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pakboy

December 2nd, 2007, 12:33 AM

The boulevard to fashion

By Saif-ur-Rehman and Hina Farooq

LAHORE: The Boulevard – a mall housing prominent Pakistani fashion designers – opened on Saturday. This is the first of its kind in the country and has been welcomed by all and sundry.

The mall is situated at 10-Q in Gulberg (near the Mini Market).

The opening was a grand affair with cameras flashing and TV crews with their equipment running around fashion stars. Several prominent businessmen of the textile industry and fashion buyers were present at the event.

A joint press conference held by textile industrialist Owais Mazhar, Libas editorial director Sehyr Saigol, fashion designers Hassan Shehryar Yasin and Maria B, Karma design house chairman Saad Ali and The Boulevard marketing manager Turab.

The event then began with camera crews interviewing various designers and filming and taking pictures of their stalls.

There were hundreds of people inside the mall with many more sitting on the designer couches and sofas arranged outside the building. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres were served inside and outside the mall.

The designers had invited family members and friends, who stood next to stalls promoting their (the designers’) work. The ambiance was magical, as everyone was excited having so many talented designers under one roof.

Amber, a brand conscious shopper, could not hide her excitement. She told Daily Times that her life had been made easier because now she did not have to go driving around Lahore to find good clothes. “This place has everything,” she added.

The Boulevard houses the prêt lines of all major designers and the couture lines of several others. Jewellery, shoes and books were also on display.

Several fashions critics were also present. Their comments on the mall were positive and full of vigour. They were also happy to see the enthusiasm on the face of the designers. According to them, the lines of Kamiar Rokni, Zara Shahjahan, Nomi Ansari, Hassan Shehryar Yasin, Unbeatables and Panic (shoes by Naila Maqbool) attracted most of the crowd. Newcomer Khadija Shah also made her mark with a very modern and ethnic line.

Overall, the affair was classy and well coordinated. This seems to be a small step for Lahore; a giant leap for Pakistani fashion.

Kamiyar Rokni: “Designs in my clothes depict my personality,” said Kamiyar Rokni at the opening of the Boulevard.

He said he had designed a kurti embellished with crystal and various glittery materials to add a little fun in wearing. He said he had designed the boutique’s windows at par with international standards. He said the council was looking to share space with other top designers across the country.

Nomi Ansari: Nomi Ansari’s collection used sharp colours in various matches. He told Daily Times that vibrant colours had been used in the new collection because of the winter and wedding season.

pakboy

December 3rd, 2007, 12:53 AM

Construction of high-rise buildings restarts after PCO

* Justice Kiyani says commission continuing to report, and can only report, on such activity

By Mansab Dogar

LAHORE: The construction of high-rise buildings has begun in the city again, as the Supreme Court (SC) bench dealing with the case ceased to exist after the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) was promulgated on November 3.

Justice (r) Riaz Ahmad Kiyani, chairman of the commission compiling reports on all multi-storey buildings, told Daily Times on Sunday that he had surveyed 300 under-construction high-rise buildings and had submitted his site reports to the SC.

He said such constructions were being carried out along Ferozepur Road and Main Boulevard, Gulberg.

He said the commission had no power to stop such constructions. It could only report about them to the SC, he said, adding that the owners of such buildings would have to face the consequences.

He said the commission had not stopped functioning after November 3. It had been sending its reports to the SC even though the bench concerned ceased to exit, he added.

The chairman said, “It is up to the court to decide about the fate of such high-rise structures.”

He said the commission would also start surveying the already constructed buildings after the completion of the survey of under-construction buildings.

On May 11, a two-member SC bench consisting of Justices Khalilur Rehman Ramday and Falak Sher had stopped the construction of all multi-storey buildings (more than three storeys) in the city while hearing a petition against the construction of Boulevard Heights on Main Boulevard, Gulberg.

The SC had said that it was horrifying to know that not even a single engineer worked at the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to check, supervise and ensure the structural stability of these buildings.

The SC bench had also formed a commission consisting of Justice (r) Kiyani, architect Kamal Khan Mumtaz and the University of Engineering and Technology vice chancellor’s nominee Tahir Ahmad to survey all high-rise buildings. The SC had fined several multi-storey building owners on the commission’s report.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/2007/12/03/20071203_e04.jpg

which building is that in the pic?

Intoxication

December 3rd, 2007, 02:13 AM

Good news! :applause:

Sania

December 3rd, 2007, 05:05 AM

^^ Its UC 4 star hotel on Ferozpur road opposite Daewoo terminal and adjacant to SZC.I might be wrong.

PakiDoperz

December 3rd, 2007, 07:17 AM

u r 100% right ^^

Jsultan

December 3rd, 2007, 11:01 AM

cool news.. finally we will see some action here now...

pakboy

December 3rd, 2007, 03:09 PM

does anyone have any updates on pearl continental tower.

pakboy

December 3rd, 2007, 05:00 PM

The Boulevard Launch by Pakistan Fashion Design Council

By Amal Uppal

For all of you out there who love to be seen rubbing shoulders with the glitterati and literati of Lahore, you missed your chance if you didn’t come to the launch of The Boulevard - the flagship store of the Pakistan Fashion Design Council.

Turab and Salma, the husband-wife dream team from Purple Arts and Communications, managed the event. The setup was brilliant; everything from the purple and white candles to the valet’s was sparked off to a tee!

The event itself held an aura of sophistication (how could it not?) Holding the floor were none other than Saad Ali, HSY, Seher Saigol, Turab Randhawa, Maria B and a volley of designers such as Nicki Nina, Nomi Ansari, Omer Saeed and Kamiar Rokni.

The chairperson of the flagship store, Saad Ali said that, "The Boulevard would be providing a retail experience at par with any international multi branded fashion store. The store staff and other facilities provided for the smooth operations of the store would be as per international standards and all the support staff will be trained accordingly." He further added that since this is a multibillion-dollar industry, Pakistan needed a bigger piece of the pie.

After the press briefing, I asked fashion designer Hassan Sheharyar Yasin that how could he possibly claim (he did in his speech) that we have a united fashion front when our country itself is split into two councils a.k.a the Karachi Fashion council and the Lahore Fashion Council. His reply was brilliant and I have to admit that he shut me up good and proper when he said that "At the end of the day, commerce is the driving force behind fashion and creations need to be sold. Designers like Nomi Ansari and Omar Saeed are heavyweights in Karachi and they have made the right decision based on commerce. There will be more who will realize and gradually join us. We plan on opening a store in Islamabad, a store in Karachi and a store in Dubai. The intent of the fashion council is not to chide those who decide to go ahead individually but in fact to harmonize those who do have a united vision." On plagiarism (we’ve all heard the rumors about our top designers buying and selling garments from abroad under their own names) he said, "Everyone outsources production and products but this council is keen on promoting fashion by Pakistan, for Pakistan". Thus I declare HSY as the desi Abraham Lincoln. He is a visionary with great speaking skills!

When I asked Maria B what she thought about the split within the fashion fraternty, she said that it’s only a matter of time before the other designers realize and gather under one roof.

Turab Randhawa informed us that a Textile and Fashion Museum would be set up to enable the public to understand the diverse aspects of the industry and to see how creativity has evolved over the decades that make up the history of Pakistani Fashion.

The press was then shown different sections of the store and participating designers told the guests about their upcoming collections. I was informed that Purple Arts and Communications had become the official PR agency for the Pakistan Fashion Design Council. Way to go guys – you deserve it!

If I were a part of the Karachi chapter of the Pakistan fashion council, I would set aside all differences and unite in the name of Brand Pakistan. The whole world is your playing field. The only way to move forward is by unity. Hats off to those who conceptualized and executed an idea like "The Boulevard". We wish them all the success and hope to attend similar launches in Islamabad and Karachi soon. Editor.

Metropole

December 4th, 2007, 04:35 AM

KARACHI: Accor Middle East and Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) signed an agreement for construction of first Novotel hotel at Lahore airport on Monday. The Novotel Lahore Airport will be owned by PRIMACO on behalf of EOBI and managed by Accor. Managing director, Accor Middle East Christophe Landais said at a press conference “it is a very exciting step for us as we further our presence in Pakistan. We not only expect to cater to frequent business and leisure travellers, but also our facilities will see that the local market demand is met.” “We have high expectations for our first Novotel property in Pakistan, following the great success of the brand in the Middle East. The opening will reaffirm our leading position as the only international hotel chain to operate in the country,” added Landais. staff report

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\04\story_4-12-2007_pg5_12

PakiDoperz

December 4th, 2007, 07:23 AM

itsd quite dissapointing to see the speed at which the ongoing projects are carried out in lahore they are done on a snail pace.. the goverment realy needs to do something abt out it.. ring road airport section. thokar niaz baig flyover all taking ages to complete and looks like htey gonna take another 6-7 months to complete

siamu maharaj

December 4th, 2007, 08:58 AM

Sania

December 4th, 2007, 11:44 AM

Ya.
http://www.accor.com/gb/index.asp
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/home/index.shtml
http://www.novotel.com/novotel/index.html
http://www.sofitel.com/gb/home/index.shtml

siamu maharaj

December 4th, 2007, 02:08 PM

Ya.
http://www.accor.com/gb/index.asp
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/home/index.shtml
http://www.novotel.com/novotel/index.html
http://www.sofitel.com/gb/home/index.shtml
Thanks. So Accor is heavily investing in Pakistan.

Jsultan

December 4th, 2007, 04:02 PM

when is the project initiating.. how long will it take to complete... any details...????

pakboy

December 4th, 2007, 06:38 PM

Accor, EOBI sign accord for hotel in Pakistan

Tuesday, December 04, 2007
KARACHI: Accor here on Monday signed an agreement for the first Novotel hotel in Pakistan, The Novotel Lahore Airport.

