Karachi: Progress News & Updates [Archive] - Page 46

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 8th, 2012, 05:33 PM

The mysterious case of the Native Jetty curve

A combination of high humidity in the area and water dripping from trucks carrying fish from nearby depots were reducing the road surface friction and making it slippery.

Two years back, more than 40 people were being killed each year in accidents on a small curve on Native Jetty Bridge. In almost every case, a motorcyclist would lose control and come under the wheels of a truck coming from the opposite direction.

For a long time the authorities took them to be cases of over-speeding until a few men gathering data on road casualties stood at the spot to investigate. There was nothing wrong with the material used in the road, people were slowing down at the curve and the street lights worked and yet there was a high accident rate.

But then they figured it out. A combination of high humidity in the area and water dripping from trucks carrying fish from nearby depots were reducing the road surface friction and making it slippery. “The causalities have come down to 14 a year now just because we have dotted the road with yellow parallel lines and installed sign boards, cautioning motorcyclists to be extra careful,” said Ameer Hussain, the manager of the Road Traffic Injuries Research Centre.
This was one success story for one spot. But over 1,100 people were killed in road accidents last year and thousands were injured across the city. “Studies around the world have shown that the behaviour of the person behind the wheel is major cause of accidents. But we have a lot of infrastructure-related problems as well.”

Take for example the most dangerous road in Karachi – part of the National Highway, which starts from Karachi airport, crosses Malir and connects to Steel Town. Last year, 84 people were killed on this stretch of road, which is uneven, marked with potholes and needs to be rebuilt. But the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and the National Highway Authority (NHA) both refuse to take responsibility.

The NHA says it has built the road and now KMC is responsible for maintenance. “Being wide, smooth and open, the highway allows you the luxury of stepping on to the accelerator,” Hussain says.

“People coming from the highway enter Malir town with the same feeling in mind and disaster strikes once they encounter the congested roads.”

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 8th, 2012, 05:34 PM

Renovation work starts in Safari Park: administrator

Administrator KMC Muhammad Hussain Syed has said renovation work in Safari Park has been initiated and new animals and birds would soon be inducted in the park while food courts and a modern children library would also be established in its premises.

He expressed these views while on a comprehensive visit to Safari Park accompanied by KMC officials and media representatives on Tuesday. Syed said that the Safari Park was an important recreational point for the citizens and, therefore, it should be managed on modern lines. He also fed an elephant on this occasion and drove the bus for visitors.

mwahmed

February 9th, 2012, 08:53 AM

Downtown Karachi Night View
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6841187315_c6fb49f2de_b.jpg

jime11

February 9th, 2012, 01:21 PM

boring!!

mwahmed

February 9th, 2012, 02:17 PM

:)
http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af238/faisalmoin/DSC02927.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs22/i/2007/357/2/2/Winter_Rains_in_Karachi_by_razaghee.jpg

Aadil.Aijaz

February 9th, 2012, 02:46 PM

Downtown Karachi Night View
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6841187315_c6fb49f2de_b.jpg

Dude, paintings are not allowed.

Think outside the box a little bit. Karachi is not the only city in Pakistan.

mwahmed

February 9th, 2012, 03:07 PM

Aadil.Aijaz

February 9th, 2012, 03:09 PM

^^
But this thread is only For Karachi Not for whole Pakistan and I am working for Karachi therefore i cant Go any where else Karachi.Other people (from other cities) on this Forum Should Perform this work for their Cities..

Shift this discussion to the Miscellaneous thread. You can dig loads of banner material for other cities on Flickr.

brightside.

February 9th, 2012, 04:45 PM

Downtown Karachi Night View
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6841187315_c6fb49f2de_b.jpg

Please stop making banners. There is no need for banners every week or even every month. When a good picture comes along that can be used, make a banner. But photoshopping pics is not a good idea to make a banner. Don't depict something completely different from how it looks in reality. Chill out, stop making banners for a while.

zees

February 10th, 2012, 12:07 PM

Can we have a banner for K2, the natural skyscraper ?

February 10th, 2012, 02:11 PM

:cripes:

What is the obsession with banners?????????????????????????????????????????

And no more talk about banners in this thread please. Let's stick to progress items.

smfarazm..

February 10th, 2012, 02:56 PM

In this latest pic of 2011,
On reclaimed land work going at good speed, Break-waters are complete, some construction already.
Berth work also in progress as u can see on left side.

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/smfarazm1/rt445.png

waqas03

February 10th, 2012, 04:46 PM

smfarazm..

February 10th, 2012, 06:34 PM

What's the name of this new building on i.i.chundrigarh road?

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/smfarazm1/41107010.jpg

shahmeer

February 10th, 2012, 06:46 PM

What's the name of this new building on i.i.chundrigarh road?

http://v4.cache4.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/41107010.jpg?redirect_counter=2

smfarazm what software did you use fro the latest maps?? because my Google earth is still showing the same old maps??

smfarazm..

February 10th, 2012, 07:07 PM

smfarazm what software did you use fro the latest maps?? because my Google earth is still showing the same old maps??

Bing Maps, On bing pics are of march 2011 i think.

mwahmed

February 15th, 2012, 02:26 PM

Pics from Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckcpark/6871530313/)
Picture Of ckcpark (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckcpark/with/6871530313/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6871530313_020f95c165_b.jpg

mwahmed

February 15th, 2012, 02:29 PM

Photographer:Bashir Usman (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73462538@N04/with/6874474327/)
Photo Found On Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73462538@N04/6874474327/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6874474327_eafc38038d_b.jpg

smfarazm..

February 17th, 2012, 04:48 PM

APIIT, Karachi

cc Kumail

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/62664877.jpg

hAmZ

February 17th, 2012, 08:38 PM

^^thanks for the pic ... how many floors is it??

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 18th, 2012, 01:36 AM

DHA city gears toward development stage

The upcoming residential-cum-commercial project of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on the Karachi-Hyderabad Superhighway – the DHA City Karachi (DCK) – is all set to graduate from the planning stage into development on ground stage after completion of its master plan.

Tenders for major development works under the immediate development plan have mostly been awarded, while the mobilisation of contractors to the project site has started and the construction and development process of the project is ready to take off.

On Wednesday, DHA Administrator Brig Aamer Raza Qureshi visited the project site to review DCK development plans on ground.

At the site, he was briefed by the DCK Project Director and Consultant Engineer Arif Usmani about the construction and designing details of the seven-lane DCK Entrance Gate, an adjacent Theme Park and an Outlet Mall being built astride the Superhighway.

The DHA administrator was also informed about the engineering and construction details of the DCK boundary wall, security towers, information centre, staff accommodation projects; all to be built in two years to make DCK a liveable entity.

On the occasion, Qureshi announced that the formal ground breaking ceremony of DCK will be held in the third week of February 2012 that will set the pace for development of the first planned, sustainable and green city of Pakistan.

He also gave necessary instructions on the development projects being initiated to make them viable and versatile in nature.

The DHA administrator was informed that the boring work for exploration of groundwater was going on successfully and the results were encouraging as there is abundance of drinking quality underground water in DCK, sufficient to cater for future requirements until 2020.

The DCK is being developed in the backdrop of natural landscaping and there is plenty of wind and sunshine available in the spacious open area of the city for production and development of renewable solar and wind energy. Qureshi was also shown the planned projects of road network, sectors, parks and amenities being developed under the short-term development plan to be completed in three to four years so that people can start living in the area.

DCK Project Director Brig (retd) Muhammad Rafique disclosed that balloting of plots would be held very soon to allot the plots numbers to the allotees who have paid up-to-date instalments of their plots.
He added that 10 percent discount on the price of plots would be given to all those allotees who will pay all the plot instalments in lump sum amount.

The DHA administrator asked the consultants, contractors and DCK staff to leave no stone unturned in developing the new remarkable city, unique in its land, in the most professional manner and maintain the reputation of DHA – a trendsetter in the field of housing and community living.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 18th, 2012, 02:07 AM

Future projects: IT City being constructed in Karachi

Raza Haroon, has said that a 200-acre IT City, worth Rs148 million, is being built.

The Sindh information technology minister, Raza Haroon, has said that a 200-acre IT City, worth Rs148 million, is being built. While talking to Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad about a Geographic Information System for the Sindh government, he said that the project will enable the government to manage crops, roads, the rail system, drainage and irrigation more efficiently.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 19th, 2012, 08:42 PM

KMS for early completion of uplift projects

Director General of the Technical Services of KMC has asked the concerned engineers and officials working on the development projects to ensure all development projects being constructed by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation are completed on time.

He issued this instructions to the engineers while he was inspecting the work being undertaken Manghopir Road project during his site visit there. He said the Administrator KMC Mohammad Hussain Syed has issued directives to make all out efforts to expedite work for early completion of the projects being carried out under infrastructure development programme aimed at developing Karachi with better infrastructure for better Karachi.

The DG Altaf G Memon said the construction work project of Mabnghopir Road is being implemented under Annual Development Programme Government of Sindh with the funding of Rs. 104 million.

According to the press release, project is located between Manghopir Mazar & Surjani Turning . Entire surrounding will have better look and facilities to the traffic and residents after the completion of this project including the area from famous Mazar of Manghopir (which is famous because of crocodile pond .Further more important Javidan Cement is also located at Manghopir Road.

The condition of the road was dilapidated and needed immediate repair.Storm water drainage system was also needed. Due to absence of the storm water system there was great difficulty being faced by the residents and vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

However, with the completion of the project that has provision of construction of dual carriageway and new storm water drain the problems of lack of traffic flow and traffic accidents will also be solved.

malpensa

February 21st, 2012, 01:30 AM

wow!! (APIIT, Karachi) that building is sweet looking it belongs in the Blue are of Islamabad

smfarazm..

February 21st, 2012, 10:04 AM

edit

mwahmed

February 21st, 2012, 03:13 PM

http://www.therealmarketing.com.pk/Saima-Palms/Elevation/Elevation.JPG
http://www.saima-group.com/saima_palm/images/index_06.jpg

Website (http://www.saima-group.com/saima_palm/index.html)

mwahmed

February 21st, 2012, 03:34 PM

1:Building 1 (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/MWAAhmed/Tower-1.png) This Buidling is rised upto 4fl Yet.

2.Building 2 (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/MWAAhmed/Tower2.png) This Building will have same shape as Dolmen Harbour front i seen it near its Site.

mwahmed

February 21st, 2012, 03:36 PM

Double Post*

united pakistan

February 21st, 2012, 11:11 PM

I had seen its ad on a news chanel it was looking great . What about express view in Karachi.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 22nd, 2012, 12:32 PM

Groundbreaking ceremony of DHA City Karachi today

Groundbreaking ceremony of DHA City Karachi (DCK) will be held on Wednesday (today) at the project’s site on Super Highway.

DCK is an upcoming residential-cum-commercial project being built in the eastern suburb of Karachi astride Super Highway as a city within a city. The versatile master plan of the project was completed in December 2011 and the earth breaking ceremony of DCK marks the beginning of the fast track execution of development works at the site. DHA is all set to develop the DCK project in a manner that it will create a paradigm shift and change the way housing is done in the country.

mwahmed

February 22nd, 2012, 02:15 PM

I had seen its ad on a news chanel it was looking great . What about express view in Karachi.

It is Not Express View...X
It is Empress View.......
G+14fl Project Residencial+Shopping Mall
Here is the Render of Empress View (http://www.empressview.com/images/Project_p31.jpg)
And Here is Website (http://www.empressview.com/)
Location (http://www.empressview.com/images/location_L11.jpg)

united pakistan

February 22nd, 2012, 10:31 PM

DHA City Karachi: Ground-breaking ceremony of new housing community in Karachi
By APP
Published: February 22, 2012
http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/340252-citymapFILE-1329930604-897-640x480.jpg
The ceremony marks the beginning of project's development activities physically on ground. PHOTO: FILE

KARACHI: The ground-breaking ceremony of DHA City Karachi (DCK), an upcoming residential-cum-commercial project was held at the project site on Super Highway on Wednesday.

Commander 5 Corps, Lt Gen Muhammad Zahirul Islam, who was the chief guest, unveiled the plaque that marks the beginning of project’s development activities on ground.

