shahmeer you rock man....did you make that diagram yourself?


No they are mine. "The copyright material."

We have 3 Benazir Airport in country, many more coming soon....we have 3,4 benazir parks in karachi...dont know why they didnt chng the name of GATTAR BAGHEECHA PARK to BENAZIR GATTAR PARK
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Gulshan Town Nazim inaugrated two pedestrian brides on main university road


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Thursday, January 28, 2010
By Qadeer Tanoli

Karachi

The Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park in Clifton will be inaugurated on Thursday (today) (Thursday) by the president of Pakistan, said Executive Director, Directorate of Parks and Horticulture Department, Liaqat Ali Khan, City District Government Karachi (CDGK).

The park was supposed to be inaugurated in the first of week of January but owing to the worsening law and order situation in Karachi, the president did not turn up and there was no other reason behind the delay in the inauguration, the official said.

He said that his department was completely ready for the inaugural ceremony in the first week of January and even the inauguration plaque had been installed in this context. He, however, said the law and order situation compelled the president not to turn up for the inauguration.

While highlighting the salient features of the park, Khan said that the park spans over an area of 152 acres containing every sort of facilities for visitors.

He said that the park has walking and jogging tracks, besides having wooden boardwalk, 20 exercise machines, eight canopies, a number of children swings, around 300 benches, five large burning fountains† and one big foundation with glass top. He said that the fountain has a diameter of 40 to 45 feet and a height of 12 feet.

The executive director of parks said that the five fountains would sometime spring water and sometime fire.

The official said that the park has been decorated with hundreds of footlights which would keep the park illuminating in ordinary days and in holidays large lights would be switched on for the visitors.

He said that the park has the capacity to accommodate around 100,000 visitors at a time. He said that park also has a hall spanning over an area of 100X100 feet and resembling the Baradari of Polo Ground.

The official said that the park has a total of around 100,000 different types of plants out of which 30,000 are shrubs and 5,000 are grown up trees with an average of seven to eight feet height. “The park has a stone-built boundary wall over an area of 10,000 feet and it has been developed with sandstone which has a prolong life duration.

“We have built a park that has an average life of 100 years. It would need no maintenance and it would be an icon of the city,” Khan claimed.

He said that the park has five entrances and it has parking facility for 2,000 vehicles at a time.

The CDGK official said that the park also has a floating bridge that would be used to have access to a small island when it is high tide time. He said that the park has been developed at a cost of Rs877 million. “We are developing “lungs of city through building parks” like the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park where all types of facilities have been provided,” he said.

Khan said that presently his department has deployed a few security guards at the park who were previously deployed at the Bagh-e-Ibne Qasim. He said after the inauguration of the park regular deployment of the security guards would be made to keep the park in proper order. He said that a decision regarding charging fee from visitors would be taken later on.

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BEHEN BENAZIR BASTI

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some points of speech of our beloved Asif Ali Zardari
1) will laid foundation ZULFIQARABAD CITY between karachi & hyderabad.it will be a part of "GREATER KARACHI" :ohno::ohno: & will be free of crime :lol::lol:

2) Sindh govt Karachi & Lyari ka ik GOOGLE MAP banayen takay mai presidnt house mai computer k zariye tariqiati kaam dekhta rahun :nuts: ajeeb Ch_____ ki bat ki hai isne ye..

iski sari speech Lyari k oper shuru or khatam thi...aesa lagraha tha jese Lyari ki jaati hoi seat ko bachane aya hai

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^^INSHALLAH soon we will have BRT..its sad k first brt corridor is not from Sohrab Goth to Tower..i think first BRT corridor will be from Orangi-Nazimabad-(tower/shahraefaisal) not confirmd about tower or shahrae faisal..but once MK said that Banaras flyover will have BRT lanes..so its obvious k first corridor wohi hoga

Friday, January 29, 2010
By Qadeer Tanoli

Karachi

The third route of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) CNG buses, from Orangi Town to Clifton, would be made operational today (Friday), with City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal scheduled to inaugurate the route.

Public Transport Management Operation and Regulation District Officer (DO) Muhammad Athar informed The News that the CDGK purchased 25 Hino-made buses at a cost of Rs100 million. He said that 72 up and down bus stops have been constructed on the route, which would start from Orangi Town, and head towards Banaras, Board Office, Nazimabad Chowrangi No. 2, Civic Centre, and University Road. The buses will then travel to MA Jinnah Road, Preedy Street to Empress Market, Lucky Star to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) to Korangi Road, Sunset Boulevard, Punjab Chowrangi and end at Clifton Beach.

The DO said that a dedicated bus terminal for this route has been established at Gulshan-e-Zia, Orangi Town, which is spread over four acres. He said this terminal has been established at a cost of Rs80 million, where every sort of facility would be made available for the buses, including repair, maintenance and availability of spare parts.

Athar said that given the experiences of the past, the city government has introduced some new ideas on this route. He explained that on the two CNG bus routes that are currently operational, the management operation and maintenance of buses was outsourced to a company, while jobs such as dealing with CNG stations and revenue collection was being directly dealt with by the CDGK.

However, Athar said, all sorts of operations have been merged under one package for the third route. He said that the contract of handling all sorts of operations have been awarded to a company named Rahman Coach Service Company, which in turn, would pay the city government Rs450,000 every month. He added that 60 drivers have been deployed on this route.

The DO said that the operator has been bound to charge Rs15 from every passenger, the same fare that is being charged on the other two operational routes. He said that an e-ticketing facility would also be available on this route, and passengers could also enjoy the facility of rechargeable ‘smart card’ of different denomination, including Rs50, Rs100, Rs200 and Rs300.

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City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that card system has now been put in place in the CNG bus service after closing down case dealing. The new cards of Rs.50 and 100 denominations are now available at common shops and CNG bus booth. Despite of facing the loss of Rs75million annually in the CNG bus service the City Government has carried on this best and cheap transport service for poors, students as well as labour class. So far 75 buses have been run on different routes in the city while 20 more buses per month will be added in the fleet of CDGK dedicated CNG buses.

He expressed these views after inauguration of a new route of CNG bus namely route-III and the new bus terminal at Gulshan-e-Zia Orangi Town near Northern Bypass on Friday. Large number of people including MNAs MPAs Town Nazim of Orangi and SITE elected representatives and otheres were also present on these occasions.

Nazim Karachi on this occasion said that only a considerable addition in the CNG buses could replace the old transport system in Karachi with the new one. He said that the people demand end of old bus transport culture in Karachi but it could not be done immediately.

He said that four years ago we heard that the federal government had allocated Rs5 billion for CNG bus project in Karachi and the city government had also sent the PC-I for this three years ago but we have not received even a penny in this head nor any progress was made in the mass transit project for the city. Haq Parast leadership has instead of waiting for the action initiated a new model of public transport in Karachi which has never been introduced in the country.

He said that we have introduced a new system of e ticketing for this bus service and henceforth this system will be used for all the new buses in the city. City Nazim said that the bus service was aimed to provide best convenient and affordable transport to citizens of Karachi.

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After Construction of roads & utilities, he is now concentrating on Sports grounds & Public Transport

i have made a map of route 3
will upload it within half hour
then u will see the length of the route..& error or smartness done by CDGK..

I have started route from Banaras Chowk..Original route is starting from Gulshan e Zia Orangi Town..but i didnt include that..first pic include Route from Banaras To REGENt PLAZA...



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I dont know what they have done with the route..its already very long route..& they made it more long by going thuru Korangi road
Luk at KARACHI CANT STATION..RED LINE is shorter route..they can easily come from there to Punjab Chowrangi or KPT Underpass..its a wide road with 3 lane on each side..
but they have chosen Hazara Colony, Korangi road, DHA Phase 2 Extension route to come to Punjab Chowrangi( luk BLUE LINE after KARachi CANTT STation)....dont know y..may b they want to give benefit to Hazara colony,chenesar Goth people too from this route


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Another Closeup of Shorter Route n Original route after KARACHI CANTT Stations


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from Punjab Colony it will take Shahra e Iran to reach Ghazi Mazar n then to Beach
em not sure k it will take bilawal house route to reach ghazi mazar,or some other route


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^^I think this route is more than 30 km long(one side).
because from my home (Dastagir or Aisha Manzil) Empress Market is 12-13 km & Clifton is around 23-25kms

I ROughly measured from wikipedia , from Bagh E Qasim to Banaras. it is showing 26.4 kms & this route is starting from somewhere in Orangi Town..

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KARACHI, Jan 29 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday vowed to turn Karachi into a “model metropolis” in next three years so that it can benefit the future generations.“Karachi can run the entire economy of Pakistan if it is developed under a planned strategy. We will make it with the support of business community and the people”, he said while speaking at the distribution of pay orders among the affectees of Boulton and old markets at Chief Minister House here.

Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat- ul-Ebad, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Ministers and Advisors and MPAs from Sindh, renowned businessmen and the affected businessmen were present on the occasion.
He said the people of Karachi, Sindh and Pakistan have a unique strength and they never bowed to the evil designed enemies, terrorists and difficulties. This nation has always encountered every challenge with courage, he added.
He said the entire leadership of Pakistan was united and concerned over Karachi incident whether the Prime Minister, PML (N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif, MQM leader Altaf Husain or Sindh Governor, Chief Minister, Interior Minister or Finance Minister. This is our strength, this is our existence and this is our future, he noted.
President Zardari said that this nation is courageous and honest and only needs favourable circumstances.
Commenting on the remarks of one of the affectees of Karachi arson the President said that Allah Almighty has provided him an opportunity to compensate and help the affectees.
He said “Allah Almighty has given us an opportunity to serve the people of Pakistan and the Islamic World and we want to leave behind a legacy for our future generations as Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto had given us”.
Paying tribute to Altaf Hussain, he said that MQM leader has kept his party alive despite living far away in London. “He remains in touch with me by telephone and seeks my support in every difficult time in Karachi. We are together and we will develop Karachi, Sindh and Pakistan through this cooperation. Karachi is very important and it is my effort to make it a great city and we will do it Inshallah with the support of the business community.
“Your President is a Karachiite, this is our city and we have grown up here.”
President Asif Zardari assured the businessmen to take every step to resolve the problems of affectees and said he agreed to their demands regarding the rehabilitation of affectees. “I will pass on the instructions to the concerned departments and I will request the Parliament and my Prime Minister for indulgence in the issues and problems of Karachi.”
President Zardari reiterated the resolve of the government to continue the policy of political reconciliation and said this can resolve most of the problems.
He said coalition governments in the provinces as well as in the Centre will remain intact.
He said “Democracy will remain intact in Sindh and the whole of Pakistan and the coalition governments will continue to function,” .
Highlighting the PPP’s reconciliatory approach President Asif Ali Zardari recalled that after the assassination of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, he personally visited MQM headquarter, Nine-Zero in Karachi, with the conviction that political parties together can resolve the problems of the masses in Karachi and elsewhere.
“The worst form of democracy is better than best dictatorship”, he said and added that he was taking forward the vision and philosophy of PPP’s founder Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto to serve the masses.
Earlier, Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat-ul- Ebad Khan assured the affectees that they would not be moved to other places and would be resettled at the existing shops and flats.
He said that President Zardari was available for guidance during the entire process, right from the day of blast followed by arson and looting and assessment of losses.
Dr. Ebad said that the President himself came to Karachi for providing guidance and gave directions and line of action to help the affectees.
He said 29 buildings were burnt, 13 of them required reconstruction.
Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that the President has shown generosity in arranging the funds from federal government.
He said this is the difference between a political government and the dictator. Political forces feel the pain of affectees and come with to the support of affectees according to their needs, he added.
He said that the compensation was paid in a very short time of one month.
Former president KCCI and business leader Siraj Kassem Teli thanked the government for compensating the affected businessmen in a very short time and added that everybody in the government should be lauded for this achievement.
He pointed out that the government sanctioned Rs 3.5 billion for the compensation of affectees while the claim amount has come down to Rs 1.5 billion due to transparency and honest filing of claims by the affected businessmen.
Teli urged the President to provide one year waiver from filing income tax, three to four months waiver from paying utility bills and children’s school fees.

lol if zardari says so it will never be completed

After Construction of roads & utilities, he is now concentrating on Sports grounds & Public Transport

Atleast MK is doing something for the public unless like other politicians.......

^^ mai b yahi kehraha hun :tongue3:

abhi tak 8000 cng buses nahi ayin karachi mai..:lol: atleast MK brought 75 buses in action..instead of shortage of funds & no support from Sindh & Federal Govt

no one commented on my route map




*cries in the corner:cry::cry:

mustufa kamal is a good mayor in terms of providing facilities to the public! even the previous mayor of khi Naimatullah khan also did a good job!

nice work souriesservice :applause:

thanks Strong ;)
yeah NaimatUllah Khan was also good.
but Jamat E Islami union council nazim were not gud.they dug up my street for some pipeline & carpeted it after 2 year because elections were coming :bash:
My street elder people told me k they visited uc nazim several times for the reconstruction of road, but they said k JISKO(MQM) KO VOTE DETE HO UNSE HE KAHO ROAD BANWANE KA..

there was one problem with NaimatUllah Khan sahab k they didnt start many projects at the same time..like Mustafa Kamal..NaimatUllah govt made very well plans..but didnt execute at the same time..MK ne last govt k kafi plan leker ik sath kerdia :applause:

Nice work soruerservice, now I know how I can get around in the city. Could you please make a map for 1 and 2 route if you have time?

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HAHHAHAHA :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Zardari Uncle it would help if you pump in a couple billion of your own money into building Karachi :)

CDGK to purchase 26 fire tenders
The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) is planning to purchase 26 fire tenders and two water bowsers, Municipal Services Executive District Officer (EDO) Masood Alam told The News on Friday.

Alam said that tenders were invited for this purchase about a week ago, and a number of companies related to the fire tenders business participated in the process. He said that 14 fire tenders would be purchased with Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding, while 12 fire tenders would be purchased with CDGK funding. He said that the average price of one fire tender is around Rs7 million, and thus, approximately Rs182 would be required to purchase the 26 fire tenders.

The EDO maintained that shortly after technical evaluation of the bids, purchase orders would be placed with successful companies. He said that it would take three to four months to induct the new fire tenders in the fleet of the city government; however, this time frame would start once order are placed and other necessary formalities are fulfilled.

Alam said that apart from these new tenders, 26 fire tenders are being refurbished at a workshop. Once the new tenders are inducted and the old ones successfully refurbished, the strength of the fleet would enhance to above eighty.

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^^CDGK will buy 21 street Washing vehicles worth Rs.147 millions & 26 new firetenders worth Rs 182 millions

Saturday, 30 Jan, 2010

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday the proposed Zulfikarabad city project in Sindh would not be a part of greater Karachi and asked the provincial government to hold a meeting next month to review the progress on it.

The last meeting held in August discussed possible sites for the new city between Karachi and Hyderabad.

The president issued the directives during meetings with provincial ministers and members of the core committee and also with PPP MPAs who called on him at the Chief Minister’s House. Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah was also present.

The president’s spokesperson, Farhatullah Babar, told reporters that Mr Zardari had rejected a perception that the planned Zulfikarabad city would be a part of greater Karachi.

He said the project was necessary because of the influx of migrants to Karachi and Hyderabad, which had put tremendous pressure on the existing infrastructure.

The president said he had asked the Sindh government in August to identify one million acres of land near the coast in Thatta for development of the new city in memory of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

He said the proposed city would have modern amenities and provide employment and economic opportunities to local.

Mr Babar said that foreign consultants would be invited to work out a design for the new city project after the identification of land. He said the president wanted to convert useless state land into a productive asset for the benefit of local people.

At the last meeting on the project, Jhimpir and Jhiruk areas of Thatta district were suggested as possible location of the project. However, a final decision will be taken by the provincial government after taking into account a number of factors.