Scheduled for opening in mid-2011 with 250 rooms, the 4-star hotel forms an integral component of a mixed-used development which also comprises a shopping centre and residential towers. “The Novotel Lahore Airport will be owned by PRIMACO on behalf of the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) and managed by Accor”, said Christophe Landais, Managing Director, Accor Middle East, while speaking at a press conference at the agreement-signing ceremony.

“The signing of the Novotel Lahore Airport is an exciting step for us as we further our presence in Pakistan”, he said and described the opening of this new modern hotel as a significant development. The Novotel hotel and commercial complex, valued at over rupees five billion will be constructed on a 13,000-square yard plot at Lahore International Airport.

Jsultan

December 5th, 2007, 06:52 PM

Thats cool...!!

Jsultan

December 5th, 2007, 06:58 PM

Some of the small projects being taken place at Noor Jehan Road.. this road is developing in a very good new commercial focus point for Lahore... once completed all these projects will give a cool look to this place..!!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_120307_012.jpg?t=1196877005

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these were all small commercial complexes maybe for boutiques, mini malls n stuff...

pakboy

December 6th, 2007, 08:03 PM

DHA Lahore; four new sectors’ uplift starts

Press Release

LAHORE: Secretary Technical & Chief Engineer DHA Lahore Col Saqib inaugurated the development work in four new sectors of DHA on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that the phase VII comprised 11 sectors and the development work in five sectors had started.

Giving details of the development work, he said that the development work in the P sector would be completed by 2008, adding that the development work in Q, R, S and T sectors would be completed by May 2009. He said that all civic facilities would be provided in U, V, W and X sectors of the society till November 2009 while a club as well as a community centre would be constructed in U sector. The development work in Y and Z sectors would be started soon, he added.

He said that a Chinese construction company would complete underground sewerage pipeline, roads, water supply, electricity, gas, telephone and drainage projects.

Meanwhile, the development work was going on in full swing in sectors A, B, D, K and L of Phase 5 (extension). He said that FWO was working diligently to complete the projects. He also hoped that the phase 6 would be completed in time. He said Malaysian workers were working on the Golf course and construction of houses adjacent to the course was in progress. He further said that the expressway connecting the airport and phase 6 would be opened for the general traffic in March 2008.A large number of Chinese engineers and technical assistants were also present on the occasion.

NewYork-wala

December 6th, 2007, 10:49 PM

Anyone have info on the much touted Lahore mass transit project? I heard it was started back in spetember, but no updates since then...

RANA AAA

December 10th, 2007, 05:49 PM

RANA AAA

December 10th, 2007, 05:55 PM

Anyone have info on the much touted Lahore mass transit project? I heard it was started back in spetember, but no updates since then...

I think the former PM of PUNJAB had delayed it for his next term.Now all attention of the authorities is toward the elections 2008.

Intoxication

December 10th, 2007, 06:28 PM

I hate it when elections come around. Every thing just stops!! :bash: :bash:

pakboy

December 10th, 2007, 09:24 PM

Hashoo to open 20 new hotels

Commerce Reporter

LAHORE: Hashoo Group will establish 20 new hotels, with 6 locations beginning operations in the coming three months in Lahore, Sialkot and Faisalabad, Hashoo Group CEO Murtaza Hashwani said in a press conference.

He said Hashoo Group had unveiled the concept of Hotel One, having identified the potential of budget accommodation in the region. He said approximately 250 rooms will be developed at an average of 40-50 rooms per property in the next three months. The expected investment for this ambitious project by the Hashoo Group would be between Rs 2.00 to 2.50 billion. Respecting employment opportunities, nearly 3000 employees will be hired in the next two years with 500 of those individuals becoming resource personnel and staff members in the next 3 months, he added.

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I GUESS HEERA MANDI PC IS READY

RANA AAA

December 11th, 2007, 10:07 AM

Great news for PAK.I also saw there press conference on electronic media.

The Novotel Lahore Airport what is the location of this project.I think it might be near to the pace circle.

punjab

December 11th, 2007, 12:46 PM

there is still lots of work to be done on the wall city PC hotel, which would be a beauty once made, i met mutaza in his press conference and the hotels he is talking about in lahore are in faisal town, davis road and mall road.
they are budget hotels and will be named 'ONE', they are also in talks to take over liberty hotel, the one next to HKB in liberty market.

Jsultan

December 11th, 2007, 03:22 PM

Great news for PAK.I also saw there press conference on electronic media.

The Novotel Lahore Airport what is the location of this project.I think it might be near to the pace circle.

Yup.. the Novotel is very near to pace circle.. novotel is on the empty land in front of the airport which was left for the same purpose... hope this gets build very soon...!!

RANA AAA

December 13th, 2007, 08:59 AM

These days are borring nothing happening around.In winter the pace of projects under construction is very slow but in summer the work on under construction projects goes faster.

Which building is being constructing beside the PUNJAB ASSEMBLY BUILDING.

Jsultan

December 13th, 2007, 09:27 AM

latest on Famous Brand Mall, u/c near Model Town Link Road... work on this was stopped for quite a while but saw some movement on this at the time i took pics...!!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_121007_003.jpg?t=1197534238

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http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_121007_001.jpg?t=1197534387

this is a complete indoor retail outlet mall... will turn out to be a cool addition for shopping...!!

RANA AAA

December 13th, 2007, 10:05 AM

LAHORE: Solid Waste management team of the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has issued four challans in connection with its campaign against contractors, dumping construction material on roads. According to CDGL sources, usually owners/contractors do not remove construction material after completion of work and dump it in Bazaars and streets.

Intoxication

December 13th, 2007, 04:37 PM

These days are borring nothing happening around.In winter the pace of projects under construction is very slow but in summer the work on under construction projects goes faster.

Whats the reason? Isn't it harder for labourers to work in the blazing hot summers, with temperatures frequently crossing the 40C mark?

RANA AAA

December 14th, 2007, 07:50 AM

Whats the reason? Isn't it harder for labourers to work in the blazing hot summers, with temperatures frequently crossing the 40C mark?

I dont know the exact reason but i think in summer the days are long and nights are short and in pak mostly labourers work in the time of day.

Intoxication

December 14th, 2007, 05:51 PM

I dont know the exact reason but i think in summer the days are long and nights are short and in pak mostly labourers work in the time of day.

Days are still quite long in Pak in the winters though. Its not like fliping London, where it goes dark at 4 in the winter and stays bright till 11 in the summers. I hate that. Surely there can't be a stark difference in Pak though? Maybe be a difference of 1 or 2 hours of sunlight?

siamu maharaj

December 15th, 2007, 07:02 AM

Days are still quite long in Pak in the winters though. Its not like fliping London, where it goes dark at 4 in the winter and stays bright till 11 in the summers. I hate that. Surely there can't be a stark difference in Pak though? Maybe be a difference of 1 or 2 hours of sunlight?
About 2.5 - 3 hours in the night, around 2-3 hours in the morning. That's for Karachi.

Intoxication

December 21st, 2007, 02:46 PM

About 2.5 - 3 hours in the night, around 2-3 hours in the morning. That's for Karachi.

See thats normal. Thats how it should be around the world. A difference of 7 hours is a bit too much.

sanaji78601

December 24th, 2007, 09:25 PM

Pakistan timezone is +5 GMT

Intoxication

December 25th, 2007, 06:50 AM

Pakistan timezone is +5 GMT

No. I meant the difference between the the time that the sun sets in London in the winter (4 pm) and the summer (11 pm). All this darkness gets me depressed in the winter. :no:

Jsultan

December 25th, 2007, 11:04 AM

Defence Commercial Comples/Shopping Mall

Global Haly has been awarded to construct a twelve storey commercial complex in the heart of Lahore Defence area – known to be the most posh area in the province of Punjab. The project will comprise of three basements parking to accommodate over 400 cars, ground, first & second floor for a state of art

shopping mall and nine stories will be utilized for offices. The medium rise will become a landmark in the city of Lahore for which the services of the top architects have been hired to give a concept design. The project is expected to be launched by January 2008 and will be completed within 36 months. In this project Global Haly has entered into joint venture with Defence Housing Authority Lahore with Global Haly having controlling shares.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/pr0.jpg?t=1198577057

Jsultan

December 25th, 2007, 11:06 AM

this is the project i talked about earlier... although the design is not the one which is displayed at the site hoarding.. the original design is much more attractive than the one above.. i have pics of the site and the hoarding.. will post them tomorrow for better clarity..!!

pakboy

December 27th, 2007, 02:48 AM

Mono Rail project to be completed in 3 years: nazim

Staff Report

LAHORE: The Mono Rail project will be completed in the next three years, said the city district nazim Mian Amer Mehmmood on Wednesday.

The nazim was talking to Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) president Mohammad Ali Mian at the latter’s residence.

He congratulated Ali on his election as LCCI president.

LCCI senior vice president Yaqoob Tahir Izhar, Punjab Economic Forum president Mian Anjum Nisar, former LCCI vice president Sheikh Mohammad Arshad, LCCI Executive Committee member Sheikh Shafiq Riaz and Pakistan Hardware Merchants’ Association central chairman Usman Ghani were also present at the meeting.

Projects like city roads, the plan for signal-free movement of traffic from the Wagah boarder to the Motorway, and the shifting of the hide market were also discussed in the meeting. On the traffic mess issue raised by the LCCI president, the nazim said the city government had planned to widen the Canal Road, but several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were objecting to the project. He said the NGOs had claimed that the project would reduce the number of trees along the canal. “The NGOs are raising undue hue,” he added.

Mehmood told the LCCI president that the government would shift the trees a few yards away from the existing place. He said the LCCI support would help the city government complete the project.

