The Abstract of this report is reproduced below:

“Hydraulic relationship between Pechi Dam reservoir and the adjacent downstream karezes viz. (New Pechi, Chinah and Nomind Karezes) has been investigated by using isotopic and chemical techniques. Water samples from dam reservoir and all the karezes on monthly basis and Pechi rain were collected, the samples were analyzed for 18O, 2H, 3H, and major/minor chemical ions. The results showed that karezes are mainly fed by precipitation with short transit time, Hydraulic interconnection between the dam reservoir and the karezes do not seem to exit under the prevailing conditions”.

Appraisal of Ground Water Resources of Ziarat Valley Using Isotopic and Chemical Techniques
On the basis of results obtained in final report of Pechi Delay Action Dam and to reconfirm the findings of previous study, another research proposal on “Appraisal of Ground-water Resources of Ziarat Valley Using Isotopic and Chemical Techniques” was initiated during 1997. To develop a relationship between inflow, recharge and outflow as well as to confirm the hypothesis of hydraulic links between the reservoir of delay action dam and the nearby karezes flow and ground-water aquifer; more number of surrounding wells, Streams, Karezes, Ponds etc. of Ziarat Valley have been selected from where the water and precipitation samples were collected and sent to the PINSTECH for analysis. In addition to above, the map of sampling points were prepared. Level of water in the wells and reservoir was monitored with respect to the mean sea level. Collection of water samples from wells, karezes and dam reservoirs were undertaken on monthly basis. The relevant data about water level in the well and reservoirs and flow in the karezes was collected during sampling. The precipitation sampling at Ziarat was arranged in such a way that we got about one litre of water for isotopic and chemical analysis. Resistivity survey was carried out to know the ground-water regime. A location map of the resistivity & water-sampling points was prepared and sent to PINSTECH. The compilation of final draft report is in progress and would be printed soon.

Assessment and Improvement of Karez Irrigation System in Balochistan
Karezes are old indigenously developed traditional system of tapping ground-water for irrigation and are practiced in Balochistan since centuries. They are a unique system suited to the physical and environmental conditions of Balochistan. Basically it consists of high yielding mother well in the upper reach of an alluvial fan. The mother well is connected to a series of open wells through a gradually sloping under-ground tunnel conveying water to the agricultural lands in the valleys. The open wells serve the dual purpose of lighting and ventilation and removal of the excavated material. Typically the mother well is seldom deeper than 100 feet. The average discharge of the karezes varies from 0.5 to over 2 cusecs. The water from the Karezes is generally considered the collective property of the community depending on the supplies for supporting their agriculture and other domestic needs.

The system never uses any energy to pump ground water being flowing under gravity. Over the years, however, the system has come under great stress, because of the commissioning of a large number of deep tubewells in the valleys. These tubewells have been instrumental in causing ground water mining and lowering of the water table. Many of the flowing Karezes have since gone dry of their discharges reduced drastically. Another problem faced by the Karez owners is the frequent collapsing of the wells due to excessive rains or manmade activities or simply through aging. The systems as such are dying a slow death creating social problems of water coming into the hands of a few powerful landlords.

There are quite a number of Karezes, which are still flowing through with lower discharges. In places where Karezes have gone dry due to excessive pumping of ground water by tubewells, people have been forced to buy water from tubewell owners for irrigating their farms. This water is also sometime not guaranteed to be available. It is therefore imperative that Karezes whose discharge has decreased due to pumping should be rehabilitated and improved to increase their discharge by applying advanced construction and engineering approaches.

• New Pechi Karez
New Pechi Karez downstream Pechi Dam was selected for rehabilitation and improvement purpose. The karez is about 50 years old. It has 30 wells and the length from mother well to daylight point is about 900 metres. The total drop in water surface from its first to last well is 7.28 metres.

The flow of karez was measured on monthly basis. However, due to excessive rains during 1992, the tunnel collapsed and the study has to be discontinued, as the community was unable to put back the karez into operation, the de-watering being the major problem in its rehabilitation.

• Rahim Gul Karez
A number of farmers belonging to remote village of Balochistan i.e. Feroze Khan Tehsil Muslim Bagh, District Kila Saifullah applied for improvement and rehabilitation of their karez to the Federal Secretary, MoST and Chairman, PCRWR. A team of scientists, WRRC, Quetta visited the site and conducted detailed survey of Rahim Gul Karez Kanmetherzai. The work of improvement at new Pechi Karez could not be started because the karez tunnel alongwith well No.18 and No.19 have been collapsed due to excessive seepage of rain water of Ziarat “Manda”. This karez was initially built by Balochistan Rural Support Program (BRSP) and has also conducted some tunnel improvement work of this karez a few years ago. The karez serves around 200 families settled around but has a rather low discharge not sufficient to support intensive agricultural activity. It was decided that site promised to be a challenge to WRRC, Quetta if the Centre can increase the discharge by enlarging the influence of the mother well and taking improvement works. A technical team comprising SRO, RO and Sub. Engineer visited the site and performed a number of prerequisite works prior to start the major rehabilitation and improvement work of the karez i.e. wells enumeration by inserting sign boards, installation of flume at daylight point for discharge measurements, total karez length and recording of inter-wells distances, topo surveys, static water levels measurements, collection of water samples and flow measurement etc.
To enhance the discharge of existing Rahim Gul karez at Kanmetherzai, the excavation work, silt and gravel clearance from the main tunnel has almost completed. The works like digging and shearing of stones, gravels, silt and other earth materials from the underground tunnel and its uplifting to the ground surface were very much labour consuming and life risky so the ordinary labor was unable to perform such specific jobs. After cleaning of about 3,000 ft of existing karez, the enhancement of discharge was nil, hence the extension of tunnel about 200 ft with 2 new mother wells were conducted, which replaced old mother well. Now, the overall discharge of the karez has been increased. The whole exercise has increased the actual cost of tunnel cleaning from Rs.45,000/- (estimated) to the tune of Rs.1,58,000/-. The Excavation Work performed in the Karez Tunnel was measured as length = 3,500 ft; depth = 3 ft; width = 2.5 ft.

Conjunctive use of Flood and Groundwater in Loralai, Balochistan
This research study was initiated to investigate the existing water resources of the Project area. The hill torrents in the area bring a substantial quantity of flash floods, which can be harnessed, for the beneficial use. It has been envisaged to analyze the ground-water potential in conjunction with the availability of surface water at different levels of assurances for irrigation purposes to attain optimum water resources utilization. In order to obtain maximum irrigation efficiency, new water management techniques were introduced. This was achieved by adopting trickle irrigation system and lining of water distribution network to minimize conveyance losses.
The study site at the land of Abdul Salam Khan in village Zhar karez district Loralai was selected. The site is situated about 15 km from Loralai on Loralai-Kila Saifullah-Quetta Road which is about 280 km away from Quetta. The appropriate locations for trickle irrigation system installation, rainwater harvesting reservoir and setting up of meteorological station were identified at the farm. This study was conducted on an area of 2.5 hectares. The staff of WRRC, Quetta installed the trickle irrigation system comprising pipes, lateral lines etc., according to the experimental plan.
The previous layout plan of trickle irrigation system installation has been totally changed and modified as per guidelines and instructions of the Chairman, PCRWR and Dr. Abdul Salam Abi-Samara, FAO Expert, after their visit to the site. The specifications of materials being used in the system were finalized after extensive visits and meetings with Dr. Abdul Salam Abi-Samara; the materials and diversified components of trickle irrigation system as per proposed modifications and specifications were arranged. The installation process of trickle irrigation system as well as reservoir for tubewell water storage have been completed in the field.
Development and Fabrication of Trickle Irrigation System on Orchards in Pakistan
With a view to attain maximum irrigation efficiency, it was proposed to introduce water saving application techniques for orchard growing in Pakistan.