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By Mukhtar Alam
Saturday, 30 Jan, 2010

KARACHI: Claiming that the public transport sector around the world is a loss-making business, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Friday that the city government had undertaken another CNG bus venture to bear a Rs25 million annual loss in addition to the annual Rs50 million loss already being incurred on the earlier ventures.

Speaking at a ceremony held for the inauguration of the third fleet of 25 CNG buses for route-III and a bus bay, Mr Kamal said that besides procuring CNG buses for its environment-friendly fleet, the CDGK was spending a significant amount of subsidy from its own resources to ensure that the citizens could avail themselves of the CNG bus facility at affordable fares.

He told the audience that the CDGK was set to incur a financial loss of Rs50 million per year against its already introduced two fleets of 25 CNG buses each. “And now, it will have to bear another Rs25 million annual loss on account of the operation of the third fleet of as many buses,” he added.

The starting and terminating points of the two fleets in operation for six months are Surjani Town and Korangi/Merewether Tower. The new fleet, procured at a cost of about Rs100 million, will ply the third route — Gulshan-i-Zia (Orangi Town) Shahrah-i-Qadhafi, Shahra-i-Orangi, Banaras Chowk, Abdullah College, Board Office, Liaquatabad-4, Civic Centre, Jail Chowrangi, Islamia College, Preedy Street, Saddar, JPMC, Punjab Chowrangi, Uzma Centre, Mideast, Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar, Clifton and China Town.

The CDGK bus terminal being developed on four acres in Gulshan-i-Zia with an estimated cost of Rs85 million has a bay with a capacity for 76 buses. Work on the construction of workshops and a CNG filling station is also under way, according to an official.

The nazim’s speech at the ceremony, which later turned into a political meeting when the MNAs, MPAs and LG representatives from the area raised slogans to eulogize their party leadership. Mr Kamal also recounted the infrastructure development and other public welfare activities carried out by the CDGK over its four-year tenure, and said that the city government served everyone living in the city irrespective of his ethnicity or political affiliation.

“No other mainstream political party in the country has such a success story,” he said, adding that the MQM did not have its nazims in Lyari, Gadap, Keamari, Mehmoodabad, as well as different islands and goths in Karachi, but it ensured equal services to the people of all these areas.

He said that much had been said in the last six years about the necessity and introduction of a mass transit system for Karachi but little could be seen on the ground. “It is the lethargic officialdom and government’s style of undertaking projects of public utilities that Karachi could not get a penny for the mass-transit programme,” he deplored.

He said that the CDGK, frustrated by the federal government’s approach on the issue of release of funds to Karachi for the purchase of public transport buses, decided not to delay the introduction of CNG buses and started financing the project from its own resource-constrained kitty.

Mr Kamal said that first the federal government announced 8,000 buses for the city and later reduced the number to 4,000 on the pretext that other cities also needed such buses. However, according to him, the sanctioned amount of Rs300 million for subsidising the interest on finances to be provided by banks to the private operators of the buses had not been released so far.

Since the federal government’s bus scheme has been named as an “environment-friendly project”, it was now the federal environment ministry which had been entrusted with the job of releasing the fund to Karachi, he said, adding that the amount could not be released by the federal government despite all efforts and facilitation from the CDGK.

The city nazim said that the CDGK could not be content with government announcements and pledges as there was enormous pressure on it for the commissioning of such buses. “We cannot afford an outright rejection of old buses, particularly in the absence of new ones, as commuters will have to suffer further,” he said.

He announced that the option of obtaining CNG bus ticket on cash payment at the designated booths was being abolished. Now commuters would have to get tickets through the e-ticketing booths which were now operational and delivering chargeable cards of various denominations.

Despite the fact that the CDGK would suffer an annual loss of Rs75 million, it was carrying on this best and cheap transport service for the poor, as well as students and other citizens.

Mr Kamal said that after completion of the ongoing construction work of the Banaras flyover, the relevant CNG buses would add this intersection to their route. “Now there is no shortage of funds for the mega flyover project, which will be completed and opened for vehicular traffic in the next two months, no matter my government remains in place or not,” he assured the cheerful gathering of MQM workers and local leaders.

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Rs.25 million/year loss on each route :nuts:
hOw?? :ohno::ohno::ohno:

dont know why they r not starting route from Surjani-Sohrab Goth-Tower or Sohrab Goth to Tower...

Sohrab Goth to Tower is a very profitable route.:yes:

Saturday, 30 Jan, 2010


The president’s spokesperson, Farhatullah Babar, told reporters that Mr Zardari had rejected a perception that the planned Zulfikarabad city would be a part of greater Karachi.

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but in his last speech..Asif Zardari said k Zulfikarabad will be a part of GReater Karachi :rofl:

Monday, February 01, 2010

Karachi

On the directives of the City Nazim, Mustafa Kamal, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has completed the construction of 52 overhead pedestrian bridges in the city with a cost of Rs880 million. These bridges have been constructed at different points on all three signal free corridors and other busy thoroughfares.

The City Government had planned the construction of 116 pedestrian bridges in the current year, out of which 52 bridges have been completed while in the next phase, the construction of 30 more will begin soon for which already Rs600 million have been sanctioned.

The City Government will initiate the third phase of the project after completion of the second phase which will would involve the construction of further 34 pedestrian bridges in the city which will complete all 116 bridges in the current fiscal year. These bridges have been constructed at different places on signal free corridor I, II, III, Sharae Faisal, Manghopir Road, Shahra-e-Pakistan, near IBA and other educational institutions in the city to provide convenience in crossing the road.

Meanwhile the City Nazim has directed the EDO Transport and Communication to further expedite work on pedestrian bridges. He said that after the construction of signal free corridors and wide roads in the city the traffic speed has increased, and therefore it was required to construct pedestrian bridges for the convenience of citizens in crossing the roads.

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The Sindh government has, under the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari, decided to demolish ‘Sindh government departments’ and establish ‘Central Park Karachi’ in its place to create ‘open spaces’ in congested parts of the metropolis. Two high-rise buildings will also be constructed in the area to accommodate the offices of provincial departments.

Meanwhile, the provincial government has expressed its inability to provide the Sindh High Court (SHC) with more space adjacent to the Sindh Secretariat. These decisions were taken during a meeting on January 20. The meeting, chaired by Sindh Chief Secretary Fazal-ur-Rehman, was held at the Sindh Secretariat, official sources privy to this development told The News on Tuesday.

They said that the chief secretary instructed the officials concerned to demolish all barracks located in the 151-acre Secretariat 4-A and 4- and turn it into ‘Central Park Karachi’ along with the construction of two high-rise towers, which are considered to be sufficient to accommodate the provincial departments.

In the first phase, the finance department will shift its offices from Secretariat 4-A to the newly-constructed office building behind the Secretariate-6 annexure (old State Bank library). Rental office accommodation is likely to be acquired for the rest of the offices in Secretariat 4-A, and notices will be given to these offices to shift to the rented premises. Sources said that same process will be adopted for Secretariat 4-B as well.

Participants of the meeting were of the view that this project should be taken up in two parts — the development of parks, which will be supervised by the City District Government Karachi’s (CDGK) Parks director general (DG); and the construction of two towers that will be supervised by the Administration and Coordination secretary general.

It was also decided that the Administration and Coordination secretary general will be the director of the entire project and the CDGK’s Parks director general will act as the deputy project director.

After Secretariat 4-A is vacated, the Parks DG will be instructed to immediately take up the component of the development of a park or green area, comprising tree plantation, fencing and walkways, leaving space for high-rise buildings. The Parks DG will be expected to complete this task within six months. The same process will be repeated for Secretariat 4-B.

The meeting also decided that a committee, comprising the additional chief secretary (development) of the Planning and Development Department, the Administration and Coordination secretary general, and the Implementation secretary will meet Tariq Hassan (the winning architect of the design competition) and ask him to change the design of the ‘New Sindh Secretariat Complex’ into ‘high-rise buildings’ large enough to accommodate the office space requirements of the Sindh government. The Parks DG will invariably attend the meetings of the committee with the architect so that there may be no communication gap between the two components of the project, sources said. Following the committee meeting, Tariq Hassan will give a final presentation to the Sindh chief secretary, after which the PC-1 and rough cost estimates of the project will be placed in planning and development to be processed on a ‘fast-track basis’.

Meanwhile, the demand of the SHC for providing additional space in Secretariat 4-A also came under discussion during the meeting. Sources said that it was decided that the inability of providing further space will be conveyed to the SHC during the next meeting with officials concerned.

An idea was also floated during the meeting that after the construction of the Central Park along with two high-rise towers, an old KDA building where offices of the provincial departments are located should be demolished and the entire area should be redeveloped. The development additional chief secretary, works and services secretary, local government special secretary, CDGK parks DG, finance secretary, DCO Karachi and architect Tariq Hassan attended the meeting.

^^I think this "Central Park" is a part of "Green Karachi" project........

^^yes.u r ryt.. ager ye ban gya to udher ka naqsha he change hojaega poora

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The Shaukat Khanum Foundation will set up a full-fledged cancer hospital in Karachi this year, according to a press release.

Inaugurating a diagnostic centre of the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) in the Defence Housing Authority on Monday, Imran Khan, Founder and Chairman of the hospital, said that the centre was just a step in the direction of setting up a full hospital in Karachi.

The inauguration ceremony was largely attended by the hospital management, the members of the governing board, and donors. Among the prominent guests were Justice (Retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid, and Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim.

Dr Nausherwan Burki, Member, Board of Governors, while thanking the guests for their presence, highlighted the aims and objectives of the diagnostic centre and explained the salient features of the latest diagnostic equipment and facilities there.

Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Imran Khan said that Shaukat Khanum Hospital was a charitable organisation, the aim of which was to serve suffering humanity and offer medical facilities to the underprivileged. He pointed out that, to date, the hospital had incurred an expenditure of Rs7 billion on free medical treatments to the needy.

He said that the diagnostic centre would be equipped with a Pet Scan, incurring a cost of Rs200 million. This gadgetry, he said, was necessary for prompt and accurate detection of cancer.

from Punjab Colony it will take Shahra e Iran to reach Ghazi Mazar n then to Beach
em not sure k it will take bilawal house route to reach ghazi mazar,or some other route


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wow gud effort yaaar!

REGENT PLAZA FLYOVER ON SFC IV

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^^:bash::bash:

:bash:


Any completion date of SFC-IV???

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WTH..!!! one dept grows trees n the other cuts these. They have spent millions of Rs. in planting these trees.

CDGK made a beautiful pedestrian bridge @ NIPA :)

CDGK made a beautiful pedestrian bridge @ NIPA :)

They are saying that it is the longest pedestrian bridge in Karachi.......

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The first day it opened, I was on it, and there was drilling machine wire right in the middle of people's path. An uncle tripped on it and fell hard. No regard for safety anywhere in Pakistan :ohno:

Dont know why...whenevr i goto newly constructd bridges..i dont cross them everytime..stairz pe se wapis ajata hun...pata nhi kyon inpe dar lagta hai..is andaz se banay hain..NAZIMABAD mai itni dafa bridge pe gya. .lekin wahan zara zraa sa dar lagta hai...magar aramse cross kerleta hun side main chal k b..magar in bridges pe to bridge k middle main b nahi kerpa raha.itna zayeda dar lag raha hai..ikto itna zayeda gap b hai inmai :(:(

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Whats with the clown colours?

Whats with the clown colours?

i hope its just the galvanization color....and there will be paint to be put on... other wise...lol :D

Friday, February 05, 2010
By M. Waqar Bhatti

Karachi

Preferring signboards, billboards and other advertisements over trees as the latter do not generate any revenue for the city exchequer, officials of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) have chopped dozens of mature trees to bring the advertisement hoardings on Shahrae Faisal into full public view.

The CDGK officials, both from the department of local taxes, and the parks and horticulture, confirmed that they carried out the operation, saying it was a policy decision to prefer advertisement signs over trees.

The Sindh Environment Minister Shaikh Muhammad Afzal who was not aware of this blatant violation of country’s environmental laws, Wednesday said he was issuing directives to Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) to look into the issue and take appropriate action.

“I have not seen any media report in this regard nor has this issue been brought into my knowledge but I’m asking the Director-General (DG), SEPA, to look into this issue and investigate. If this is happening then we shall take stern action against those responsible for it” he told The News when his attention was drawn to the felling of the trees.

Several dozen trees on Shahrae Faisal were cut on Tuesday by the officials of local taxes and parks and horticulture departments of CDGK after realising that those trees were hindering visibility of numerous hoardings, billboards and advertisements erected on the main city artery.

Director Parks and Horticulture Department of CDGK Liaquat Ali Khan confirmed cutting of trees on Shahrae Faisal by officials of his and local taxes departments but said it was simply the trimming of the trees, which were obstructing clear view of advertisements.

“The reports of a dispute between my department and local taxes over cutting of trees is wrong as in fact we helped them trim the trees that were obstructing view of signboards and billboards” he told The News.

However, a visit to the Shahrae Faisal near Nursery area revealed that several dozen trees on the city’s most green thoroughfare were chopped in half as their branches and leaves hid the advertisement signs behind them.

Some people even expressed astonishment over the cutting of the trees by the CDGK and officials and even argued with the officials concerned to move the sign boards instead of chopping of trees but they were harshly asked to mind their business.

“On Tuesday, I was passing through Shahrae Faisal when I saw CDGK personnel cutting trees near Nursery. I parked my car to the side and went to them to ask why they were doing this. They harshly told me that they were clearing sight for signboards” Kamran Ali, a business executive told The News.

He said when he asked as to why the officials concerned didn’t move signboards and billboards to some other suitable location rather than chop of trees, he was harshly asked to mind his own business, as if to drive home to him that it was advertisement boards, not trees that generate revenue for the CDGK.

Rehan Ahmed, the District Officer (DO), Local Taxes Department of the CDGK, the agency responsible for placement of advertisement boards on city roads, confirmed that his department’s personnel, along with parks and horticulture staff, carried out the operation to clear view of advertisements installed on Shahrae Faisal.

“Actually some trees were had overgrown and were hiding the signboards, bill boards and advertisements placed on pedestrian bridges. We had to do so as these advertisements generate revenue for the CDGK and not the trees” Rehan maintained.

He, however, claimed that only the trimming of the trees was carried out and hardly a few of them were completely uprooted and added that this was a policy decision taken by the City Nazim Mustafa Kamal himself.

Several environmentalists when contacted bitterly criticised the officials concerned for chopping of the trees that were covering advertisements on Shahrae Faisal, saying when nature didn’t want people to see those Ads, there was no need to make them clearly visible at the cost of trees.

“After decades, we have started seeing some trees along our roads and now when they are grown up, their cutting, merely for purposes of clear visibility of advertisements is to be severely condemned”, Kashif Hassan, an environmentalist, said.

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The construction work of the Signal-Free Corridor-III, which started in April 2009 and was scheduled to be completed by June in the same year, still remains incomplete owing to paucity of funds.

One of the vital projects of the SFC-III, the down loop of the Jail Chowrangi flyover that would pass from the premises of the Karachi central prison, has been affected by the situation. The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) and the Sindh government had funded the SFC-III project, bearing the expenditure load by 50 percent each.

The PC-I cost of the central prison loop was Rs 1.16 billion and it had three major segments including a loop down inside the central prison, a ramp and an at-grade road towards Civic Centre.

The biggest hurdle ahead of the CDGK is to arrange its 50 percent cost share because it is facing a financial deficit and certain types of retrenchment of its funds have compelled it to seek funds from other stakeholders. Three months back, the CDGK sent a summary to the Sindh chief minister requesting that the Sindh government bears the 100 percent cost of the SFC-III, but the matter is still pending.

The Sindh home secretary had cooperated with the CDGK and the latter was permitted to build a loop passing from inside the jail premises. As the jail staffers are using the premises as a residential area, the CDGK made a commitment to construct a high-rise building with 100 residential apartments where the staffers should be shifted. The construction of the loop can start only after all the staffers are shifted there.