The Corps Commander termed the occasion as historic and commended DHA for proving itself as a trendsetter in the field of housing and development.

Islam said that with initiation of DCK project, a number of business and economic opportunities would be generated which would give a significant boost to the local economy.

Corps Commander also said that DCK was a versatile project and had tremendous potential to provide an emblem of modern, secure and comfortable living environment to residents.

He asked the DHA team and consultants to abide by the target set for the short-term development plan which will include roads and other infrastructure work along with projects like schools, markets, parks, health care facilities, etc.

Administrator DHA, Brigadier Aamer Raza Qureshi, while talking to the media said that DCK was a modern housing enterprise that would guarantee the best civic amenities and a dynamic living environment for its residents.

Brig Qureshi said that work on 13 projects including construction of DCK boundary wall, entrance gate, security towers, arterial roads, composite offices-accommodation complex and DCK Information Centre costing Rs1 billion under the immediate development plan were starting forthwith and would be completed in twelve months to make DCK site fully operational.

The Administrator said that a significant feature of the DCK project was the unique security set-up of the township. Elaborating, he said that a two tier physical security in the form of an outer and sector-wise boundary wall will be raised in addition to complete electronic surveillance of the entire township.

Project Director DCK, Brigadier (Retired) M Rafique, said that development of the project would be closely monitored on ground by DCK engineers and a consultant’s team at each stage of development to ensure speedy development of the scheme on professional lines.

Chief Project Consultant, Arif Osmani said that work on five residential sectors including roads network, parks, green spaces, schools, mosques and all basic amenities under the short term development plan would be completed in 3-4 years to make DCK a liveable entity by 2015-16.

siamu maharaj

February 22nd, 2012, 11:59 PM

Thank god it dioesn't have the shitty gridsystem like a few other phases

mwahmed

February 23rd, 2012, 10:34 AM

I have Read this News in
Great news in addition of Karachi Skyline
http://ummat.com.pk/2012/02/22/images/news-09.gif
18fl+14fl+14fl

JIAP

February 23rd, 2012, 03:06 PM

The Residence an upcoming 18 story apartement project in clifton

http://www.corporate-estate.com/project-the-residence-40.html

Location

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/40_718.jpg

Render

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/40_7260.jpg

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 23rd, 2012, 03:21 PM

^^ Looks nice...

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 23rd, 2012, 03:23 PM

ITIF Asia: Trade, machinery show may attract 25,000 visitors

http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/340392-expopakistantdapPHOTOTDAP-1329951115-752-640x480.jpg
There are 30 exhibitors and over 50 foreign delegates from 11 countries, including the UK, Italy, Germany, Canada and Turkey, participating in the exhibition.

The ongoing International Trade and Industrial Machinery Show, also known as ITIF Asia, is expected to attract about 25,000 visitors by the time it concludes on Thursday, according to a representative of Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, which is organising the three-day exhibition at the Karachi Expo Centre.

Talking to The Express Tribune on Wednesday, Ecommerce Gateway Media Manager Wasi-ul-Haq said ITIF Asia attracted 35,000 visitors on average in recent years. This year, he said, Ecommerce is expecting a less-than-usual turnout because one of the three major components of the annual ITIF Asia – Auto and Transport Asia – had been cancelled for a number of reasons, including visa issues faced by foreign exhibitors.

“As part of ITIF Asia 2012, we’re holding Alternative Energy & Power Asia along with Oil & Gas Asia. The third component can possibly be held as a stand-alone exhibition in May when many foreign exhibitors are expected to visit Lahore for another event of the same kind,” he said.

Haq said the auto and transport component traditionally attracted the highest number of visitors. “The interest level is always high because it involves the business-to-consumer (B2C) model. That’s not the case in the other two sections, which are solely business-to-business (B2B).”

There are 30 exhibitors and over 50 foreign delegates from 11 countries, including the UK, Italy, Germany, Canada and Turkey, participating in the exhibition.

M Bagheri, who works as manager of marketing and sales at the National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC), a gas marketing company, said the majority of people visiting his stall at the exhibition were more interested in getting a job at the Iranian company. “They’re professionals already working in the energy sector. They’re willing to move to Iran and work for NIGEC.”

The representative of another foreign exhibitor, Marine Motor Services – a German manufacturer of components for large-bore, four-stroke diesel engines – said he had received positive, yet less-than-expected, response at ITIF Asia.

“We’ve a limited target market. Suppose there’re 25 customers out there, only one has visited us so far,” he said. “It’s the first time we’re participating in this exhibition. So that’s part of our effort to build our brand name in the market.”

mwahmed

February 23rd, 2012, 04:34 PM

The Residence an upcoming 18 story apartement project in clifton

http://www.corporate-estate.com/project-the-residence-40.html

Render (http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/40_718.jpg)

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/40_7260.jpg
Nice Location And Unique Design as compare to Appartments in Karachi:) Karachi will Shine By Hundreds upcoming Highrises..

smfarazm..

February 25th, 2012, 05:03 PM

^^ Nice design.

smfarazm..

February 25th, 2012, 05:04 PM

smfarazm..

February 25th, 2012, 05:24 PM

I have Read this News in
Great news in addition of Karachi Skyline
http://ummat.com.pk/2012/02/22/images/news-09.gif
18fl+14fl+14fl

Well if they construct these 2 towers of 14Fl then this area will look amazing, behind shaheen complex, next to nacon house.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

February 25th, 2012, 11:06 PM

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20120225/Sub_Images/1101458009-1.jpg

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20120225/Sub_Images/1101458009-2.gif

hero g

February 27th, 2012, 03:18 AM

gudnews for karachi
M50SwMnuLRA

mwahmed

February 27th, 2012, 02:41 PM

Ground Breaking Ceremony Of DHA City (http://tribune.com.pk/story/340437/dha-city-karachi-civilians-to-pay-rs2m-and-army-officers-half-for-plots/)

hero g

February 28th, 2012, 02:50 AM

huge project for karachi

AIRMEN GOLF CLUB
http://airmengolfcourse.org/

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development
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sandiego

February 28th, 2012, 09:16 AM

nice

brightside.

February 29th, 2012, 06:14 AM

This golf course is in Korangi base, on military land. Quite surprising that they've decided to build an entire golf club along with so many extra facilities and open it up to the general public for membership. Usually military bases only have a golf course open to public membership. But this golf course will probably employ a lot of Korangi locals, so haters shouldn't really complain.

smfarazm..

February 29th, 2012, 11:01 AM

oogabooga

March 1st, 2012, 12:23 AM

This golf course is in Korangi base, on military land.

That is absolutely ridiculous! I mean where do I even start? These clowns cant even protect these bases, case in point the attack on PNS Mehran last year during which we lost men and two P3C-Orion Marine Surveillance Aircrafts and these clowns want to build a bloody golf course INSIDE a military base and open it to the public? :crazy:

Our army has completely lost sight of its goals, its raison d'etre! How is this being allowed by the Government? No wonder they missed Osama's relatives who were living a stones throw from KMA! They've become too fucking corrupt to actually do their job and safeguard the country and its assets.

Sad state of affairs in Jinnah's Pakistan... :no:

hero g

March 1st, 2012, 12:55 AM

^^ it's not actually in the base but few kilos from the base, the same area where attackers came from, so they decided to cut of the bushes and develop a golf course.

hero g

March 1st, 2012, 12:57 AM

read this, the actually done a great job.

It took a stroke of genius to harness and recycle the sewerage water to convert a chunk of lifeless and barren land into a breathtaking and enchanting landscape of uninterrupted verdure – a truly nerve-soothing spectacle.

oogabooga

March 1st, 2012, 01:06 AM

^^ it's not actually in the base but few kilos from the base, the same area where attackers came from, so they decided to cut of the bushes and develop a golf course.

According to Brighty its inside the base, which if true is totally unacceptable.

smfarazm..

March 1st, 2012, 12:49 PM

development
cS6iUkbOoCY

They changed barren land with bushes and charsis into green golf area. On the Left side of colony & base, Area is more secure now from the left side.

smfarazm..

March 1st, 2012, 01:20 PM

It's on the military land, But it's away from main entrance to the base, it on left side of PAF Colony.

Here in Map

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/smfarazm1/fdsa.png

smfarazm..

March 1st, 2012, 01:27 PM

Latest Pics of Airmen Golf Course & Golf Championship at AGC.

:cheers:

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/431306_177922295646533_111133878992042_250237_114801889_n.jpg

In the background is Creek Marina Building.

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brightside.

March 1st, 2012, 02:10 PM

Uh, I think I know what I'm talking about when I'm saying it's inside the base. I am at that base almost daily. My good friend's father started this. Either way, this will have a +ve effect on the economy of the surrounding area. Already the economy of the area right outside my university at Korangi base has already benefited a lot from us being there. Nobody else will ever invest money at this scale in Korangi for a recreational facility, so I don't think anybody in Korangi is complaining. The base probably did not need the land, which was previously bushes and shrubs, so they decided to use it for something.

brightside.

March 1st, 2012, 02:14 PM

The entrance to the golf course is far away from the main entrance to the base, but the golf course spans a large area, and can also be accessed from inside the base. Originally the golf course was smaller, they stretched it behind the area currently in use by base residents. The point is, its on military land.

smfarazm..

March 1st, 2012, 02:53 PM

Boat Basin park looks nice But Ugly Electric Transmission lines and giant pole ruined the shot :bash:
BT Icon in the background

Pics by Asad Abbas:

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425400_10150569760752344_521972343_9185977_1727890173_n.jpg

Night shot, In the background 2 buildings are Ocean towers & emerald tower.

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smfarazm..

March 1st, 2012, 04:14 PM

DHA PHASE 8
SITE OF AN UNDER CONSTRUCTION RESTAURANT

by: Asad Abbas

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mwahmed

March 1st, 2012, 05:17 PM

Nice Photos Faraz:)

hAmZ

March 1st, 2012, 11:42 PM

^^yeah nice pics

smfarazm..

March 2nd, 2012, 11:06 AM

http://www.airmengolfcourse.org/images/gallery/1%20(36).JPG

http://www.airmengolfcourse.org/images/gallery/DSC_2098.JPG

Yacht Club :)

http://www.airmengolfcourse.org/images/gallery/1%20(16).JPG

http://www.airmengolfcourse.org/images/gallery/111%20(28).JPG

http://www.airmengolfcourse.org/images/gallery/Building.JPG

http://www.airmengolfcourse.org/images/gallery/DSCF0485.JPG

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siamu maharaj

March 2nd, 2012, 06:29 PM

That looks like the Turkish power generation ship in the b/g.

smfarazm..

March 2nd, 2012, 06:47 PM

That looks like the Turkish power generation ship in the b/g.

Yes it is Kaya Bey the Turkish power ship connected to Korangi Thermal Plant Grid.

A-TOWN BOY

March 3rd, 2012, 05:08 AM

http://www.airmengolfcourse.org/images/gallery/DSCF0485.JPG

what's the name of the construction project in the background??

Aashiq

March 3rd, 2012, 06:09 AM

Creek Vista, it's completed now.

smfarazm..

March 4th, 2012, 10:59 AM

Rs9bn WB funds for KPT

Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Khan Ghauri said at ground breaking ceremony that the World Bank funding of Rs9 billion for reconstruction of six berths at the Karachi Port is a strong indicator that vibrant institutions, such as KPT, are not on the negative list of world financial institutions.

http://enewspaper.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Prime-Minister-Syed-Yousuf-Raza-Gilani-arrived-at-the-inaugural-venue-of-Karachi-Port-where-he-was-received-by-Minister-for-Ports-and-Shipping-Senator-Babar-Khan-Ghauri-along-with-Secretary-Ports-and-Shippping.jpg-e1329663176944.jpg

He said most of the institutions, run by the Ministry of Ports and Shipping, including Pakistan Shipping Corporation (PNSC), KPT and Port Qasim, are making huge profits and are actively contributing to economic growth.

Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony for the project of reconstruction of berths 15 to 17A, including ship repair berths, 1 and 2, where the prime minister was the chief guest, the minister said that these institutions have made huge profit of Rs18 billion in the last financial year.

He further said that if people work hard, all growth targets could be achieved.