Fruits are major source of income in areas where water is scarce. Expansion in fruit area is generally constrained by water availability. Trickle Irrigation System has been recognized as a method of irrigation which provides maximum possible irrigation water efficiency and which is claim to be upto 90%. Efficient use of irrigation water increases both area and production. Increase in acreage results from saving in water and increase in production from added area and therefore increase in per unit yield and overall good impact on national economy.

To initiate the research study, 3 sites were selected in Balochistan having basic infrastructure and facilities for successful implementation of these studies. The field layout plans have been prepared after conducting detailed survey and approximate costs of materials as well as design analysis of the systems were worked out. At present the study at Amir Ali Shah Farm, Mastung; PCSIR Research Station, Hazar Gunji and Marri Farm, Mian Gundi has been executed. The trickle systems at Amir Ali Shah Farm; PCSIR research station and Marri Farm, have been installed and in operation. All installation processes of trickle irrigation systems at three sites were completed by the staff of WRRC, Quetta and in this way the installation charges of about Rs.0.15 million were saved. The fruit trees have beard fruits.

• Amir Ali Shah Farm
The Amir Ali Shah Farm, Mastung is located at Karachi-Mastung Road, which is about 70 km from Quetta. This study has been conducted on an area of about 2.5 hectares.
The WRRC, Quetta had completed the construction of one representative water reservoir (40’x 40’ x 4’) to be used for trickle irrigation system. The funds utilized for the construction of storage tank were totally provided by Irrigation & Power Department, Government of Balochistan. The already installed trickle irrigation system was extended upto remaining farm area.

• PCSIR Research Station
The PCSIR Research Station is located at Quetta-Mastung Road Hazar Gunji, which is about 17 km from Quetta. This study has been conducted on an area of about 1.0 hectare.
The bill of quantities of materials, components and accessories with their estimated approximate cost, detailed design analysis and layout plan of the experiment and head works + various components of the system were prepared. After making all arrangements the system was installed and delivering the water to the cultivated fruit trees. After completion of the system, it was handed over to the PCSIR.

• Mian Gundi Farm
The installation of trickle, bubbler and sprinkler irrigation system simultaneously on 1.0 acre orchard of cherry, apple, peaches and grassy lawn at the Marri Farm, Mian Gundi the system was completed. The Marri Farm is located in interior on Quetta-Mastung Road at Mian Gundi site, which is about 20 km away from Quetta. This study has been conducted on an area of about 1.0 acre. Water conveyance efficiency from source is almost 100% since water is flowing under pressure in closed pipes, as there is no evaporation and seepage losses. The beauty of the study is that three types of micro irrigation systems viz. trickle, bubbler and sprinkler would be demonstrated simultaneously. The orchard of cherry, peaches, grassy lawn and compartments of roses, would be irrigated at the same time and the provision of split irrigation to the desired area through installing of risers has been provided in the system.

Research Projects Completed (PESHAWAR)

• Development and construction of low cost (Gabion) Diversion structure for community channels in Swat;
• Design and installation of pipeline for efficient conveyance of irrigation water in hilly areas;
• Local development and fabrication of alfalfa valves for irrigation pipeline;
• Completion of spring water pipeline at Drushkhela;
• Determination of Nitrogen in the selected parts of Mardan SCARP;
• Waterlogging problems at Military Farm, Noshera;
• Evaluation and development of Appropriate Water Harvesting Technologies in NWFP; and
• Alleviation of small-scale waterlogging, Peshawar valley.

^ That Bank of America branch in Karachi must be a small one room one, because I have never in my life heard about it, neither myself nor from anyone else!

but common dude delete this topic, im not against it but its to small and no information to have its own topic, it can go in the isloo thread.

COMMERCIAL PROJECTS


PROJECTS COMPLETED

PROJECTS COVERED AREA (Sft)

1- Ashrafi Heights 54000

2- Khan Arcade 67403

3- Asad Centre 22500

4- Gold Centre 54600

5- Time & Taste Banquet Hall 4752

6- Crystal Tower 40500

7- Kohinoor Banquet Hall 6000

8- Ashrafi Tower 40500

9- Office of Hamza Sugar Mill 6245

10- Madina Sugar Mill 342573

No. of Floors

1- 12

2- 7

3- 5

4- 10

5- 1

6- 8

7- 1

8- 11

9- 2

10- 1

Address

1- 20-E, Main Market, Gulberg-II, Lahore/Pakistan.

2- 37-J, Firdous Market, Lahore/Pakistan.

3- Main Boulevard, Lahore/Pakistan.

4- Liberty Market, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

5- Main Market, Gulberg-II, Lahore/Pakistan.

6- 3-Commercial Zone, Liberty, Lahore/Pakistan.

7- Hussain Chowk,Gulberg-II, Lahore/Pakistan.

8- Liberty Market, Lahore/Pakistan.

9- Jeitha Bhutta, Khanpur, Distt: Rahimyar Khanpur/Pakistan

10- Faisalabad / Pakistan.

THE DESIGN OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED & CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY HAS STARTED


PROJECTS COVERED AREA (Sft)

1- Ahad Tower 361750

2- Salaar Centre 146350

3- Liberty Tower 58944

4- Rehman Tower 55700

5- Gulberg Arcade 118820

6- Aashiana Shopping Centre 386076

7- Khan Tower 38860

8- Madina Tower 332000

9- Makkah Tower 144700

10- Aashiana Shopping Centre 10367

11- Hassan Tower 140060

12- Target Trade Centre 305930

13- Jeff Heights 423775

14- Hajazi Medical Complex 8772

15- Pakistan Flour Mill Association Office 7800

16- Classic Banquet Hall 22000

17- Boulevard Heights 786000


No. of Floors

1- 15

2- 13

3- 10

4- 13

5- 9

6- 14

7- 6

8- 11

9- 14

10- 7

11- 11

12- 16

13- 14

14- 3

15- 4

16- 1

17- 23


Address

1- 102-103, Garden Block, Garden Town, Lahore/Pakistan.

2- 12, Main Boulevard, New Garden Town, Lahore/Pakistan.

3- 20-A, D1 Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

4- 9-E, Gulberg-II, Lahore/Pakistan.

5- 38-G, Main Boulevard, Gulberg-II, Lahore/Pakistan.

6- 78-D1, Main Boulevard, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

7- 24-E, Walton Road, Deffence Chowk, Lahore/Pakistan.

8- Ferozpur Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

9- 85-C, Gulberg-II, Lahore/Pakistan.

10- D.I.KHAN/Pakistan.