The CDGK Works and Services Department is constructing the high-rise building but at a snail’s pace owing to the dearth of funds. The SFC-III is the oldest project undertaken by the current city government as it was left abandoned for a long time due to the issue of shifting 1,385 families settled around the Preedy Street flyover, one of the SFC-III sub-projects. But those families were eventually shifted and rehabilitated in Mehmoodabad. Each family was allocated a plot and Rs 50,000 was paid in advance. The PC-I cost of the entire SFC-III was increased to Rs 2.5 billion due to addition of various schemes including those for beautification.

Recently, the cost has again rose by Rs 400 million after completion of 20 pedestrian bridges at different locations near the SFC-III. Thus the cost now comes to around Rs 3 billion.

City Nazim Mustafa Kamal had performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the SFC-III in April 2009. Much of the SFC-III’s construction work has been completed except for the central prison loop, which still lingers on. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad had inaugurated the SFC-III on Aug 13 after 70 percent of its work was completed

^^ I think above article is written by PPP SUPPORTER :bash: sara malba CDGK k oper...CDGK offered monthly rent for some other place to jail staff until new building is not completed..after completion of new building..they will be shifted there...but PPP backed Police dept refused that offer..& said that when new building is completed then they will leave jail premises :bash:

it seems bast___ of jail staff is seeking their benefit..not others..:bash:

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It's really awesome man!!

The first day it opened, I was on it, and there was drilling machine wire right in the middle of people's path. An uncle tripped on it and fell hard. No regard for safety anywhere in Pakistan :ohno:
I didn't feel any fare while crossing that Nipa pedestrian bridge :) Infact I was feeling proud while crossing that bridge and u also should be proud as a citizen of Karachi!
G.A. CDGK :banana:

I wasn't scared, just annoyed that they don't pay any attention whatsoever to safety at construction sites in Pakistan. There were workers with those welding pumps in their hand that you need eye protection for, and they were welding right infront of people crossing on the bridge, with sparks flying everywhere. Also wires right in the middle of the bridge, which resulted in a middle aged man falling flat on his face. If this had happened in the US, millions would have had to be paid by the government.

Nice overhead bridge.........:yes:

BUT they should change its colour, its looking awful..........:ohno:

Federal Minster for Communication, Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan has said that under-construction Sher Shah Bridge on Karachi Northern Bypass will be completed by the end of this year. This bridge is also important as it will ease the traffic going to Baluchistan and from Baluchistan to Karachi Port, he said talking to journalists after inspecting construction work at the Bridge.

The Minster said that President Asif Ali Zardari is paying exclusive attention on the uplift of Sindh and that is why he has personally come to monitor the construction work.

He said Sher Shah Bridge will be a milestone in the industrial and commercial development of the country in general and Karachi in particular.

Arbab Alamgir said that a total of Rs. 270 million to 300 million have been spent on its construction and it will be opened for traffic at the end of April and through this bridge, heavy traffic will be diverted to Super Highway besides while its linkage with N-25 will facilitate traffic for Baluchistan.

He asked the NHA officials and consultants of the bridge to timely complete the structure with the use of world quality construction material and no negligence or laxity in this would be tolerated. The Minster said the consultants and contractor responsible for the bridge collapse earlier, have been black listed and their case has been sent to Pakistan Engineering Council to black list them.

To a query he pointed out that communication sector is the backbone of the economy and we will ensure early completion of all development projects in accordance with international standards. Dr. Arbab said the present government is ensuring the fulfillment of the mission of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and we will bring prosperity and development in all sectors including communications.

Later, the Minister inspected M-9 Section of Super Highway and reached Hyderabad.

i hope its just the galvanization color....and there will be paint to be put on... other wise...lol :D

Most of the new overhead bridges have stupid colours so I wouldn't be surprised if this is the final one, I don't know why they can't just put a regular solid shade on it, I'd actually avoid using one of these just because of the clown look.

If your child is not good looking you don't stop treating him as your child.


Most of the new overhead bridges have stupid colours so I wouldn't be surprised if this is the final one, I don't know why they can't just put a regular solid shade on it, I'd actually avoid using one of these just because of the clown look.

If your child is not good looking you don't stop treating him as your child.

What are you talking about, of course you kill an ugly child. Ugliness FTL.

Basically they have outsourced all these small jobs to different companies and all the companies are raking in the money by doing everything elaborately so that they can bill them a hefty sum. Everyone is making money and everyone is happy.

There is absolutely no attention being paid to sustainability in Karachi. Everything is being done elaborately, for example all of Karachi's sidewalks are being finished with red brick pavers! How opulent is that? They gave the contract to envicrete and now all of Karachi is being paved with envicrete. They employ the cheapest and least skilled labor for the job and the pavements just crumble in a matter of months leaving the entire area looking decrepit. So yeah, someone needs to introduce them to the concept of sustainability.

If your child is not good looking you don't stop treating him as your child.

:doh:

What are you talking about, of course you kill an ugly child. Ugliness FTL.

iEVfF1Y5Mts

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I wasn't scared, just annoyed that they don't pay any attention whatsoever to safety at construction sites in Pakistan. There were workers with those welding pumps in their hand that you need eye protection for, and they were welding right infront of people crossing on the bridge, with sparks flying everywhere. Also wires right in the middle of the bridge, which resulted in a middle aged man falling flat on his face. If this had happened in the US, millions would have had to be paid by the government.

Karachi hai bhai, yahan sab chalta hai but anyways u r right, there must be some protection while construction like in developed countries :)

REGENT PLAZA FLYOVER ON SFC IV

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By the look of it, it will be narrow flyover with only two lanes.

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The Town Nazim Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Wasey Jalil has said that city government laid the network of roads even in areas where there had been no concept of roads. In order to divert the traffic, new and short routes have been constructed so that traffic flow continues besides facilitating the people and saving of their time.

He stated this while inaugurating the roads constructed in UC-11 Railway and Commissioner Society and UC-4 Nishtar Basti. He inaugurated the roads constructed in UC-11 at a cost of Rs 11.5 million and in UC-4 at a cost of Rs 4.5 million. These areas were without roads earlier.

Wasey Jalil said the city government carried out such development measures which were not even conceived by anyone earlier and there had been no concept of projects like quality roads, flyovers, underpasses and pedestrian bridges.

He said this tradition was established by Haq Parast and gave the Karachiites their due right. “We have undertaken the mission of welfare of people on the directive of Quaid-e-Tehreek Altaf Hussain and we will continue it”, he announced.

By the look of it, it will be narrow flyover with only two lanes.

2 lanes is enough, as the third will be used for turning left. Most flyovers in Karachi are two lanes, doesn't seem to be a problem.

They are not building any loop or are they? I think most of the narrow flyovers in Khi have 4 lanes two on each side

They are not building any loop or are they? I think most of the narrow flyovers in Khi have 4 lanes two on each side

The one on the way to airport from Millennium Mall only has two lanes. :yes:


P.S: Are you still driving like a NOOB? :laugh:

They are not building any loop or are they? I think most of the narrow flyovers in Khi have 4 lanes two on each side

This one will also have a total of 4 lanes, can't be any less. Otherwise if a car breaks down on the bridge, it'll be a disaster :lol:

And no, no need for a loop, since you can turn left without using the bridge, and to make a U turn they have a u turn under the bridge.

P.S: Are you still driving like a NOOB? :laugh:

:laugh:

Regent Plaza flyover will be of 4 lanes(2 on each side)........:yes:

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that work on three more flyovers on Sharae Faisal will begin in few days while already four flyovers were under construction on this corridor to make it signal free all the way from Jinnah Bridge to Quaidabad. Completion of this corridor would provide signal free journey from Steel Town to Jinnah Bridge Kemari.

He expressed these views during a meeting to review the pace of work on development projects of signal free corridor –IV. It was also decided to continue work on these projects on 24 hours basis and without any break.

Addressing the meeting City Nazim said that despite of financial constraints and other odds signal free corridor-IV will be opened for traffic after completion of its projects in least possible time. He said that all these projects hold much importance with regard to traffic problems in the city. Citizens were facing problems due to heavy load of traffic on Sharae Faisal besides this corridor also connects both sea ports, airport and steel mills with each other. Completion of this project would provide great boost to business and commercial activities in Karachi and that would be beneficial for citizens.

City Nazim observed that regular traffic jam at various points of this corridor especially near Hotel Reagent Plaza was causing much inconvenience to people in their access to five important hospitals including Jinnah Hospital and KICVD. He said that the construction of flyover at this junction would ensure hurdle free route for ambulances.

He also directed that work on all the projects of this corridor must continue round the clock, adding that he will himself pay surprise visit to the site of work in night hours and all those officers and representative of contractor firm will have to face strict action if they found guilty of delay in work or negligence. He also instructed Finance and Planning Department to ensure timely provision of required resources for these projects so that the work could be carried on smoothly.

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Why they are building the flyovers on the left side, they should be building flyovers on the right side .i.e. on the fast lane??????

Why they are building the flyovers on the left side, they should be building flyovers on the right side .i.e. on the fast lane??????

:doh:

It will be chaos if they build it on the fast lane, flyovers, ramps are always constructed on the left side away from the fast lane.

^^ Say what? Every flyover I've seen starts from the fast lane. You have to be in the left most lane if you don't want to get on a flyover. And these ones will also be the same, they are just building the foundations, I'm pretty sure.

^^ Say what? Every flyover I've seen starts from the fast lane. You have to be in the left most lane if you don't want to get on a flyover. And these ones will also be the same, they are just building the foundations, I'm pretty sure.

I am amused. I have only seen 2 of such ramps.

^^ Say what? Every flyover I've seen starts from the fast lane. You have to be in the left most lane if you don't want to get on a flyover. And these ones will also be the same, they are just building the foundations, I'm pretty sure.

I think it has to do with the T-Junction flyovers we have in Karachi (FTC, Qaideen etc.) that has to have space for left turns thus making them on the fast lane (since that lane wouldn't be going anywhere).

But commonly it's always on the far most lane, otherwise its like getting off a highway in North America from the fast lane, which doesn't quite make sense.

If the road is going straight and we want people going straight on the flyover, the ramp is on the right, fast lane.
If the road is going straight and we want people going either right or left or taking U-turn using flyover, the ramp is on the left, slow lane.
If the road is heading towards a T-junction and people must need flyover to take a right turn, the ramp is on the right, fast lane.
There are more combination but I know these.

If the road is going straight and we want people going straight on the flyover, the ramp is on the right, fast lane.
If the road is going straight and we want people going either right or left or taking U-turn using flyover, the ramp is on the left, slow lane.
If the road is heading towards a T-junction and people must need flyover to take a right turn, the ramp is on the right, fast lane.
There are more combination but I know these.
Spot on Mehdi


P.S: Are you still driving like a NOOB? :laugh:
>( no, now driving like a true Karachi wala.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Karachi

Work on three more flyovers on Sharea Faisal will begin in a few days; four flyovers are already under-construction on this corridor to make it signal-free all the way from Steel Town to Jinnah Bridge in Kemari, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said on Monday during a meeting to review work on the Signal-Free Corridor (SFC)-IV.

It was also decided that work on these projects will continue round-the-clock. The city Nazim observed that regular traffic jams at various points of this corridor. especially near Hotel Regent Plaza, affect access to five important hospitals, including the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and the KICVD. He said that the construction of flyover at this junction would ensure a hurdle-free route for ambulances. He also instructed the Finance and Planning Department to ensure timely provision of required resources for these projects so that work could continue without glitches.

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:doh:

It will be chaos if they build it on the fast lane, flyovers, ramps are always constructed on the left side away from the fast lane.

well, people will get accoustomed....i live in kula lumpur, and trust me, it took me an year to get accoustomed even with a GPS as the ramps can come from anywhere...absolutely any where....some times when the cities get road extensive, they have no options left. same goes for few roads in manila as the saturation of link roads is too much.

I was watching TV One moments ago...Mustafa Kamal is there in some function...he said after SFC IV, they will start construction on SFC V (Sohrab Goth to M.A.Jinnah):banana::banana::banana:

NAMOONA(Signals) on Baloch Colony bridge will not be there soon..they r making loops :banana:

Karachiites please give me some suggestion for BRT frm Sohrab Goth to Tower..I m preparing a report & will submit it to MK :)

I suggested Xiamen like BRT from Capri cinema to tower..& working on other part from Sohrab Goth to Capri..

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thats good, see only we can be the change!
change yourself to change the system

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal laid the foundation stone of 2 more projects of Signal free Corridor-IV on the night intervening Tuesday and Wednesday. These include construction of a flyover from Jinnah Terminal to Sharae Faisal and a flyover at PIDC roundabout with a cost of Rs.289.94million and Rs.263.92million respectively.

Work on both these projects will start within next 15 days to complete them in just 4 months. City Government will also begin work on 2 more flyovers on this corridor next month with an estimated cost of Rs600million. The flyovers will be constructed at Malir Halt and Malir # 15.

City Nazim on this occasion said that all these projects were very important for the city. Construction of four more flyovers on corridor-IV would make the route signal free all the way from Jinnah Bridge to Steel Town and from Toll Plaza Superhighway to Karachi Port on the other side.

Pledging to complete the construction of flyovers at PIDC roundabout and Jinnah Terminal in record fourth month’s time he said that the work has been started after performing survey and consultancy and the funding was also available for these projects.

Nazim Karachi said that signal free passages especially on important routes would help strengthening our economy as sea ports, airport and the two highways would be linked each other directly after completion of these projects.

He said that we had started work on city’s infrastructure from our first day in office and we will continue working till the last day. Nazim Karachi said that we have performed development works in each and every area of the city without any discrimination. Development is an ongoing process and it must be continued.

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The future of Karachi! Inshahlahh!

The speed of progress since 2003, karachi will look like this! :happy:

NAMOONA(Signals) on Baloch Colony bridge will not be there soon..they r making loops :banana:[/b]

Oh Jesus please let that be true!

Glad to know people can feel free to use religious values openly.....even if it is just an expression from other culture.

Thursday, 11 Feb, 2010
KARACHI:


KARACHI: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday that Karachi cannot make sustainable development until the cantonment boards and other civic agencies are put under a unified authority.

“At present, various agencies are working independently, which is hampering development of the city,” the city nazim said at a meet the press programme of the Karachi Press Club.

“Unity of command is key to improved and sustainable economic and administrative development of Karachi, which is serving also the Central Asian Republics, Afghanistan, the Middle East etc.”

Ardently maintaining that there should be a unity of command by a single authority, he sought the role of civil society and the media in this regard.

The nazim said he had been vocal in the past also in exposing the management problems of the city under 13 different bosses.

“I don’t say that heads of the Defence Housing Authority, cantonment boards or any other agency should withdraw from the land control on their areas, but they somehow should come to a central place for the sake of improved municipal services and provision of better civic amenities, water, power, sewerage, building control, town-planning and revenue resources,” he said.

The city nazim further recalled that a Supreme Court verdict in October 2007 had also corroborated the unity-of-command idea for bringing all stake-holders or civic agencies functioning in the city at one point as far as strategic planning and development of the city was concerned. However, some agencies, including cantonment boards, sought a review of the verdict.

Kamal, however, said now the CDGK was preparing to get the review petition vacated.

He said he and his colleagues in the city government served all sections of the population in every nook and corner of the city.

He spoke about infrastructural and amenity development projects undertaken during the last four years and expressed the hope that the people assuming leadership after him would continue to care for the dynamics of development in the city.

While work on bridges and flyovers for the signal-free Corridor-4 had already been launched, preparatory work for Corridore-5, from Sohrab Goth to M. A. Jinnah Road, was also in progress, he said.

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City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that he wants to have honourable exit from his slot following the completion of his four years tenure.

He expressed his views in this context while speaking at Meet the Press programme of Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Wednesday.

Responding to a query as to what would be his “wish” after completing a great number of development projects in the city, he said: “I have completed my tenure and now I want honourable exit”.

He said he starts his day with a hope to find any news in this context so that he could be honourably relieved from his responsibilities.