Such achievements, the minister said, are a ray of hope for the nation, particularly when huge national institutions, like Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Steel and Railways, etc., are not only incurring huge losses but are also on the verge of collapse.

He disclosed that the Ministry of Ports and Shipping had constructed a civic centre at Gwadar port and hoped that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would inaugurate it next month.

The secretary of ports and shipping, Agha Syed Raza Qazilbash, said that 922-meter long berths having 16-meter depth would provide berthing to post Panamax container vessels having 70,000dwt weight, 280 meters length and 13.8 meters draft.

Similarly, he said bulk carriers having 100,000dwt weight, 255 meters length and 15.3 meters draft would also be berthed.

KPT chairman Mohammad Aslam Hayat said that the KPT attracted $1 billion direct foreign investment (DFI) during the last four years.

Such mega projects, including deep water container port, attracted DFI to the tune of $457 million and $105 million for Karachi International Container Terminal.

The KPT also received $75 million in respect of Pakistan International Container Terminal and Rs1 billion for development of KPT food street.

He further said that in order to improve operational capability of the port, KPT recently acquired two shipping tugs worth Euro 16.20 million, one dismountable dredger costing Euros 2.23 million and also added two pusher tugs, costing Rs369.09 million to its fleet.

The KPT, he said, also plans to develop recreational facilities at Oyster Rock breakwater for citizens of Karachi.

smfarazm..

March 4th, 2012, 11:03 AM

Someone recently on ssc said about recreational facility at oyester rocks and here it's planned now :)
Hope they will complete it like port grand food street.

Muhammad Aslam Hayat informed further that a flyover at Lea Market is also designed by KPT which will cost around Rs600 to 1200 million as per various options available. Besides this, he said that a wetland park and sewerage treatment plant at Mai Kolachi in collaboration with the City District Government Karachi at cost Rs3 billion.

Chairman KPT said that a desalination plant capable of producing 200,000 gallons of potable water per day has recently commenced operations in Manora and that the plant has cost Rs140 million to KPT.

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smfarazm..

March 4th, 2012, 12:04 PM

KPT purchased two passenger boats for commuters between Karachi and Manora at a cost of $2.345 million each. The free of cost ferry service will provide travelling facility to people between Kemari, Manora and Baba Bhit Shah island.

Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Khan Ghauri said on Friday that a ferry service between Karachi and Iraq would be launched soon to facilitate pilgrims going to Karbala and other holy places.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of a desalination plant at Manora Island, he said a private firm was being issued licence for starting the ferry service.

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smfarazm..

March 4th, 2012, 01:58 PM

On berths ceremony Officials said KPT plans to construct Karachi Harbour Crossing bridge, which will ease traffic congestion in the city by providing connectivity with Northern Bypass and Lyari Expressway via Manora and a cargo village is also being constructed at an estimated cost of $600 million for which financing has been sought from Asian Development Bank.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 4th, 2012, 05:57 PM

^^ Thanks for sharing...

khalid-don

March 4th, 2012, 06:52 PM

santix

March 4th, 2012, 07:01 PM

Six hundred million dollor for bridge?

I am not much familar with Karachi, can someone plz show us on map?
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3223/kptwn1.jpg

smfarazm..

March 4th, 2012, 07:02 PM

Six hundred million dollor for bridge?

I am not much familar with Karachi, can someone plz show us on map?

$600mn is For harbour bridge and Cargo Village, ($450mn for bridge)

In this video is the model of bridge and cargo village

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santix

March 4th, 2012, 07:05 PM

there is also a thread for HCB on SSC

KARACHI | Harbour Crossing Bridge | Infrastructure | PRO (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1332649)

Metropole

March 4th, 2012, 08:53 PM

$600mn is For harbour bridge and Cargo Village, ($450mn for bridge)

In this video is the model of bridge and cargo village

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az6otCkASXQ">YouTube Link</a>

Wow, great project and very nice video animation. It's amazing that Zardari and his gang haven't stripped KPT of its assets and destroyed it like all the other government owned organizations.

Pakistan needs this project badly for future economic growth but I love the bridge the most because it'll connect Clifton to Hawks Bay reducing travel time from hours to minutes. That would open up the Hawks Bay area for massive development.

Remember the huge multi billion dollar Hawks Bay project by Dubai World during Musharraf's time? I think we had a thread on that. Even if Dubai World doesn't come back DHA should have built phase 9 in that area as it would be 5 minutes drive from Clifton instead of 1-2 hours.

The Army should do a land grab in Hawks Bay and build DHA phase 10 there. Otherwise Bahria Town or some Karachi based companies should do it.

If/when the bridge is built the coastal area on that side would become a gold mine as that land would be worth tens of billions of dollars. That could pay for 10 bridges if KPT gets a cut.

Aashiq

March 4th, 2012, 09:17 PM

The projects of KPT are slowly being completed like Port Grand and the PDWCP. The Harbour Crossing bridge looks amazing. And maybe one day KPT tower might get completed because for now KPT's site lists it as on hold due to market conditions.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 4th, 2012, 09:42 PM

Nice video, great projects...:okay:

faizanutd

March 4th, 2012, 11:14 PM

Expression of interest was invited for maritime 77 enclave.
http://www.nelaam.com/73762.php

Metropole

March 4th, 2012, 11:42 PM

Expression of interest was invited for maritime 77 enclave.
http://www.nelaam.com/73762.php

KPT MARITIME ENCLAVE- 77

The project reflects the aspiration of KPT, inline with suggestions of World Bank to undertake effective and commercially sound real estate projects to enhance the financial returns of KPT together with the idea of introducing international standard buildings in Pakistan.

To achieve a high quality international level project KPT through international bidding selected world renowned architect M/s Aedas of UK. M/s Aedas is supported in the design by M/s Mott McDonald of UK. Project Marketing is by M/s. Cushman & Wakefield. Maritime Enclave-77 development is planned to comprise of a 78 storey and shall be a landmark project for the City of Karachi. The iconic enclave will also encompass four low level residential towers, a convention centre and a shopping mall. Its construction will become a source for the City of Karachi to gain automatic recognition the world over. The project is designed to serve the maritime community and will accommodate port oriented business in particular.

Salient features of the KPT Maritime Enclave – 77 are as follows:

Estimated cost: USD 500 million
Plot size: 12.8 acres
Covered area: 3,9000,000 sq. ft
Height of KPT-77: 1,083 ft
5 Star Hotel (250 Bed): 390,000 sq. ft (top 5 floors)
Corporate offices: 1,700,000 sq. ft (48 floors)
Residential area: 690,000 sq. ft
Retail area Convention Centre: 155,000 sq. ft
Car Parking: 2,500 nos. (two level basement): 120,000 sq. ft

Time for completion of construction services is estimated to be 48 months

smfarazm..

March 5th, 2012, 12:25 AM

They will definitely go for bridge once deep water terminal becomes operational because it will increase cargo and bridge will become must for cargo village. Right now it seems they are interested in both bridge & kpt-77 tower, they are in touch with ADB for financing bridge, & also seeking for other investment in tower.
Future projects of KPT are best 328m tower, Harbour bridge, cargo park & most important Deep water terminal.

KPT need investors for both these mega projects.

Aashiq

March 5th, 2012, 01:25 AM

Just another piece of news on that KPT Tower (Enclave 77)

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani arrived at the inaugural venue of Karachi Port where he was received by Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Khan Ghauri along with Secretary Ports and Shippping.

Muhammad Aslam Hayat informed further that a flyover at Lea Market is also designed by KPT which will cost around Rs600 to 1200 million as per various options available. Besides this, he said that a wetland park and sewerage treatment plant at Mai Kolachi in collaboration with the City District Government Karachi at cost Rs3 billion. The Chairman termed the KPT Hospital as best public sector hospital and informed the Prime Minister Gilani and Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri that new emergency rooms are under construction these days which will further facilitate the patients. In addition to all this, KPT plans to construct KPT-77 Maritime Enclave at cost $400 million.

http://enewspaper.com.pk/6979/prime-minister-syed-yousuf-raza-gilani-inaugurated-the-commencement-of-second-phase-of-reconstrction-of-berths-15-to-17a-at-karachi-port

smfarazm..

March 5th, 2012, 01:42 AM

^^

I read this news few days back but didn't get the new name,
KPT-77 Maritime Enclave. Cool
All the old and new projects of kpt are Alive and they are making some efforts. :)

khalid-don

March 5th, 2012, 01:55 AM

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3223/kptwn1.jpg

thxs for the good map. smfarazm.. ur participation has really revived Karachi thread.

waqas03

March 5th, 2012, 07:47 AM

^^ yes, thanks smfaraz :)

mwahmed

March 5th, 2012, 08:54 AM

One More Hope from KPT to Build KPT MARITIME ENCLAVE- 77 Is that Kpt tower complex or Another New???? because the article says that:-
''The iconic enclave will also encompass four low level residential towers"
or they will build them according to old render or New ??
Really Great news karachi is waiting for one new Mega Project from KPT......

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 5th, 2012, 06:38 PM

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20120305/Sub_Images/1101465289-1.jpg

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20120305/Sub_Images/1101465289-2.gif

mwahmed

March 6th, 2012, 08:54 AM

It is same project of KPT Tower Complex but they have changed name.
Watch this Video:- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAaDzbnU5rw)
Render (http://aedasresearch.com/files/attachments/kpt_09_tower_3.jpg)

brightside.

March 6th, 2012, 11:00 AM

Picture I told my friend to take of this building on IICR.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425285_10151357884120080_777780079_23307735_1346688719_n.jpg

Arsalan Rashid

March 6th, 2012, 12:24 PM

smfarazm..

March 6th, 2012, 12:25 PM

^^ nice. Cladding work started, Different Design building.

It's 19-20 floor. I.I Chundrigar road :rock:
What's the name of the building??

There's another newly constructed unknown building in front of this u/c building having 16-17 floor.

Here is that building: http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/smfarazm1/41107010.jpg

mwahmed

March 6th, 2012, 02:18 PM

This Building (https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425285_10151357884120080_777780079_23307735_1346688719_n.jpg) is Now 21 storey nice to see cladding style amazing Tower.I think it is Islamic Tower because i have heard about this one.

here is Building (http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/smfarazm1/41107010.jpg)
This is not new tower dude, it was built near 2008 - 2009

abidi2009

March 6th, 2012, 03:07 PM

Picture I told my friend to take of this building on IICR.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425285_10151357884120080_777780079_23307735_1346688719_n.jpg

This building looks very cool when you see it on ground, it looks tiny in pics.

mwahmed

March 6th, 2012, 03:53 PM

SBCA to have 25-storeyed towers
Monday, October 17, 2011
Source:Daily Times (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C10%5C17%5Cstory_17-10-2011_pg7_3)

KARACHI: Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has invited pre-qualification offers for the construction of its 25-storeyed ‘SBCA Towers’ in Gulshan-e-Iqbal which has also been approved by the Sindh chief minister.

“We have also invited architecture firms for designing of the structure,” Director General SBCA Manzoor Qadir told APP.

Pointing out that the ground plus 25 storeyed building will meet the SBCA’s requirements for the next 25 years, Qadir said the Tower will be raised on a covered area of two lakh square feet and will serve as a landmark of Karachi.

He said the structure will come up in about two and a half to 3 years at an estimated cost of Rs 240-300 million and the financing will be done by SBCA from its own resources.

Qadir firmly stated that no compromise, whatsoever, will be made in the construction of this building and the country’s most reputable builders would perform this feat. He said that SBCA is also constructing its own G+3 office building for SBCA’s Regional Office in Hyderabad and G+2 Regional office in Larkana.

These structures will be raised on areas of 60,000 and 20,000 sq feet respectively. He said the Hyderabad office will cost Rs 90 million while Rs 20 million will be spent on Larkana office. app

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 6th, 2012, 04:34 PM

Thanks for sharing...

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 6th, 2012, 04:37 PM

Shahrah-e-Quaideen: reconstruction work to complete in four months, says Ibad

Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan has said that Shahrah-e-Quaideen is an important corridor of the city and its reconstruction would complete in next four months.

Traffic flow on this road would be made better and a pedestrian bridge will be installed for convenience of citizens, he said while talking to media at ceremony to inaugurate reconstruction of Shahrah-e-Quaideen.