11- 114-E1, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

12- 45, Jail Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

13- 77-E1, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

14- Wahari/Pakistan.

15- Shadman, Lahore/Pakistan.

16- 79-D1, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

17- 11-K, Main Boulevard Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

Suggestion:

Waqar dont just dump the information here. Organize it properly like they did in the Indian and UAE forums. Lateron we will try to take pictures of them too.

PROJECTS IN HAND


PROJECTS COVERED AREA (Sft)


1- Al Marjan Centre 311495

2- Liberty Shopping Mall 219336

3- Sarrc Tower 4,81,953

4- Gold Mine 123600

5- Famous Mall 1,76,344

6- Ali Tower 2,50678

7- Kalma Tower 4,23,375

8- Airways Complex 79157

9- Murree Shopping Mall 1,86,024

10- IT Tower 5,46,992

11- Makkah Electric Centre 30657

12- Anarkali Tower 95270

13- GDA Vip Appartments Block I-II 16,99,000

14- Embroidary Unit Building 70,434

15- Khan City Centre 208570

16- Silicon Sealent Industry 45,162

17- Ali Shopping Mall 8332

18- Rehman Centre 28437

19- Suleman heights 71,180

20- Classic Tower 7,91,283

21- Makkah Tower 2,40,525

22- Ali Centre 2,40,525

23- Citi Tower 2,40,525

24- Ravi Shopping Mall 2,40,525

25- Chamman Shopping Mall 2,40,525



No. of Floors

1- 11

2- 15

3- 19

4- 11

5- 14

6- 22

7- 16

8- 6

9- 8

10- 22

11- 6

12- 12

13- 13

14- 8

15- 10

16- 4

17- 5

18- 12

19- 10

20- 16

21- 12

22- 6

23- 23

24- 22

25- 16



Address

1- Wapda Town, Gujranwala/Pakistan.

2- 76-C2, Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

3- Davis Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

4- Ferozpur Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

5- 52-B1, Maulana Shaukat Ali Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

6- 105, M.M Allam Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

7- 3-4 Tipu Block, New Garden Town, Lahore/Pakistan.

8- Bhatta Chowk, Bediyan Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

9- G.P.O Chowk, Mall Road, Murree/Pakistan.

10- 73-E1 Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

11- Main Beddon Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

12- 73-E1 Gulberg-III, Lahore/Pakistan.

13- Gawadar/ Pakistan.

14- U.K Fashion, Near sagyaan bridge, Lahore/Pakistan.

15- Faisalabad/Pakistan.

16- Industrial Area Ferozepur Road, Lahore/Pakistan.

17- Sheikhupura / Pakistan.

18- Shahalmi Market, Lahore / Pakistan.

19- Sheikhupura/Pakistan.

20- Valencia Road,Lahore/Pakistan.

21- Gujranwala/Pakistan.

22- Faisalabad/Pakistan.

23- Multan/Pakistan.

24- Gujranwala/Pakistan.

25- 3-4 Tipu Block, New Garden Town, Lahore/Pakistan.

Suggestion:

Waqar dont just dump the information here. Organize it properly like they did in the Indian and UAE forums. Lateron we will try to take pictures of them too.

Bro all that time I have been doing this taking my time as you know in this forums you can't just put it in order what I mean is I have to put it all in one line as follow down down down you know what I mean ..

Bro all that time I have been doing this taking my time as you know in this forums you can't just put it in order what I mean is I have to put it all in one line as follow down down down you know what I mean ..

No I mean, like in the first post you seperated the projects by air-conditioning works, electrical works, mechanical/fire fighting and such, now call me ignorant but I dont what that means. All I am sying is that perhaps you should organize them by date of completion, type of development, cost so on and so fourth. I think this is a very good post it just needs to be a little organized thats all.

Later we can try to take pictures of the development and make seperate posts for each one in the same thread.

pakboy,how do u know its "to" small? if u know that much, y dont u share the details with us? I doubt HRL would launch a small scale project for themselves when they've been doing projects worth billions for others. Think.

Well....we are just hearing of the projects.....plans.....highest buildings.....corridors....mono-rails...and much much more for a long ago........but no sufficient and proper work is going on....

These all are slogans....I believe that one who wants to make changes....doesnt make slogans and advertisments.....he just complete the work and then announce....

And we pakistanis just announce first with heavy claims, ahead of schedule completion....but nothing happens like this....
As far as I beleive these projects r not really slogans. these r the projects which arrived on the map due to fast economic progress in recent years. so I am sure 80% of these new projects gonna be completed due to efforts of current government and free trade policies. 20% may not be completed due to particular "anti-projects" social and political atmosphere of the country created by politicians and a particular group of people(but I hope this atmosphere is weakning as economic condition of people is getting better and these ppl now dont listen to fake political slogans raised by selfish politicians)

Well....we are just hearing of the projects.....plans.....highest buildings.....corridors....mono-rails...and much much more for a long ago........but no sufficient and proper work is going on....

These all are slogans....I believe that one who wants to make changes....doesnt make slogans and advertisments.....he just complete the work and then announce....

And we pakistanis just announce first with heavy claims, ahead of schedule completion....but nothing happens like this....
no proper work is going on?? how can u say that??
i think most of the projects r going at a normal or more than normal pace keeping in mind the political and social condition of Pakistan.....

no proper work is going on?? how can u say that??
i think most of the projects r going at a normal or more than normal pace keeping in mind the political and social condition of Pakistan.....

hmmmm Sorry for not describing my view properly.....I meant to say that about Karachi....I dont know if the work in Punjab is going at normal pace.....but specifically Karachi has got very much exploited by its own people....

Well, by comparing Karachi to Punjab I dont want to start racist discussion.....but it is a truth....that Mode, pace and dedication of work in Punjab is far better than these in Karachi.....

Well, my topic was penetration of non-technical minds in the politics.....which result in the improper implementation of projects....

and one thing more....if our technocracy becomes more organised,powerful and effective than thye bureaucracy, then I think...90% will go better..If and only if politics is not involved...

yawnn~~~!

waqar bhai....from where did u get all these info?

yar stop copy n pasting info without organising over here man
juss give the website
btw those are Landmark Consultants project......u r tryin to dump over here their companies profile or smth??

Salam,

This university is just in time. To have an equivalent of GIK or NUST (or even better) in Sialkot region will help create that scholastic pool much quicker.

Peace.


Being well aware of the situation and standards of the exisiting UET'z in Pakistan, in my perception, if worked properly on it, UET Sialkot will take atleast 10yrs to come to the standard of NUST & GIKI. These two institution are big names in our Higher Education facilities excluding LUMS, NCA & IBA from the top list for the time being. It would be a good idea to bring up such a new university to a higher level of good quality education but we must not neglect the region where it is being built and the people who are going to be involved in this instition. Just an overview, UET Lahore, altough well known for it facilities and education does not provide a very good studying ambiance. Due to its cheap education (low fee), it attract more of the lower and middle class therefore its standard of students lacks the similarity that of GIKI n NUST. NUST is handled by the army if im not wrong so it has good reputation etc

In government universities what i have experience for myself is the lack of pace with which development work is undertaken. Many projects, facilities etc will be proposed vision and approved but their feasibility takes place a snails pace. One example is that of my own university, University of Punjab, which has the highest budget in Punjab yet its development and standard has not reached the place closer to something like GIKI or NUST. Facility wise it is a good university yet the amount of corruption it has since it is a government university, im afraid if this continues this university will go at the bottom.