On the occasion, he revealed that Signal Free Corridor-V (SFC-V) project has also been conceived, which would link Super Highway with Sohrab Goth and then MA Jinnah Road.

He said 60 per cent developmental work on SFC-IV has also been completed and after two months the passage from Sharea Faisal to airport would be made signal free.

He also assured the journalist community to construct a boundary wall around the Hawksabay Housing Scheme No. 42 where the KPC members have been allotted residential plots.

Besides, he added, he would issue directives for starting paperwork for the construction of park at the housing scheme.

He said there exists immense shortage of potable water in the said housing scheme and added that it would take further one-and-a-half months to complete the laying of 20 MGD water supply line in the area at the cost of Rs720 million.

“A number of countries got independence after Pakistan and they benefited from our financial package but we stopped progressing. These continued to work and now they stand far ahead of us,” he remarked.

Mustafa Kamal said that the number of developmental works completed during the last four years exceeds the number of projects carried out during the last 60 years.

“I don’t claim that every problem has been solved but I can claim that we did a record number of works which have no comparison in the past,” he said.

He said that the first problem he faced after taking over as City Nazim was that he was being taken as an inexperienced young man, adding, “But I proved in six months that I could fulfill the responsibilities successfully despite being young”.

He said that when he took charge there was no concept of mapping underground utilities and there was no interaction amongst the different utility service providers. On his request the utility providers established their respective camps at the project sites as part of his long-term planning, he added.

At that time, he said, 45 per cent areas of the city did not have the basic infrastructure of sewerage or water supply lines, while only one out of five industrial zones had water and sewerage infrastructure.

During the process of laying basic infrastructure the entire city was dug up by the city government, he said and lauded the role of media and the general public for exercising patience.

He particularly mentioned the laying of water supply line of 60 MGD for Lyari Town and 33 kilometer long water supply line for Baldia Town.

He said that the SFC-I was completed within the record time of eight months prior to which 25 kilometer long SFC-II project was conceived which was also completed in a record time, following which work on SFC-III was started. The city government had to demolish 1,185 houses at Preedy Street for the completion of SFC-III, he said, adding that the Preedy Street project was pending for 40 years which could not be materialized due to some reasons. Referring to K-IV project, he said, if it was not approved then immense water shortage would have hit the city in 2011.

The City Nazim further said that as far as the provision of municipal services was concerned there must be only one agency in the city instead of 13 difference authorities, which was a biggest impediment in implementing development projects.

He said that developing Karachi means developing Pakistan as well as the region since the city also happens to be the gateway to Central Asian Republics.

He said that Karachi being the financial hub of the country generates 68 per cent of the total revenue of Pakistan, besides NATO forces also use to get supplies from the Karachi port.

He said that he has set example during his tenure for his successor not to make excuse for any task.

He said that he even developed areas where his party voters do not live.

He mentioned the construction of a 62 kilometer long road that connects Mubarak Village and constructing three dams there and two dams in Gadap Town.

He said that water supply line was also laid for four islands, thus resolving water supply problem of around 60,000 families.

He said that despite constructing the first Parking Plaza at a cost of Rs600 million, which could accommodate 1100 vehicles, only 200 vehicles were parked in it while a number of vehicles were being parked in the surrounding streets. He complained that the city government was facing revenue shortfall and it could not even pay two months salaries to its employees.

He said he has been managing the issues despite facing financial crunch, adding, financial matters should not affect development projects of the city government.

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday laid the foundation stone of Rs200million worth projects in Clifton involving the establishment of a hockey and football academy named after shaheed UC Nazim Khalil Ahmed of Saddar Town.

“City Government will provide modern facilities at these academies including the seating arrangement for 15 thousand spectators in the pavilion, a modern hostel or players, lecture hall, flood lights and other necessities”, City Nazim said after performing the ground breaking ceremony along with DCO Karachi Javed Hanif Khan, Saddar Town Nazim Muhammed Dilawar, Gulshan Town Nazim Wasey Jalil, former Olympian Islahuddin and large number of players and people.

On this occasion City Nazim said that work on both these projects has already been started while foundation stone of another hockey academy in North Karachi would be laid soon.
He said that city government will complete these projects with its own resources after that these academies will be handed over to former star players of hockey and football so that they could arrange for quality training of our youth.

City Nazim said that our eight companions have been martyred in the incident on Chehlum while 20 other suffered injuries. All of them were come to Jinnah Hospital for giving blood to victims of bomb blast earlier. UC Nazim Khalil Ahmed was also among them and the hockey and football academies were named after him.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Karachi

The UK High Commissioner, Adam Thomson, called on City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal at his office on Thursday. During the meeting it was concurred that Karachi was not only the biggest city and economic hub of Pakistan but an important city of the region. Business and trade activities in this city should increase further which would be beneficial to Pakistan as well as the whole region. Karachi offers lucrative investment opportunities where investors could earn maximum profits.

The British High Commissioner on this occasion appreciated recent infrastructure uplift and development projects in Karachi and termed it a good omen. It was agreed that the current development process should be carried on as any halt in this process would create problems for citizens. He said that the City Government, Karachi, had also taken great pains to control environmental pollution.

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City Nazim MK laid the foundation stone of PIDC & Jinnah flyovers on Shahrah-e-Faisal & the construction work will start in 15 days, tou 15 din baad ceremony ho jati, foundation stone ki jaldi thi......:nuts:

I think he wants to hurry up before his time is over. I feel he has rushed a lot of projects lately, to be sure that they get built, is he is not elected, whuch I doubt.

I want to ask the pople who live in karachi, after the completion of sfc 5, are there any corridors left. I feel he has got rid of allmost every signal in Karachi.

I think he wants to hurry up before his time is over. I feel he has rushed a lot of projects lately, to be sure that they get built, is he is not elected, whuch I doubt.

I want to ask the pople who live in karachi, after the completion of sfc 5, are there any corridors left. I feel he has got rid of allmost every signal in Karachi.

yup, in next week administrators will be placed.......

I want to ask the pople who live in karachi, after the completion of sfc 5, are there any corridors left. I feel he has got rid of allmost every signal in Karachi.



yUp..Surjani to M.A.Jinnah Road via Nazimabad ::lol: (SFCVI)
M.A.Jinnah Road (SFC VII) ..SFC V is from Sohrab Goth to M.A.Jinnah Road....he didnt said to tower..it means it will end on Gurumandir..

SFC V signal free kerne ki zarurat he nhi....if they only give CNG Buses in gud condition after every 3 min in peak hours....it will be a very profitable route for cng buses....clear liaqatabad illegal road market..sara traffic he wahin pe jaam hota hai super market k pas:bash::bash:

Yup liaqatabad is the worst place. I dont get it why they need to have that sewrage thing in the middle. They could have used that space to expand the road. I dont see these sewrage or water drainage thing above ground in other countries.


Ops sorry, I meant karimabad not liaqatbad.

they r converting KArimabad road to 3 lanes from current 2 lane road..now it is on people n riskshaw drivers..if they park sensibly then there will be no traffic jam...but i m sure that is not going to happen..because our people r jungli :bash: i have seen many such cases...single lane road changd to 3 lane..but people still parking their vehicles 2 meters away from foothpath..

The Sindh government has decided to allocate 100 acres to the City District Government, Karachi (CDGK)in Gadap Town for construction of the inter-city bus terminal, the provincial law officer told the Sindh High Court on Friday..

The SHC was hearing identical petitions against faulty vehicles and illegal bus terminals in the city.

The court was informed that a review meeting of concerned authorities and stake holders was held and the decision was taken for allocation of 100 acres in Deh Bijari Bhitti, Gadap, for construction of inter-city bus terminal. It was also decided that CDGK will surrender its previous 45 acres allocated for the said purpose to the Land Utilization department.

The CDGK counsel Manzoor Ahmed sought time to surrender the 45 acres and said that such exercise to be completed within two weeks. The Sindh government had previously allocated 45 acres for the intercity bus terminal but the same could not be wrested from the encroachers..


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yUp..Surjani to M.A.Jinnah Road via Nazimabad ::lol: (SFCVI)
M.A.Jinnah Road (SFC VII) ..SFC V is from Sohrab Goth to M.A.Jinnah Road....he didnt said to tower..it means it will end on Gurumandir..

SFC V signal free kerne ki zarurat he nhi....if they only give CNG Buses in gud condition after every 3 min in peak hours....it will be a very profitable route for cng buses....clear liaqatabad illegal road market..sara traffic he wahin pe jaam hota hai super market k pas:bash::bash:

Tower area is also considered as MA Jinnah road!

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Tower area is also considered as MA Jinnah road!

yup..but tower is tower..just like lahore lahore hai :tongue3::lol:

but M.A.Jinnah is starting from Gurumandir..& they said sohrab goth to MA jinnah...ager tower tk signal free kerna hota to tower bolta..like CNG BUS SERVICE which clearly says surjani to tower..not surjani to majinnah..

they willnt make majinnah road signal free..it will cost alot....more than 10 signals on 4,5 km road....:ohno:

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday inaugurated Bagh Afza Altaf Hussain and newly-constructed road in UC-4 of Baldia Town. Town Nazim Kamran Akhtar, Member Azad Kashmir Assembly Saleem Butt, elected representatives and large number of people were present on this occasion.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony the city Nazim said that the Haq Parast leadership had during the last four years completed development projects worth Rs3312 million in Baldia Town.

During this period water and sewerage works amounting to over one billion rupees were performed in different union councils of Baldia while more than 15 roads had been constructed in the town at a cost of Rs1170 million. He said that the town and city government had jointly performed development works in various sectors including education, health and sports and recreation.

A total of 10 parks and a modern sports complex have been constructed in Baldia Town at a cost of Rs214.10 million. The matches of Karachi Champions League will also be held in Baldia Town where a well standard cricket stadium has already been completed. The city Nazim said that five hospitals and maternity homes were constructed in Baldia during last four years at a cost of Rs347 million while buildings of six schools and colleges were constructed costing Rs170 million.

He said, “All credits for these works go to our leader Altaf Hussain who had given us the opportunity to serve humanity. Kamal said that if compared to the past Baldia Town today presents a different look to everyone.

Sunday, February 14, 2010
KARACHI

KARACHI: During the last four years, the City District Government Karachi has completed projects worth Rs 3,312 million in Baldia Town, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said on Saturday while inaugurating Afza Altaf Hussain Park and a road in Baldia Town. Kamal said water and sewerage developments amounting to over Rs 1 billion and more than 15 roads had been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,170 million in different union councils of Baldia Town. Town and city administrations have jointly executed development in various sectors including education, health, sports and recreation, while 10 parks and a modern sports complex have been constructed in Baldia Town at a cost of Rs 214.10 million, he added. Kamal said the CDGK had also constructed five hospitals and maternity homes, and six schools and colleges costing the CDGK Rs 347 million and Rs 170 million respectively.
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Daily Times

The future of Karachi! Inshahlahh!

The speed of progress since 2003, karachi will look like this! :happy:

Insha Allah :yes:

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nice place for charsi :lol:

That shouldn't even be a park in the first place.

I think Qayyumabad is the largest roundabout of Pakistan

^^ Nope Nethi Jethi

City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal said that the Haq Parast City Government had performed development works worth over Rs3200 million in Landhi Town during the last four years. Construction of roads had been given special attention as many major roads were completed in the town at a cost of Rs1780 million.

He expressed these views after the inauguration of three roads and a park in Landhi Town on Sunday. The city Nazim also laid the foundation stone of a road and school during his visit. These projects were completed and initiated at a cost of Rs206 million.

Talking to the media representatives on this occasion the city Nazim said that the Haq Parast leadership had paid special attention on the solution of basic problems faced by the residents of less-developed and far-flunged areas of the city. Landhi Town has also attended the status of well-developed areas of Karachi.

The water and sewerage related works in Landhi has been completed at a cost of Rs738.7 million while a huge amount of Rs220 million was spent on the construction and rehabilitation of sports and recreation centres in this area.

He said that in order to provide better health care facilities to the people a modern cardio emergency centre and two other dispensaries and maternity homes were established in the town at a cost of Rs80 million. The City Government had also constructed many schools, colleges and polytechnic institutes in this area at a cost of Rs200 million.

Kamal said that the Haq Parast leadership belonged to the poor and middle class and that was why they not only had a good understanding of the problems faced by the common people but also had worked practically to solve these problems.

He also thanked the support and cooperation of the people of Karachi especially the media for providing him valuable guidance. He said, “We always took the criticism from the media positively which has benefited us as well as the city”.

The implementation of the Lyari Development Package (LDP) has been delayed due to blockade of funds which were approved by the Federal government in April 2008 for the town’s development.

“The mega project was launched by the government for the residents of Lyari. However, the project directorate has not been provided sufficient amount of money to complete the project,” said Lyari Town Nazim Mahmood Hashim while talking to The News.

He said that the government initially approved Rs990 million for the project, but the project authorities were provided with only Rs90 million, which is insufficient to complete the works.

Hashim added that neither the federal government provided funds approved for the LDP, nor has the provincial government come forward to help the town administration.

He said that the people and the legislators representing the area want the projects to be completed at the earliest. Moreover, Hashim said that they need to spend Rs250 million alone to implement the project of lying water supply and sewerage lines near Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Road. “We are replacing water pipe lines and sewerage lines to ensure that all areas of the town receive potable water and the residents do not have any complaint regarding the chocked sewerage lines. For this, we need delivery of funds on time,” he said.

However, the Nazim said that the reason behind the delay in delivery of funds by the provincial government might be the poor law and order situation in the area. “The government is sincere, but due to the deteriorating law and order situation in Lyari, the concerned authorities could not deliver the funds on time. This has affected the development process badly,” he said.

He said that despite the lack of sufficient funds, they are trying hard to complete many development schemes with whatever resources they have got. “It may need two more years to complete the projects of water supply, sewerage lines, provision of electricity and road networks, but we are working very hard’ he said.

Moreover, the Lyari Nazim added that they have installed generators at all the water pumping stations of the town to avoid delay in water supply in case of power outage. He further said that the old gas supply pipe lines have been replaced in many parts of the town as well.

Meanwhile, Hashim denied any lack of coordination between the LDP officials and the town municipal administration. He said that they have formed a committee to implement the project, comprising himself, local legislators and the project director.

The committee is responsible for identification of the site for the development schemes as well as their implementation. The Nazim said that the town officials always communicate with the local community and guide the project team before launching any scheme.

^^ Nope Nethi Jethi

I think Qayyumabad is the largest roundabout of Pakistan

nope..Qayyumabad is 197m long & 116m wide
Natti jatti is 159m:cheers:

KARACHI:

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The City Nazim, Mustafa Kamal has formally laid the foundation for the Nasir Hussain Shaheed Hospital on Monday. The hospital is being constructed with the cost of Rs440 million.

While talking to media on this occasion the City Nazim said that in the first phase, a 125 bed hospital will be initiated in the next four months.

Whereas, he said, in the second phase the hospital capacity would be enhanced to a 400 bedded one. He said that the 400 bed hospital would be the unique trauma centre of the country which will include 16 operation theaters.

It was stated that this would be the only hospital of its nature in the country which would contain so many operation theaters.

The City Nazim also said that Karachi’s population has grown to Rs20 million and is rapidly growing. He stated that the location of the hospital at Nipa Chowrangi was the central point of the city and is connected with the three signal free corridors.

KARACHI

Monday, February 15, 2010

KARACHI: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal inaugurated three roads and a park worth Rs 206 million in Landhi Town Sunday.

Speaking on the occasion, Kamal said the city government has carried out development works worth over Rs 3.20 billion in Landhi Town during the last four years. Many major roads were completed in town with a cost of Rs 1.78 billion, he said. Kamal said the water and sewerage infrastructure was completed in Landhi with a cost of Rs 738.7 million.
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Daily Times

^^Already posted...........