He said pace of work on development projects in Karachi was much better now.

Many of the under completion projects had been completed and some of the new ones were started in the current month.

He said Municipal Services Tax was not a new tax only the bills could not be distributed for some time and now these were delivered to citizens.

He said various districts of Sindh had been charging municipal services for years while the cantonment boards were also charging it.

He said work on flyovers of Shahrah-e-Faisal will also start this month for which funds were approved and the technical work had also been completed.

On this occasion while briefing Governor, Administrator KMC Muhammad Hussain Syed said that both tracks of Shahrah-e-Quaideen were being widened and the existing roundabouts on this road will be removed and replaced with two to three 'U turns' at appropriate distance. Service road will also be constructed alongside the main track.

He said the completion date of this project was June 30, however the 1.55km long and 7.8 meter wide corridor will be completed in next three to four months with a cost of Rs 315million.

He further informed that an alternate traffic plan was being implemented for this project and city wardens were deputed to save the public from any inconvenience.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 6th, 2012, 04:37 PM

^^

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20120306/Sub_Images/1101466187-1.jpg

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20120306/Sub_Images/1101466187-2.gif

smfarazm..

March 6th, 2012, 04:47 PM

Thanks For Sharing.

Flyovers at Shahrah-e-Faisal but Where?

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 6th, 2012, 05:02 PM

^^ No news regarding that yet....

KMC - Official Web Portal (http://kmc.gov.pk.sv2.premiumwebserver.com/)

smfarazm..

March 6th, 2012, 07:28 PM

http://kmc.gov.pk.sv2.premiumwebserver.com/Docs/PhotoGalleries/892157_03-06-mehran%20highway-al.jpg
http://kmc.gov.pk.sv2.premiumwebserver.com/images/imgNews/121204_03-06-mehran%20highway-n.jpg

hAmZ

March 8th, 2012, 04:58 AM

any news on the UBL tower site??

lahore88

March 8th, 2012, 05:26 AM

Im glad that alot of development is going on in karachi regardless of the political scenerio and target killings.

brightside.

March 8th, 2012, 11:56 AM

any news on the UBL tower site??

All I can say is, there is a crane on site. I saw it from a distance.

owais_hyder

March 8th, 2012, 01:34 PM

Islamic Towers looks nice...
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smfarazm..

March 8th, 2012, 01:48 PM

http://www.governorsindh.gov.pk/picturegallery/images/www%20inaug%20ARF_1517.JPG

Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan inaugurated double-storied underground car parking area and the recently renovated Baradari Park on Friday. parking around the Bagh-e-Quaid-e-Azam (Polo Ground) would be solved with the opening of Baradari parking area and it would also bring improvement in the flow of traffic.

The completion of renovation and rehabilitation work at the Baradari and the visitors would enjoy better facilities there.

The governor further said that the development works would be initiated at Polo Ground, Jahangir Park (Saddar) and Orangi Town Park in two to three weeks. A proper plan has been chalked out for Jahangir Park in Saddar, besides car parking facility would soon be completed at Shahabuddin Market near Empress Market and Saddar Car Parking Plaza would be made operational by declaring various roads of Saddar as no parking zones, he said, adding that the traffic plan for Nazimabad No.7 would be implemented by 10th of March.

The parking area has the capacity of 600 vehicles, as the double-storied underground area has been provided with all required facilities, including 16 CCTV cameras, 12 fixed cameras, security guards and elevator.

He further informed that the old Baradari Park, located over the car parking area, had also been restored to its original shape. He said that full and proper monitoring of all the vehicles parked in this underground parking area had been ensured, as the number plate of vehicle and photo of the vehicle and the driver would be directly saved by the cameras just after the entry of a vehicle and this record would be available for a month, he added.

The park was opened for public from Friday after its renovation and rehabilitation, as it is being considered an old and historical park where many important and famous personalities of the world were honoured with civic receptions and they used to visit this park. The calmness and importance of this park attract a good number of people to come and spend some time there during evening hours.

Muhammad Hussain further informed the governor that the work on Phase-II of Polo Ground was being initiated with the plan to install a musical fountain, costing Rs25million, at the centre of the park.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 8th, 2012, 04:28 PM

^^ Nice news...

malpensa

March 8th, 2012, 08:10 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGCqzVtZyb8

smfarazm..

March 8th, 2012, 08:32 PM

^^
PGCqzVtZyb8

mwahmed

March 9th, 2012, 09:02 AM

Source (ess-i-aar.com)
http://ess-i-aar.com/project/hosingcopy.jpg

Name of project: Proposed Office Building on Plot No. 22/4, Civil Lines Quarters, Hoshang Road, Karachi
Name of Client: : Bahria Town (Pvt.) Ltd
Start Date (Month/Year): 2010
Completion Date (Month/Year): 2014
Cost of the project (in current Pak Rupees): Rs.1.4 Billion
Approx. Value of Services (in current Pak Rupees): Rs. 1.4 Billion
Name of Association Firm(s) if any:: Arshad Shahid Abdullah as Architects
Narrative Description of Project:: A 40 storeyed multipurpose building with retail, hotel, office & services apartments and six levels of multistory parking.
Description of Actual Services Provided by your staff:: Design of perimeter protection wooden and total structural design & supervision.

mwahmed

March 9th, 2012, 09:14 AM

ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KARACHI

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles21/568067/projects/1922813/6abd19f6613638952d9666b52388e6dd.jpg
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles21/568067/projects/1922813/15ddffd7b3b8e76899fed00819c102ef.jpg
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles21/568067/projects/1922813/d2fce1795d2c48103c20f345b9f9331b.jpg

Source of Images (http://www.behance.net/gallery/ZULFIQAR-ALI-BHUTTO-SHAHEED-INST-OF-TECH-KARACHI/1922813)

mwahmed

March 9th, 2012, 09:16 AM

CLIFTON BEACH DEVELOPMENT, KARACHI, PAKISTAN.

Client: Majid Al Futtaim and Mr. Javed Malik.
Cost : 1.086 Billion Dirhams.
Project Status : Design Concept

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles21/568067/projects/1920839/067e49d5a607f28d7abce881a105f09c.jpg
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles21/568067/projects/1920839/e796e86f83b5ab93a5edf11f16dce363.jpg
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles21/568067/projects/1920839/26fb9fbb5068de2410d16541b2e01824.jpg
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles21/568067/projects/1920839/b9b5b8499e73b592b42448c77f9f18ab.jpg

jime11

March 9th, 2012, 10:19 AM

brightside.

March 9th, 2012, 10:37 AM

That Szabist tower looks pretty nice! I hope its built. Would look amazing, imagine studying in that building.

And where is this other project exactly? The map says its on Beach Avenue, but where exactly on it? In the second last render, Dolmen City Mall building is visible. If we can pinpoint the exact location, maybe we can find out if something is happening yet or not.

smfarazm..

March 9th, 2012, 10:41 AM

^^ We don't have any further details etc about construction etc so we can't open thread .
It's proposed, Right next to this proposed building is a Masjid on the edge of same plot.

Good Work Mwahmed. :cheers: SZABIST looks nice. Hoshang start date was 2010, nothing yet.

smfarazm..

March 9th, 2012, 10:47 AM

If we can pinpoint the exact location, maybe we can find out if something is happening yet or not.

Here you go

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g451/smfarazm/fdsafdsadfadgdsga.png

mwahmed

March 9th, 2012, 02:25 PM

Design Concept for a Mixed Use Dvelopment on Clifton beach, Karachi.
Project consists of a Shopping Mall, Two 50 storey Office Towers, a 45 story 5-star Hotel, Hotel Apartments and residential apartments.:banana:
I am still finding more info about these projects Szabist and ^^ this one

aruz

March 9th, 2012, 04:56 PM

At that site there was some UBL head office building which is under construction. I don't think those renders are real.... Its more like imagination which won't come true like Mubarak Tower in Lahore.

A-TOWN BOY

March 9th, 2012, 05:30 PM

which one of the above projects will actually be built?

A. SZABIST
B. Clifton Beach Development
C. None
D. Both

and the correct answer is C, none.

brightside.

March 9th, 2012, 06:23 PM

Here you go

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g451/smfarazm/fdsafdsadfadgdsga.png

Thank you! The next time I am on Beach Avenue, I'll keep an eye out. Although I don't know when I'll go there next, I am rarely on that road anymore.

brightside.

March 9th, 2012, 06:29 PM

which one of the above projects will actually be built?

A. SZABIST
B. Clifton Beach Development
C. None
D. Both

and the correct answer is C, none.

I don't know about the other projects, but the current Szabist 90 and 100 Clifton campuses are quite small. The university is very popular among A level students as a university option, admissions are quite competitive. So they do need to expand to increase their student enrollment. And there is no doubt about their financial strength. They are one of the universities capable of building something like this in Karachi. Let's hope it materializes.

JIAP

March 9th, 2012, 07:14 PM

btw regarding the UBL head office it looks like its stopped bc wen i passed by the site abt a month a go i didnt see any work nor had the building risen:badnews:

JIAP

March 9th, 2012, 07:39 PM

As i cant find the JS tower thread here u go

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/Photo0418.jpg

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/Photo0417.jpg

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/Photo0415.jpg

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/Photo0414.jpg

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g382/JIAP1/Photo0413-1.jpg

judging by the progress they have made since i was last there the work is still going on but only on the mall.

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 9th, 2012, 07:50 PM

Thanks for sharing...

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 9th, 2012, 07:53 PM

10 more pedestrian bridges to be built

The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has decided to build 10 more pedestrian bridges at different locations in the city in the current financial year.

According to KMC transport and communication department senior director Atique Baig, the places identified for construction of the pedestrian bridges include M.A. Jinnah Road, near Hamdard University Hospital; Rashid Minhas Road, near KDA Lal Flats; Iqra University; City School (PAF Chapter); Stadium Road, near Khatoon-i-Pakistan College; Korangi No5; ICI Bridge, Mauripur; Sharea Faisal, near Finance and Trade Centre, and Gulistan-i-Jauhar, opposite Darrus Sehat Hospital.

Work on these pedestrian bridges would begin within a month and they would be completed in the next four to six months, he said.

hAmZ

March 9th, 2012, 07:59 PM

^^Which tower are these pics of again??

mwahmed

March 10th, 2012, 09:01 AM

btw regarding the UBL head office it looks like its stopped bc wen i passed by the site abt a month a go i didnt see any work nor had the building risen:badnews:

:sad2: Kehdo ke ye jhoot hai

:gunz: These are for "Zard-Ari"
and
:gunz: These are for "PM G(h)ila-(p)ani"

Aashiq

March 10th, 2012, 09:24 PM

Defence Residency
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/68112762.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/67965772.jpg

cc Faisal Sarosh

mwahmed

March 11th, 2012, 08:51 AM

^^ Nice shoot, BTW we have separate thread of Defence Regency ;)

mwahmed

March 11th, 2012, 09:08 AM

:::The Advertisement in Jang News paper:::
Newly Launched Project of Saima Group
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smfarazm..

March 11th, 2012, 11:54 AM

^^Which tower are these pics of again??

JS tower

smfarazm..

March 11th, 2012, 06:06 PM

SITE area development

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/66637588.jpg

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smfarazm..

March 11th, 2012, 06:10 PM

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/63969367.jpg

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http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/63491091.jpg

smfarazm..

March 11th, 2012, 06:17 PM

Naya Nazimabad

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/62382069.jpg

Dolmen

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/62448000.jpg

smfarazm..

March 11th, 2012, 06:32 PM

University in Maymaar

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/59007255.jpg

Lakhani towers, Maymar

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/59013361.jpg

Admore & High-rise Maymar:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/59012126.jpg

khalid-don

March 11th, 2012, 06:48 PM

awsome updates smfarazm..

lazy Karachites should learn from smfarazm..

smfarazm..

March 11th, 2012, 08:41 PM

Interiors of Fakhri Trade Center 16 Floor. from their site.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7200/6827173334_59ef457d90_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67684194@N07/6827173334/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6973292593_b0e964d9e7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67684194@N07/6973292593/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/6827175700_3179ba7110_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67684194@N07/6827175700/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6827177570_dee81efe2e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67684194@N07/6827177570/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6827178280_b63e331a07_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67684194@N07/6827178280/)

http://www.ftc.com.pk/pics/cs_08_large.jpg

brightside.

March 11th, 2012, 09:14 PM

Great updates Faraz :okay:

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 11th, 2012, 10:22 PM

Thanks for sharing...

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 11th, 2012, 10:22 PM

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_KHI/20120311/Sub_Images/1101469855-1.gif

smfarazm..

March 11th, 2012, 10:52 PM

Thanks for sharing...

siamu maharaj

March 12th, 2012, 02:31 AM

Where's Mehran Highway?

lahore88

March 12th, 2012, 02:50 AM

Hey guys, serious question. Is karachi completely safe to live? We have seen many target killings plus the city is highly politicized. I know some business man who is from Karachi. He said, last time he went to karachi, He had to travel in a normal car with couple of security guards because he was told someone might follow you to your house and kidnap your family for ransom. He said when he went to Lahore, he felt safe and traveled in his luxury car without any security. I would love to visit karachi again, its beautiful and it looks like a city where everyone works. Karachi looks very productive, Everyone is on the run. Whereas lahore looks laid back, people are having fun, chilling around, concerts, parties etc.

jime11

March 12th, 2012, 10:11 AM

aruz

March 12th, 2012, 12:30 PM

mwahmed

March 12th, 2012, 02:26 PM

One thing is very bad habit of our citizens is we all never get Awareness about the Buildings in our cities,Take camera and mic and go through the streets of Karachi and ask people which is the tallest building of Karachi and Pakistan now?
Very few (2%) of them get answer that Ocean towers and few (30%) of them will tell MCB Tower and The majority (68%) of them will still tell you that Habib Bank Plaza is the Tallest Building of Karachi and Pakistan.I have also asked many people verbal but all of them has answered it HBL and few MCB.It is the position of our Knowledge about Tallest building.I always say that, The people on this forum of M.P is not the majority of Pakistan but it is the 2% of our cities who known the proper information about buildings.

united pakistan

March 12th, 2012, 04:03 PM

lahore88

March 12th, 2012, 11:13 PM

:bash:But in Lahore people says that there are no tall buildings in Pakistan

Believe it our not the tallest building is in lahore. Its in anarkali. Its 70 storey tall. 2 stories above the ground and 68 stories under ground. All the lahoris have agreed to keep this a secret because we dont talk about our top secret structures. We are not allowed.

jime11

March 12th, 2012, 11:27 PM

Believe it our not the tallest building is in lahore. Its in anarkali. Its 70 storey tall. 2 stories above the ground and 68 stories under ground. All the lahoris have agreed to keep this a secret because we dont talk about our top secret structures. We are not allowed.

In Islamabad it is tallest Building 200 under Ground and 50 floor is above the Ground

abidi2009

March 13th, 2012, 07:56 PM

brightside.

March 14th, 2012, 12:23 AM

:doh:

lahore88

March 14th, 2012, 12:26 AM

There is a building in larkana that is taller than the any other building built in any other city of pakistan.
I heard the landhi railway station is 56 story tall. Is it true?

brightside.

March 14th, 2012, 12:29 AM

Stop spamming the thread with this...a joke is good once...not over and over in a city progress thread. I come here to read about on-topic stuff.

jime11

March 14th, 2012, 09:47 AM

I heard the landhi railway station is 56 story tall. Is it true?

no it is not true cuz it is in Islamabad..

smfarazm..

March 14th, 2012, 01:01 PM

At 3 talwar on the main road going towards ocean towers there are 3 U/C buildings 9-10 Fl each. One of them is like park-towers building. Good for that area.

JIAP

March 15th, 2012, 06:54 PM

Can u locate it on Google Maps

Nouman_26

March 16th, 2012, 08:39 AM

Three firms have been short-listed out of a number of parties that had responded with expression of interest (EoI) to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) for contracts pertaining to the Rs60 billion Malir Expressway project.

The estimated cost puts Rs18 billion for construction and the remaining amount for administrative and other expenditure.

The proposed expressway — a 47-kilometre-long dual carriageway starting from the Jam Sadiq Ali Bridge (Korangi) up to 13 kilometres ahead of Toll Plaza on the Superhighway — will cater to the needs of heavy vehicular traffic originating from the Karachi port and coming from Hyderabad. Each side of the carriageway along the embankments of the Malir River will have three lanes.

Highlighting the salient features of the Project, KMC Administrator Mohammad Hussain Syed told Dawn that the project on its completion in five years would reduce the distance between the port and the carriageway’s end point by 17 kilometres as compared to other routes connecting the Karachi port and Hyderabad. It would also save traveling time by at least one hour and 10 minutes, he added.

Furthermore, the carriageway would serve as an alternative route between various towns and the Superhighway and thus reduce the vehicular traffic burden on the city’s major thoroughfares such as M.A. Jinnah Road, Sharea Faisal, S.M. Taufeeq Road and Shahrah-i-Pakistan, said Mr Syed.

The administrator said that once given the go-ahead by the Sindh government’s Public-Private Partnership Board the project could take off within the next six months.

About the project’s current status, he said that KMC had already established the project’s directorate and constituted its procurement committee.

Giving technical details of the project, KMC works & services director-general Altaf Hussain G. Memon said that the consultant concerned was supposed to prepare a detailed feasibility report within a month which would be provided to the three short-listed contracting firms/investors (the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), Malir River Greener (MRG) and M/s Friends). The board, headed by the Sindh chief minister, would then be approached for seeking post facto approval of the project, he added.

Regarding the development of the expressway and the adjoining realigned link roads, he said that as soon as the Malir River land was transferred to KMC by the Board of Revenue, the corporation’s master plan department would get a 50-metre right of way (RoW) on each embankment of the river and the link roads — having a total length of 23.5 kilometres from the National Highway up to the Superhighway — for construction. When asked about the primary source of revenue from the project, Mr Memon said it would be through toll tax to be charged from expressway users.

In reply to a question, he said that Landhi, Malir, Malir Cantonment, Manora Cantonment, Saddar, Shah Faisal and several other towns and cantonment boards would benefit from the project in addition to the heavy vehicular traffic running between Hyderabad and the Karachi port.

Source: http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/16/three-firms-shortlisted-for-malir-expressway-construction.html

Metropole

March 16th, 2012, 09:30 AM

The Malir Expressway is a great project. It was apparently planned at the same time as Lyari Expressway but never took off. It'll be a great substitute for the elevated highway over Shahra-e-Faisal.

http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/310149-DHA-1324493936-720-640x480.JPG

Red aRRow

March 16th, 2012, 11:57 AM

Not sure where the expressway will terminate in the city. The Jam Sadiq Bridge, the article states, but where is that? is that the 'Hino Chowrangi' on the Korangi road?

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 16th, 2012, 04:59 PM

Rs. 60 billion is massive amount...

brightside.

March 16th, 2012, 05:26 PM

So only 18 out of the 60 billion Rs. will be used for the actual construction work. The rest is for 'administrative' costs. Suuuuuuuuure. Administrative costs.

http://t.qkme.me/35d2m3.jpg

Metropole

March 16th, 2012, 06:37 PM

So only 18 out of the 60 billion Rs. will be used for the actual construction work. The rest is for 'administrative' costs. Suuuuuuuuure. Administrative costs.

Rs. 42 billion may be to keep Zardari and his gang happy. And maybe to buy land along the Malir River. Let's hope it's not a scheme to loot money.

If/when construction starts I just hope it's built to the same standard as the Lyari Expressway which is actually of very good quality. And they need to complete the Lyari Expressway which is lying unfinished since Zardari came to power. I don't think there's any work going on there.

siamu maharaj

March 16th, 2012, 06:55 PM

42 billion is for "administrative" purposes. At least now they're honest about the share of khancha.

smfarazm..

March 16th, 2012, 07:00 PM

Administrative costs and "OTHER EXPENDITURES" of gangs of Extraordinary Corrupt A A Zardari.

Metropole

March 16th, 2012, 07:00 PM

Not sure where the expressway will terminate in the city. The Jam Sadiq Bridge, the article states, but where is that? is that the 'Hino Chowrangi' on the Korangi road?

Yes. The JS Bridge starts at Hino Ch. and goes towards Korangi. So the Malir Ex. will start at that intersection.

smfarazm..

March 16th, 2012, 08:22 PM

Sohrab goth bridge, This green belt growing, looking good.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425350_10150605163849087_755444086_9216065_991748185_n.jpg

Adventure Park, in Safari park. Looks Interesting.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/420578_10150618975953137_109340433136_9189701_728638245_n.jpg

brightside.

March 17th, 2012, 12:24 AM

That adventure park is Go Aish.

mwahmed

March 20th, 2012, 04:18 PM

This Building (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/MWAAhmed/Tower-1.png) is now G+4fl on Shr. Faisal most of the part of this building is good facade.

smfarazm..

March 20th, 2012, 05:38 PM

This Building (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/MWAAhmed/Tower-1.png) is now G+4fl on Shr. Faisal most of the part of this building is good facade.

Any info how tall it's going to be? Guessing from the location it should be 10+ at least.

smfarazm..

March 25th, 2012, 10:15 PM

News related to Karachi, sharing in this thread

Builders seek removal of ST

Karachi needs 126,000 housing units every year due to five per cent growth in population influx from other provinces.

This was stated by Chairman, Association of Builders and Developers (Sindh Balochistan Zone) Saleem Kassim Patel at a press conference. He lamented that the Sindh government did not provide any special incentive to overcome the housing backlog.

He said the baseline population of Karachi is estimated at 18 million with an annual growth rate of 4.7 per cent. A majority of the people, he said, belong to middle income groups.

He said not only in Karachi, the housing shortage is posing an alarming situation in entire country.The house occupancy in Pakistan is six to seven persons as against three to four internationally.

He urged the provincial government to support the affordable housing by providing state land and housing finance at concessional rates.

This would help bridge the gap of backlog and overcome shortage in housing. The housing finance is the life-line for growth of construction industry, but the HBFC is slowly disbursing loans.

Due to this situation, many projects have been put on hold as they could not get adequate financial assistance.

Salim said Sui Southern Gas Company has announced freeze on gas connections for high-rise buildings :wtf:. This restriction has affected development of construction industry as without this facility, the construction companies would not be able to give possession of housing units to allottees.

He urged the Sindh government to abolish sales tax on services which was imposed on builders and developers in the provincial budget for 2011-2012 as builders and developers are not service providers and have wrongly been included in this category.

Additionally, builders and developers already pay taxes which add up to seven per cent. These taxes include stamp duty, Registration Fee, CVT etc. Any addition to these dues would make properties expensive and out of reach of the common man.

He said stamp duties and registration fee be adequately reduced to an aggregate one per cent as construction industry is already paying taxes of more than seven per cent.

All new constructions on plots up to 150 sq yards and flats and apartments having an area of 1000 sq. ft. be exempted from taxes for a period of five years, he said.

Abad chairman Mohsin Sheikhani and vice chairman Arif Siddiq also spoke.

lahore88

March 25th, 2012, 11:00 PM

Metropole

March 26th, 2012, 04:35 AM

He said the baseline population of Karachi is estimated at 18 million with an annual growth rate of 4.7 per cent. A majority of the people, he said, belong to middle income groups.

4.7% increase in population in Karachi is equal to 846,000/year. Karachi is being crushed under the weight of the population explosion while at the same time all development has stopped for the last four years. Things are still running on the progress that happened before the present criminals took over.

Karachi acts like a pressure valve for the whole country. When the economy goes down the tube in Pakistan unemployed people from all over the country move to Karachi to find jobs. Same with disasters. After floods, earthquakes and the Swat problem a lot of people moved to the city. But it puts a lot of pressure on the resources in the city like schools, land, water, electricity etc.

It would be okay but when the country's economy goes down because of our love for crooked politicians then all kinds of problems happen, like crime, violence, ethnic conflict etc. and that's exactly what's happening nowadays.

There are few cities that would be able to handle that sort of yearly population increase.

Aashiq

March 26th, 2012, 05:04 AM

I wish Karachi became autonomous like Hong Kong then these migrants would need visas to come into Karachi.

lahore88

March 26th, 2012, 05:08 AM

4.7% increase in population in Karachi is equal to 846,000/year. Karachi is being crushed under the weight of the population explosion while at the same time all development has stopped for the last four years. Things are still running on the progress that happened before the present criminals took over.

Karachi acts like a pressure valve for the whole country. When the economy goes down the tube in Pakistan unemployed people from all over the country move to Karachi to find jobs. Same with disasters. After floods, earthquakes and the Swat problem a lot of people moved to the city. But it puts a lot of pressure on the resources in the city like schools, land, water, electricity etc.

It would be okay but when the country's economy goes down because of our love for crooked politicians then all kinds of problems happen, like crime, violence, ethnic conflict etc. and that's exactly what's happening nowadays.

There are few cities that would be able to handle that sort of yearly population increase.

Why does the media question the rules of karachi as to why and for what reason the development has stopped? Its just sad to see the condition of Karachi, It used to be compared with Shanghai. Now it is one of the most dangerous city in the world. Its all medias fault for not shedding light on developmental issues in Karachi. I mean how shameless can these politicians be that they openly criticize others specially the punjab govt but they have never initiated any project in karachi let alone whole sindh.

lahore88

March 26th, 2012, 05:10 AM

I wish Karachi became autonomous like Hong Kong then these migrants would need visas to come into Karachi.
Oh ullu kay pathay insaan, Karachi is a heart of Pakistan. What the hell do you mean by migrants? Anyone can go to karachi any time and any day of the year. Karachi was made for and made by the migrants. There are more migrants in Karachi alone than whole Punjab. Think before you say something because you are indirectly talking about breaking the country. We are all brothers, whether from lahore, from peshawar, from quetta or any part of pak. No one needs a visa to go to Karachi.

PIA777

March 26th, 2012, 05:38 AM

I wish Karachi became autonomous like Hong Kong then these migrants would need visas to come into Karachi.
hong kong considers its self an independent state, showing visas while entering karachi sounds stupid, maybe showing those nadra identity cards would help, karachi does need population control

Aashiq

March 26th, 2012, 05:46 AM

Oh ullu kay pathay insaan, Karachi is a heart of Pakistan. What the hell do you mean by migrants? Anyone can go to karachi any time and any day of the year. Karachi was made for and made by the migrants. There are more migrants in Karachi alone than whole Punjab. Think before you say something because you are indirectly talking about breaking the country. We are all brothers, whether from lahore, from peshawar, from quetta or any part of pak. No one needs a visa to go to Karachi.

You seem a little confused, in your last post you claimed no one even visits Karachi anymore since everyone is moving to the massively booming billion dollar city, the world's best city Lahore. So my statement shouldn't have lit a fire in your ass.
As for the migrant problem, it's ok if educated people move to Karachi but illiterates fleeing from warzones are entering Khi and bringing a lot of crime and poverty with them.

And please don't give me that brother crap, you should be the last one talking about that.

siamu maharaj

March 26th, 2012, 06:49 AM

Karachi should become autonomous (not an independent country) for 25 years in return for giving a fixed tax to the Paki federal government and the Sindh government. Then it should merge back with Pakistan. It'd be great for both Karachi and the rest of Pakistan (RoP). Same should happen with Gwadar too. Of course it can't happen due to a bazillion reasons but it'd be amazing what would be achieved.

Metropole

March 26th, 2012, 07:22 AM

Karachi can't escape the problems of the rest of Pakistan. If the rest of Pakistan is horribly mismanaged then Karachi will also pay the price.

Not just Karachi but the whole of Pakistan needs reorganization. The country needs to be organized into 30 provinces based on the old divisions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_Pakistan) and local people from each of those 30 provinces allowed to manage themselves. Then no one can blame anyone else and all areas would be developed instead of 3-4 cities.

Currently there are no local governments in Pakistan as they were abolished by PPP. Every civilized country in the world has three tiers of government but in Pakistan we have only two - Federal and provincial. This allowed PPP to capture Karachi and loot it. The PPP's love for democracy ends when it comes to local governments. Karachi is presently being run by provincial Sindh government bureaucrats.

I support Karachi being managed separately from Sindh but as part of an overall reorganization of the country. Trying to make only Karachi a separate province in current circumstances will turn all the Sindhi feudals into Bugti as their cash flow would be cut off.

Lahore has been lucky because it has a resident of Lahore as the CM who actually wants to develop the city. No such luck for Karachi.

Metropole

March 26th, 2012, 07:27 AM

Oh ullu kay pathay insaan,

Can't you put your point across without using derogatory language? You need to tone down your aggressiveness a bit. It doesn't help the debate when people start mud slinging.

Overdose of testosterone I guess. :nuts:

Metropole

March 26th, 2012, 09:27 AM

Constructive criticism: Mr President, tear down this wall
By Shaheryar Mirza
Published: March 26, 2012

http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/354933-BilawalchowrangiPHOTOEXPRESS-1332702065-553-640x480.jpg
The wall stretches from Bilawal Chowrangi and runs to the end at the seafront. It completely blocks access to Bilawal House. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI:
As he chain smokes, real estate agent Siddique* pulls out a memento. “I used to work with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,” he says, showing a photograph of him with the late Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder. “Now this wall built by the PPP government has ruined my business.”

The towering wall cordons off Bilawal House, but has also choked off profits for businesses and left residents struggling for normalcy.

Bilawal House has been officially designated a presidency. When the president is in Karachi, official meetings are held at the Clifton Block 3 address. What was once an upscale residential area with a thriving commercial district is now being abandoned by droves of people.

The District South authorities deny any responsibility for the wall, which Barrister Naimur Rahman says is “completely illegal” because you cannot block a road in front of public housing without “due cause”.

Property prices and rents have fallen. Real estate agent Noor Abrejo says that property in the area used to go for Rs20,000 to Rs26,000 per square foot but was devalued by 10% to 15% after barriers were set up. The owner of a Rs7 million flat would be lucky to get Rs3 million for it, says property dealer Mohammad Bashir.

Rents have also nosedived. “They used to charge 0.05 % of the property’s full value, now it has dropped to around 0.02%,” Bashir said.

Commercial activity has taken a major hit. Bashir and Abrejo claim that a small fraction of the 1,000 shops in the area are still open. According to Bashir, “A cloth market was opening up, but the merchants left once this started. When someone asks for my advice I say there is no point opening a business here.” He has been trying to sell his business for several months but hasn’t found a buyer. Taiyaba Malik, the owner and principal of CornerStones School, moved to the area and invested in a larger property to increase enrolment. But she is faced with parents who constantly complain about road blockades, especially when the president is in town. “This may have been made safer for the president but we don’t feel so. After the blast in Phase VIII we worry that we’re located next to another man who has a lot of enemies.”

A resident said they are advised against sitting on terraces facing Bilawal House because of security risks. “Who would want to live here? When there is VIP movement guards are sent into buildings. They are sitting on top of your head on the roof.”

However, there are mysterious buyers snapping up property. Property dealers estimate that about 80% of the bungalows on the same side as Bilawal House have been sold, but there is no official figure to back this.

Abdul Sami Khan of the Clifton Residents Association says people are selling because they don’t have a choice. “If friends come to visit, their cars are constantly checked by security [officers].” Khan said residents approached the City District Government Karachi and the Sindh chief minister last year but their concerns weren’t addressed.

Adviser to the Sindh chief minister Sharmila Faruqi says that while the wall has inconvenienced people, they “should be thankful because it is extra security and it’s for free.”

Barrister Rahman and Faruqi said people can take the issue to court, but residents feel helpless while there is a PPP-led government. “Is anyone going to bother the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of this illegal wall when it won’t be implemented?” says Amber Alibhai of the NGO Shehri. “Nothing will be done until people take pickaxes and tear it down.” Bashir offers a dramatic comparison. “The day the government changes we can bring down this wall. If the Berlin Wall can fall, so can this one.”

*Name has been changed to protect the individual’s privacy
Published in The Express Tribune, March 26th, 2012.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/354933/constructive-criticism-mr-president-tear-down-this-wall/

Metropole

March 26th, 2012, 09:33 AM

There's seems to be no end to the destruction this man is causing to Karachi and the whole of Pakistan.

lahore88

March 26th, 2012, 09:47 AM

There's seems to be no end to the destruction this man is causing to Karachi and the whole of Pakistan.
Unfortunately, these same people will get elected again. We saw what happened in senate elections. PPP won 41 seats. and they have contributed nothing

Red aRRow

March 26th, 2012, 10:31 AM

There's seems to be no end to the destruction this man is causing to Karachi and the whole of Pakistan.

This is a common PPP trait.

The wall stretches from Bilawal Chowrangi and runs to the end at the seafront.
I think we need to stop referring to the intersection at BBQ tonight as 'Bilawal Chowrangi'. Some idiot jiyala putting up a board there saying 'Bilawal Chowrangi' doesn't make it a Bilawal Chowrangi. PPP should actually name something they have built themselves, instead of naming things other people have made.

smfarazm..

March 26th, 2012, 02:31 PM

There's seems to be no end to the destruction this man is causing to Karachi and the whole of Pakistan.

Pro Zardari Slogans around Karachi

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2733/4186570205_f65ecb3ff9_o.jpg

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 26th, 2012, 03:21 PM

^^ :(

mwahmed

March 26th, 2012, 03:29 PM

EDIT

Mystapaki88

March 26th, 2012, 05:22 PM

You seem a little confused, in your last post you claimed no one even visits Karachi anymore since everyone is moving to the massively booming billion dollar city, the world's best city Lahore. So my statement shouldn't have lit a fire in your ass.
As for the migrant problem, it's ok if educated people move to Karachi but illiterates fleeing from warzones are entering Khi and bringing a lot of crime and poverty with them.

And please don't give me that brother crap, you should be the last one talking about that.

Hi 5 on that comment. "Touche" Aashiq. Seriously talk about hypocrisy. First you practically piss on top of Karachi and claim Lahore to be a "massively booming billion dollar city" , and the minute someone talks about having a visa policy , you start going all bitch ass WTF??!!. Seriously why would you care as you very eloquently claimed "nobody really comes to Karachi anymore everyone goes to Lahore" .

Anyhow personally mostly everyone that is literate and native to Karachi does want autonomy from the rest of the country. A while back The Tribune wrote an article where they quoted that the literate and working population of Karachi is a strong "8 million people" , I guess we can do without the remaining 8 million that have become a burden to the city. We honestly feel "ALOT" (Crime and resources being on top) not "ALL" of the problems in Karachi are due to mass migration of illiterate and very poor people to the city. Swat, the floods and the Afghan wars brought a lot of additional people to the city. The area of Katti Pahari was practically bare 5 years back , now when you look at it all you see is "squatter" as far as the eye can see .
Never has the gap between the rich and poor become ever more so evident in Karachi than in these past 5 years. All I blame is the awesomeness of the current government and the mass migration to the city. Driving from North Nazimabad to Clifton now is like practically driving to another city. I kid you not. The scenery , the traffic , the type of cars , the billboards and the type of people all change. There’s always been a North and South Karachi rivalry and a difference between the two but never more so than in these 5 years. I’ve lived in Karachi most of my life , most of them in Defence and never have I seen so many luxury brands, malls and high end restaurants spring up so much then in the past few years , primarily just in the Clifton/Defence area. Its like Clifton/Defence is getting richer and richer , the roads seem nicer , the parks seem greener, nicer shops are springing up and better entertainment options are available , but you really have to remind yourself this is just a bubble. While driving on the “Lyari Expressway” Karachi’s pride , probably the best road in Karachi , when you look left and right it hits you that this road actually bisects its way through the most dilapidated, crime ridden and poorest areas of Karachi , that have gotten progressively worse over the past few years.

We've had this discussion numerous of times with colleagues and college mates , and as always like over here all the "Non Karachi-ites" start shouting "farce and wtf" when they hear the word autonomy. While the rest of the year when they are here all they say is " *dash* is so much better than this place, *dash* has this Karachi doesn’t, *dash* this *dash* that *dash* *dash**dash*" . Seriously guys if you would've had such mass migration to your city that you have grown up in and loved for life and seen ruined because of all of the addition of all this humanity, I am sure you'd want them to go back to where they came from. I am just saying anyone who is skilled , literate or has a work permit is more than welcome to work here. The rest should go back to their "multi million dollar booming towns gaons or wherever they came from" and take their problems there.
Don't even get me started on the "brotherly bhai chara-ness".
Karachi should have semi autonomous status like Kurdistan in Iraq or Hong Kong/ Macau in China. People from all over Iraq and China respectively are more than welcome to work in the above mentioned areas on special work permits , these permits are only give to the skilled or the literate with special jobs. Or it could just be an SEZ , a special economic zone like Shenzhen in China .
All in all I don’t want anymore additional newbies coming to my city bringing with them their tribal mentality and problems with them .

Aashiq

March 26th, 2012, 05:31 PM

^^
Exactly, thank you for summit it up so properly.

deltaone

March 26th, 2012, 06:07 PM

^^^^^ I doubt people from other provinces actually go to Karachi anymore. Yes there will always be a small amount of people moving to Karachi for work but its not the same as before. Lahore as we speak is booming. I know many elite class families who have moved from Karachi, hydrabad, waziristan, balochistan to Lahore. One family is setting up a factory in raiwind where theyll be making jewelry from precious stones and the other family is constructing a medicine factory. I was told that there is a special place alotted by the punjab govt to carry such businesses. not sure though

Utter BS.

Karachi generates 70% of Pakistan's revenue. Almost all of the shiny new roads, airports and other development in other parts of Pakistan (Lahore included) is paid for by tax collected from Karachi. Yet we are deprived of much needed development. The only era in which Karachi prospered was during Musharraf's tenure when every province was treated with merit and given much needed resources. All multinationals are based in Karachi. From Debenhams to GlaxoSmithKline. So you are completely wrong. Not to mention State Bank of Pakistan, NBP and numerous other banks.

konichiwa

March 26th, 2012, 06:35 PM

I think the above statement is misleading. Many of the corporate offices are located in Karachi therefore revenue maybe accounted for in Karachi however most of it is generated in Punjab.

Metropole

March 26th, 2012, 11:48 PM

People need to forget outlandish ideas like autonomy or semi-autonomy as it's not going to happen. Karachi's prosperity (or otherwise) depends on Pakistan as it's economically and ethnically very integrated with the rest of the country. Anyone who imagines that 10 million poor people will leave quietly and only well-off people will be left behind is living in a fool's paradise.

We need to concentrate our efforts on reasonable and do-able things like reorganizing and streamlining government to better manage the country, which should include 30+ provinces and also three tiers of governments.

Pakistan can become a very prosperous and advanced country within 20 years if it gets good government.

siamu maharaj

March 27th, 2012, 02:41 AM

I have no problem with poor people. Karachi kisee ke baap ki miraas nahi. It's just as much their city as mine or anybody else's. BUT, I have every problem with people who just bring crime to Karachi.

brightside.

March 27th, 2012, 12:18 PM

while at the same time all development has stopped for the last four years.

This is an inaccurate statement. Bahadurabad, Nazimabad, Gulshan, Malir, and many other areas have seen many new high rises constructed in the last 5 years, and these are the ones of above average quality (by Pakistani standards). Roads have also been improved and widened at many places in Karachi. The rate of progress isn't close to what it was under Mustafa Kamal, but to say that there has been no development at all is quite inaccurate.

mehdi_cs

March 27th, 2012, 03:15 PM

I don't throw big comments on this forum other than updates. Let me do it once.
Anyone can come and live in Karachi. There should be no restriction or resistance against this. However, this is a mega city and there must be rules to keep things manageable.
I think, whoever is coming to Karachi should either can own a place of living legally or can get one on rent. One should and must be able get living means that don't include criminal methods. We should not let qabza groups, illegal kachchi abadis and bhatta khori flourish under the umbrella of "Karachi par pooray Pakistan k logon ka haq hai" statement. I personally know people who have tried to enter into the transport business but they could not becuase here is a group of people from A PARTICULAR part of our country that never let you enter into public transport business of Karachi and they keep inviting people from that same part of our country to enter into this business as drivers and conductors. All bus routes end in kachichi abadis for that same reason that have become core of Qabza group as well. All my car drivers till today have been either Sindhis, Panjabis, Saraykis and 1 was from Mansehra. I don's see people from these areas driving Mini buses in Karachi, any idea why? Something is seriously wrong.

mwahmed

March 27th, 2012, 03:56 PM

Karachi is the soul of Pakistan, but not only Karachi is the half of Pakistan but we need to understand that every city is important in Pakistan.Karachi will get super fast progress if This Badmash rulers will left our country and a Patriotic leader will rule in true manner.
Everyone in Pakistan should allow to go in Karachi anytime without any visa or any card because it is the city of everyone but not for the Qabza Group and others like thhem as Mehdi bhai tells us.

Metropole

March 27th, 2012, 07:29 PM

This is an inaccurate statement. Bahadurabad, Nazimabad, Gulshan, Malir, and many other areas have seen many new high rises constructed in the last 5 years, and these are the ones of above average quality (by Pakistani standards). Roads have also been improved and widened at many places in Karachi. The rate of progress isn't close to what it was under Mustafa Kamal, but to say that there has been no development at all is quite inaccurate.

Even in bad times economic activity continues as people have to get on with their lives and make a living. The question is whether the economy is growing to accommodate the massive population increase in the city or not.

Pakistan's population is increasing at around 2.5%/year so you need at least that amount of GDP growth to stay at the same level in terms of per capita income. That's apart from inflation reducing people's purchasing power - the PPP government has sent inflation through the roof.

During Musharraf's time the national economy was growing at around 7% - 4.5% ahead of population growth. Now GDP growth is 2% - below population growth. That means that people are getting poorer.

Karachi's economy usually grows at a higher rate than the national average. So lets say it's growing at 4%, double the national rate. But the population is increasing at 5%; therefore people are getting poorer.

When poverty increases and you flood the city with job seekers from all over the country you're going to get a lot of people filled with anger and hatred, which is exactly what's happening nowadays. Crime and violence have gone up massively.

Apart from that, the annual development budget of the Pakistan government has been reduced drastically compared to Musharraf's time. Projects funded by the federal government, like the Lyari Expressway, have been lying unfinished for the last 4 years.

All the major infrastructure projects announced by Mustafa Kamal like new sewerage lines, sewerage treatment plants, new water supply, IT Tower etc have been abandoned.

Foreign based Pakistanis have stopped buying property. That has caused a decrease in property prices. At Crescent Bay, which originally sold out two condo towers in a few hours, most people cancelled their booking. Four years later they were still trying to sell apartments in those same two buildings. Finally they seem to have abandoned the project and left.

No major large scale industry is being set up. People in the textile industry are saying that the business is dead. Pakistani businessmen are moving to other countries.

I can go on and on, but this should be enough to explain that Pakistan's and Karachi's economy is currently witnessing a state of collapse and will continue to do so as long as Zardari and PPP are in power. And from past experience it will get no better if NS and PMLN win.

brightside.

March 27th, 2012, 09:25 PM

Metropole

March 27th, 2012, 10:23 PM

I didn't say Karachi's economy is not growing. I said it's growing slower than the population increase.

The figure of 4.7% increase in Karachi's population is given in the article in the previous page. That's the figure I've been hearing for many years so there's no reason to doubt it. According to recently published govt. figures Pakistan's economy grew by 2.39% in the last quarter. There's no figure available for Karachi but I'm assuming it's higher than the national average. So per capita incomes are stagnant at best or decreasing.

Growth is not spread evenly. Some people will be doing well but others will be getting poorer. Overall everyone will be better off in times of high growth compared to low growth, which is the point I've been making. Growth means increase in production and Incomes, which is not happening at the moment.

I don't particularly like Musharraf and wouldn't vote for him if he was running. I agree that he didn't do as well as Pakistan's potential which I believe to be over 10% growth per annum. China has maintained a growth rate of over 10-12% for decades and India has for several years. Pakistan can also do that if it had good government.

Instead, if we have 2.4% growth I call that criminal economic mismanagement, especially if it's the result of extreme corruption.

mwahmed

March 28th, 2012, 04:34 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7262/7014208825_ba21dfde0d_z.jpg

smfarazm..

March 28th, 2012, 04:59 PM

^^

The crane on G-4 site was installed in September last year.

They started work on Basement levels last year, what's the current status??

smfarazm..

March 28th, 2012, 05:57 PM

The plot i mentioned on 3 Talwar now have 9-10 Floor building with a curve face having spaces for Shopping outlets etc on Ground floor. I saw some pics don't know where.

3 talwar will look good.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/7024145415_e47d84f96b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/67684194@N07/7024145415/)

JIAP

March 28th, 2012, 06:44 PM

the building is finally being built it had being layin around for abt 5 years

abidi2009

March 28th, 2012, 08:42 PM

Pakistan's population is not growing at 2.5%. It was 1.8% in 2010. Check World Bank development indicators. Also, provide me with official stats that Karachi's population is increasing at 5%. Guesswork is not valid when citing statistics.

The current government has massively mismanaged the economy, but Musharraf made economic mistakes as well, the affects of which were felt after he left and the bubble burst. I had been reading economic articles from many renowned economists, published during Musharraf's reign warning of the high chances of the bubble economy bursting.

If the economic growth during musharraf's time was bubble, then tell me how we managed to grow with 7%? How KSE market cap reached US$ 120.5 billion(do you think it can be sustained artificially?), how they managed to keep our currency stable? How our foriegn debt was decreasing?(<- this is the most imp proof of progress during musharraf's rule).
And also check the HEC stats

He did not restructure the economy for long term growth, his strategies were good for short-term fast growth. The PPP has actually done some good work in terms of changing, or at least attempting to change some things. The current Finance Minister is just as capable a guy as Shaukat Aziz.

wow...one more person who think ppp's economic policies are better than musharraf...yes ppp have done excellent job by increasing our foreign debt to 60%+ of gdp from 30%.

And I live in Karachi, and I've seen the amount of new malls, buildings and general all around improvement that has happened here in the last (almost) 4 years that I've been here. Everything is better than it was here in 2008.

I too live in karachi, but i dont see big infrstructure development that we saw during mush's time.
Yes there are lot of projects being built in karachi, but all of them are small scale projects, do you think anyone will invest in zardari tenure for projects like, emaar $2.4bn, Nakheel $64bn, buddo and bundal $43bn, all of these projects were proposed during mush's time. And we are not talking about only projects by pvt companies, by slow development we meant there is no progress going on from govt's fund, no roads/infrastructure etc etc, all projects/malls/buildings are funded by pvt companies.

I love Musharraf and I'd gladly have him as the nation's leader again, but posting inaccurate information about Karachi just because you don't like the current President is just wrong. There may be fewer flashy, super expensive projects going on, but the elevation in the standards of living of Karachi's middle class (which has also grown as a % of the overall population in the last 4 years) is evident to anyone that has been living here for the last few years.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b7ad064-7202-11df-a0fd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1qLZ8icAW

The living standard of karachi is falling with factors like law and order, no infrastructure development, massive pop growth, no economic growth and 55% decrease in our currency, how can you say middle lass is growing when the growth rate of gdp is very low, same or low as pop growth rate, even when the currency is decreased by 55%.

lahore88

March 28th, 2012, 08:45 PM

^^ Agree with abidi. Karachi used to be compared with shanghai at one moment in time. I want to see that karachi. I want that karachi back. PPP has not only destroyed karachi but they have destroyed every major infrastructure project and institutions.

konichiwa

March 28th, 2012, 11:04 PM

Even most of the projects being built now, were actually in the pipeline from Musharraf's time.

mwahmed

March 29th, 2012, 10:55 AM

There are still many highrise are u/c near Tariq road & arround Shr. Faisal. I will mark them in google maps later.

Aashiq

March 29th, 2012, 06:32 PM

I recently discovered this new project on the internet. It's called Opal 225. At first I thought it was just another vision but after doing some research I managed to find some U/C pics of it from March 22 2012. This project is by Bahria.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/250616_134809159928876_130379027038556_249750_761905_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/250868_134809089928883_130379027038556_249747_2913345_n.jpg

Construction pics
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8EK4it29bBE/T2rnHqkpq0I/AAAAAAAAADE/hFsiVehhwNc/s711/DSC00349.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-so0jlB_4_VI/T2rnpaEjo5I/AAAAAAAAADk/SaOa9tvZmpc/s711/DSC00353.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-S1I-eebe54w/T2roAKIKvBI/AAAAAAAAAEM/vxN-aqcqmFo/s711/DSC00359.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2DEr_LlXwhE/T2rncV7vPnI/AAAAAAAAADc/hFAUuoKKa6A/s711/DSC00352.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NOI8vXnv740/T2rnNcEmSMI/AAAAAAAAADM/uu8HmdSjhlc/s711/DSC00350.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6rOFTYrK61M/T2rnrSvnKAI/AAAAAAAAADs/gjnvIrSmCtQ/s711/DSC00354.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zz9ae1EtoLQ/T2rnvfyE0uI/AAAAAAAAAD0/EBoTP2D_utY/s711/DSC00355.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WRGnFxFnCK8/T2rn5x4zhVI/AAAAAAAAAEE/bLEAB6t8-Sw/s711/DSC00358.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YRacioUBglQ/T2rnSR43UTI/AAAAAAAAADU/xAQsrKi8FR8/s711/DSC00351.JPG

https://plus.google.com/112922242726361964842/posts
Some more info I found on that site

OPAL 225, KARACHI IS BAHRIA TOWN's NEW PROJECT LAUNCHED IN 2011. SECANT PILING AND EXCAVATION WORK HAS BEEN 80% COMPELTED. CONSTRUCTION OF SUB-STRUCTURE IS PLANNED TO BE STARTED IN MAY 2012

santix

March 29th, 2012, 06:42 PM

interesting

abidi2009

March 29th, 2012, 07:41 PM

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kGneblwM91I/T2rjaPSwxKI/AAAAAAAAAB8/DRuzbOrwHtQ/s647/Fullscreen+capture+3222012+13001+PM.bmp.jpg

Its taller than MCB in this pic.

smfarazm..

March 29th, 2012, 07:47 PM

If i'm not wrong, i think it's the same site which previously had Zardari House, that was demolished in January this year and news was that a Construction giant ( Bahria) will construct a high-rise there.
Faryal talpur (zardari's sister) either sold the property or Extra-ordinary corrupt family will have some share in the building.

It's big.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0n4PD52p0nA/T2rYo3ICsWI/AAAAAAAAABc/FQF0s3ooX2w/s647/Fullscreen+capture+3222012+124433+PM.bmp.jpg

brightside.

March 29th, 2012, 08:03 PM

So it will be 125m high. Nice. Right next the Avari Hotel as well.

Mystapaki88

March 29th, 2012, 08:32 PM

I've seen this project its right behind Avari and on the same road as Atrium Mall.

santix

March 29th, 2012, 08:41 PM

If i'm not wrong, i think it's the same site which previously had Zardari House, that was demolished in January this year and news was that a Construction giant will construct a high-rise there.
Faryal talpur (zardari's sister) either sold the property or Extra-ordinary corrupt family will have some share in the building.

It's big.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0n4PD52p0nA/T2rYo3ICsWI/AAAAAAAAABc/FQF0s3ooX2w/s647/Fullscreen+capture+3222012+124433+PM.bmp.jpg
yeah. i also heard about this site.
i was told that flats in the building around this site are hurriedly being sold at much lower rates, because it is so close to other buildings and excavation for this site would destabilize buildings around the location.

brightside.

March 29th, 2012, 08:46 PM

Tall buildings are built in places like Manhattan without causing any damage to other buildings very closeby, why would the buildings next to this site be damaged? :dunno:

smfarazm..

March 29th, 2012, 09:07 PM

I don't think such excavation will cause damage to other buildings. On i.i chundrigar we have similar distance between buildings. It's height is equal to KASB Altitude i.e 129m. Interesting design.

jime11

March 29th, 2012, 09:12 PM

Aashiq

March 29th, 2012, 09:21 PM

Need to know how many floors it will be and the correct height in meters.

smfarazm..

March 29th, 2012, 09:33 PM

Location

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/smfarazm1/fqv.png

Metropole

March 29th, 2012, 10:36 PM

It looks like a nice design. Much better than Bahria Icon. I hope it gets built. Why not start a new thread and transfer all the posts about this project to the new thread?

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

March 30th, 2012, 05:14 PM

Afza Flyover to be opened this week

SITE Ltd MD Abdul Rasheed Solangi has said that Afza Flyover on Habib Band Chorangi at SITE Area will open for traffic this week. He said that Nooriabad water project from Kanjher lake will also start in the middle of April.

He said that all the project of SITE Ltd in all over Sindh will complete in on-going financial year he called a meeting on the project of Kotri effluent treatment plant in his office. MD SITE Abdul Rasheed Solangi visited SITE Noori Abad and Kotri along with concern officers.

He inspected Noori a bad pipeline project and said that SITE Ltd already clear all the dues of HESCO Therefore remove the problems of electricity in this project as soon as possible, He also visit Effluent treatment plant and inspected on going works.

Meanwhile, Abdul Rasheed Solangi visited Habib Bank Chowrangi SITE Area. He was briefed by the concern engineers and officers about the project, MD SITE said the carpeting work and installation of solar lights should be complete in two or three days, we will open Afza fly over for the traffic in this week.

smfarazm..

March 30th, 2012, 06:47 PM

Afza Flyover to be opened this week

MD SITE said the carpeting work and installation of solar lights should be complete in two or three days, we will open Afza fly over for the traffic in this week.

That's good.

santix

March 30th, 2012, 07:10 PM

Gud news

deltaone

April 2nd, 2012, 02:57 AM

New DHA City documentary:
cDGjztwkzbg

Master plan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V9OMbFx_VE

One ambitious project but I'm optimistic as DHA/Army would be overseeing progress.

Aashiq

April 3rd, 2012, 08:32 PM

KMC to construct four more flyovers
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has planned to construct four more flyovers in the city at an estimated cost of Rs1,740 million for making Shahrah-e-Pakistan and S.M Taufiq Road signal-free to ensure a hindrance-free flow of traffic on these major arteries.

Administrator KMC Muhammad Hussain Syed while chairing a meeting directed the officials of the Technical Services Department of the municipal authority for taking required practical measures for immediate construction of the proposed four flyovers. These flyovers would be built at the traffic intersections of Water Pump, Ayesha Manzil, Dak Khana, and Teen Hatti.

Shahrah-e-Pakistan and S.M Taufiq Road are considered as important and busy thoroughfares of the city which are used by the heavy vehicular traffic going to and from the Super Highway.

Administrator KMC said that construction of flyovers at four of these much busy roundabouts of this important vehicular corridor would not only ease out the phenomenal pressure of traffic at these spots but also maintain the flow of traffic in the targeted road areas.

He said that all formalities with regard to construction of these flyovers had already been completed and now it was being made sure that the arrangements of alternative routes for traffic were completed before the start of construction work so that the citizens could be saved from disturbance or hardships due to blocking of the main passage of the road.

The estimated cost of flyover at Water Pump and Ayesha Manzil Roundabout is Rs493.95 million each while the proposed flyover at Dak Khana Intersection would cost around Rs472.52 million and the flyover at Teen Hatti Roundabout will be constructed with an estimated cost of Rs267.65 million.

A spokesman for the KMC said that the flyovers’ construction project in question was already approved by the authorities concerned and the tenders for the purpose were called through newspapers for these projects and the construction work in this connection is expected to commence in the current month of April.

It could be recalled here that the concerned town planners, architects, and urban planning experts; privy to the municipal and building affairs of Karachi, oppose construction of too many flyovers on major thoroughfares of the city without doing proper planning, designing, and homework while completely disregarding ensuing environmental and civic issues for visitors, residents, and traders, in the areas in vicinity of such motor-vehicle bridges.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-100890-KMC-to-construct-four-more-flyovers

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

April 4th, 2012, 05:31 PM

^^ Good news...

Why the cost of flyover in Karachi (in comparison to Lahore) is so less???

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

April 4th, 2012, 05:32 PM

Traffic solutions: Saddar to get pedestrian-only roads

The Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) has launched a project called the “Pedestrianisation of Saddar” on Wednesday. It is aimed at ensuring the smooth flow of traffic in the area.

KMC Administrator Roshan Ali Sheikh said that the project, estimated to cost around Rs100 million, will regulate street vendors and remove illegal encroachments from the principal arteries of the area. Sheikh hoped that the project would be completed within five months, after which certain roads in Saddar will be reserved for pedestrians’ use only.

smfarazm..

April 4th, 2012, 06:33 PM

What's that Under-construction in Bin qasim Park, on the back side. I spotted this on Google Earth also.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/529125_10150659782578137_109340433136_9334636_316538451_n.jpg

Metropole

April 4th, 2012, 07:27 PM

What's that Under-construction in Bin qasim Park, on the back side. I spotted this on Google Earth also.

I think that partially finished structure has existed from the time before the park was built. It's probably built on illegally occupied land which is very common in Karachi. And since cases take decades to decide it might sit like that for a long time.

smfarazm..

April 5th, 2012, 12:35 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/485668_10150663193523137_109340433136_9345776_514518055_n.jpg

smfarazm..

April 5th, 2012, 01:39 PM

NBCL Old building in DHA Karachi was renovated (both exterior and Interior):

Here is the new look. Looks nice. :cheers:

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NBCL-Office-Building-1.jpg

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NBCL-OFfice-Building.jpg

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NBCL-Office-Building-2.jpg

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NBCL-Office-Building-4.jpg

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NBCL-Office-Building-5.jpg

Interior

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/0823.jpg

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/0341.jpg

smfarazm..

April 5th, 2012, 08:45 PM

Gatronova tower karachi 17Fl is now complete.
In these latest pics by Prince313 you can see it looks nice. :cheers:

http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii563/prince3196/DSC07993.jpg

http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii563/prince3196/DSC08071.jpg

http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii563/prince3196/DSC08063.jpg

Last year pic :

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/farazasif/168010_191185190896720_100000157214508_832319_2012370_n.jpg

smfarazm..

April 5th, 2012, 08:55 PM

That unknown 21FL tower on II Chundrigar (some say Islamic Tower) have decent height.
On the back side of PC in the pic.

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g451/smfarazm/DSC07994.jpg

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

April 5th, 2012, 10:18 PM

Thanks for sharing...

brightside.

April 5th, 2012, 11:38 PM

http://najmibilgrami.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NBCL-Office-Building-5.jpg

Beautiful! Looks like a building straight out of Copenhagen.

Metropole

April 6th, 2012, 03:20 AM

There are lots of nicely built/renovated buildings on those 200 sq. yd. commercial plots. If the fad catches on it would make DHA look really nice but at the moment most of them are pretty crude. There are lots and lots of these kind of buildings in Karachi.

mwahmed

April 6th, 2012, 07:47 AM

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This building was thought to be 90-100 meters, you can see something is remain to be build on top of building, it may increase the height of this building, any way it is tallest than Saima Trade tower which is stand on 80 meters and the distance of height between them is 3 to 4 floors (you can see in pic).Now it is 90m+ and 22 fl building
:banana:

As i know, it is the first building in Karachi (or may in Pakistan) which's cladding work was in progress during its construction.

smfarazm..

April 6th, 2012, 06:05 PM

^^

It's definitely taller than Saima Trade towers. They have added 2 more floor on top so it's now 21 Floors. :)

smfarazm..

April 6th, 2012, 07:24 PM

Injaa'ay :)

Port Grand Food Street to initiate speedboat cruising

Port Grand introduces eco-tours for the visitors on Saturday, a statement said.

These eco-tours will be conducted on speed boats, which are from the top of the line Bayliner series and have been imported from the United States, it said.

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The boats, which are part of the fleet to be operated by Port Grand Cruises will go a long way sensitise the people to the existence of the vast mangrove plantations in or around the Karachi bay, it said.

Speaking on the occasion, Grand Leisure Corporation CEO Shahid Feroz informed the KPT Chairman Muhammad Aslam Hayat that the trip charges on these speed boats have been very reasonably priced to make them affordable for the people from all segments of the society.

Later, Hayat launched the new speed boats for the masses. Port Grand will also launch diner cruise for the masses, the statement said.

Hayat welcomed the initiatives taken by Port Grand and assured support in the coming new ventures.