UET Sialkot is a good news toward providing higher education facilities to the rural n backward area of one the most growing cities and export wise important city. I hope they improve the education standard of that place.

its good news, but like you said it will take time for it to reach a good standard, it might be as good as NUST or GIKI but i dnt see an institute of LUMS standards coming straight up, i think they should have brought an old institue and expanded it with the cash.

Salam,

You are right Techno. In fact, for any given university to reach any respectable level, it needs to produce a few semisters of education and then evolve its strategy and course. It certainly will take time for Sialkot as well. However, I do feel that the location of the university is brilliant, as I mentioned earlier. Moreover, Sialkot's people are relatively affluent as compared to some other areas, as Sialkot has a descent export base. Indeed, any new university in public or private sector is a good news for me, as it is only with higher education that we can have a sustainable development.

I do agree that this project will take ages to mature. But I am glad, we are planning a lot of universities throughout Pakistan. I do hope that most of these are established in towns there currently there is no university.

Peace.

next to it

salam
I am glad, we are planning a lot of universities throughout Pakistan. I do hope that most of these are established in towns there currently there is no university.

Peace.


salam
merijan... i liked ur these words HEc should take your these words and think upon it.As for as i know six new unis (USET) will be established in these cities Karachi,Islamabad,Multan,Sialkot,Hyderabad,Abbotabad(or somewhere else in NWFP).
I think four unis have nice locations, but i don't like two locations Islamabad and Hyderabad.Islamabd bcoz taxla uet is near by isloo NUST is in pindi and private unis are also comin up,this uni should be relocated somewhere in Balochistan. this is need of time as city of Gawadar will stable this uni will be mature.The uni coming to Hyderabad should move to sukkur or Mirpurkhas.Hyderabad also has some good govt funded unis.Sukkur has industrial estate and a locomotive factory and linked with whole country road, rail and air.Mirpurkhas is also linked by road, rail and an unsued airport. It is quickly developing city, gateway to maga project to meet the energy requirements of pakistan "Thar coal" and surrounded by all mineral rich districts of the country.
It'll be good to have unis in small cities/towns bcoz people are migrating to isloo, karachi and lahore to give best education to their children in this way our these three cities are getting overpapulated.

hmmmm Sorry for not describing my view properly.....I meant to say that about Karachi....I dont know if the work in Punjab is going at normal pace.....but specifically Karachi has got very much exploited by its own people....

Well, by comparing Karachi to Punjab I dont want to start racist discussion.....but it is a truth....that Mode, pace and dedication of work in Punjab is far better than these in Karachi.....

Well, my topic was penetration of non-technical minds in the politics.....which result in the improper implementation of projects....

and one thing more....if our technocracy becomes more organised,powerful and effective than thye bureaucracy, then I think...90% will go better..If and only if politics is not involved...
atcually Punjab is much more exploited by its people..and what i was saying that keeping in mind that exploitation and other hurrdles in way of progress of Pakistan work is going at normal or more than normal pace in "Pakistan".
ithink now u will understand what i'm saying..
and i agree with u regarding thae point u madeon technocracy and bureaucracy. but ther is no dedication to work in punjab esp. rawalpindi. everybody is working 4 himself, earning 4 himself and abusing politics and government and even some selfish ppl abuse Pakistan. ppl in rwp and punjab(may be in Pakistan) have no such concept of rising as a nation.......but everybody is clever regarding how to gain money from any source......everybody now what is source but nobody know what is meant by economic progress of a nation...they just consider personal matters and relate their own matters to progress(or decline(Allah na karey)) of Pakistan.
......... this is really sad u know :bash:

i think u need to refresh the list of tallest buildings because a lot of new projects and towers r not included in this project..
moreover u also need to extend list to 40 tallest buildings of Pakistan so we can have a good comparison

OK ...:) well said....I understand what u stated....and i m 10000% agreed with ur all points...

Well...as far as a country's progress....I think we must take a lesson from China and Japan....
China had been the slave/colony of Britain and Japan was ruined by Americans during WW-II......

And both have now going to ruin USA and Europe by their technology....

U see How many Japanese are teaching and studying in USA universities.....

And How many products of USA including INTEL are now being made in CHINA.....

That is what we call AWAKENING.....

However the both countries dont have stronger economy butt that has a reason behind it.....

U know i front of the business giants like JEWS and Americans.....how can the economy of any other country boom??? There an obvious domination of JEWS on the world's economy and noone can beat them until another system of business has been introduced.....

I think u will not getting my last point...because i cant transfrom into words what i think over thsi issuee(i mean JEWS domination)...!!! :) Cheers

Pakimuslim

I understand what you are saying. To put your thoughts in simpler words, some Pakistani's tend to drift towards individuality and forget the sense of nationalism. They tend to put their personal interests before national interest.

I totally agree with you. This is a very grave situation, and a sense of nationalism (now by nationalism I mean a sense of statehood) should be instilled in people.

Mr. Ameen

Tone it down a bit bro, no offence but your post sounds almost racist.

Yes Oogabooga :) ALMOST....but i m not gonna be racist :) I love Pakistan....I love Isloo, I love Lahore...I love Multan....I love Karachi too....I love Quetta....But..

The trend of rasicm introduced by some politicians and the establishment is not encouraging man....And by establishment...whome i want to point out , u must know...The Great Pakistan Army's Great White Elephants :D

Well, this is a very deep and painful discussion.....anytime..

And dont suspect me to be a RACIST :) as I stated that I love the whole Pakistan....But i hate those who prefer themselves and their neighbourhood but not the whol Pakistan, the whole Ummah :)

And u know, under certain conditions when Karachi has been under a great internal wars, i.e the local terrorism, most of the industrial, Economic and infrastructural development left Karachi....

Since Karachi had been on Fire since 80s, there are no sufficient new developments as they should be!!!

U know, every Karachiite loves Karachi...and its natural if someone having a bit of racist attitude, as this attitude was aroused by some exploitationsss

I astonish, when cities of Punjab gets the projects like Bahria Town, Lake City and much more of them....and Karachi does not...Because Karachi has an appearance of a TERRORIST CITY.....

By this, i dont mean that Punjab's cities should not get these projects.....but i am just questioning that...if Karachi is ignored or it is the city that should be ignored??

And how can the terrorist appearance of Karachi not be....When there has New Zealands cricket team been bombed....

When there is a congreggation of Rabi-ul-Awwal Bombed...

When There are Mosques, Imam Bargaahs Bombed...

But inspite of all this....everyone knows Karachi is Mini-Pakistan.....and as sson as the conditions get calm....Karachi will again start getting the investment and development...Inshaa Allaah...

Because development of Karachi helps the development of Pakistan....and it is truth not an assumption or sentimental words...

Please Please Please.....dont look at the racist dialogues of me....These are the general sentences of Karachiites....Not regular Racism....