The Karachi Port Trust has embarked upon a record number of development projects and is utilising over 80 per cent of its Rs10 billion annual budget on these projects, official sources said on Monday.

Never in the past, the KPT undertook such a large number of development projects and at the most only utilised 20 to 30 per cent of its total development budget at a time.

However, this has over-burdened the technical staff of the port, which has to look after such mega projects like Pakistan Deep Sea Container Terminal being built with billions of rupees at Keamari Groyne.

Sources said that around 40 projects of large and medium size are presently in progress at sea and on shore with some on drawing boards and others under tendering process.

But deficiency in technical staff is also having its toll over the progress of these projects costing billions of rupees and are mostly behind the schedule, sources added.

The food street at old Native Jetty Bridge, which was to be inaugurated late last year as per the announcement made by the port and shipping minister, is still far from completion.

Undoubtedly, it is a remarkable achievement on the part of the KPT’s management headed by Ms Nasreen Haque for simultaneously handling such a large number of projects but care should be taken to ensure their timely completion as this will have a direct bearing on ultimate cost and quality of each project, port and shipping experts opined.

About half a dozen projects costing billions of rupees are directly related to deep-sea container terminal are presently under progress. However, insiders said that most of these projects are behind their original schedule.

Sources said that even a mega project like the terminal is not having an independent manager to monitor the progress of each contractor responsible for a number of jobs.

Presently, there are around six major development projects going on which are directly related to the deep-sea container terminal being built at a cost of over $1.6 billion.

As a result of the poor and deficient managerial setup the Rs20 billion capital dredging work of the terminal’s basin awarded to a Chinese company is still behind the schedule.

Similarly, sources said the dredging and marine protection work is being carried out at a cost of Rs13 billion of the deep-sea terminal and the quay wall is being constructed at Rs19.5 billion.

There are still other projects directly related to the terminal, which are in the pipeline but the KPT under its present strength of technical staff in the Planning and Development department (P&D) and Civil Works and Estate division (CW/E) could face difficulty in handling such a volume of work load.

There is a delay in re-construction of collapsed berths (No 10 to 14) undertaken by Ssangnyong, the Korean company, at a cost of Rs5.5 billion. The work on removal of debris of these berths at a cost of Rs1.2 billion is yet to be completed even after the lapse of three years.

Besides, these projects the KPT’s technical staff will soon have to handle a large number of other projects such as refurbishment of Berth No 1 to 3, which is under tendering process, sources said.

The KPT is also working on a project to award the construction of berth No 15 to 17. There are a number of on shore projects such as Lea Market flyover, Wet Land Park at Maai Kolachi, sewerage treatment plant, re-planning of TPX Yard, re-construction of jetties at Boat Basin, and Baba Bhitt Island etc.

However, port and shipping experts have warned that unless the KPT does not strengthen its technical staff most of these projects may become victim of delays or even result in poor quality work.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Karachi

The Malir Town Administration has said that during last four years of its term, it spent over Rs 1.83 billion on various development works in the area.

The acting town Nazim said the outgoing town administration had completed project for five million gallons additional water supply for the Malir town areas through the K-III project. Another project of 26 kilometre-long 36-inch diameter water trunk line is also nearing completion.

Development of underground reserve water storage tanks in Malir area having capacity of 0.5 gallons is also near completion. Other important projects completed in Malir town during last four years included conversion of storm water drainage into sewerage line from Malir 15 to Saudabad, development of double-track road from Malir 15 to Saudabad, building of morgue, beginning construction of passport office in Malir town office, development of Shahrah Liaquat Ali Khan Road, building of monuments on important road points, and installation of street lights in the town areas.

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The water supply component of Rs 60 million water supply and sewerage project at Hawksbay truck stand has completed while sewerage work will be completed soon.

This was stated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal while addressing a ceremony held at Chairman’s office in KWSB to hand over water challans to representatives of Hawkesbay truck stand on Tuesday.

He said this has solved 13-year old problem of truck owners and a total of 50 connections out of 750 were given to truck owners while remaining connections will be given gradually.

Nazim Karachi said that Haq Parast leadership has a definite and clear vision and planning about the truck stand and it wants to complete this 500 acre truck stand with a residential colony, rest house and other facilities.

He pointed out that coastal areas were usually serve as for recreation. However, wrong parking and movement of trucks and other goods carriers and loaders has not only resulted in blockages to these areas but also cause many problems to common citizens while travelling to and from coastal areas.

Mustafa Kamal said that delay in water and sewerage project at truck stand had been due to the fact that we wanted to solve this problem on permanent basis.

President of Karachi Goods Carrier Association Noor Khan Niazi and General Secretary Nadeem Akhtar Arain thanked Mustafa Kamal for solving this 13 year old problem and said that his services for the city will always be remembered.

City Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday said that a monument would be erected in four months near Boulton Market to commemorate the martyrs of Muharram 10 carnage.

Talking to media after laying foundation stone of the monument near Light House, he said the memorial would be a symbol of sectarian unity and the name of Ashura Day blast martyrs would be inscribed on it.

He directed EDO Works and Services to complete the monument within stipulated time. To a question, he said the development process on Karachi could not take a U-turn now.

He said if this would happen, the citizens and media would make the involved elements accountable.

Meanwhile, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the City Government had started work on the water and sewerage project at the Hawkesbay Truck Stand at a cost of Rs60 million out of which the water supply work has been completed and the sewerage work will also be finished soon.

He expressed these views while addressing a ceremony held at the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) Chairman’s Office to hand over challans of the water board to the representatives of the Hawkesbay Truck Stand on Tuesday. He said that the 13-year-old problem of truck owners had been solved now. A total of 50 connections out of 750 units were given to truck owners while the remaining connections would also be given gradually. The city Nazim said that the Haq Parast leadership had a definite and clear vision and planning about the truck stand and it wanted to complete this 500-acre truck stand with a residential colony, rest house and other facilities.

The city Nazim said that the coastal areas were usually meant for recreation however the wrong parking and movement of trucks and other goods’ carriers and loaders had not only created blockage to these areas but also created many problems for the common citizens in their travel to and from the coastal areas.

He said, “The delay in the water and sewerage project at the truck stand was due to the fact that we wanted to solve this problem on a permanent basis. President of Karachi Goods Carriers Association Noor Khan Niazi and General Secretary Nadeem Akhtar Arain thanked Kamal for solving the 13-year-old problem and said that his services for the city of Karachi would always be remembered.

Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that Haq Parast City Government has completed 2496 projects in Karachi during last four years while 126 mega projects were still under progress. This list includes only those projects which have cost more than Rs30million.

He expressed these views while addressing a press conference at a local hotel on Wednesday. City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil, all town nazmeen, naib nazmeen, DCO Karachi Javed Hanif, M.D KWSB Qutubuddin Shaikh and other senior officers of city government and water board were present on this occasion.

Nazim Karachi said that a total of 52 months have been completed since the time we took oath on 17th October 2005. Out of 1560 days we had 1252 working days. City Government has averagely completed 2 projects per day and 48 projects per month during this tenure to provide maximum facilities to citizens.

He said that a total of 35 flyovers and underpasses were completed in last four years with 316 major and supplementary roads. City government also completed 451 educational projects besides 194 water and sewerage projects and 356 parks while 110 projects were completed in rural areas. He said that in the transport sector 255 bus stops and 116 pedestrian bridges were completed with the construction of Pakistan’s first car parking plaza and the intercity bus terminal. City Government also brought 75 CNG buses on roads and a total of 337 new machinery and vehicles were provided during this period. He said that a modern command and control center was installed in the city while the citizen’s complaints information system 1339 was introduced to solve public’s problems on immediate basis. The CCIS 1339 has got ISO 9001 certification which is another major achievement of city government. City Government has also initiated green Karachi campaign during which more than 1.2million saplings were planted in different parts of the city. Haq Parast city government also gave a new concept of Karachi Development Fund to ensure hurdle free journey of development.

Nazim Karachi said that with the completion of so many projects we have also planned lot of projects for future including K-IV and S-III projects, Karachi Mass Transit project and Circular Railway project to provide further facilities to citizens. He said that already three signal free corridors have been completed in the city while the fourth one was underway. The whole corridor from P.I.D.C to Airport will be made signal free by January-February 2011. The signal free corridor –V will be from Sohrab Goth to M.A Jinnah Road.

City Nazim also thanked all those who have been supported and helped him during last four years. He said that he was thankful of Quaid-e-Tehreek Altaf Hussain Bhai for providing full support and guidance during this period. He also thanked President Asif Ali Zardari, Governor of Sindh Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan, City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil, members of city district council Karachi, media representatives, people of Karachi and his whole team including DCO Karachi, M.D KWSB, members of town and union’s administration, employees of city government, his personal staff, Afaq Hussain Affan, Zahoor, his telephone operator, peons, drivers and all those who were worked day and night with him.

City Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday said that a monument would be erected in four months near Boulton Market to commemorate the martyrs of Muharram 10 carnage.


i don't think it's a gud idea at all...

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Karachi

In what is believed to be the last press conference by Mustafa Kamal in the capacity of city Nazim, he said that the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) completed 2,496 projects in the city during the last four years while work on 126 mega projects was still under way.

This included only those projects which had cost more than Rs30 million each, he said.He said this while addressing a press conference at a local hotel on Wednesday.

City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil, all the town Nazims, Naib Nazims, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Karachi Javed Hanif, Managing Director (MD) Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) Qutubuddin Shaikh and other senior officers of the CDGK and KWSB were also present on the occasion.

Kamal said that a total of 52 months was available to them since they assumed the office on October 17, 2005.

He said that out of 1,560 days they had 1,252 working days and the CDGK on an average completed two projects per day and 48 projects per month.

He said that in the last four years a total of 35 flyovers and underpasses; 316 major and supplementary roads; 451 educational projects; 194 water and sewerage projects; and 356 parks; 255 bus stops and 116 pedestrian bridges were completed, besides carrying out 110 projects in rural areas.

The City Nazim said that during the period Pakistan’s first car parking plaza was constructed and an intercity bus terminal was set up.

He said that the city government also brought 75 CNG buses on the roads.

Kamal said that a modern command and control centre was installed in the city while citizen’s complaint information system (CCIS) 1339 was introduced to resolve public issues on an urgent basis.

“The CCIS 1339 has got ISO 9001 certification which is another major achievement of the city government.”

Kamal said that the city government also initiated green Karachi campaign by planting more than 1.2 million saplings in different parts of the city.

The City Nazim said that they have also planned other projects to be carried out in the future, which included K-IV and S-III projects, Karachi Mass Transit project and Circular Railway project.

He said that work on three signal-free-corridors had already been completed while work on the fourth one was under way. “The whole corridor from PIDC to the airport will be made signal-free by January-February 2011,” he said adding that signal-free corridorñV will be constructed from Sohrab Goth to the MA Jinnah Road.

City Nazim thanked President Asif Ali Zardari, MQM chief Altaf Hussain, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil, members of City Council, media persons, people of Karachi, his whole team including DCO Karachi, M.D KWSB, members of town and union administration, employees of the city government, his personal staff, Afaq Hussain Affan, Zahoor, his telephone operator, peons, drivers and all those who worked with him day and night and extended their support to him during his tenure.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/print1.asp?id=224758

By Mukhtar Alam
Thursday, 18 Feb, 2010

KARACHI: As he waited for a Sindh government notification about the dissolution of the local governments, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal recounted the infrastructure development works completed over the past four years of his government and wished that the base he had prepared for the multidimensional development of city was fortified and Karachi made the best city of the world.

Speaking at a gathering of town nazims with the media persons to mark the end of their 52-month-long tenure at the helm of municipal affairs, at a local hotel, Kamal said that 2,159 mega projects, each worth Rs30 million to multiple billions, were completed. Besides, 337 big machines and logistics meant for various amenity works were also purchased.

Referring to the time available with his government to conceive and implement the big projects, he said: “I am indeed pleased to tell you that we completed the projects across the city for the benefit of every citizen of Karachi at an average of 48 projects a month.”

He said that since the beginning of his government he had a vision to improve the quality of life of citizens irrespective of their political affiliations and ethnicity and worked for it in coordination with nazims and administrative forces of all the 18 towns of the city. “Now I deem it appropriate to extend my gratitude to my party leaders, Governor Ishratul Ibad Khan, President Asif Ali Zardari, former president Pervez Musharraf, the city council and the media, who kept guiding and supporting me and my teams in the city government and town administrations,” he remarked.

He said that not only the master plan of the city was prepared and given a legal status for the first time in the history of the city during his tenure, but his government also completed 35 flyovers and underpasses, 356 parks, 194 water and sanitation projects, 316 major and supplementary roads, 451 educational projects. As many as 110 projects were completed in rural areas, he said, adding that in the transport infrastructure 255 bus stops and 116 pedestrian bridges and a big car parking plaza were completed.

He said the city government also brought 75 CNG buses on the roads and also came up with the idea of establishing a Karachi Development Fund, which would get further impetus in the future.

Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil, nazims of 14 towns, DCO Javed Hanif, KWSB MD Qutubuddin Shaikh and other senior officers of the city government and water board were present.

Though Kamal did not take into account a few mega projects and schemes conceived in the first two years of his government, including that of an integrated solid waste management scheme, which could not be implemented, he said his government had recently taken up the solid waste management issue afresh and decided to build at least five garbage transport stations on a self-help basis.

The nazim said that with the completion of so many projects, “we have also planned a lot of projects for future, including K-IV meant for additional 175 million gallon daily water supply to the city, a sewage treatment plant, the Karachi mass transit project and circular railway project to provide more facilities to the citizens. Moreover, the establishment of two desalination plants was also on the card, he told the gathering.

He said construction work on the fourth signal-free corridor had been started. The whole corridor from the PIDC intersection to the airport would be made signal-free by January/ February 2011, he said, adding that the signal-free corridor V would run from Sohrab Goth to M.A. Jinnah Road.

He said the government had also planned to switch to mechanised sweeping of roads and streets in the entire city as it was already being practised in big cities. Since the number of sweepers was on the decline as members of that community were increasingly entering other professions, “now we would have to adopt machines for cleaning purposes”. Syed Mustafa Kamal said that although “we tried to serve each citizen in the city efficiently, there remain chances of heartburning or wrongdoing and now “very earnestly I submit my apology for that”, the emotionally-charged nazim said. He urged the citizens not to allow any deterioration in the process of development, ensure a hurdle-free journey of development and maintain the infrastructure developed in the city so far.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/06-karachi-2%2C159-mega-projects-completed-in-four-years-820-rs-02

SFC-IV will be completed in Jan/Feb, 2011........:no:

So Mustafa Kamal's time is up, yeah? What will happen now? I heard the local government system is being abolished. Why can't people in this #@$@%#@%# country ever stick with one system? Always changing it every decade, pisses me off so much.

SFC-IV will be completed in Jan/Feb, 2011........:no:

yeah...bcoz they r working on some flyovers now..not all flyovers of this corridor

So Mustafa Kamal's time is up, yeah? What will happen now? I heard the local government system is being abolished. Why can't people in this #@$@%#@%# country ever stick with one system? Always changing it every decade, pisses me off so much.

yeah...Administrator will take charge in a week..but not to worry..only for four months..

So Mustafa Kamal's time is up, yeah? What will happen now? I heard the local government system is being abolished. Why can't people in this #@$@%#@%# country ever stick with one system? Always changing it every decade, pisses me off so much.

Well you know why, and for some reason to them a city can be run better by "Administrators" than "Mayors".

What happens after 4 months of the administrator are up? And how is an administrator chosen?

BTW, I'm not arguing for Kimi to stay, I'm arguing for the system to be kept.

MQm & PpP r agreed on 5:18 or 5:15 ratio..
5 city for mqm , 18 districts for ppp

MQm & PpP r agreed on 5:18 or 5:15 ratio..
5 city for mqm , 18 districts for ppp

What does that mean?