The LCCI president urged the nazim to ensure the LCCI’s participation in all projects of national importance.

About shifting the hide market, the nazim said the city government would shift the market if the traders chose an alternate place while foreseeing requirement of the next hundred years.

The LCCI president said the chamber had been supporting the government to make the country economically strong.

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Jsultan

December 28th, 2007, 12:42 PM

starting from when... 2019???????????????

malpensa

December 28th, 2007, 12:49 PM

yeh probably the govr will pay millions for a feasibilty study and it shud be ready by 2019.

PakiDoperz

December 30th, 2007, 06:26 AM

huge commercial area has been given to gigagroups in DHA lahore phase 6 for commercial development and one block of land in phase 2 lets see what comming up there

PakiDoperz

December 30th, 2007, 09:15 AM

Went into the site of Bab-e-Pakistan,..its seems likee construction has stopped there for months, no progress.. the only work going on there is on the boundary wall.. lot of construction material..machinery and trucks are parked there.

Jsultan

December 30th, 2007, 09:34 AM

hate these halt of development works... why cant they just start and finish projects like professionals....!!

PakiDoperz

December 30th, 2007, 10:07 AM

hmm have noticed some construction machinery at Mubarak Center.. some piling machine are standing at ground level so seems like works is going to start in coming few months

PakiDoperz

December 30th, 2007, 10:08 AM

welders

December 30th, 2007, 01:02 PM

Global Haly has also been awarded to construct a shopping mall by the name of creek side at dha phase 8 karachi

Jsultan

December 31st, 2007, 09:40 AM

Pics of the DHA Shopping Mall Site...

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_121507_004.jpg?t=1199090094

Silver Star Bowling Alley
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Layout of the area and the Site!!
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/DefenceShoppingMall1.jpg?t=1199090394

pakboy

December 31st, 2007, 03:57 PM

X-entric

January 1st, 2008, 07:45 AM

thats a good location, i always thought that space was being wasted and a mall should be made there.
but thats not silver star bowling, thats uptown LA, silver star is the cr@p one in fortress.

dha cinema, also needs an expansion.
Is uptown a good bowling alley then? when i went to silverstar back in 2005, it seemed like doomed. hardly any visitors. how is uptown LA faring?

Jsultan

January 1st, 2008, 09:14 AM

Well... its doing quite ok these days... and Uptown LA is in the ownership of Sliverstar, so wrongfully typed silverstar... its a much better place than silverstar.... with a good eat out place aswell...

this particular area of DHA will rock in near future... there are a lot of cool cafe's, ice cream parlours, fashion outles being opened here plus a cinema....

pakboy

January 1st, 2008, 06:32 PM

pakboy

January 1st, 2008, 06:33 PM

i also looks like the render of the mall is different and much better on the board on site then the render posted before

pakboy

January 2nd, 2008, 06:04 AM

i just heard liberty chowk has been renamed to shaheed benezir bhutto, that is so gay.

January 2nd, 2008, 07:43 AM

:gaah:

Jsultan

January 2nd, 2008, 01:25 PM

not sure how it is faring cos i went there 2 times at about 3am when we were bowling alone, but its open till late hours which shows it should be doing good.
silverstar in fortress is a shit hole, they charge much higher then LA and are much craper

very true... the place has turned into MACCA of all the loosers trying to get 15 seconds of fame.... :nuts:

one reason why Uptown LA is good could be because of the other activities taking place there, like marriage ceremonies, corporate dinners & trainings n stuff....

Jsultan

January 2nd, 2008, 01:26 PM

what in the world...........!!!!!!! de we have an icon commiting suicide...!!

Jsultan

January 2nd, 2008, 01:38 PM

Pics of the Building in Cant administered by Behria... somehow forgot the name of it..

looking beautiful at night.. very nice decor!!!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/Photo_010108_005.jpg?t=1199276276

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BTW.. pics taken on new year night and as you can see... no traffic... Lahore was sleeping that night...!!

Red aRRow

January 2nd, 2008, 01:38 PM

i just heard liberty chowk has been renamed to shaheed benezir bhutto, that is so gay.

:doh::doh:

JSultan thanks for the pics.

PakiDoperz

January 2nd, 2008, 05:52 PM

went past mubarak site today saw some workers taking some measurements so hopefully work will start in few weeks

Jsultan

January 3rd, 2008, 02:26 PM

hopefully... they have almost completed the structure of their sales office.... will see some good movement in near future there...!!

pakboy

January 3rd, 2008, 03:31 PM

ANY PICTURES

pakboy

January 4th, 2008, 01:30 AM

Tricon Village

http://www.tricondevelopers.com.pk/triconvillage/Modelhouse/images/161.JPG

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http://www.tricondevelopers.com.pk/triconvillage/Modelhouse/images/020.jpg

Pakia

January 4th, 2008, 01:32 PM

i just heard liberty chowk has been renamed to shaheed benezir bhutto, that is so gay.

Thats not gay, but plain stupid. Naming a place should be based on a some sort of referendum, not an impulsive act based on raw emotions.

BTW nice pics of village Pakboy but way too huge. Thanks

January 4th, 2008, 04:13 PM

It'll still be called Liberty Chowk, this ex-Nazim of Karachi named the FTC Flyover after some sufi but its still referred to as the FTC Flyover.

Sufi Pistol

January 4th, 2008, 06:10 PM

Pakboy would u please bother resizing those 12 megapixel pictures :D :rofl:

Those were taken at 10 MP actually, resolution 4288x2363= 10MP approx.

PakiDoperz

January 9th, 2008, 11:32 AM

Another Shopping mall is going to be constructed in phase 4 dha lahore block DD, its a joint venture between a chineese company and dha. the area is 4-5 times bigger than the shopping plaza going to be built in phase 2. they have started to erect the fences around the consrution site

Techno-Architect

January 14th, 2008, 06:39 PM

Techno-Architect

January 14th, 2008, 06:52 PM

Al Hafeez Shopping Mall - Construction Pix DEC2007

http://www.urbanpk.com/upkgallery/projectpictures/Lahore/Al%20Hafeez%20Shopping%20Mall/Lahore%20-%20Al%20Hafeez%20Shopping%20Mall%20-%20Construction%20Pix%20-%20Dec%202007%20-%2001%20copy.jpg

http://www.urbanpk.com/upkgallery/projectpictures/Lahore/Al%20Hafeez%20Shopping%20Mall/Lahore%20-%20Al%20Hafeez%20Shopping%20Mall%20-%20Construction%20Pix%20-%20Dec%202007%20-%2006%20copy.jpg

http://www.urbanpk.com/upkgallery/projectpictures/Lahore/Al%20Hafeez%20Shopping%20Mall/Lahore%20-%20Al%20Hafeez%20Shopping%20Mall%20-%20Construction%20Pix%20-%20Dec%202007%20-%2043%20copy.jpg

pakboy

January 14th, 2008, 07:58 PM

are those marble tiles in al hafeez mall on the floor

MTF

January 14th, 2008, 09:46 PM

i think stairs have marble as for normal floor it doesn't look like marble to me

Techno-Architect

January 15th, 2008, 05:17 AM

^^^^^
Floor has porcelain tiles while the stair steps has granite (jetblack).

RANA AAA

January 16th, 2008, 12:29 PM

RANA AAA

January 18th, 2008, 08:27 AM

LAHORE: As many as 63 projects of road constructions costing Rs 3.12 trillion are in the final phase of completion. The completion of these projects will speed up supply of trade goods from various ports including Karachi, Ormara, Bin Qasim and Gawadar ports to upper regions of the country and link the four provinces through National Trade Corridor.

Punjab Governor Kahlid Maqbool was told this in meeting held here Tuesday at the Governor's House. National Highway Authority Chairman Maj Gen Imtiaz Ahmed, Punjab Chief Secretary Salman Siddique, Planning and Development Chairman Suleman Ghani, Board of Revenue Senior Member Safdar Javed Syed, secretaries of C&W and Finance and regional officials of National Highway Authority were also present on the occasion.

The meeting was informed was informed that National Highway Authority started reconstruction work of 11485 km long roads out of which, 2669 km long roads were in Punjab under Vision-2030 for improving road infrastructure in the country.

The meeting was further informed in the next five years three time's long motorways and expressways would be constructed as compared to roads constructed during the last 15 years in the country.

Governor Khalid Maqbool expressed his satisfaction over the pace of construction work on the road projects. He said that the roads built under the supervision of National Highway Authority were of international standards and he added that due to construction of these roads, the transit trade expenses would decrease resulting in reduction of required cost of any business in Pakistan. The governor hoped that the road network would be linked with the existing Asian Highway Network of the neighbouring countries which would enhance geo-strategic significance of Pakistan.

It was decided in the meeting that the National Highway Authority would also make investment for promoting civil engineering research work in various universities of Punjab.

Under this programme, road testing laboratories would be set up in various universities. The meeting also reviewed the proposal for giving powers to the motorway police for removing encroachments on national highways on the pattern of Punjab Highway Patrolling Police.

pakboy

January 19th, 2008, 03:33 PM

can some translate this article.

4 GOR Banglows to be Demolished for 48 Kanal 5 Star Hotel at Mall Road

http://www.dailywaqt.com/190108/Images/p2-04.jpg

RANA AAA

January 19th, 2008, 05:07 PM

17 Jan, 2008: The City District Government, Lahore, would construct a monument at the site of suicidal attack near G.P.O Chowk in the city, for paying homage to police officials who embraced martyrdom in the incident.

District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood announced this, here, Wednesday. The nazim visited the spot along with Executive District Officer (Works) Rana Muhamamd Ghous and directed him for hiring services of renowned architects with a view to preparing a befitting design of the proposed monument.