Muhammad Ameen. I know u are true pakistani and I understand ur feelings. Bro u seem to be too much dishearted....
There is no war going on in karachi....... Karachi's infrastructure is getting better and modren day by day...... work on many underpasses, over head bridges and major roads is gong on in very fast pace. they have changed old sawerage and water supply lines.....city governoment is doing its best to change the face of karachi..... they are building overhaeds and under passes and newer roads faster then ever in the history of pakistan..... currently more then 25 overhead bridges are under construction in karachi and near completion (excluding underpasses)...and more are planned (no where in pakistan that much of overheads are under construction). Karachi has most advance machinary. i see highrises every where in karachi... More industrial zones and garment cities are being developed near port Qasim.....SITE and Korangi induarial area are being upgraded new shiny roads are comming up. many new residential areas are planned, like Green wood city, Mehak vally, Taseer town......work on IT and overhead express way will soon be initiated, belive me developmet is very much faster in karachi as compare to any other city of pakistan... Major chunk of forign investment is still comming to karachi....i will appriciate if u go through the threads related to the karachi...
yes karachi do have terrorisam problem....but U just exaggerated toooooooo much. NewZealand team was never been boombed....
Current governoment is dong much better......

Karachi generates 60% reveneu for pakistan..... in the current revenue sharing formula the vast bulk of the revenue generated by karachi is soaked up by the federal government. In the latest federal budget just announced the allotment for Islamabad with 1 million residents was three times what Karachi got with 15 million residents.

Despite all the challenges Karachi is doing well and manages to attract about 25-40% of all the investment being made in the country. It has a GNP of $28 billion and a per capita income of almost $2,000, double the national rate.
Economically karachi is still strong....

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Salam,

Yes, I think it is very important to establish a university of Science n Technology at Gwadar..... Because by the time Gwadar would become a sprawling industrial city, the university should already be matured. If they establish the university when the city is already sprawling, it will take another 10-12 years for the university to mature, like Techno said.

So, now is the time that a mega University project be initiated at Gwadar.

Peace.

In my opinion islamabad should have a UET. The population of the city currently near a million while of Rawalpindi is somewhr near 3milion, and both the cities are expanding, therefore it would need more universities. UET taxila would then attract students from the surrounding rural area providin more oppurtunity to them. As for the Isloo ppl they will more option of going to better university. Currently isloo only has NUST, and a new upcoming university Sir Syed Institute of Technical Education and Technology.

Just to give a broader perspective of what im trying to say here is that taking my own example, I as living in isloo but i had to go to lahore to apply in any of the 3 universities to apply in Architecture. When i applied in NCA there were about 50 seat for archi n students applying were somewhr about 1200-1500 and same was the case for Punjab University where i currently study but the seats there were only 15~!! By providing more university more students of intermediate will get the oppurtunity of takin higher education.

As for Gwadar is concerned, analyzing it current population and the population in close proximity, there should be a school like Polytech Institute should be established which could pe upgraded into a college and then into a proper university over the time. If not in this manner, then the campus should be similar to a mini city providing a social and recreational life to student similar to that of LUMS, GIKI or like they have in American Universities. Proving good facilities would not only attract local but foreign students too. But the problem is that at government level universities are not upgraded with time unless they are under any army navy control or b private or semi government. Let c wut the government will do fer the upcomin unv.

Pakimuslim

I understand what you are saying. To put your thoughts in simpler words, some Pakistani's tend to drift towards individuality and forget the sense of nationalism. They tend to put their personal interests before national interest.

I totally agree with you. This is a very grave situation, and a sense of nationalism (now by nationalism I mean a sense of statehood) should be instilled in people.
yes we must think as a nation we must work as a nation and we must work 4 a nation(Pakistan). but to do this we need a sense of nationalism as a nation.........but the question is how can we do that????????????
not at government or upper level but at personal level,what's the solution??????????
how can we work at personal level to instill the sense of nationalism or sense of "millat"...which Iqbal tried to instill in ppl of barr-e-saghir???

OK ...:) well said....I understand what u stated....and i m 10000% agreed with ur all points...

Well...as far as a country's progress....I think we must take a lesson from China and Japan....
China had been the slave/colony of Britain and Japan was ruined by Americans during WW-II......

And both have now going to ruin USA and Europe by their technology....

U see How many Japanese are teaching and studying in USA universities.....

And How many products of USA including INTEL are now being made in CHINA.....

That is what we call AWAKENING.....

However the both countries dont have stronger economy butt that has a reason behind it.....

U know i front of the business giants like JEWS and Americans.....how can the economy of any other country boom??? There an obvious domination of JEWS on the world's economy and noone can beat them until another system of business has been introduced.....

I think u will not getting my last point...because i cant transfrom into words what i think over thsi issuee(i mean JEWS domination)...!!! :) Cheers
Ok! i agree with u that we must keep in mind the example of china or japan...but it will be better to review our history ....how the Muslims or arabs rose as a nation........Islam gives us the best sense of millat or nationalism....
I dont think so that china cannot beat Jews or USA in economy....
If u look at the progress of USA....its not a progress what we call rising as a nation.it is just the progress which was being made when the fed up ppl of britain and europe came to USA to live freely.and obviusly USA was a nation with a lot of resources alot of land ...........they transported the industrialization of europe to USA and followed the european policies to utilize those resources....and the progress was made automatically...just like Australia or south africa has not strived to rise as nation but they were blessed by resources and progress..... and even having all the problems in asian countries, they are not still or declining they are also passing through automatic progress(except disaster hit countries) which is occuring due 2 globalization and multi-national companies....
according to my point of view real progress on strong bases as a nation has been made by few countries(china,Japan,some european countries and Russia). and the day is arriving when china or Japan will be the most progressed countries instead of america etc...america's fake progress has a weak base.....u know in country like america there are more than 20 million ppl(in a total population of 300 million) living below poverty line ..but there is no such poverty in Japan,China and most countries of europe................
therfore im expressing my concern over lacking sense of nationalism...
we can make our future by developing a sense of nationalism.which i see developing in some ppl of pakistan....but not developing in most ppl of pakistan..
i or may be we dont want progress like having no base as a country having no culture(like USA).....which is now meant in general by progress.......
progress means progress in Islam,progress of Ummah,progress of culture,progress of thinking,progress of research,progress of ethics,progress of humanity and progress of economy(not only economy)
CONCLUSION: future of China and Japan is bright + i or may be we want to make future of Pakistan the brightest + i or may be we pray for it ......may Allah bless Muslim Ummah esp. Pakistan with brightest future in the world(Ameen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) :)

Ok! i agree with u that we must keep in mind the example of china or japan...but it will be better to review our history ....how the Muslims or arabs rose as a nation........Islam gives us the best sense of millat or nationalism....
I dont think so that china cannot beat Jews or USA in economy....
If u look at the progress of USA....its not a progress what we call rising as a nation.it is just the progress which was being made when the fed up ppl of britain and europe came to USA to live freely.and obviusly USA was a nation with a lot of resources alot of land ...........they transported the industrialization of europe to USA and followed the european policies to utilize those resources....and the progress was made automatically...just like Australia or south africa has not strived to rise as nation but they were blessed by resources and progress..... and even having all the problems in asian countries, they are not still or declining they are also passing through automatic progress(except disaster hit countries) which is occuring due 2 globalization and multi-national companies....
according to my point of view real progress on strong bases as a nation has been made by few countries(china,Japan,some european countries and Russia). and the day is arriving when china or Japan will be the most progressed countries instead of america etc...america's fake progress has a weak base.....u know in country like america there are more than 20 million ppl(in a total population of 300 million) living below poverty line ..but there is no such poverty in Japan,China and most countries of europe................
therfore im expressing my concern over lacking sense of nationalism...
we can make our future by developing a sense of nationalism.which i see developing in some ppl of pakistan....but not developing in most ppl of pakistan..
i or may be we dont want progress like having no base as a country having no culture(like USA).....which is now meant in general by progress.......
progress means progress in Islam,progress of Ummah,progress of culture,progress of thinking,progress of research,progress of ethics,progress of humanity and progress of economy(not only economy)
CONCLUSION: future of China and Japan is bright + i or may be we want to make future of Pakistan the brightest + i or may be we pray for it ......may Allah bless Muslim Ummah esp. Pakistan with brightest future in the world(Ameen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) :)


Here we go again :sleepy: ........