Friday, February 19, 2010

Karachi

The outgoing Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that all efforts are being made to complete the remaining work on Lyari Expressway (LEW) in six months. He said this while talking to media representatives after the inauguration of Manghopir Interchange of LEW.

The city Nazim said that the government has relocated 28 thousand families previously residing at the bank of Lyari River to a much better place with all basic necessities of life.

Kamal maintained that the LEW project must be completed without further delay as its completion would prove to be beneficial for the masses. Areas falling in the way of LEW from SITE town to Sohrab Goth will soon be handed over to National Highway Authority (NHA). The town Nazims and elected representatives are negotiating with the residents in these areas, he added.

Replying to a query, he said that the expressway was not meant for heavy traffic or movement of goods carriers and loaders but it was rather designed for small vehicles and therefore it must be used by light vehicles only.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/print1.asp?id=224941

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What does that mean?

MQM will choose administrators of 5 cities & PPP will choose of 18 districts

Administrators will be in Sindh for 4 months & then elections will take place on Party basis.......

Administrators will be in Sindh for 4 months & then elections will take place on Party basis.......

Does that mean that MQM and mustafa kamal can be mayor again after the election?

Friday, February 19, 2010, Rabi ul Awwal 4, 1431

Karachi—Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that City Government has chalkled out a planning whereby the entire route from Jinnah Bridge upto Steel Mill will be made signal-free by January-February 2011 and citizens could travel signal-free from Hotel Metropole to Malir after 4 months.
He stated this while inaugurating the PAF flyover constructed at a cost of Rs. 446 million at PAF section, Sharea Faisal and later talking to media.

The PAF Air Commanding Officer, Southern Command, Air Vice Marshal, Arshad Quddusi and DCO Karachi Javed Hanif also accompanied the Nazim.

Mustafa Kamal said this flyover is part of Signal-free corridor- IV which would be of immense benefit to people with greater facility to Air force personnel who cross Sharea Faisal.

He said that since Sharea Faisal is a most congested road and to work here was highly difficult and also because of financial problems, the project suffered some delay. However, the project which we initiated reached completion.
Pakistan Observer

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=16020

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^^I hate that type of journalism :bash:
dunya mai khudai hti hai..matti gher to nahi lejate apne wo...wahin dalte hain..but dnt know y these idiots give this kind of caption in pakistan.. :bash:

Sensetional and negative journalism at its best.

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Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that 90 per cent work on Bacha Khan Flyover at Banaras Chowk has been completed and arrangements have been made to complete the project in two months.

He expressed these views while talking to media representatives on a visit to inspect the ongoing work on the flyover between Thursday and Friday night. Executive District Officer (EDO) Works and Services Rasheed Mughal and representatives of contractors and consultant firms accompanied him on the occasion.

“Though I would not be the Nazim then, all arrangements had been made for the completion of the project in two months,” he added.

He said that the original cost of the flyover was Rs400 million, but many houses and people residing at Banaras Chowk were being affected in the initial design. In order to save their homes, the flyover project was redesigned, which raised the cost of project to Rs1480 million. He further said that the KESC had been paid with Rs1270 million, including Rs40 million for shifting of high tension wires.

The Nazim said that apart from redesigning the project, there were problems along the way that caused delay in the completion of the project.


Source: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=225124

Nazim Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Muhammad Wasey Jalil on Friday inaugurated three more pedestrian bridges at a cost of Rs60 million constructed in collaboration with the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) in the town.

They were inaugurated near the Safari Park and Karsaz Road. At least 12 bridges have been constructed in the town so far with an estimated cost of Rs245 million.

Jalil said that the town administration had taken many initiatives to facilitate its citizens. He said that the local government system had served best in the people’s interest.

He urged the people to take care of the bridges and abstain from tobacco, spitting and wall chalking on them.


Source: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=225123

^^Cost of a Bridge : 2 Crore :nuts:
200 yards k 3,4 double story gher ban jayen itni cost mai to

Karachi has jumped to 1st placed of Largest Cities in the World by Population in City Area.....not in whole Metro Population


http://citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-mayors-1.html

Does that mean that MQM and mustafa kamal can be mayor again after the election?

Absolutely........

U/C Flyover at City School PAF Chapter
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The Shershah Bridge on the Northern Bypass is expected to be completed by the end of April and construction of dual carriageway of the Karachi Northern Bypass and Hub Bypass will start as soon as funds have been made available with the government.

Syed Shabbir Ali Shah, General Manager (Sindh) National Highway Authority (NHA) stated this during a meeting with Lasbela Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) delegation, led by its Vice President Muhammad Sadiq Khan and comprising former president Muhammad Aslam and Abdul Rasheed, Secretary General LCCI.

The Chamber’s delegation also invited the attention of the NHA towards proper maintenance of Karachi Northern Bypass, RCD Highway and Alternative Roads of SITE, Karachi. While acknowledging the need for proper maintenance and repair of roads, the General Manager (Sindh) said it will start immediately.

He further said the NHA was also planning to build the highways linking Gawader Port with Indus Highway bypassing the cities of Hub and Karachi to reduce the traffic load on existing highways, which the LCCI delegation appreciated.

Regarding the repair and strengthening of Hub Bridge Shabbir Shah said the same had been completed and only some repair works on joints was being planned.

^^construction of dual carriageway of northernbypass ??

The PAF Chapter bridge is being constructed at lightning speed, really impressed with the pace.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Karachi

Deputy Convener Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Coordination Committee Anis Ahmed Qaimkhani has said that the MQM workers have done fantastic work in urban parts of Sindh and if these workers would be given the same responsibility all over Pakistan they would change the fate of the country.

He invited people from all over the country to see how the MQM workers have given a facelift to Karachi. He was addressing a huge gathering at the farewell reception given by Muttahaida to outgoing City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal and all Haq Parast town nazims at Nine-zero Azizabad here on Monday afternoon. Rose petals were showered on Mustafa Kamal when he arrived at the venue along with Haq Parast town nazims.

Qaim Khani said that Mustafa Kamal used to live in a rented house and used to drive a motorcycle, adding: “MQM is the only party that maintains check and balance on the party workers and this was the reason that they passed this journey in a crystal clear manners and there is no charge of any kind of corruption on a single worker of Muttahida”.

Speaking on the occasion, Mustafa Kamal thanked God for his success and later expressed his gratitude and thanks to Altaf Hussain for reposing confidence in him and his team of Haq Parast town nazims.

“It was due to this confidence and vision that we had been working throughout four years and served the 18 million citizens without any discrimination,” Mustafa said, adding: “Altaf Bhai had been providing complete guideline since day one that being the Karachi Nazim I have to work for each and every citizen living in the metropolis.”

He said that the work done in four years was equal to the works carried out in 62 years and when the historians would write about the development of Karachi all credit would be given to Altaf Hussain.

Mustafa said that the whole of Karachi was dug up when the development projects were launched and people took pain just because of Altaf Hussain, adding, it was due to his (Altaf Hussain’s) vision that this city was now being regarded as one of the best developed cities of Asia. Former Haq Parat town nazims were also present on the occasion.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/print1.asp?id=225610

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Karachi

The Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) has said that around a one kilometre area of the Sea View beach would be turned into a free-for-public beach park till August 14 this year.

Around 1.5 acre area of the Sea View beach adjacent to the Mc Donald’s restaurant has already been turned into a green patch, making it a prominent portion of an otherwise arid beach.

Under the beach park plan, around a one kilometre area of the beach between Mc Donald’s and the Village restaurant will be developed as a public park.

Like other parks of the Clifton Cantonment, the beach-going public would be given free access to the beach park. However, “Clifton Cantt will not allow commercial exploitation of the park land”, said CBC Garden Superintendent Hasan Anwar Siddiqui while briefing newsmen on Tuesday.

The CBC official said that no contractor or consultant was hired for the development of the cantonment beach park as the Clifton cantonment used its own labour and resources for the development of the park. “Only the seeds used for the grass in the park were imported from abroad”, he said, adding that coconut trees are also being planted for the development of the beach park.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/print1.asp?id=225863

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Karachi

Deputy Convener Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Coordination Committee Anis Ahmed Qaimkhani has said that the MQM workers have done fantastic work in urban parts of Sindh and if these workers would be given the same responsibility all over Pakistan they would change the fate of the country.

He invited people from all over the country to see how the MQM workers have given a facelift to Karachi. He was addressing a huge gathering at the farewell reception given by Muttahaida to outgoing City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal and all Haq Parast town nazims at Nine-zero Azizabad here on Monday afternoon. Rose petals were showered on Mustafa Kamal when he arrived at the venue along with Haq Parast town nazims.

Qaim Khani said that Mustafa Kamal used to live in a rented house and used to drive a motorcycle, adding: “MQM is the only party that maintains check and balance on the party workers and this was the reason that they passed this journey in a crystal clear manners and there is no charge of any kind of corruption on a single worker of Muttahida”.

Speaking on the occasion, Mustafa Kamal thanked God for his success and later expressed his gratitude and thanks to Altaf Hussain for reposing confidence in him and his team of Haq Parast town nazims.

“It was due to this confidence and vision that we had been working throughout four years and served the 18 million citizens without any discrimination,” Mustafa said, adding: “Altaf Bhai had been providing complete guideline since day one that being the Karachi Nazim I have to work for each and every citizen living in the metropolis.”

He said that the work done in four years was equal to the works carried out in 62 years and when the historians would write about the development of Karachi all credit would be given to Altaf Hussain.

Mustafa said that the whole of Karachi was dug up when the development projects were launched and people took pain just because of Altaf Hussain, adding, it was due to his (Altaf Hussain’s) vision that this city was now being regarded as one of the best developed cities of Asia. Former Haq Parat town nazims were also present on the occasion.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/print1.asp?id=225610

Karachi: Progress News & Updates

The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) is working on a fast-track basis to complete the laying of a 4.6-kilometre-long water supply line by the end of March, The News has learnt.

This 4.6 kilometer line would link Dhabeji with Forbay, which is the high point. The line measure 72 inches in diameter, and is being laid at a cost of approximately Rs240m. Work of laying the new line was started in June, 2009, and a 4.3-kilometre-long segment has already been completed. The laying of the remaining 300 metres would hopefully be completed by March 30.

KWSB Bulk Chief Engineer Najam Alam told The News that this line would replace the existing line, which has turned obsolete to “a great extent.” He said that the work of laying one of the main supply lines was started a year ago, which is now nearing completion.

The existing water supply line was laid years ago, and it has already completed its life span. The old line was made of pre-stress reinforced cement concrete (PRCC), as opposed to the mild-steel being currently used. Due to completion of its average life, the old line would frequently burst, and inflict a loss of millions of gallons of water loss. The line being laid out would enable the authorities concerned to supply 100 million gallon per day (MGD) when three pumps are used for water supply through it.

Currently work is under progress to lay a line under the railway track at the site through jacking, The News has learnt. This technology is being used so as to prevent any sort of trouble for the traffic concerned, and once the pipeline is inserted through the tunnel, the gap between the pipeline and the tunnel would be filled with the concrete. Moreover, an official of KWSB told The News that the water utility is taking steps to minimise the volume of illegal water supply connections.

He said that about 70 illegal connections exist in the city, including in Chakra Goth, Aihsanabad, Ayoub Goth, Pak Colony, Nasir Colony and in some other areas.

Four illegal connections near Banaras were recently disconnected by the KWSB, said the official, adding that one disconnected connection was of a six-inch diameter and three were of three-inch diameter. He said that last Ramazan, around 60 illegal connections were disconnected, but of this around 35 to 40 illegal connections have started their operations again.

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^^
LOL! The image on the bottom-left is a screenshot from Cricket 07 (EA Sports).

:laugh:

:lol:

Could we get some updates from the banaras chowk flyover, which is supposed to be the longest bridge in pakistan. I heard 90% is completed, and i havent seen any progress on it for a very long time. It would be nice if someone who lives hear that place could take some pictures.

Can read Urdu! what does that say!

Ab naujawan banay ja mustaqbil k maymmar

Can read Urdu! what does that say!

They are talking abt the Youth Development center, Karachi.......

The PAF Chapter bridge is being constructed at lightning speed, really impressed with the pace.

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:shifty::shifty:

These pillars did not even have concrete on them 2 weeks ago and the support structure near the crane was just a bunch of iron rods sticking out of the ground. Looks really ghetto, but the pace is good.

Another bad thing is that when it's done, there will be 10 billion graffiti markings on this bridge, cars parked under it, donkeys standing around, piles of filth stacking up...but I'll be happily passing over the bridge in my car.

Hey Red, long time no see. Glad to see you're still alive. :)

On which road PAF Chapter bridge is located???

It's called the "Baluch Colony Road". It turns into Shaheed-e-Millat Road and that's the City School in the background. I've passed by that area a few times.

It's called the "Baluch Colony Road". It turns into Shaheed-e-Millat Road and that's the City School in the background. I've passed by that area a few times.

Okay........Where are the pics????

Okay........Where are the pics????

I have 1,800 pictures now and I'm going out today and might take another few hundred. Once I transfer them to my computer I have to touch up each picture individually to enhance them and make them appear nicer. It's taking a lot of time, so I might not get the chance to post them till I get back to Toronto on March 10. My total might even go up to 2,500 before I'm finished. I'm going to Islamabad again in a few days so there will be lots more pictures from there as well, inshallah.

Once I start posting the pictures expect to be flooded.

Post them over a period of a month rather than all at once, that way more people will see more of your pics instead of just a few here and there. Better to spread them out over several pages.

Hey Red, long time no see. Glad to see you're still alive. :)

Hehehe atleast somebody noticed. Thanks metropole. Doing fine and well...did a trip to Pak recently with the missus and kid...but didn't take much pics.

Anyways it seems as the child grows older i have less and less time for online forums.

^^ Didn't you just get married? Mashallah you've got a kid already. Good going.

I have 1,800 pictures now and I'm going out today and might take another few hundred. Once I transfer them to my computer I have to touch up each picture individually to enhance them and make them appear nicer. It's taking a lot of time, so I might not get the chance to post them till I get back to Toronto on March 10. My total might even go up to 2,500 before I'm finished. I'm going to Islamabad again in a few days so there will be lots more pictures from there as well, inshallah.

Once I start posting the pictures expect to be flooded.

Any pic of Icon Tower??

Any pic of Icon Tower??

Icon Tower is just a hole in the ground, but I'll take some pics.

^^ Didn't you just get married? Mashallah you've got a kid already. Good going.

2 saal ho gaye hain shadee ko sir jee. :) Hope you are enjoying your trip!

I have 1,800 pictures now and I'm going out today and might take another few hundred. Once I transfer them to my computer I have to touch up each picture individually to enhance them and make them appear nicer. It's taking a lot of time, so I might not get the chance to post them till I get back to Toronto on March 10. My total might even go up to 2,500 before I'm finished. I'm going to Islamabad again in a few days so there will be lots more pictures from there as well, inshallah.

Once I start posting the pictures expect to be flooded.

Okay......nice

Icon Tower is just a hole in the ground, but I'll take some pics.

Still, if Zardari is involved in this project, it is much more likelier it will see progress in the future, so it would be good to have some snaps from the site.

Hehehe atleast somebody noticed. Thanks metropole. Doing fine and well...did a trip to Pak recently with the missus and kid...but didn't take much pics.

Anyways it seems as the child grows older i have less and less time for online forums.

:happy:

:hug:

Long time no see buddy! How've you been? :) And what is this I hear of Nokiawala, Jr.? :laugh: Does he also wear golden glasses and a dated casio? :tongue3: No no I kid I kid...........


AND WHERES MY PIECE OF THAT WEDDING CAKE DAMNIT! >(

Wednesday, March 03, 2010
By Imtiaz Ali

Karachi

A high-level meeting, co-chaired by Principal Secretary to President Salman Farooqui and Chief Secretary Sindh Fazal-ur-Rehman on Tuesday, reviewed the progress of several uplift projects, environmental-friendly and social welfare schemes being undertaken on President’s directives in Sindh and underlined the importance of making coordinated efforts to complete the same.