The nazim desired for engraving the names of all the police officials, who lost their lives in the line of duty, on a specially designed plaque besides allocating sufficient space for laying floral wreaths as well as flowers at this place.

Mian Amer Mahmood observed that these police personnel are the heroes of the nation who embraced martyrdom during discharge of their official duties. The saved scores of innocent live by sacrificing their own lives. As a gesture of recognition of their selfless services, the City District Government, Lahore, has decided to construct this monument. This memorial would continue remind the people of their gallantry and keep on inspiring the future generations, he added.

Jsultan

January 20th, 2008, 01:36 PM

nothing on alam gir tower... what they have done is that they have reduced the floors from 38 to 21 and still havent been able to sell them, i talked to a guy there and he said it will be a steel structure which will be erected in maximum 6 to 8 months once they start the construction...

doesnt look like it will start very soon...

PakiDoperz

January 20th, 2008, 05:15 PM

Mubarak center.. they have also started to put fence on the service lane and i saw some contstruction trucks there so i thing construction is going to start real soon or may be they have started cause i didnt look down in the gug up area.

pakboy

January 20th, 2008, 05:27 PM

pakboy

January 20th, 2008, 05:51 PM

karachi has a good nazim and islamabad has got a good nazim is well so now when the hell does lahore get rid of this mian mehmood guy and get a decent nazim.

January 20th, 2008, 05:53 PM

^^ Islamabad doesnt have a Nazim system.

Its managed by the CDA.

pakboy

January 20th, 2008, 06:01 PM

well i ment who ever controls it, kamran lashari.

RANA AAA

January 20th, 2008, 06:08 PM

mian amer is much better than other contestants !!!

Sufi Pistol

January 21st, 2008, 12:29 AM

^^ lol ... Our intellectuals often seen on Tv saying: " PLEASE ELECT THE LESSER EVIL" hahahah did u mean, Mian Amir is lesser EVIL than other contestants? :rofl:

pakboy

January 21st, 2008, 12:43 AM

dude anyone is better then that mian amer guy, hes a totaly paindu who has done nothing in lahore, all projects made in lahore, liberty renovation, ring road, noor jehan rd, flyovers and underpasses where all thanks to chief minister perveiz elahi, mian saabs only loot.

PakiDoperz

January 21st, 2008, 05:12 AM

^^^ pak boy is write look at the development work mashallah going in karachi, in lahore situation is getting worse and more worse every day, i havent seen mian amer doin any thing hardly, yes what mian amer is doing is expanding his colleges empire.

he is mean too he is talking of mm alam road upgration for a year or 2 but nothin on ground but on the other hand he upgraded the road which is next too mm alam road where his skewl is which was way in much better condition than alam road so he is onyl thinking for his own benefits... n i shouldnt blame this is the way pakistan politics work..

Sania

January 21st, 2008, 05:42 AM

pakboy

January 21st, 2008, 03:55 PM

well i just wonder where our tax money is going, probably in setting up new punjab colleges.

X-entric

January 22nd, 2008, 12:46 AM

If it was for me, I would vote out the present Lahore and Punjab adminstration a hundred times over. Not just the Chaudhries of Gujraat, amir mehmood have done absolutely NOTHING! They are the worst sort of idiots.

pakboy

January 22nd, 2008, 01:56 AM

well in punjab its either the choudary bradraan or the ganja brothers who you can have in power, as no one else has the power to beat them. so i will take choudarys anyday,
they have by far given punjab more then any previous gov. we have seen like some big projects like ring road, industrial estates, lots of roads, big investments coming in like sports city, shiek zayed center etc., libety market finaly renovated and some hope for a mass transit system.
lahore just needs a good nazim, perveiz elahis son moonis elahi wouldnt be a bad option.

siamu maharaj

January 22nd, 2008, 07:21 AM

As much as I hate Ganja, didn't he do a lot for Lahore?

spyk

January 22nd, 2008, 07:26 AM

I would think the Chaudhry would do more than ganja, though I hate him too

PakiDoperz

January 22nd, 2008, 02:25 PM

RANA AAA

January 22nd, 2008, 04:38 PM

oogabooga

January 22nd, 2008, 05:20 PM

We should remember that mian amer is the only one who had alowed the construction of building higher than 10 to 12 floors.I dont like him but he is one of the best availables do you all want humayun ahktar bro to be a nazim of lahore.

The undercurrent of sarcasm in your post leads me to believe that Humayun Akhtar's younger brother is not fit for the job?

yes? :dunno:

pakboy

January 22nd, 2008, 05:30 PM

As much as I hate Ganja, didn't he do a lot for Lahore?

not at all, its just hype created by his party men and his society, model town which he did work on to improve his own area, but i cant think of a single project he did in lahore which didnt have personal benefits for him and he was here for so long, choudarys have only been here for 5 years and wernt even serving in the pm slot but they still developed lahore, perveiz elahi as a CM for 5 years has done 100 times more then what ganja did as PM for 8 years, if elahi was serving as PM lahore wouldnt have developed alot more,
not did the choudaries just develop lahore but they are the first punjab gov. that developed other cities of punjab, and southern punjab which was always neglected finaly got attention.

Sufi Pistol

January 22nd, 2008, 05:50 PM

Yar all the discussion above apart, I was wondering about a point.. Earlier, when this TOWN SYSTEM wasnt present, we had seen PRIME MINISTERS involved in Micromanagement. Like we recall past projects(regardless of being MEGA or NOT) by their names or tenure... In Karachi, we say NIPA and DRIG ROAD FLYOVERS were made in GANJA's tenure and this was a unique thing that we HAD a flyover at all... Now this is what the BALDIYAATI NIZAAM all about. Keep the GIANTS away from Micromanagement and let the AWWAM involved in managing their resources on Town level.

vazim

January 22nd, 2008, 06:09 PM

the work which ganja done in such a short tenure the chaudries didnt do any thing near it. i am not supporter of ganja but wht they did lot for lahore we should not forget that chaudries stayed for 5 years ganja stayed for few years and the project which they made were of international standards... and i cant name any good road whcih they made apart from few underpasses which are made just to make fast traffic towards his house

Ganja did good things but not that much. Few underpasses and widening of jail road. what else ?

Chowdaries done examplary work, like STP, Sundar industrial estate, improving kot lakhpat industrial estate, Ring Road & lots of work on Metro. Still chowdaries should have done more. they talked toooo much and did less...

siamu maharaj

January 22nd, 2008, 06:24 PM

not at all, its just hype created by his party men and his society, model town which he did work on to improve his own area, but i cant think of a single project he did in lahore which didnt have personal benefits for him and he was here for so long, choudarys have only been here for 5 years and wernt even serving in the pm slot but they still developed lahore, perveiz elahi as a CM for 5 years has done 100 times more then what ganja did as PM for 8 years, if elahi was serving as PM lahore wouldnt have developed alot more,
not did the choudaries just develop lahore but they are the first punjab gov. that developed other cities of punjab, and southern punjab which was always neglected finaly got attention.
I really don't know much about Lahore, so just talking about my personal experience. When I went to Lahore before Ganja, the concept of roads was unknown to Lahore. I used to make fun of my phoopho that Karachi roads are much better. When I went there during Ganja's time, there were new roads everywhere. It made Karachi look like a village.

cntower

January 22nd, 2008, 07:29 PM

^ No point of having good roads, when people can't drive on them. It's amazing how people think they can drive 100 km/h on a service road!

pakboy

January 22nd, 2008, 07:49 PM

Ganja did good things but not that much. Few underpasses and widening of jail road. what else ?

Chowdaries done examplary work, like STP, Sundar industrial estate, improving kot lakhpat industrial estate, Ring Road & lots of work on Metro. Still chowdaries should have done more. they talked toooo much and did less...

well that is the problem we can only have ganja bros. or choudaries in power, and i will take choudaries as they did more work and some of them on international standards like STP, ring road, sunder estate and other estates in multan, gujranwala and faislabad and upcoming lahore-sialkot motorway, which also includes $2 billion industrial estate in FDI, as well getting more fdi into lahore like shiek zayed center, sports city and lake view city,
they have done too much talking but it shows that they are thinking out of the box and thinking about developing punjab which the ganjas never did and only cared about their bank accounts.

January 22nd, 2008, 11:04 PM

Lets leave Ganja out of it, are all of you smoking ganja?

Ok yeah, it was a cheap attempt at a joke ...

MTF

January 22nd, 2008, 11:30 PM

MTF

January 22nd, 2008, 11:31 PM

Lets leave Ganja out of it, are all of you smoking ganja?

Ok yeah, it was a cheap attempt at a joke ...

^^Indeed!:lol:

transistorized

January 22nd, 2008, 11:53 PM

Elahi has achieved many other things too:

* Rescue 1122
* Expo Center(s)
* That new traffic police department
* Baab e Pakistan (well this one is actually Mushi's pet project, but whatever)
* new PC Hotel coming up on Mall road (Punjab govt has I think 25% share in it)
* and most importantly of all, for the first time Punjab government is investing in infrastructure outside of Lahore as well.

Oh and dont forget that many of the other private sector projects are underway now only because of the open and free investment environment provided by the ruling government (but then again not sure how much of that is chaudaries and how much its Mushi and Aziz)

Red aRRow

January 23rd, 2008, 08:58 AM

http://express.com.pk/images/NP_LHE/20080123/Sub_Images/1100337286-1.jpg
Cleaning out the canals and removing the 'bhal' in Lahore.

RANA AAA

January 23rd, 2008, 12:42 PM

Ganja did good things but not that much. Few underpasses and widening of jail road. what else ?

Chowdaries done examplary work, like STP, Sundar industrial estate, improving kot lakhpat industrial estate, Ring Road & lots of work on Metro. Still chowdaries should have done more. they talked toooo much and did less...

We all must remember that in the period of sharif bros we had fought kargill war which was a great disaster for our economy and one of the most important is that in there period of gov we had become nuclear power and lot of sanction were imposed on the country.

But in these situtations Sharif bros had done much more But Ch. bros had no such bigger problems they must had done a lot more than what they did.

I am not wid sharif bros but the fact are facts

:)

MTF

January 23rd, 2008, 03:02 PM

I think Punjab as a whole developed more during Ch bros but when Sharif brothers were in power only Lahore was developed.

pakboy

January 23rd, 2008, 05:59 PM

We all must remember that in the period of sharif bros we had fought kargill war which was a great disaster for our economy and one of the most important is that in there period of gov we had become nuclear power and lot of sanction were imposed on the country.

But in these situtations Sharif bros had done much more But Ch. bros had no such bigger problems they must had done a lot more than what they did.

I am not wid sharif bros but the fact are facts

:)

dude those are silly excuses given by ganja fans.
sanctions didnt do nothing, fact is that we were going down hill before the sanctions were imposed and even if they wernt we would have had the same effect as we did after they were imposed.
even if you look at the situations then same can be said about choudarys times as they are in power during terroism times.

just look at the facts, ganja was a barrier to most development, he stop ring road from being made, he didnt let the lahore metro project progress, lahores main industrial estate kot lakput was in a terrible state during his times and many others.
thanks to choudarys these projects have started.

pakboy

January 23rd, 2008, 06:04 PM

http://express.com.pk/images/NP_LHE/20080123/Sub_Images/1100337286-1.jpg
Cleaning out the canals and removing the 'bhal' in Lahore.

wow that is shallow.

btw. wheres the water gone

Intoxication

January 24th, 2008, 02:00 AM

^^ And what is "Bhal"?

Sania

January 24th, 2008, 05:48 AM

We all must remember that in the period of sharif bros we had fought kargill war which was a great disaster for our economy and one of the most important is that in there period of gov we had become nuclear power and lot of sanction were imposed on the country.

But in these situtations Sharif bros had done much more But Ch. bros had no such bigger problems they must had done a lot more than what they did.

I am not wid sharif bros but the fact are facts

:)

I agree.Also Sharif brothers did much work in other cities of Punjab.
Like I've ever been to sialkot.I have seen sharif brother did a great work on infrastructure and road developments.Also they had started Sialkot intl Airport.But ch brothers didnt anything.He did just announced projects in many cities.But I also wanna to appreciate his work in Lahore and Southern Punjab.

siamu maharaj

January 24th, 2008, 07:44 AM

I agree.Also Sharif brothers did much work in other cities of Punjab.
Like I've ever been to sialkot.I have seen sharif brother did a great work on infrastructure and road developments.Also they had started Sialkot intl Airport.But ch brothers didnt anything.He did just announced projects in many cities.But I also wanna to appreciate his work in Lahore and Southern Punjab.
Sialkot Airport was started by Ganja? Are you absolutely sure?

Red aRRow

January 24th, 2008, 08:09 AM

^^ And what is "Bhal"?

The clay like alluvial mud which is left on the bottom of rivers/canals. It is deposited there by the flowing water and is rich in minerals and nutrients (good for plants).

RANA AAA

January 24th, 2008, 09:14 AM

Sialkot Airport was started by Ganja? Are you absolutely sure?

Not absolutely sure but i know that after the completion of lahore airport they were going to build isl airport and others major cities airports too.

But choudarys had done nothing but putting their names on the project whose had been started by some one else.They can't take credit of the projects whose had been stared by some one else.

Now the present gov is going to built new multan road.In 1998 august the Sharif brothers I must say Shahbaz sharif was going to start multan road and he had issues notices to the people who had illegally built their property on the land of the Gov.

Now after 10 years present Gov. had decided to built it still i am not sure about that its relly gonna happen coz its the time of choudaries.

Now the situation is this that only those people who are related to army are supporting them.Else are wid PPP or PML N.No hard feelings.:)

RANA AAA

January 24th, 2008, 09:22 AM

dude those are silly excuses given by ganja fans.
sanctions didnt do nothing, fact is that we were going down hill before the sanctions were imposed and even if they wernt we would have had the same effect as we did after they were imposed.
even if you look at the situations then same can be said about choudarys times as they are in power during terroism times.

just look at the facts, ganja was a barrier to most development, he stop ring road from being made, he didnt let the lahore metro project progress, lahores main industrial estate kot lakput was in a terrible state during his times and many others.
thanks to choudarys these projects have started.

Chourdarys can't speak properly specially Shujat how they can run Gov.he can only said that

KOI NAI CHHADO MATI PAAO ROTI SHOTI KHAO

So i think we should also MATTI PAO in this dicussion.And hope for the best for PAKISTAN FUTURE. :)

pakboy

January 24th, 2008, 09:50 AM

Chourdarys can't speak properly specially Shujat how they can run Gov.he can only said that

KOI NAI CHHADO MATI PAAO ROTI SHOTI KHAO

So i think we should also MATTI PAO in this dicussion.And hope for the best for PAKISTAN FUTURE. :)

well i will take someone who cant speak over some chors anyday.

RANA AAA

January 24th, 2008, 09:59 AM

can some translate this article.

4 GOR Banglows to be Demolished for 48 Kanal 5 Star Hotel at Mall Road

http://www.dailywaqt.com/190108/Images/p2-04.jpg

Lahore: The Provincial Government has decided to demolish four bungalows in GOR in order to facilitate construction of a five star hotel, it was learnt.

These bungalows are in use of government officials and expand over 48 kanals. To be situated near Aitcheson College, this five star hotel would cost $ 117.5 million. The Government of Pakistan would be the owner of 24% shares in the hotel whereas the control of management would reside with the investing company.

Sania

January 24th, 2008, 11:34 AM

Sialkot Airport was started by Ganja? Are you absolutely sure?

I am assured about Sialkot intl airport that it was started by Ganja.That time they have started ground work.But after down of sharif gov that project was halted for 2-3 years.Then Mushraff started again that project.

Jsultan

January 24th, 2008, 12:52 PM

Do we have any other details of the above mentioned project.. i checked out their website but there was nothing updated on this project.. what i know of is that this hotel will be their Fairmont Chain hotel but how many floors, how many rooms etc are not known...

please update if someone has any more info on this...!!

Intoxication

January 24th, 2008, 07:42 PM

The clay like alluvial mud which is left on the bottom of rivers/canals. It is deposited there by the flowing water and is rich in minerals and nutrients (good for plants).

I know all that technical stuff. I've done A-level Geography (got a B baby!!). I just asked what bhal is because it sounds like an Urdu word.

Red aRRow

January 24th, 2008, 08:20 PM

I know all that technical stuff. I've done A-level Geography (got a B baby!!). I just asked what bhal is because it sounds like an Urdu word.

Bhal is the Urdu word for what I described. Bhal safayee is when they clean it from the canals.

moved_on

January 25th, 2008, 10:44 PM

Bhal is a Punjabi word means silt.

malpensa

January 25th, 2008, 10:51 PM

bhal= hair??????

Red aRRow

January 25th, 2008, 11:57 PM

bhal= hair??????

That's 'baal'.

Intoxication

January 26th, 2008, 08:07 AM

LAHORE GDP PPP (2005): $28bn (World Rank: 122)

LAHORE GDP PPP (2020): $67bn (World Rank:109)

Up 13 ranks!

http://www.pwc.com/uk/eng/ins-sol/publ/ukoutlook/pwc_ukeo-mar07.pdf

siamu maharaj

January 26th, 2008, 01:41 PM

Rank compared to what?

January 26th, 2008, 02:36 PM

to GDP (PPP) of other world cities.

RANA AAA

January 29th, 2008, 10:23 AM

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/LAHORE/jan_17.gif

vazim

January 29th, 2008, 08:14 PM

another 6-lane dream of stupid idiot nazim. talks too much and do little :bash:

January 29th, 2008, 08:23 PM

Anyone who posts an urdu article should post a translation or atleast a small summary( main points) for the benefits of other forumers.

This is an international forum...both visitors and some MP forumers cannot read urdu. Please take that into consideration.

pakboy

January 30th, 2008, 08:53 AM

dude its allready 6 lanes

cntower

January 30th, 2008, 09:12 AM

^ But it's a piece a junk

Jsultan

January 30th, 2008, 12:54 PM

it is one of the main roads of lahore and dude let me tell u its in pathetic condition.. so this is a very good news as this will help ppl living around that area a lot...

it should have been done years ago.. but better late than never.. one reason why this is to be done is that the flyover u/c at thokar will have lots of trafic blocked on the canal side in future so this road had to be in good condition to sustain the trafic load...

sanaji78601

January 31st, 2008, 09:36 AM

thats encouraging

RANA AAA

January 31st, 2008, 04:47 PM

Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has started to prepare a list of 14 illegal plazas so that they can be penalized for not following the approved maps during construction, it was learnt.

The owners of these plazas would be fined according to LDA by-laws and it is expected that the amount of fine will exceed Rs. 200 million. High level meetings of LDA would be held on a daily basis and this would be finalized within a week.

February 2nd, 2008, 10:40 AM

LAHORE: Tricon Developers would start its new projects soon after wonderful achievements in its ongoing projects like Tricon Village and Tricon Corporate Centre, said Tricon Developers Chief Executive Asif Kamal.

He was addressing an informal get-together, followed by a luncheon organized in honour of the representatives of various real estate agencies of Tricon Developers at Tricon's newly set up office at 8-K Main Boulevard Gulberg-II, Lahore on Friday.

RANA AAA

February 2nd, 2008, 03:54 PM

Today while passing by the mall road i saw a board of HOTEL ONE SITE just wid the proposed land of NBP.This site is between the naval war college and NBP proposed site HOPE that NBP will also build good highrise there.

any update on PC HOTEL TOWER.I saw crane besides the main building of the PC HOTEL.??

pakboy

February 3rd, 2008, 03:27 AM

Techno-Architect

February 3rd, 2008, 03:49 AM

which project is this "fairmount hotel "??

RANA AAA

February 4th, 2008, 10:36 AM

Its a project of kingdom holdings for 3 to 4 banglow were going to be demolishde in the area ofGOR at the mall.

Jsultan

February 4th, 2008, 10:58 AM

yes, the guy at pc hotel told me that constructuion is going on for the 40 stoey tower and construction has also started on fairmount hotel which is next to pc hotel is well.

hotel one is also owned by pc hotel group.

still there is no news on flatis hotel, looks like a dead project

where exactly is the fairmont site... is it somewhere infront of the governer house??

thats cool they have started to construct the 40 story tower.. kinda strange though as it was said that the project has been cancelled by PC...!!

pakboy

February 4th, 2008, 06:00 PM

fairmount is infront of aitchson collage where gov guest houses are in gor.

GoBaby

February 4th, 2008, 08:02 PM

guys, there is a road in front of new airport, like when you get out of the airport and you either make a left or right to go to cannt. or defense, but there is road straight ahead - where does that go? last time I was pakiland was 5 years ago, it went nowhere.

pakboy

February 4th, 2008, 09:03 PM

RANA AAA

February 11th, 2008, 10:07 AM

LAHORE: The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has purchased two mechanical cleaners from Australia at a cost of Rs 2 million in order to upgrade the cleaning system of major city roads.

This was disclosed by district nazim Mian Amir Mehmood on Sunday during a commendable operation and examining performance of such machines.

He further disclosed that the CDGL would import and purchase three more such kind of sweeping machinery and in this regard proposals are under way. Many other officials concerned of CDGL were also present on the occasion.

He also informed that such each machine equipped with a water tank of one thousand gallon capacity for cleaning roads and has capacity to lift an average of about four ton garbage from the roadsides daily.

I saw them working on the posh areas of lahore

pakboy

February 11th, 2008, 02:58 PM

there have been simular machines working in bahria town for the last 2/3 years

RANA AAA

February 11th, 2008, 05:20 PM

In Lahore there are two clearners before whose were bought last year with same price and place.Now we have total of four clearners.In Lahore there are other cleaner machines also but those ones are imported wid international quality.

pakboy

February 12th, 2008, 06:28 PM

finaly flattis looksi like its back alive, biggest news this year

http://www.dailywaqt.com/120208/Images/p2-04.jpg

but i cant read urdu so translate

siamu maharaj

February 12th, 2008, 06:41 PM

They are demolishing it because the building is in very bad condition, and a $200 million hotel will be built.

pakboy

February 12th, 2008, 07:44 PM

Pakistan Army gifts two parks to Lahorites
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
A special ceremony was held at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore where General Officer Commanding Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan Khan who is also Garrison Commander Lahore, gifted two newly developed parks to the people of Lahore City, on behalf of the Pakistan Army.
City Mayor Mian Amir Mehmood was handed over the possession, according to an ISPR press release here Tuesday.

The project was undertaken as sequel to various beautification and uplift works of Lahore Garrison by Corps Commander Lt Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah during the last two years. It was initiated as a gesture of good will by the Pakistan Army for the people.

This is the second project of its kind undertaken by the Lahore Corps, the first being supervision of the work on Bab-e-Pakistan at Walton, which is presently well underway.

The motive is to resurrect the memorable journey of those valiant sons who braved all odds after abandoning their homes during partition, to reach their newly created country.

The conversion of two barren sites into the lush green soothing lawns around Minar-e-Pakistan within a short span of five months, symbolises the intrinsic resolve of the people and the Armed Forces of Pakistan for combined effort towards building and beautifying their motherland.

The main park has primarily been developed into two parts at an estimated cost of Rs 12.6 million, one for provision of a serene environment and respite to people from all walks of life, and the other an amusement park for children.

According to the release, beautiful landscaping with ornamental plants, fountains and clean sitting places have made the park a fine addition to the beauty of Lahore.

A beautifully lighted walkway lined with inscriptions of quotable quotes and embossed photographs of the leaders of Pakistan Movement has enhanced the splendor of Minar-e-Pakistan, a symbol of the determination, pride, solidarity and sovereignty of the brave people of Pakistan.

It may be mentioned that a similar uplift project was undertaken by the Corps of Army Engineers for the beautification of the area around the Quaid-e-Azam’s mausoleum in Karachi.

siamu maharaj

February 12th, 2008, 08:00 PM

Lahorites?

pakboy

February 13th, 2008, 05:08 PM

Renovation of Minar e Pakistans gardens completed
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Lahore district government is planning to divert traffic from the Circular Road between Badshai Mosque and Minar-e-Pakistan and intended to build a public park at the place. Nazim City District Government of Lahore (CDGL), Nazim Mian Amar Mahmood, talking to media personnel, revealed this on Tuesday during an opening ceremony of two renovated parks in Minar-e-Pakistan. The parks were refurbished under the supervision of army, he said, adding, "As a goodwill gesture to the people of Lahore, the army has taken the assignment of renovating the gardens at a cost of Rs 10.26 million."

Furthermore, he cited, "the CDGL is making a plan to divert the heavy traffic from a portion of the Circular Road and restructure the Badami Bagh Bus Stand to the international level." Lahore Garrison Commander GOC Major-General Shaukat Sultan said Minar-e-Pakistan was a vital historical monument, adding that the army had built a new plantation, fountains and artificial waterfalls.

RANA AAA

February 14th, 2008, 03:48 PM

Lahore: Constructed in 1880 and occupied by various personalities of the Pakistan Movement including the Founder, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the 129 year old Faletti Hotel is to be demolished, it was learnt.

The demolition would provide space for a multi storey, $ 20 billion hotel to be constructed by a private company. The new hotel would comprise of three sky high towers. The reasons for demolition of the old hotel are that it is old fashioned, does not incorporate modern facilities and is worn out. Some of the parts of the hotel are badly damaged while others have already lost their strength.

The new hotel would have facilities such as a supermarket, executive offices, restaurants, studying lounge, gymnasium and clubs. It is also stated that it would add to the beauty of the city.

Intoxication

February 14th, 2008, 03:53 PM

Lahorites?

Pakistani journalists. :gaah:

malpensa

February 14th, 2008, 04:03 PM

$ 20 billion hotel ??????WTF another journalistic error

transistorized

February 14th, 2008, 05:02 PM

$ 20 billion hotel ??????WTF another journalistic error

I have seen this exact same mistake over and over again. I think these people think 'crore = billion'. So here he changes $200mil into it into $20 billion.

Jsultan

February 15th, 2008, 12:57 PM

RANA AAA

February 15th, 2008, 05:50 PM

Guys I had heard the news of reopening of the lahore illegal plazas case by the supreme court on Express news channel.any update on it.

It would be horrible if they do that.:ohno:

pakboy

February 15th, 2008, 07:23 PM

this isnt exactly a high rise hotel i thought it would be... only 7 floors high.... come on they would have made this one a little more higher like 15-20 maybe... u know would have looked cool there...!!

what one you talking about flatiss.

last time when the plot was autioned, it said something about 3 40 storey towers with a mall in the base.

pakboy

February 15th, 2008, 07:24 PM

Guys I had heard the news of reopening of the lahore illegal plazas case by the supreme court on Express news channel.any update on it.

It would be horrible if they do that.:ohno:

the supreme court had ordered LDA to hire engineers and check the buildings, they could open probably after they fix their faults/

PakiDoperz

February 15th, 2008, 11:48 PM

what one you talking about flatiss.

last time when the plot was autioned, it said something about 3 40 storey towers with a mall in the base.yea pakboy is right when the plot was sold it was stated that it will consist of 40+ stoties tower, its quite disheartening to read 6-7 stories

pakboy

February 15th, 2008, 11:55 PM

^^
were does it say its 6-7 stories

siamu maharaj

February 16th, 2008, 09:38 AM

^^
were does it say its 6-7 stories
In the Urdu press release.

pakboy

February 19th, 2008, 03:09 PM

lets see what happens now with all upcoming projects, most probably ganja will knock down perveiz elahi boards and put his own ones up.

Jsultan

February 20th, 2008, 09:33 AM

projects will just do fine i hope and i am sure... the projects which are already been initiated cannot be stopped/should not be stopped...

Ganja might also do good.... lets see..!!

pakboy

February 21st, 2008, 12:07 AM

so does anyone know who will be the new nazim of lahore and chief minister of punjab

RANA AAA

February 21st, 2008, 06:49 AM

LAHORE: The Japanese government is likely to extend Rs 588 million assistance by July 2008 to improve sewerage system of the provincial metropolis where the Project Management Unit (PMU) is successfully executing desilting operations.

Japan would take decision on the assistance in July and after which the amount would be used to expand the desilting operations under the second phase of the desilting project, the PMU spokesman disclosed this while talking to the media Wednesday. He further said a delegation of Japanese experts would also visit Lahore after July to reassess the sewerage system of the city.

According to the PMU spokesman, a couple of months back the federal government had sent a proposal to the Japanese government to expand the sewerage system operations in Lahore.

The spokesman said the assistance would include latest machines and trucks that would enhance the working capacity of the PMU's field staff as it would make an easy access to those areas where no desilting operation was launched for the last several years.

The PMU had launched a Rs 789 million mega project in January 2006 in collaboration with the Japanese government that also gave 51 modern machines and trucks for field operations. The personnel of PMU desilt 200 tons waste daily in two shifts from open drains and sewerage pipes in various localities of the city. For the convenience of the citizens, the PMU staff desilts open drains during the day time while sewerage pipes are desilted from 10:00pm to 5:00am in the morning.

Jsultan

February 21st, 2008, 02:50 PM

Red aRRow

February 22nd, 2008, 07:53 AM

Sewerage drain at Misri Shah being repaired:
http://express.com.pk/images/NP_LHE/20080222/Sub_Images/1100355964-1.jpg

Jsultan

February 22nd, 2008, 09:18 AM

some good development in Hotel industry.... cool!!!!!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/scan0055.jpg?t=1203668284

Source: The Nation Feb 22, 2008

Jsultan

February 22nd, 2008, 09:20 AM

no other details available as yet... checked their web site aswell.. but nothing there on this...!!

Jsultan

February 22nd, 2008, 09:29 AM

Accor set to build 12 Ibis hotels in key Pakistan cities
By Shakir Husain, Staff Reporter
Published: May 03, 2007, 00:00

Dubai: French hotelier Accor will build a dozen hotels in Pakistan in a deal with Pakistan's JS Group, a financial services firm, to fill a room supply gap in the mid-range market.

Accor holds a 25 per cent equity stake in the joint venture that will create 2,400 hotel rooms, Accor Middle East managing director Christophe Landais told Gulf News.

"We will develop 12 Ibis hotels over a period of five years in key cities," he said.

The total development cost is estimated to be $156 million. Three sites have been identified in Islamabad, Faisalabad and Lahore.

Ibis is a mid-price brand of the group, which also operates the five-star Sofitel hotels.

"We are also in talks to have Sofitel and Novotel hotels in Islamabad and Lahore," Landais said.

Accor opened the 118-room Mercure hotel at Karachi airport in April while one Sofitel is under construction in the city's Clifton area.

It is aggressively pushing its mid-range and economy hotels in the Middle East and South Asia.

Strong economic growth is increasing business and leisure travel in the two regions, creating demand for more hotel rooms.

In a deal with the Indian subsidiary of UAE-based property giant Emaar, Accor will manage 100 Formule 1 budget hotels in India in 10 years.

"The budget hotels conform to the market needs. Most of other groups are also focusing on it but we feel we have a headstart with Ibis," Landais said.

Most of Accor's new developments in the region are in the non-luxury category.

Accor operates 20 hotels in the Middle East, offering 4,984 rooms, but its portfolio will triple by 2010.

Thirty properties are under construction that will provide an additional 8,247 rooms by 2010.

In the UAE alone the group manages six hotels providing 1,384 rooms and 16 are under construction with a capacity of 5,218 rooms.

The group will have 21 Novotel and 22 Ibis properties across the Middle East by 2010.

Source: Gulf News!!

RANA AAA

February 22nd, 2008, 12:23 PM

LAHORE: District Nazim Mian Aamer Mehmood said that the District Agriculture Department (DAD) would provide 150 thousand saplings to the city during spring plantation campaign.

After inaugurating the spring plantation campaign by plating a sapling in the loan of Jinnah Hall Thursday, he told the media that the city district government would also plant about 20 thousand saplings on all the major roads with the provision of 50 thousand saplings to the educational institutions free of cost. He said the DAD would also provide 25 thousand saplings free of cost to each animal health care centre established in the villages and the centres of the army within the jurisdiction of the CDGL. Whereas, the citizens would also be provided 30 thousand saplings and the city government would sale each sapling on Rs 2 only. Town Nazims Ch Muhammad Ashraf, Tariq Sana Bajwa, and Shiekh Muhammad Younis and nazims of different union councils were also present there.

cntower

February 22nd, 2008, 12:46 PM

Lots of hotels going up lately...ironic that things are more dangerous now than ever, and were seeing more foreigners.

:lol:

brightside.

February 22nd, 2008, 11:52 PM

Just imagine how many tourists and business visitors we'll get once the war in afghanistan is over.

Jsultan

February 23rd, 2008, 11:58 AM

Just imagine how many tourists and business visitors we'll get once the war in afghanistan is over.

that wont happen very soon unfortunately...!! but nonetheless we need more hotels to ease the rush on already packed fews hotels available in Lahore..!!

RANA AAA

February 23rd, 2008, 04:07 PM

I cant understand that why previous governments had not taken special measures to increase hotel industry in PAKISTAN.

After 5 to 10 years we will have some good amount of hotels .That will really boost hte hotel industry.

February 25th, 2008, 12:49 AM

FAISALABAD (February 25 2008): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering providing $6 million from Asian Development Fund and $150,000 from Technical Assistance Special Fund for Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System.

In update project, prepared by ADB Officer Ms Eunkyung Kwon, ADB Department Central and West Asia Department Social Sectors Division, CWRD, revealed that the TA loan provides a key intervention of the long-term partnership between the ADB and Pakistan for the development of Lahore's transport sector.

The TA loan supports a recruitment of a transaction advisor to help formulate, structure, and take to the market a public-private partnership (PPP) for the first priority line of a proposed rapid mass transit system (RMTS) in Lahore.

According to the report, a team of two PSP specialists will be recruited to work intermittently during the implementation of the TA loan. The team will work in close coordination with all interested parties of the Punjab government and the major development agencies active in the sector.

The team will assist the Punjab government to review and comment on due diligence report, financial model, regulatory arrangements, transaction structure, draft agreements, pre-qualification and bidding documents, and evaluation report; and facilitate in negotiating with the bidders.

The expected impact of the SSTA and the ensuing project will be the initiation of a long-term transport system investment program that will enable Lahore to make a greater contribution to national development, while improving in the quality of life for the city residents, including the poor. The SSTA outcome will be an investment project design and financing agreed upon by the government and the ADB.

RANA AAA

February 25th, 2008, 09:19 AM

As the situation of the country is improving day by day the big banks decides to give loan to our promising country.

prevously one of these banks had said no to the gov of pakistan.

^^Now we will see real work on LRMTS.

MTF

February 25th, 2008, 06:14 PM

Any Edenabad ads in newspapers?

RANA AAA

February 25th, 2008, 06:23 PM

Lahore: Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has allowed construction of a hotel in place of a park of a private housing scheme, it was learnt.

LDA had never allowed construction in place of children parks but now it has given new dimensions to encroachers of public property. According to the details, a private housing scheme situated on Raiwind Road has been permitted to construct a hotel on a piece of land which was originally planned as a park. The private scheme had started construction of a hotel on the land which was stopped and demolished by LDA officials. However, after involvement of influential parties, the hotel’s construction has been started once again by declaring it as a private land of the housing scheme, it was learnt.

can anyone spot that private colony and hotel ???

February 25th, 2008, 06:27 PM

Its on a private property yet the are reporting it to be encroachers of public property?? :?

pakboy

February 25th, 2008, 06:29 PM

WHY on raiwind road, they must be talking about resturant, hotel=resturant

February 25th, 2008, 06:31 PM

The last one (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=377179&page=51) had reached 1000 posts. Please continue here.
:cheers:

February 25th, 2008, 06:32 PM

Continue here: Lahore Progress News and Updates (part III) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=18658096#post18658096)

February 25th, 2008, 06:35 PM

RANA AAA

February 26th, 2008, 08:23 AM

:banana:GOOD NEWS for every pakistani from 25 FEB there will be no loadshedding says PEPCO spoksmen.Surprisingly its true till now.No power cuts till now.Cant belive it.:banana:

Jsultan

February 26th, 2008, 02:42 PM

The last one (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=377179&page=51) had reached 1000 posts. Please continue here.
:cheers:

this calls for a celeberation....!! 1000 post for lahore thread..!! :banana::banana:

RANA AAA

February 26th, 2008, 04:01 PM

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool inaugurated Lahore City Heritage Museum established in Tollington Market Building at Old Anarkali here on Monday.

The governor also inspected different sections of the museum and lauded the management for establishing such a museum portraying the history of Lahore. Caretaker Punjab Minister for Culture, Tourism and Environment FS Aijazuddin, Secretary Information Punjab Ashfaq Gondal and Director Lahore Museum Naheed Rizvi were also present on the occasion Speaking on the occasion, the governor stressed the need to preserve and promote the national culture for the identity of the country.

Lahore city has a long history and traditions i.e tolerance, creativity peace and love, he said adding Lahore was also a city of saints, artists, thinkers, scholars and the craftsmen.

"Lahore is known for its stage dramas, poetry, music, gardens, historical buildings and mosques in the world," he added.

Later, talking to newsmen, the governor said that some anti social elements wanted to destabilise the country by creating law and order situation. He urged the people to get united against the evil forces for the progress and prosperity of the country. To a question he said "It is good opportunity for the next democratic government to eliminate terrorism from the country." Maqbool also stressed the need to start research work to preserve the national heritage and added that Punjab government has initiated work in different universities in this regard.

governor enjoying his last days in gov:lol:

February 26th, 2008, 04:08 PM

this calls for a celeberation....!! 1000 post for lahore thread..!! :banana::banana:

This is part III, so it means two such threads had reached the limit.
:yes:

pakboy

February 26th, 2008, 05:42 PM

http://www.lahorerealestate.com/ads/public/img-1204011290.gif

MTF

February 26th, 2008, 05:46 PM

^^Yup i saw their ad on GEO. From 940,000? Is this down payment or what?

pakboy

February 26th, 2008, 06:23 PM

down payment for what? the house or the women

February 26th, 2008, 06:49 PM

:rofl:

MTF

February 26th, 2008, 07:15 PM

down payment for what? the house or the women
Leh! 940,000 for women is too much:nuts:

Plasma.

February 26th, 2008, 08:56 PM

^^ She is fine yaar!! I wouldn't mind

MTF

February 26th, 2008, 11:39 PM

I found this ad on daily times website.
They are building Pace circle near Allama Iqbal International which consist of Residential and commercial complex with Hyatt Regency. Dont know whether it is already posted.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/toka777/Pace-Circle.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii155/toka777/pacecircle-e-latter_05.gif
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/banners/pace/default.asp

Intoxication

February 27th, 2008, 08:09 AM

^^ Its already been posted.

^^ She is fine yaar!! I wouldn't mind

No woman is worth Rs. 940,000.

RANA AAA

February 27th, 2008, 08:29 AM

What about the title of the colony EDEN ABAD "Desi name".could they cant got buyers wid some decents title.

whats the location of this project.

siamu maharaj

February 27th, 2008, 09:13 AM

http://www.lahorerealestate.com/ads/public/img-1204011290.gif
She looks nice.

Jsultan

February 27th, 2008, 02:25 PM

This is part III, so it means two such threads had reached the limit.
:yes:

i was talkin abt part II boss... :) since its the first after i joined...!!

Jsultan

February 27th, 2008, 02:49 PM

I have a question for moderators... KB & FK....

how come i never see a picture of pakistani city on the main page of SSC... when we see Mumbai.. Colombo.. even Dhaka..!!

has there been a day when they displayed karachi or lahore or islamabad...???

February 27th, 2008, 04:00 PM

brightside.

February 28th, 2008, 01:35 AM

We've had Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Shangrila? (dont remember the exact area) as banners :okay:

Can I see those banners somewhere?

RANA AAA

February 28th, 2008, 11:27 AM

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/LAHORE/31%20JAN%202008%20LAHORE/DSC00582.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/LAHORE/31%20JAN%202008%20LAHORE/DSC00581.jpg

work on pc tower still underway cant get the pics.

RANA AAA

March 2nd, 2008, 08:23 AM

The service conducted a total of 108,679 rescue operations

LAHORE: The future fate of the Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue-1122) depends on the new government and hopefully it will keep the service continue as we are not only serving the humanity on merit but also a large number of people are being benefited from it.

This was stated by Rescue Service Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer while addressing a crowded press conference here on Saturday on the rescuing of over 100,000 victims of emergencies by the service since its inception in October 2004.

He said that Rescue-1122 service had achieved a remarkable landmark by carrying out 108,679 rescue operations. He said that majority number of the rescue operations were carried out in the provincial city because Rescue-1122 operation started in other cities quite recent. "The Service has also maintained its average record response time of less than seven minutes.

Rescue-1122 had been acknowledged even internationally as a model of Emergency Preparedness, Response and Prevention, he maintained. Giving the break up, Dr Rizwan observed that the emergency service had conducted as many as 108,679 rescue operations which include 87,859 rescue operations in Lahore, 8,238 in Faisalabad, 1780 in Rawalpindi, 3072 in Multan, 2501 rescue operations in Bahawalpur, 1856 in Dera Ghazi Khan, 2114 in Rahim Yar Khan and 1259 in Sahiwal.

However, he appealed to the people that they should utilize emergency services with moral responsibility, adding that people should dial emergency number only in case of any emergency and never misuse it. "Only timely call can help emergency service in timely management," he emphasized.

He said that the emergency calls to which Rescue-1122 responded included 47percent road traffic accidents, 48 percent medical emergencies, 4 percent fire incidents, 0.3 percent buildings collapse incidents and 0.1 percent explosions.

He recalled that the emergency service started as an ambulance service had turned into a comprehensive system for emergency & disaster management and Rescue-1122 was now providing its services in Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sahiwal after historic success in Lahore. He said that citizens were now being provided with comprehensive emergency response with ambulance, rescue & fire services & DERT (Disaster Emergency Response Teams) by dialing only one emergency number 1122. Thus this service had proved itself first tested, evaluated and cost effective model of emergency & disaster management in all developing countries, he added. The emergency service had been recognized as an excellent pre-hospital emergency system by delegation of foreign doctors who witnessed performance of the Emergency Service, The delegates include Dr. Jane from the United Kingdom, Dr. Ramish P Sing from Nepal and Dr. Sherani from Sri Lanka.

The timely and professional management by Rescue 1122 staff in road traffic accidents, buildings collapse incidents, hazardous material incidents, fire incidents medical emergencies and explosions had saved several victims of spinal injuries from becoming disabled and revived several victims by professionally using the emergency equipment available in Emergency ambulances.

Victims of cardiac respiratory arrest were revived through Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation by trained paramedic staff. Proper management of such incidents could have been possible because of timely help, quality emergency care professional handling and safe transportation during hospitalization.

This is one of the very few good projects by the last gov.

RANA AAA

March 5th, 2008, 02:02 PM

LAHORE: All the departments of the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) have paced up work on all the development projects pending in the city on the special instructions of the higher authorities, The Post learnt on Sunday.

The projects include road construction, patch work, sewage pipe laying and construction of drains.

In this regard, work on a number of under construction and pending roads is likely to complete within a couple of weeks.

This include work on Nabha Road, lake Road, Jain Mandir Chowk, Ghoray Shah Road, Chah Miran Road, Guru Mangat Road Shadman Road and many other mega projects including the construction work and sewage pipe laying on Bhogiwal Road and construction of Ghaziabad drain.

RANA AAA

March 6th, 2008, 06:45 PM

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/LAHORE/14%20FEB%202008%20LAHORE/WAHADATROAD.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/LAHORE/14%20FEB%202008%20LAHORE/WAHADATROAD1.jpg

Work is underway on newly built WAHADAT ROAD.Now they are putting new light poles on the road.

resu eman

March 11th, 2008, 12:08 AM

New city to be developed on Lahore’s outskirts

LAHORE: Lahore will shortly have a sprawling new town to be developed by an Abu Dhabi based construction firm across the river Ravi in the northwest of the city.

To this end, Abu Dhabi Group and the Government of Punjab on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the housing project over an area of 30,000 acres. Akhlaq Ahmed Tarar, Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general, and Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak al Nahayan, Abu Dhabi group chairman, signed the MoU at Chief Minister’s Secretariat. Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Chief Secretary Kamran Rasool, Finance Secretary Salman Siddique and a number of other dignitaries from both sides were at the ceremony.

Briefing reporters later, Kamran Rasool said that the land from Ravi Syphon to Faizpur Interchange and Ravi Bridge had been identified for the project after properly surveying the entire area.

He said the chief minister had set a timeframe of three months to put a regulatory system in place for the project. He said the project was part of the government’s vision to improve facilities for people, and was not a commercial scheme being launched just to earn profit.

“The project is aimed at fulfilling people’s residential needs at affordable rates for which land will not be acquired through coercion. The owners of the land will be given attractive packages,” he said.

Rasool said that ready-to-develop plots would be provided under the project. The chief secretary said that a freshwater lake would also be part of the project, the model of which was being prepared at the Nandipur research centre. He said that plans to set up an education and sports city were being prepared, and the government would provide the latest educational facilities by encouraging standard domestic and foreign educational institutions for this purpose. app

tHIS IS ONE THE MOST STUPID projekts i have ever seen. Whar should have done is:
Make Lahore smaller by building more apartments. Not Lahore bigger so more and more extremly valuable agriculture land is lost. Pakistan will need more land for growing food, because of it`s growing population.

thePakMan

March 11th, 2008, 02:27 AM

Lahore should be more like LA than NY. Big cities have traffic problem hence it's a good idea to make cities in outskirts.

Intoxication

March 11th, 2008, 02:38 AM

^^ LA is not a good example of how a city should manage its population and traffic problems. :ohno:

March 11th, 2008, 03:20 AM

^^ LA has the worst traffic even with gigantic highways.

Intoxication

March 11th, 2008, 03:24 AM

Thats exactly what I'm talking about. Instead of adding lanes to the highways, improve the public tranportation system.

thePakMan

March 11th, 2008, 03:30 AM

True there transportation system sucks. But the city is spread out and very clean.

Intoxication

March 11th, 2008, 03:34 AM

True there transportation system sucks. But the city is spread out and very clean.

Isn't LA renowned for being a heavily polluted city? Its the most polluted city in USA as far as I know.

Abid Siddiqui

March 11th, 2008, 07:06 AM

Hope they will made signal free intersections at outskirts

RANA AAA

March 11th, 2008, 08:01 PM

LAHORE: There are widespread speculations that the government will grant one-day permission for the Basant festival on March 16. However, spring festival to be celebrated in the posh areas of the City including Defence, Gulberg and Model Town and millions of rupees are being spent on arrangement by the housing societies for the parties. The housing societies have sponsored huge sums to arrange the rooftop night parties on different buildings while security arrangements have also been completed. Previously, the Pakistan Horticulture Authority and the city government were barred from celebrating Basant festival which caused millions of rupees loss to PHA. Meanwhile, due to the critical situation prevailing in the country the chances of a ban on the Basant festival can not be ruled out.

Its today news after today blasts I think it will be cancelled.:ohno:

RANA AAA

March 11th, 2008, 08:12 PM

pakboy

March 12th, 2008, 01:19 AM

By the way when i was going to FSD i saw trucks carring sand from the ravi river and was going some were and some type of plant was there which was very close to the ravi river .I thought that it was some project by emaar in which they had to built a city there.SO i guess the work had started...

not sure, there is a few projects in that area, like sports city and the lahore lake project.
dnt think its this emaar city as this deal fell apart ages ago when the new company they formed emaar al bill something broke due to differences between them and their partners abu dhabi group, thats why abu dhabi group went alone on the shiek zayed center, but maybe in future they will make the lake view city them selves is well.