Ok first of all this is not the thread to be discussing this. I would suggest to Ameen sahab, Pakimuslim and Moazzam to discuss this in the thread made espescially for Mr Ameen by Swerve.

Secondly, Islam is not the means to a more integrated Pakistan. Islam has only served the purpose of dividing the country. But it is not because of Islam that this happened, it is because of ignorance and illeteracy that plagues our nation. If we are to get anywhere on a world stage, we need to combat ignorance and illiteracy. An educated populous is the very cornerstone of every modern and progressive nation. As Mr. Ardeshir Cowasjee says "lack of education is the root of all evil in Pakistan.".

Education can eliminate our Jaahil Mullah culture, Education can bring about an end to ignorance in our poverty stricken areas and education coupled with other reforms can end fuedelism.

Furthermore, you cant just dismiss the progress made by any nation on the basis of "transfer of techonology" form one part of the world to another. It is simply unfair to say that whatever the US has achieved is "Artificial" and I would urge you to refrain from doing so as we dont want a flame war here.

If you look up the definition of Poverty by the US Census Bureau, you will see that as described by the census bureau even a poverty striken individual or family in the US owns atleast one Referigerator, TV has access to regular meals three times a day and has free education. That my friend would be considered a very decent lifestyle in third world countries such as India or Pakistan. I once wrote a whole paper on this subject for college, I'll try to dig it up. So basically what I am trying to say is that there is no real "poverty" in the US. The poverty in the US are people living below the American standard of living which might I add is one of the best in the world if not the best.

To say that China is not poverty stricken is wishful thinking at best. I dont want to start on China here as I have allot of respect and admiration for that country but I will say this, China still has some way to go before it can be called a modern, progressive, free of poverty country where people enjoy a standard of living comparable to Japan and the US.

On the other hand, there is absolutely no denying Japans progress, it is truly one of the best societies on earth. And I personally love that country.

---------------- To be continued -------------------

(Hopefully in Mr. Ameens Thread :tongue3: )

i think we need to come back to the twin 65 story Towers! :)

hahahahah ...I agree to all of you people :P i was also thinking that the original thread has lost...but u know what we have discussed is to be discussed just here....because when the thread is changed, it comes to death...:P well I want to give some clarifications ...:

First of all PakiMuslim bhai, By the War in Karachi i meant the first war between MAHAJIRs and PATHANs :) Ask your father about that....
Secondly, the war between Muttahida and Islami Jamiat Talaba...which is purely of political purpose....
Thirdly, the general international terrorism often strikes Karachi , like the TRY OF ATTACK on NewZealand cricket team(this is what i actually wanted to write :P ) after which that team went back and refused to play in Pakistan for years..., and like the BEHEADING of Daniel Pearl...

I have much more to say on this, but ....closing the topic from me before any of mods take actions :P:P khekehehee irrelevent discussion in the topic lol..

han....aray bhai....anyone can update us on the topic??
anyone here?? who has visited the IPEC???

sorry 4 becoming off topic again but i must reply 2 muhammad ameen and oogabooga
1st oogabooga ..how can u blame Islam 4 dividing the country?? u can blame muslims but not islam coz islam alearly teaces muslims to refrain from sectionalism.
>>>>simply no discussion on comparison of countries OK!!!!!!!!!...........:)
2nd muhammad ameen it was mozzam whao discussed war in khi not me(pakimuslim)..:)
End of this topic!!!!!!!!!:)





Now any update on 65 storey twin tower????????????????????????????????

Kindly please stick to the topic.

sorry 4 becoming off topic again but i must reply 2 muhammad ameen and oogabooga
1st oogabooga ..how can u blame Islam 4 dividing the country?? u can blame muslims but not islam coz islam alearly teaces muslims to refrain from sectionalism.
>>>>simply no discussion on comparison of countries OK!!!!!!!!!...........:)
2nd muhammad ameen it was mozzam whao discussed war in khi not me(pakimuslim)..:)
End of this topic!!!!!!!!!:)





Now any update on 65 storey twin tower????????????????????????????????

No it wasnt me who discussed war in karachi...... read the thread again plz

:)

Well Pakimuslim sorry yar....
And Moazzam bhai....the topic inside the original topic has been closed....so dont take notice...Come to the matter.....

My MAMA(Mamoon) told me today that on I.I Chundrigar road, the N.O.Cs of two buildings, 40 and 87 storyed have been given.....I dont believe that this is authentic news....but He is a very active Drama Writer on GEO Tv. May be his information is right...may be wrong...

And if we analyze the 40 and 87 storyes' ratio...then we get the larger version of those buildings' redering which have been claimed to be the certain TWIN BUILDINGS on I.I.C. road...as both arent of 65....

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/407/chundrigarpix8vw.th.jpg (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chundrigarpix8vw.jpg)

^ Are those the renderings?

We have a list on UP...I'll post it...

^^ I dont think so. It might be just a visualization concept

They want to make it world class ah...

The FPCCI project is still on and it will be 54 stories high:

Friday, July 14, 2006

Plans in pipeline to promote trade, industry in Sindh: Ibad

KARACHI: Comprehensive plans are being undertaken for the promotion of trade and industry in the province.

Talking to a delegation of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday, Sindh Governor, Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan said a master plan is also being prepared with a view to introduce Karachi as the modern city and to equip it with the trade facilities. President Choudhry Muhammad Saeed led the FPCCI delegation.

FPCCI president lauded the Governor for undertaking steps for the development of the province and for the promotion of trade. He said that because of such measures the image of Sindh particularly that of Karachi has improved.

FPCCI chief also congratulated Dr. Ishrat on the success of a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the Azad Kashmir election.

He also briefed the Governor about the FPCCI corporate building project and said that the 54-storey building would be constructed at the cost of Rs. 3.7 billion keeping in view the modern requirements.

The FPCCI President was of the view that this building would emerge as the landmark of Karachi. He said that with the completion of the project, the foreign investment would increase and Karachi would emerge as a modern city.

The governor lauded the proposed project and said that it should be a welfare one as the land was allocated for welfare purposes. He also formed a committee to remove the legal hitches in the way of the project. The committee would present its report in 10 days time, the statement added.

Adviser to the Sindh chief minister on local government, Wasim Akhtar, secretary Local Government, Chief Controller KBCA, managing director KWSB and other officials were also present. APP

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\14\story_14-7-2006_pg5_5

No it wasnt me who discussed war in karachi...... read the thread again plz
ya it was muhammad ameen but u responded 2 his statement not me!:)

Well lets forget it please!

Ayubia once had that charm; for the past decade it hasn't. Lets hope something like this can spring this little village up again.

BTW Murree is exploding with development in the valley and in the old city!

^^ I dont think so. It might be just a visualization concept

Would be one hell of an addition to IIC...

a whole topic for this piece of shit project?

:lol: Pakboy always makes sure his voice his heard...whether people like it or not.

Yeah, I don't think we needed this topic but I suggest we start a topic for small/medium housing projects. We'll call it.....Pakistan Housing Thread.

That hotel looks very similar....hmm. *wink*

DEIGHTON INTERNATIONAL in association with Meridian International has established Karachi Beach Pvt. Limited in Pakistan as the special purpose vehicle to develop this US$200-million project, the first of its kind in the country.

Negotiations are currently taking place with the City Government in respect of the 100-acre beachfront site and a draft contract is under consideration.

A website has been created, providing additional information and updates: www.karachi-beach.com

according to the website, their crew just recently visited Karachi to settle terms with the CDGK

this website is 2 years old

Lets email the contact in their website for maybe help revive their interest in this mega project.

Also those of us in media can plan an email drive to the media to bring it more to forefront. Any ideas??

^ I would be surprised if they read their e-mails!

i did email them, but the guy answering it was quite arrogant and wasnt answering my question about the project being shelved. but deighton is a big group and my email to them was transfered to there office in pakistan, so they have setup an office there with employees in it so that is good news, we may see some other projects by them.

Chairlift project for Fort Munro approved

Associated Press of Pakistan
18 July 2006

MULTAN: Punjab government has approved the feasibility of Fort Munro chairlift cable car project and an amount of Rs 10 million has been allocated to launch study for the preparation of its PC-1.

Manager Planning and Development Wing Tourism Development Corporation Punjab Javed Akbar Waraich said Monday that Rs 3.5 million had already been released to launch the study and remaining Rs 6.5 million had been reflected in the annual development plan 2006-07.

“Five firms have contacted us so far and they have been given the Terms of Reference citing requirements of the study and informed through advertisement in the newspapers to submit their demands with details of their technical expertise by the mid August.”

“We will first evaluate their technical expertise and past record of carrying out such studies and after filtering out best firms through grading process, we will open their financial proposals to assess which firm should get the contract to carry out study at Fort Munro, the only hill station in South Punjab located at some 6500 feet height”, Waraich said.

The firm with best expertise and seeking less money to carry out the study will suit us, he added.

The study will point out how long chairlift, cable car or combination of both can be installed, at what suitable points while keeping in view the direction of the wind flow, geological technical investigation to lay foundation at best suitable spots for installation of pillars, and the cost involved.

He said it was not just the chairlift but the allied supporting facilities too, like public toilets, restaurant, parking space that would be built.

TDCP will prepare the PC-1 depending upon the report of the study.

He said firms in Austria, France and UK manufacture the chairlifts and cable-cars and TDCP would go for the best option. He said the chairlift in Patariata was installed in 1989 and added that a lot of technological modifications and advancements had taken place since then.

Javed Akbar said Chief Minister Punjab Ch Pervaiz Elahi was taking keen interest in developing infrastructure in South Punjab including recreational facilities to end the sense of deprivation among the people there.

The chairlift-cable car project would generate an enormous economic activity by creating many employment opportunities directly and indirectly for the local people.

He said the TDCP had given a briefing to the Chief Secretary Punjab sometime ago that resulted in the construction of some eight kilometre metallic road from Khar to Fort Munro by the C&W department, rehabilitation of water supply scheme from Rakni to Fort Munro and forestation project was being carried out by the forest department there.

Located at a height almost equal to that of Murree, the hill station is a part of DG Khan district near inter-provincial Boata check post at Punjab-Balochistan boundary, some 186 kilometres from Multan and 86 kilometres from DG Khan city.

“It has enormous potential for tourism that has yet to be explored and we are committed to utilise this potential befitting its importance.”

The hill station has rest houses of different government departments, a TDCP motel, a hospital and two beautiful lakes.

Elaborating seriousness of the Punjab government to make available recreational facilities in South Punjab, he said that the work had already begun on a TDCP resort in DG Khan.

“CM has ordered to build a spacious resort plus motel at Bahawalpur after rejecting the old site measuring just 28 kanal,” he said. “We have now spotted a 64-kanal piece of land at Bahawalpur near the bypass and are considering proposing a 20-25 room motel, joy land, mini golf course and other facilities. We have sent the summary to the Punjab government to acquire this land from the forest department.”

A sum of Rs 16 million had already been released by the Punjab government for the project and Rs 120 million had been reflected in ADP 2006-07, he added.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNews.aspx?dtlid=49680&catid=2

We are going to have a food court soon in karachi...see the details below.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7304/page20jv6.th.gif (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=page20jv6.gif)

:cheers:

Whatever happened to the Old Native Jetty bridge food street project, Port Grand?

This one is being built at the Askari Park (at the old Sabzi Mandi site), I'm sure the Port one is still on the cards ..

Native Jetty bridge food street is a big project.... work is underway..... i ll post the pics of that area.. soon inshaAllah

the food street was suppose to be completed last year.

Deighton International also has the Millenium Dome, London, in its project portfolios... this should be a very nice project. Hopefully they will get around to start working on it soon.

Sadly its been shelved due to idiot city officials of KHI.

Below is the response from my email inquiry about the great project. Maybe we can revive it, if we start a awareness campaign, any hope or ideas guys??

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your enquiry and interest in the Karachi Beach theme park resort.

Unfortunately, we were unable to reach an agreement with the Karachi City Government despite their agreeing to our plans and our having the finance in place to proceed without the need for any public funding.

Despite several communications from us to the KCG we have not had any reply for several months. We have, therefore, reluctantly concluded that the scheme has been aborted.

Yours faithfully,
Philip D. Deighton FTS
Chief Executive.

DEIGHTON INTERNATIONAL

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Man! communication with our govt. officials is so fu*king inefficient!!
:bash:

Man! communication with our govt. officials is so fu*king inefficient!!
:bash:

Not always:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9299133&postcount=34


BTW its a shame this project has been shelved. I'm pretty sure politics might have had a role as the city Nazim changed.

WTF is this a joke? They announce something and then shelve it; here's a idea for our gov't officials. If your going to shelve it then don't annonce it in the first place for our sake!

Originally Posted by swerveut
Man! communication with our govt. officials is so fu*king inefficient!!

I think upon contacting right government official it is most likely you will get a response. Once I wrote to Lahore city Nazim about a Ferozepur road and got following positive answer :


Dear Mr. Muhammad Waseem,

Please refer to your Email dated 07.07.2006 on the subject cited above.

Thank you very much for contacting this office. The issue raised by you in
your email has been referred to Town Municipal Officer, Nishtar Town,
Lahore for taking necessary action in the light of the issue raised by
you. The progress made by the concerned department on your complaint shall
be communicated to you in due course of time. Thank you very much once
again.

Mian Amer Mahmood
Zila Nazim, Lahore

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Although I have not been updated but still the answer is very positive. My experience is not that bad afterall.

On following websites there are several officials' fax & email numbers. If anyone want to contact the officials, send both fax and email. I Prefer fax and always write my complete contact, nothing to fear about :)

www.sindh.gov.pk
www.karachicity.gov.pk
www.punjab.gov.pk
www.lahore.gov.pk

Hello. I am new here.

What the government likes to do is propose things and make the citizens get high hopes and then, they just bail out of the proposals.

Back to the topic, I hope these are completed soon.

i think this project has been shelved due to the politics between the maulanas and the mqm as this project was announced by the previous nazim and got shelved along with many other projects of the previous city government

i think this project has been shelved due to the politics between the maulanas and the mqm as this project was announced by the previous nazim and got shelved along with many other projects of the previous city government

Is it just your feelings or any evidence as well?!?!?!

i think this project has been shelved due to the politics between the maulanas and the mqm as this project was announced by the previous nazim and got shelved along with many other projects of the previous city government

Is it just your feelings or do u have any evidence as well?!?!?!

thanx to sania for these

time squire shopping mall
http://www.timesquire.pk/

holiday inn
website under construction
http://www.holidayinn-fsd.com/

dsouk shopping mall and cineplex
http://www.dsouk.com.pk/

http://www.dsouk.com.pk/images/hex0.jpg

full list of projects
http://www.shahnawazassociates.com.pk/projects-list1.htm

When's this project going to be completed?

Oh no they've mispelled "Shopping Mall" as "Sopping Mall"

hahahhaa, probably building website hastily.

Oh no they've mispelled "Shopping Mall" as "Sopping Mall"

complete n00bs they must be.

Phase 9 may be developed by international developers

Water problems to be solved by 2007 for DHA, Phase 8 completion within 4-5 years Phase 8 completion within 4-5 years

By Qadeer Hussain Tanoli & Mushfiq Ahmed

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=16931

KARACHI: Administrator, Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Brig Maqsood Hussain has said that his authority’s biggest and most ambitious project, the DHA Phase 9, which is situated off the Super Highway could be given to international companies for development.

“We are looking at the possibility and have been approached by some private international groups with renowned reputations. The proposal has to be put before our board and that is why I cannot give any names at this stage,” said Brig Hussain while talking to The News.

The DHA chief said Phase 9 would be the largest project undertaken by the DHA in Karachi because of which a separate set-up would be established so that it could function effectively. He was not clear as to who would head the set-up and whether it would be placed under the present DHA or run parallel to it.

Brig Maqsood Hussain said that such an arrangement whereby two DHAs would function in one city “would be the first such arrangement in any city in Pakistan.” He said that at present possession of the land had not been taken but survey of land which has been purchased has been completed.

“We have received bids for its development from consortia of local and foreign developers. Right now we are evaluating them. Besides, we may invite internationally known builders and developers for development of that land. We may give them a piece of land to construct their projects there. It would add to the value of those lands,” he added.

He said that efforts were being made to employ private concerns for purposes of town planning and development. Talking about Phase 8, the upcoming sector of DHA, Brig Maqsood said that it will be fully operational within five years. “We are going to give permission for construction gradually as civic works are completed,” he said, adding “and we aim to have all things in place within five years.”

The DHA chief said that Phase 8 comprised several construction belts which would be gradually opened for construction. He said that the decision to open construction in some belts in 2003 was not right as at the time most of the civic works had not been done.

The Phase 8 has six sectors (construction belts) which would be gradually opened. “Already a contract has been signed with NLC for construction of roads and soon some agreement will be reached on other works,” he said.

Brig Maqsood said that one of the major issues in Phase 8 was the supply of power and in this connection DHA and KESC were in talks. “In this phase, power lines will all be underground,” he informed.

About the ongoing revamping process in DHA, Phase One would be completed by the end of October this year. He said that refurbishing of roads in Phase One would fully start next week and the work on it had already been initiated at a few places.

Brig Maqsood said that the former contractor who was responsible for revamping Phase One was not working up to expectations and that was why he was removed and the new one was awarded the contract.

One of the reasons for delays, he added, was that “we did not have the data about the lines of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) which really disturb us during the revamping procedure. Sui Southern Gas Company was the only company which had the required data.”

Brig Maqsood Hussain said that DHA with the process of revamping of the phase was also compiling necessary data now. He said that all the roads within DHA would be revamped phase-wise for the better flow of the traffic.

He said that the next phase that the DHA would work on revamping is Phase 4 but the problem there is that the water table in some areas of that phase is very high. He said work in phase 4 should start in January 2007.

He said the first desalination plant of DHA would be fully operational by March next year, which should have the capacity of 3 MGD. “Most of the problems regarding shortage of water supply in DHA would be solved if Karachi Water & Sewerage Board, as agreed, starts supplying 3 MGD as well besides the supply of water from the desalination plant,” he said, adding by 2007 the water problem for residents of DHA would be a thing of the past.

^ Its good to see Ph.8 being developed at a fast pace, but they should make sure Ph.9 (off Super Highway) is purerly a suburban area.

The DHA at this moment looks pretty stupid with those thin 4 floor apartments right opposite to large bunglows!

hmmm Man by this i will conclude that the DHAs new scheme would be near to the MAlir Cantt.. :)

Is there any update on this project? It would really give that area a major facelift. Design look sgreat on paper.

On the CPG website, it says construction will commence immediately after the signing of the agreement, which has already taken place on June 15th. That means by now atleast construction must have started? Anyone got any updates as to where exactly the location is?

Source (http://www.cpgcorp.com.sg/press/view_press.asp?PRID=344)

I just visited their site and they have the link for the Avari Tower extension (proposal) so there's some substance to it. But is there any way to find out what the next stage is after proposal and how soon it will be?

ive cn the construction work at dSouk going on.....but i couldnt any pix at nite
as far as i remember the project was completed till 4th or 5th floor

any progresss.....

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled-2.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled2.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled3.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled4.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled5.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled6.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled7.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled8.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Pakistan/untitled9.jpg

the second pic makes me believe that gwadar can also be a resort city of some sort...on the lines of cancun. cuz the shape of the strip is quite similar to that of cancun and ideal for being a resort place.

I'm still skeptical, but at least there's something happening.. or trying to happen.

Nice photography, but we can only judge a project when its actually built.

02.08.06

FAISALABAD: A foreign company has offered to run an inter-city train by laying a 50km track in the City.

The project would cost Rs 50 billion. The company’s chief executive held a meeting with City District Nazim Rana Zahid Tauseef and Traffic SSP Zahid Hussain Sherazi on Tuesday and presented the plan for running of the train on the pattern of Karachi. He said the railway track would be laid from one end to another end and the work on the project would be started immediately after the approval by the Punjab government. The project would be completed in one year, he added.

The company CE said the timing of the inter-city train would be from 8am to 12 at night. This project, he added, would be accomplished on BOT basis and the district government would have to make no investment in this project.

news.com.pk

^^
sounds great & i would say go ahead!