Plantation of neem trees, construction of Karachi Central Park, jail reforms, provision of legal help to prisoners specially women, distribution of land among landless women, bringing road sector development and establishing engineering colleges in Larkana and Khairpur were some of the projects which came under deliberations during the meeting.

According to official sources, a report was sought from Secretary Forest about the proposed wide-scale plantation of neem trees in the metropolis.

Under the President’s directives, neem trees are likely to be planted in the 15 km area around the city. Such trees would also be planted in all education institutes, government buildings where enough space was available, police headquarters Garden, and police training school in Saeedabad and Razzaqabad. The plantation of neem trees has also been proposed at New Sindh Secretariat and other public and private grounds like St. Joseph, St. Patrick, Grammar School, etc.

Secretary General Administration Department, who is also the project director of Sindh Secretariat Complex including Karachi Central Park, was asked to make presentation for the project.

Under the President’s directives, Karachi Central Park would be developed on 151 acres after demolishing Secretariat Barracks. Buildings of federal and provincial governments situated in Saddar area would be replaced by two multi-storeyed towers and parking towers. Plantation of neem trees has also been proposed in this park and introduction of drip irrigation system has been suggested to ensure proper use of water.

The meeting stressed upon Home Secretary and IGP to expedite efforts for bringing jail reforms, as the President has desired that the Prisons Department must be upgraded in all aspects.

It has been suggested that the Prisons Service should be given special status in the rules related to making appointments, promotions and transfers. It has been suggested that these rules should be revised with a view to make the department self-sustaining and without relying on Police Department or its manpower. Public-private partnership has been suggested for improving the quality of prison food. Besides, additional barracks should be added to Malir Jail where plenty of land is available in order to redress the congestion problem, and the possibility of constructing multi-storeyed barracks would also be considered.

Installation of jammers in jails and reforming the death cell for prisoners not involved in terrorist activities has also been proposed.

Secretary Women Development Department (Sindh) Nargis Ghalo informed the meeting that they were considering to hire lady lawyers to pursue the cases of poor women before courts free of cost.

The meeting decided that poor women, who would be getting official land under the government’s scheme, would soon be issued Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) by Nadra.

Secretary Education was asked to give presentation about proposed engineering colleges in Larkana and Khairpur to Chief Secretary Sindh within next few days. National Highway Authority was also asked to furnish a detailed report about the projects.

All concerned senior officials attended the meeting. However, DCO/Administrator Karachi and Wapda authorities were conspicuous by their absence in the meeting, told an official who whished anonymity.

Salman Farooqui observed that it would have been more advisable if the DCO Karachi and Wapda officials had attended the meeting, the source said.

Meanwhile, an official statement said that the meeting reviewed the following projects:

Larkana-Moen-jo-Daro road, Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway, Larkana-Khairpur bridge, Sukkur-Jacobabad Expressway, Ratodero-Sehwan additional carriageway, Khairpur-Kandhkot steel bridge, Gharo-Keti Bandar road, Qazi Ahmed-Amri bridge, lining of canals, RBOD-III, small dams, Manchar Lake, Benazir Bhutto Medical College and university in Lyari Town, cardio-surgery unit at Lyari General Hospital, Lyari Development Package, Zulfiqarabad (new city), Benazir Bhutto housing cell, low-cost housing schemes, provision of quality food and other facilities to prisoners, distribution of lands among landless Haris, cricket stadium at Garhi Khuda Bux, plantation of neem trees and Karachi Green City project.

Secretary Finance was asked to take steps on priority basis to provide funds to Health Department and a report was sought about Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana. Wapda officials were asked to send the progress report about the projects to Presidency. The CDGK was asked to expedite work on the renovation and repair of Karachi Polo Ground, Jahangir Park, Hill Park and other parks, while DCO Karachi was asked to submit report about Green Karachi to the Chief Secretary.

Home Secretary told the participants that prisoners were being provided quality food whose monitoring was being done by a committee formed by the judiciary. Around 15 barracks were being constructed at Central Prison and Malir Jail, he added.

The meeting was attended, among others, by Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Kamal Majidullah, Senior Member Board of Revenue Ghulam Ali Pasha, Secretary Health Fasihuddin Khan, Secretary Home Arif Ahmed Khan, Secretary Women Development Nargis Ghalo, Secretary Information Mumtaz Ali Shah, Secretary Implementation Ayub Sheikh and Additional Secretary for Presidency Ishaq Lashari.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=226939

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Is the light pole on the left of the picture in the middle of the road

which area khanzada???????

I'm not sure if this building has separate a thread. It's at the two-talwar roundabout in Clifton.

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^^ seems to be consisting of 17 floors ..???

Anyone know the update on the old Metropole hotel? Maybe Metropole can check it out, seems fitting :laugh:

I'm not sure if this building has separate a thread. It's at the two-talwar roundabout in Clifton.

It's the Emerald Tower, it does have a separate thread.

which area khanzada???????

this area is karimabad ...

i have been there today rufi builders are launching new project RUFI DOWNTOWN in coming weeks i got the oppurtunity to go into the site office & have some videos/pics

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20 * 10, it deserves a separate thread i think!

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Long time no see buddy! How've you been? :) And what is this I hear of Nokiawala, Jr.? :laugh: Does he also wear golden glasses and a dated casio? :tongue3: No no I kid I kid...........


AND WHERES MY PIECE OF THAT WEDDING CAKE DAMNIT! >(

:banana: :banana:

Baaahhhhhh you're always bitching about food.

Worry not, Casio and glasses are out after your bhabi came. I've had a makeover :lol:

President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in the city on Thursday evening from London.

He will review the progress of the development projects initiated and funded by the federal government including the Green Karachi project.

Zardari will inaugurate the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Park Clifton on Mai Kolachi Road and will also meet with the provincial ministers and legislators at the Chief Minister House.

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This has been posted atleast 150-200 pages before.........:yes:

The City District Government Karachi’s (CDGK) administrator Fazlur Rehman has directed the Executive District Officers (EDO) to submit PC-1 of two separate projects. The two projects include construction of a dual carriage road from airport to Gulistan-e-Jauhar and a model workshop for machinery at Mewashah in a week in order to seek approval in the Annual Development Programme from the Sindh government.

The estimated cost of these two projects is said to be Rs 629 million. He issued these directives during his inspection visit of a damaged bridge in Gulistan-e-Jauhar on Saturday.

He observed that this has been the nearest way to connect Gulistan-e-Jauhar with adjoining areas and Shahra-e-Faisal and therefore the PC-1 for construction of this twin track road be prepared within a week.

Earlier, the administrator had during his inspection of the damaged part of the bridge linking Gulistan-e-Jauhar to airport directed EDO Works and Services Rasheed Mughal to expedite the repair work. He further directed the engineers concerned to conduct a survey on roads, bridges and flyovers and ensure proper maintenance.

On the occasion, the administrator was briefed that the estimated cost of 3 kilometres long road was Rs 179 million, which also includes the construction of the old bridge linking Gulistan-e-Jauhar to Shahra-e-Faisal.

The administrator also visited CDGK Machine Pool located in the premises of Mewashah graveyard. EDO Municipal Services Masood Alam had accompanied him.

The EDO apprised the administrator of mechanical assets and machine procurement made during the past four years.

He informed the administrator that the former City Nazim Mustafa Kamal had placed orders for further 14 mechanical sweeping machines and eight fire tenders that would join the existing fleet shortly.

The administrator was also informed that a model machine pool and a workshop for the fleet of machinery would cost Rs 450 million. Henceforth, the administrator asked the EDO to prepare a necessary PC-1 in this regard and it should also accommodate a residential block for 50 drivers, a canteen and other facilities.

* Estimated cost of projects is Rs 629m

The City District Government Karachi’s (CDGK) administrator Fazlur Rehman has directed the Executive District Officers (EDO) to submit PC-1 of two separate projects. The two projects include construction of a dual carriage road from airport to Gulistan-e-Jauhar and a model workshop for machinery at Mewashah in a week in order to seek approval in the Annual Development Programme from the Sindh government.

The estimated cost of these two projects is said to be Rs 629 million. He issued these directives during his inspection visit of a damaged bridge in Gulistan-e-Jauhar on Saturday.

He observed that this has been the nearest way to connect Gulistan-e-Jauhar with adjoining areas and Shahra-e-Faisal and therefore the PC-1 for construction of this twin track road be prepared within a week.

Earlier, the administrator had during his inspection of the damaged part of the bridge linking Gulistan-e-Jauhar to airport directed EDO Works and Services Rasheed Mughal to expedite the repair work. He further directed the engineers concerned to conduct a survey on roads, bridges and flyovers and ensure proper maintenance.

On the occasion, the administrator was briefed that the estimated cost of 3 kilometres long road was Rs 179 million, which also includes the construction of the old bridge linking Gulistan-e-Jauhar to Shahra-e-Faisal.

The administrator also visited CDGK Machine Pool located in the premises of Mewashah graveyard. EDO Municipal Services Masood Alam had accompanied him.

The EDO apprised the administrator of mechanical assets and machine procurement made during the past four years.

He informed the administrator that the former City Nazim Mustafa Kamal had placed orders for further 14 mechanical sweeping machines and eight fire tenders that would join the existing fleet shortly.

The administrator was also informed that a model machine pool and a workshop for the fleet of machinery would cost Rs 450 million. Henceforth, the administrator asked the EDO to prepare a necessary PC-1 in this regard and it should also accommodate a residential block for 50 drivers, a canteen and other facilities.

Monday, March 08, 2010
By Qadeer Tanoli

Karachi

The Federal Environment Ministry, with the financial support of the World Bank (WB), has initiated the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for the ‘Shaheed Benazir Bhutto CNG Bus Project,’ The News has learnt.

A consultant firm, Winrock International (WI), has been hired to train personnel as well as to develop project idea notes (PINs) and project design documents (PDDs) for the CNG Bus Project, sources within the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) informed The News, adding that the consultant has now approached the Karachi Mass Transit Cell (KMTC) to obtain the required information.

“The CDM allows emission-reduction (or emission removal) projects in developing countries to earn certified emission reduction (CER) credits, each equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide. These CERs can be traded and sold, and used by industrialized countries to a meet a part of their emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol,” explained a statement on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) website.

“The mechanism stimulates sustainable development and emission reductions, while giving industrialized countries some flexibility in how they meet their emission reduction limitation targets. The projects must qualify through a rigorous and public registration and issuance process designed to ensure real, measurable and verifiable emission reductions that are additional to what would have occurred without the project. The mechanism is overseen by the CDM Executive Board, answerable ultimately to the countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol,” the statement continued.

Sources explained that the CDM is required to be initiated before the kick-off of the project, and again, after the completion of the project so as to compare and analyse the environmental impact before and after the completion of the project.

This study would also explore the possibilities of significant financial assistance from international donor agencies, subject to the submission or fulfilment of the required standing formalities and preparation of the documents, sources maintained.

The Shaheed Benazir Bhutto CNG Bus Project is expected to be launched by end-June this year, provided that all milestones regarding project implementation timeline are achieved on time, sources added.

It is pertinent to mention here that with successful implementation of the project in Karachi, the model would be replicated in nine other major cities of the country, including Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Peshawar, Quetta, Hyderabad and Sukkur.

Sources said that the scope of the CDM would be extended to these cities as and when the CNG Bust Project is implemented.

Moreover, sources said, with the passage of time, if the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project is implemented in Karachi with the support of Asian Development Bank (ADB), a CDM study will also look into the BRTS as well.

Sources maintained that the WB has already given the required funding for the study to the consultant, and added that the KMTC has also furnished the required information to the consultant under the intimation of the environment ministry.

According to some documents, copies of which are available with The News, the consultant has sent 15 queries to the KMTC, including the number of buses, plying start date, size of engine, expected kilometres plied per year for every bus, expected number of years the buses will be plied by the government, current diesel consumption in km/litre per bus, capital expenditure, expected fuel expenses per bus per year, any admin charges per year etc.

Sources said that in Karachi, the diesel consumption of an old bus is 2 km/litre, whereas a new bus consumes a litre of diesel for every 4.8 kilometre drive. The environment ministry has already released Rs300 million to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for the implementation of the pilot project.

As per the plan, the federal government would provide Rs2.5 billion as subsidy and upfront grant for bringing 4000 CNG dedicated buses over the time period of five years for Karachi. The federal government will contribute a total of Rs677,181 as subsidy over five years toward the cost of the one bus. As per modalities, Rs300,000 will be provided as upfront grant as part of down payment and Rs377,181 as interest subsidy payable in five years.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/print1.asp?id=227809

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Thank God they widened the road..people used to park their vehicles on middle of road..kabhi kabhi to koi aese car laga deta tha k rickshaw tak nikalne mushkil hta tha..
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Thank God they widened the road..people used to park their vehicles on middle of road..kabhi kabhi to koi aese car laga deta tha k rickshaw tak nikalne mushkil hta tha..
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Oh wait! is this the road right after Meena Bazaar? :shocked:

^^ yeah..dont u see RASHIDSONS :tongue3:
now its better from rashidsons to hussainabad..
but still jam at meena bazar becoz of rikshaw wala..wohi beeche road pe khara ker rahe hian wo rickshaw..koi road sense he nahi..

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The National Industrial Parks Development and Management Company (NIP) on Monday launched its maiden project of an industrial park stretched over an area of 250 acres, which is expected to create over 30,000 direct jobs and add Rs40 billion to GDP.

The Korangi Creek Industrial Park (KCIP) the first project launched by NIP is the subsidiary of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) established under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984.

“The launch of KCIP is a milestone in the industrial history of Pakistan as it is the first industrial zone that conforms to all required standards,” said the NIP chief executive Zubair Habib while speaking to media persons.

He said: “Our first priority is to stop speculation in KCIP and for this we have taken different measures in industrial land allotment. We first select genuine applicants by asking proper feasibility reports for their projects. Later, the applicants who pass this criterion will be able to go for the balloting process.”

The respective companies will be required to set up industry within two years and in case of failure, the land would be confiscated with the penalty. The balloting process will be completed in next three months, Zubair said. There will be 230 industrial plots in KCIP with only two sizes: half acre and one acre for the zone is restricted to small and medium size entrepreneurs.

The project has been designed by Jurong Consultants of Singapore who have expertise in designing highly successful industrial parks especially in ASEAN countries. Such projects of NIP are being developed in Pakistan to emulate the success stories of industrial parks in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia to name a few.

The Shaheed-e-Millat Expressway-Mehmoodabad flyover and the flyover over Shahrah-e-Faisal connecting Saddar to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre will be opened for traffic by the end of April, said City District Government Karachi Administrator Fazlur Rehman on Monday. He visited both the sites and directed officials to maintain the traffic flow on both sides of the roads. He said both flyovers were part of the Signal-Free Corridor-IV project that would develop the city further. The construction work must not be halted and it must incessantly continued, he added. He directed the executive district officer of Transport and Communication to ensure that the construction work continues even at night and added that he would also visit the site at night to observe the progress.

City District Government Karachi engineers supervising construction works on two flyovers as part of the fourth signal-free corridor along Sharea Faisal are unable to confirm if a Rs300 million flyover planned at the Hotel Mehran traffic intersection would be built or not.

Sources in the government said that mobilisation works for the Mehran flyover, which was included in the list of four flyovers cleared by the planning and development department of the Sindh government for financial purposes, had to be stopped in December 2009 on the instructions of the Sindh chief minister.

The corridor project included the construction of the flyovers — one each at the Chanesar Halt intersection, Shaheed-i-Millat Expressway, Regent Plaza intersection and Hotel Mehran intersection, according to the city government’s original plan, at an estimated cost of Rs1.31 billion. Originally it was agreed that the CDGK would bear 25 per cent of the cost and the rest would be borne by the Sindh government.

According to a source, the Sindh government about three months back asked the CDGK to defer the construction of the flyover at the Hotel Mehran traffic intersection as some area residents, including an influential political figure, had approached the chief minister to seek the rollback of the project.

It was feared that the 150-metre-long bridge with a 250-metre-long ramp on Dr Daudpota Road in its construction and operational phases might compromise the privacy and security of the residents.

The CDGK about two months back had also submitted a presentation to the Sindh chief secretary, who was likely to take up the bridge issue with the chief minister, said the source, adding that since then no directive had been issued and CDGK engineers were still waiting for a green signal in the case of the Mehran traffic intersection flyover.

It is said that their engineers’ high-ups too had been not pursuing actively the matters pertaining to the ‘not in sight Mehran flyover’ as it was feared that the Sindh government, if annoyed, could create obstacles in the funding of the corridor project.

All the four flyovers pertaining to the new corridor, foundation stones of which were laid in October last by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and the then city nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, were to be completed within four months.

The city government — following a decision of the Environmental Protection Tribunal, Sindh, given on March 5 — is also due to submit an environmental impact assessment report on the corridor project to the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency within a month.

The CDGK, which was accorded an NOC on the basis of initial environmental examination report, is now required to get an NOC from Sepa on the basis of EIA proceedings, which is a statutory need under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997.

The CDGK’s works and services department has changed the location of a 225-metre-long bridge, with a 242-metre-long ramp, planned to be built at Chanesar Halt. Now the bridge is being constructed at the Tipu Sutlan traffic intersection.

When contacted, EDO for Works and Service Rasheed Mughal told Dawn that the flow of fund for the project would not be an issue at any stage as relevant financial matters had already been settled.

Replying to a question, he said the Sindh government, which had already approved the 75 per cent of the funding from its kitty, had recently been requested to bear the entire cost of the project and ensure the provision of the needed fund from the block allocations of Rs2.5 billion already earmarked for Karachi development projects in the Sindh government’s budget for 2009-2010, he added.

About the Mehran flyover, he said he hoped the chief minister would accord a go-ahead soon.

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Hmm......this is probably the first time an aesthetic element has been introduced to the design of a flyovers pillars in Karachi. :yes:

Booga like! :happy:

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They can widen the road all the way to Kashmir but it still wouldn't make a difference. In the absence of laws and and their strict enforcement, no amount of infrastructure can relieve Karachi of its nightmarish traffic problems.

P.S: They should have cover the drain running in the middle of the road and widened it towards the middle instead of encroaching the sidewalks which is a very big no-no in urban planning.

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They can widen the road all the way to Kashmir but it still wouldn't make a difference. In the absence of laws and and their strict enforcement, no amount of infrastructure can relieve Karachi of its nightmarish traffic problems.

P.S: They should have cover the drain running in the middle of the road and widened it towards the middle instead of encroaching the sidewalks which is a very big no-no in urban planning.

THEY DID RYT..if they went to middle instead of left..encroachers ko or mouqa mil jata baher nikalne ka shops..or trafic wese ka wesa jam rehta :lol:

THEY DID RYT..if they went to middle instead of left..encroachers ko or mouqa mil jata baher nikalne ka shops..or trafic wese ka wesa jam rehta :lol:

Basically what they have done right now is that they have widened the road for carparking because those electricity poles are an obstruction in the widened part of the road so cars cannot drive on that part anyways.

Tuesday, 09 Mar, 2010

KARACHI:

The Karachi Creek Industrial Park will be a self-reliant industrial community having an independent power plant to maintain 24-hour productivity. The buyers of plots will be bound to build the industry as per defined timeline, failing which the plot would be cancelled.

Country’s first industrial park was formally launched here on Monday with the pledge that all possible steps would be taken to keep speculators at bay to ensure price stability within the zone in terms of real estate.

Speaking at a press conference, chief executive of the National Industrial Parks Development and Management Company (NIP) Zubair Habib hoped that the project, called the Karachi Creek Industrial Park (KCIP), would create significant job opportunities for skilled and semi-skilled workers and contribute to the national GDP growth.

Spread over 250 acres, the KCIP has been perceived as a self-reliant industrial community, having not just controlled entry and exit points for round-the-clock security, but also an independent power plant to maintain 24-hour productivity.

Zubair Habib said exorbitant land rates, in fact, are one of the main hurdles in promotion of small and medium size industries in the country and the spiraling prices is due to the speculators whose only aim is to reap a windfall by creating an artificial demand.

Most of the industrial plots therefore, only change hands without serving the purpose. As such there is a need to curb this menace by all means.

He said that NIP would not allow this to happen in the industrial sites developed by them. The terms and conditions of sale would bind the buyer to build the industry as per defined timeline, failing which his plot would be cancelled and sold to the next prospective buyer in the queue.

He was of the view that the foreign investors still consider Karachi a suitable place, in the region, for setting up industries but their only concern was security and hassle-free system.

The company has been tasked to provide one-stop service to facilitate investors in obtaining approvals for various utilities and building plan from the concerned authorities, essential facilities, like security, fiber-optic telecommunication, uninterrupted power supply, pollution-free environment within the safe and secured four walls of the industrial complex to give a new impetus to industrialization in the country.

The KCIP project has been designed by Jurong Consultants of Singapore who have expertise in designing highly successful industrial parks, especially in the Asean countries.

Zubair said this project is envisioned to create a self contained industrial community, entailing a comprehensive master plan geared around the idea of strategically clustering specific industries, perimeter wall with controlled entry and exit, well designed road network, 48MW captive power plant and provision of essential utilities, including water, natural gas and telecommunications.

Prospective industrial clusters for the park are light engineering, food processing, consumer and pharmaceutical products, printing and packaging, value added textiles/leather, information technology and gems and jewelry.

Amenities such as effluent treatment, internal transportation, green areas, community space, vocational training centers and commercial centers for support services to the industry are also included in the project design to provide a complete infrastructure solution to industrialists.

Committed towards a clean, green environment, the project is the first of its kind to have had an environmental impact assessment conducted and subsequently acquire an NOC from the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency.

He said NIP is also formulating a ‘one-stop-service’ facility for industrialists which will facilitate them in setting up factories at the industrial park.

He said to ensure transparency and to discourage speculative interest, the company has designed a comprehensive sales policy with the objective of attracting only genuine industrial entrepreneurs.

The project, he said, will create significant job opportunities for skilled and semi-skilled workers and contribute to GDP growth of the country leading to economic prosperity and poverty alleviation.

The project offers 230 plots comprising majority of one and a half acres. The price is fixed at Rs5,062 per square yards, an official in the marketing department said.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/business/13+first-industrial-park-launched-in-karachi-930-za-03

Basically what they have done right now is that they have widened the road for carparking because those electricity poles are an obstruction in the widened part of the road so cars cannot drive on that part anyways.

its a 3 lane road now ( parking space excld)..3 lanes r enough for that area traffic..main problem of that area was parking..most the time only 1 lane was available there for driving..now there r 2 more lanes..magar yahan k log to wohi haina..parking se hat ker 3rd lane mai park karte hain..

Thursday, March 11, 2010
By Shahid Husain

Karachi

The former Freemason Lodge, now the Sindh Wildlife building, is poised to become a museum with a library, a small park, a lecture room, canteen and washrooms for visitors and the staff.

“It will be a museum with all sorts of additional requirements. The Sindh Wildlife Museum will be on the ground floor, the library on the first floor and a semi-public space with a park and exhibition items and a lecture hall,” Christophe Polak, who is looking after the restoration work of the heritage building, told The News on Wednesday.

In an exclusive interview with The News, Polak said he had not been able to find a picture to know how the Free Masons Lodge looked like in the past. “I have been working on this project for more than three years. We have weekly meetings on the site every Tuesday,” he said. “We started with documentation of the building partly out of our interest and partly because Secretary Department of Antiquities Kaleemullah Lashari had requested that we should remain in touch with him,” he added.

“We took photographs of the building to find what was original in the building and what appears to be added at later stages. All of this got mapped. There is a bit of guess work also that is part of conservation,” he said. Polak is a Belgian architect who did his Masters in Urban Planning from Rijks University of Ghent, Belgium in 1996 and Masters of Architecture in Human Settlements from K.U. Leuven, Belgium in 1998.

He said he has three sets of drawings; first, how the heritage building is at present; second, an assumption how it was in the original shape; and third, “what we are proposing”.

He said the floor of the library shows that it was in fact a meeting place for Freemasons and not a library.

“I am an urban planner as well and felt it’s a very good location for a museum and a library because the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs is the next door. Then there is the Karachi Press Club, YMCA, Arts Council and the city campus of the NED University of Engineering and Technology in the vicinity and they can benefit from it,” Polak said.

“Presently, there is an RCC structure in the building which got built by the administration of Sindh Wildlife Department. It was an extension of their office spaces but the government haulted the construction. The RCC structure should be demolished because it can be a very nice place for a view of side elevation; the other side being already too close to YMCA,” he said.

“Our intention is to develop the adjacent, partially open plot as an outdoor exhibition space. The other space can be built as a semi-public space, including a park with exhibition items and a lecture hall,” he said.

He pointed out that there is an old park at the back of the building. “We intend to convert it into a museum about Freemasons, their history in the city of Karachi, their history in the building.” He said a canteen and washrooms that were missing in the building would also be built. He acknowledged that the historical building was exposed to some threats but hopefully, they would be removed. Elaborating, he said the roof right above the staircase is a later addition and was in bad condition. “My structural engineer Mushtaq sahib has advised to dismantle it,” he said.

Then the main wooden staircase at the entrance is sinking for various reasons and has been attacked by termite. “We are not going to replace it,” he said. “Mushtaq sahib has designed a steel structure to reinforce it. The second option has come from a master carpenter from the interior Sindh who claims there is no need to dismantle it. He will dismantle it partially and push it back to its original position,” Polak said.

“We will go for that option. If that does not work, we will go for heavy steel structure,” he added.

Polak said another important threat to the heritage building comes from its walls that were soaked by water as a result of seepage from the roof since there were no water pipes in the building; from washrooms that were constructed at a later stage and were leaking through capillary action; and, the groundwater table. He said the road on the Governor House side is at a slightly higher level resulting in gushing of rainwater in the building when it rains.

“On the advice of Mushtaq sahib who has similar experience at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, we dug a trench all around the building and filled it with gravel. Now all the water is evaporating and the water content of the walls has decreased during the last six months,” Polak said.

He said the project is likely to be completed by the end of 2010. “It’s very difficult though to put a timeline in conservation projects because unexpected questions are always coming up,” he said. “There have been interesting debate about the building e.g. the wall stones have eroded at some places but actually eroded stones have also a character,” he explained.

He said in some cases a complete new design was needed. “The question also came whether we should have Victorian style furniture or contemporary furniture and we went for contemporary furniture of glass and steel,” he said.

Referring to the cost of project, he said it was also an issue because one could not adhere to government rates. “We made calculations on the basis of market rates complimented with detailed design analysis. The Department of Antiquities really wants that the building should be a model work of renovation,” he said.
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Friday, March 12, 2010

Karachi

Sindh Minister of Local Bodies Agha Siraj Durrani has said that he wants to replace the old sewerage system of the entire city with a new one.

Addressing a press conference at the Civic Centre on Thursday, Durrani said that many suggestions under consideration for the improvement of sewerage system in Karachi.

While responding to a query that former city Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal has been claiming that a lot has been done during his tenure with regards to the sewerage infrastructure in Karachi and whether he (Durrani) believes that nothing happened in this context, the minister said, “What has passed is a part of the past.”

The minister said that for the first time in history, party-based local bodies’ elections were going to be held. He said that recommendations for the new local bodies system 2010 have already been prepared which would be presented before the provincial assembly and a law would be in place in this context in the next 15 days.

He further added that to bring in the new system, they were working for 10 hours in a day and said that the government was committed to conducting the local bodies’ election in four months duration.

While responding to another query, he said that the local government system would never be brought to an end but changes would be made in it.

Durrani said the president Asif Ali Zardari has given a free hand to the provinces regarding the establishment a local body system of their own choice.

“Karachi and Hyderabad do not form the entire Sindh province. Besides these two cities, there are 21 other districts of the province where the present local bodies system has brought disaster and injustice,” he maintained while adding that the allies were being taken on board regarding the local bodies system in the province.

Durrani said that he got a briefing on the city government working from the Executive District Officers (EDOs) concerned and learnt about the problems and programmes of the CDGK.

He said that the provincial government would fully extend its cooperation for the ongoing projects of the city government regarding the availability of funds.

He said that he has asked the EDOs to continue dealing with the public and perform their duties accordingly. “They have been given a week’s time to show their performance, otherwise they would be replaced,” he said. CDGK administrator Fazlur Rehman was also present on this occasion.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=228455

AND i smell something fishy there. They will destroy everything for a lot of unjustified reasons i'm sure. Why do i feel that this is another money churning effort by durrani sahab and his local body reps to be.

21 other districts are small. Karachi and Hyderabad are the two major cities in Sindh. Like Kamal said, any city with a population of over 1.2 million should have its own mayor with autonomy.

I fear for karachi again. But then...he just wants this to happen. it might never happen either. lol

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20100313/Sub_Images/1100880598-1.jpg

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What an ugly design!

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww215/syedfahad84/mehranhotelflyover.jpg

The CM house or something is near the site of this U/C flyover so now they've forced stoppage of work due to "security concerns" :mad2:

The CM house or something is near the site of this U/C flyover so now they've forced stoppage of work due to "security concerns" :mad2:

I think Bilawal house (where Zardari stays when he visits Karachi) is near to this place.........

I think Bilawal house (where Zardari stays when he visits Karachi) is near to this place.........

No, that is near 2 Talwaar.

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What an ugly design!

I don't think so. Renderings don't always show the true picture

I think Bilawal house (where Zardari stays when he visits Karachi) is near to this place.........

not Bilawal Bhutto Shaheed house..there is another house of Zordari..Zordari never visited that house..but still..they want security for that house..k flyover nahi bannay derahe k koi oper se us gher mai taank jhaank karega:bash::bash::bash::bash:

not Bilawal Bhutto Shaheed house..there is another house of Zordari..Zordari never visited that house..but still..they want security for that house..k flyover nahi bannay derahe k koi oper se us gher mai taank jhaank karega:bash::bash::bash::bash:

I've read in dawn that the house is a place where Zardari's favorite people are 'entertained' :naughty:

^^Chalo 2 saal baad ban jaye ga flyover........:)

How are they even going to fit a flyover there? That place is really narrow.

City Government will complete the construction of 4 km long Shahra-e-Altaf Hussain by 20th March. This was stated by Administrator City District Government Karachi Fazlur Rehman during a visit of the road connecting Landhi with Malir and Shahra-e-Faisal.

EDO Works & Services Rasheed Mughal on this occasion while giving a briefing said that Shahra-e-Altaf Hussain would be another route to link Landhi and Korangi with Shahra-e-Faisal after the availability of Malir river bridge connecting Shah Faisal Colony to Korangi. Starting from Landhi No.4 (12000 road) and connecting with National Highway near Malir District Court the new road will be completed with an estimated cost of Rs.125million. After its construction people from Landhi and Korangi who used to go to Quaidabad first would have a direct route to Malir and Airport.

Administrator Karachi during the inspection of development work directed concerned officers to ensure smooth flow of traffic around the site of the project. He also gave directives regarding installation of storm water drainage system at this road and completion of work with better quality.

He said that the people have availed great convenience with the completion of lot of mega projects in Karachi especially new roads and corridors have solved many transport problems. The new shahrah would provide further convenience to people residing in Landhi and Korangi in their daily life.

Administrator Karachi also directed works and services department to conduct survey of other areas in the city so that new routes for transport could be planned.

^^LOL Shahrahe Altaf Hussain.........

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What an ugly design!

Its not all that bad! just needs a little improvement!

http://221.132.118.186/cdgk/Portals/0/Picture%20Gallery/Nazim%20PG-2010/03-09-Shahrae-altaf-A.jpg

^^ Bond, James Bond! :cool: