ARY digital is quoting an interview by Nazim Karachi about a tallest building of Pakistan's ground breaking to be held on 25th June this month. Any info on the project????

ARY digital is quoting an interview by Nazim Karachi about a tallest building of Pakistan's ground breaking to be held on 25th June this month. Any info on the project????
i have seen that some of the projects that seem to be starting soon takes a lot of time in starting while some of the projects become well known after a significant amount of construction has been done.
any one knows what is being constucted beside the FTC Flyover. there is a slim building that is underconstruction for a few months and now they have just installed a big crane like those we see around high rises. i dont know if that is going to be something really tall :runaway:
unfortunately my phone battery was down while i was passing beside it, i will take a few shots of it in a day or two and will share it.

From Dawn:
http://www.dawn.com/2006/06/06/local14.htm

KARACHI: CNG rickshaw launched

KARACHI, June 5: Smoke-free CNG rickshaw taxi has been introduced in Karachi on eve of June 5 World Environment Day. City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal handed over keys of the rickshaw taxi, manufactured with new technology, to the buyers at a ceremony held at Bahria Auditorium on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, Mustafa Kamal said the new technology would bring revolution in transport system in the city, adding it would not affect people belonging to old public transport nor render them jobless.

He said people who were already engaged in transport business would be given more opportunity and in this regard, banks would be contacted and asked to give them facility so that they replaced old technology with new one.

He said for the first time private sector had launched CNG rickshaw taxi which was cheaper as well as environment-friendly and more comfortable for passengers.

The city nazim hoped that it would bring a major change in the transport system in the metropolis and transport business would become a white-collar job.

Sign Tower building: The City District Government Karachi has given approval to the construction of Sign Tower IT building, Pakistan's tallest building, in Karachi.

The building will be constructed in the middle of the city as a joint venture of City Government, I.J.M. of Malaysia and internationally reputed Astra Net Com.

A decision in this regard was taken at a briefing given to City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal here on Monday.

The building will have a 10,000 seats modern call centre while 25 per cent of the electricity used will be obtained through solar system.

The Sign Tower will have a parking capacity for 2500 cars, an auditorium for 800 persons and four mini cinema houses, each having a capacity for 200 spectators.--APP

Some more links about it:

from Pak Tribune:
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=146679


from Business Recorder:
http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=438184&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate=

^^^What is the location of this building?

The website of IJM corporation www.ijm.com doesnt have anything to say about this project considering the ground breaking is scheduled to be so soon.

Mehdi......post those pics of underconstructed building which u mentioned.....as soos as possible....

Mehdi......post those pics of underconstructed building which u mentioned.....as soos as possible....
here are the photos.
http://beta.pixsense.com/SharedGridView.aspx?Referred=bWVoZGlAcGl4c2Vuc2UuY29t&ReferredCollID=MzQ3MQ==&SenderName=SHVzc2Fpbg==
i dont know if its relevant in this thread. its just a guess that its going to be tall :?

Thanks for the pictures, I wonder who is constructing this building... it has reached the seventh floor already.

Also, Mehdi, you might wanna try flickr.com as your picture hosting service. Its a very good website, try it out!

Thanks for the pictures, I wonder who is constructing this building... it has reached the seventh floor already.

Also, Mehdi, you might wanna try flickr.com as your picture hosting service. Its a very good website, try it out!

thanks for suggestion swerveut :)

the reasons why i use PixSense are:

i dont have to do anything to upload the photos. i take photos and they got uploaded on website automatically without doing second click.(i think thats why they write Click Done)
i can share the photos and make them public through my phone without waiting to reach home :)
it supports videos as well. thats a marvellous feature. u might have seen a couple of videos of Dolmen City in one of my shared collections.
the fourth and strongest reason, PixSense has a lot of connection with Pakistan
they have beta right now but users (like me) can make it something like Flickr or Smugmug.:cheer:
there is phone to phone sharing through sms and email etc.
i can comment on photos through my phone that is visible to people watching it on internet.

so i prefer it over others

BTW.. Sign Tower? Why?

25th has passed. any news?? :?

ya i heard about this news as well on ary. but they didn't say much and i haven't seen them talk about it since...

it might be later on bcz their programe called TODAY where they talk to politicians etc and discuss issues and other matters so might be later today...

So any news yet? IJM's website doesnt say anything but it will be updated by the end of the month.

So any news yet? IJM's website doesnt say anything but it will be updated by the end of the month.

No I didn't hear anything either today on ary...they just talked other issues...
does this project has any other website or what?

Same here, didnt hear anything about it in the news.

I have been repeatedly checking the website of IJM Corporation Berhad of Malaysia, which is supposed to be involved with the project. The URL is:
http://www.ijm.com

Their news items havent been updated since the end of May so the information is a little bit old. Maybe they are waiting for the end of the month, then they will upload the latest news.

KARACHI: IT Tower project

KARACHI, July 4: The city government has decided to hire a consultant for the project of the tallest building of Pakistan, the IT Tower at Hassan Square.City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, in this regard, directed the EDO concerned to include local experts in consortium of foreign experts to review the project design.—PPI


http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/05/local17.htm


Finally some information! :D

^^^^
Talkig about the tallest building, those images shown on the link, that building is to slim, it hardly looks like a 40feet by 80 feet building`!!!

if it has to be the tallest that it should have a large base, supposing it to b the tallest meaning +50floors, that building is gonna sway 'to n fro' like hell at the end~!!

Techno-Architect, which image are you talking about? If it's that partially built building near Shahra-e-Faisal then it's not the one because this building is supposed to be in Hasan Square.

This building has probably not even been designed yet. In fact it's only a vision of the nazim/mayor Mustafa Kamal. No deal appears to have been signed and they're still inviting proposals.

i just made the point about that building and then someone asked for the photo and i (finding no other thread) posted the photos
it is obviously not going to be the one mentioned as IT Tower as its near impossible for that building to become tallest building of pakistan due to its thin structure.
Also, it has been under construction for at least 3-4 months (i had been observing it from that time).
thirdly, its not on Hasan Square.
should we have a new thread for this unknown structure? i believe, if its not going to be the tallest here, it will be among the talls(by looking at the way they are constructing it).

People are confusing two buildings. The thread was about Pakistan's tallest building a.k.a 'I.T. Towers' which will be built at Hasan Square opposite the Civic Centre and diagonally opposite the Expo Centre.

I don't know why sombody posted those pics of that other building in this thread as its just confusing the simpletons.

People are confusing two buildings. The thread was about Pakistan's tallest building a.k.a 'I.T. Towers' which will be built at Hasan Square opposite the Civic Centre and diagonally opposite the Expo Centre.

I don't know why sombody posted those pics of that other building in this thread as its just confusing the simpletons.
Sorry my mistake... no one knew much about IT tower when they were posted.

Sorry my mistake... no one knew much about IT tower when they were posted.

Yeah you're right. At that time were were all just shooting in the dark. I guess now its cleared up where this 'tallest building' will be built.

City Govt, Int’l Consortium to construct IT tower

Karachi—The City District Government Karachi and consortium of noted Malaysian, Indian and Dubai companies will sign agreement for the construction of Pakistan’s tallest IT Tower and Call Center building on Tuesday (Today).

Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal will sign the agreement on behalf of City Government whereafter work on construction of IT Tower will start soon.

The 46-storeyed building to be constructed by City Government and private sector has been named as IT Tower and Call Center and will be completed in two years.

The building glasses will have the capability of absorbing energy and later generate power. Some 25 percent of the electricity to be used in the building will be generated through solar system.

The building will have five floors for parking having space for 2100 vehicles, five floors will be meant for City government offices besides having a 10,000 seat call center where over 30,000 educated youth would be provided employment.

It will have four mini cinemas of 200 seats each, an auditorium for 800 persons, library, health centre, guest rooms for 65 persons and a 50-room hotel besides other world-class facilities including an automatic car parking ramp.

The building will have commercial shopping and food centres and a swimming pool.

The building has been designed by a committee of world renowned architects and experts.

Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal said in a statement that construction of this building will promote information technology not only in Karachi but whole of Pakistan and will be Pakistan’s unique and world’s most modern building which will bring a new economic revolution in the country.

He pointed out that with construction of flyovers and underpasses, Pakistan’s tallest buildings, promotion of IT, Karachi has been ushered into a new era and will be a totally changed city in the next few years.

He said Karachi is being introduced as an international business city and completion of this project will open up doors of new employment opportunities whereby jobs will be available to over 40,000 youth.

Mustafa Kamal said the projects started in the last 6 months are now nearing completion and have set an example in the country’s history.—APP

http://www.pakobserver.net/200607/18/news/karachi01.asp?txt=City%20Govt,%20Int’l%20Consortium%20to%20construct%20IT%20tower

KARACHI: Deal on IT Tower today

KARACHI, July 17: A deal would be inked between the city government and a consortium of companies of India, the UAE and Malaysia on Tuesday evening for construction of an IT Tower and Call Centre in Karachi.

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal would sign the contract on behalf of the city government. The 46-storied IT Tower and Call Centre would be built near the Civic Centre. It would be completed in two years. It would cater 25 per cent of its power needs through solar energy.

The building would have five floors for parking of more than 2,100 vehicles. Its five stories would be reserved for offices of the city government. It would house a call centre with 10,000 seats. It would provide jobs to 30,000 educated youth.The building would have four mini-cinemas, an auditorium with capacity for 800 people, library and health centre, a guestroom for 65 persons, 50-room hotel and other modern facilities. It would have its own shopping and food centres as well as swimming pool.—PPI


http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/18/local21.htm

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The proposed rendering....

HORRIBLE!

They could have done a MUCH better job with the architecture.
It looks too massive and lacks any elegance or smoothness.

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The proposed rendering....
for me, the design is good, but the way this rendering is done is surely not good. the angles it shows make it look ugly. actually, if some building with this design is looked from this angle, it will surely look different than its looking in this picture. i think, the near and the far side of the front are of same height.

Mehdi is right. The design is good but the rendering is horrible. I just hope this gets built. It would have been better had it gotten built on I.I Chundrigar Rd.

^ Its actually good its being built near Civic Centre. I expect much better buildings on I.I.C, especially with the Saudi's now investing, this building would look really out of place with the new buildings that will come up there.

It may be the tallest but it stands no chance (design wise) against the MCB Tower.

Nazim inks agreement for 46-storey IT Tower



By our correspondent

KARACHI: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the construction of IT tower/ complex will bring an economic revolution not only in Karachi but also in the whole country.

He said this while signing an agreement on behalf of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) for the construction of tallest 46-storeyed building in the megapolis - IT Tower and Call Center - costing about 200 million US dollars, with the consortium of Malaysia and Dubai firms here on Tuesday. The construction on the project would start soon.

The representatives of three firms - Dato Chye Koon of Malaysian IJM Corporation, Rakesh Gupta of Astra Netcom Limited and Sarafarz H Rizvi of Mal Pak Limited - inked the agreement at a ceremony where DCO Karachi Fazlur Rehman was also present. On the occasion, Director of Astra Netcom Limited Syed Vachani explained the salient features of the project.

Speaking at the ceremony, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said that with the construction of Pakistan’s tallest building in Karachi, the country would join the international economic and commercial markets.

“We are working for the progress of Pakistan and to bring prosperity here and this building will provide an infrastructure whereby investors from the world over would be able to carry out trading at one place,” he added.

Mustafa Kamal described the occasion a golden evening, saying that the city government was going to write a new history not only of Karachi but also of the whole of Pakistan.

He said the objective behind the construction of IT Tower was not to raise a building but it had the philosophy of economic revolution behind it.

He informed that in the US business processes of 200 billion dollars were being outsourced, adding, “A significant share of it can come to our country if we have the required infrastructure”.

The Nazim said this building would yield long-term benefits for the country.

“If the companies of 100 countries get call centers here booked, it would help establish Pakistan’s trade relations with those 100 nations, besides building up its soft image there,” he added.

He said this building would keep yielding revenue to the country for the next 100 years while 40,000 educated youth would get employment and there would be enhanced foreign investment.

Mustafa Kamal pointed out that call centres world over had become a source to alleviate unemployment and declared that more such buildings would be constructed and this process would keep on going.

The 46-storeyed building, to be constructed by the city government and private sector, will be completed in two years.

The building’s glasses will have the capability of absorbing energy and later generating power. Some 25 percent of the electricity to be used in the building will be generated through solar system.

The building will have five floors for parking having space for 2,100 vehicles, besides five floors will be meant for city government offices. This project will be having a 10,000-seat call center where over 30,000 educated youth would be provided employment.

It will have four mini-cinemas of 200 seats each, an auditorium for 800 persons, library, health center, guestrooms for 65 persons and a 50-room hotel, besides other world-class facilities including an automatic car parking ramp.

The building will also have shopping and food centres and a swimming pool.

A committee consisting of world-renowned architects and experts has designed the building.

The Nazim said that the construction of this building would promote information technology not only in Karachi but whole of Pakistan and it would be a Pakistan’s unique and world’s most modern building which would bring a new economic revolution in the country.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=16244

http://www.ijm.com/
http://www.astranetindia.com/

IJM seems to have two projects at hand now in Karachi - the Jinnah bridge to Airport Expressway, and this building.

Funny thing is, their website still doesnt state them as their projects. It makes sense for the IT tower because they just inked that agreement, but they dont even include the expressway in their active projects list as yet.

http://dailytimes.com.pk/images/2006/07/19/20060719_27.jpg
KARACHI: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the construction of the IT Complex would generate massive revenue, create thousands of job opportunities and benefit the economic progress of the city.

The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) signed an agreement with the IJM Corporation Malaysia and Astra Netcom Limited and Malpak Limited Dubai for the construction of the IT Tower, Pakistan’s tallest building, at a ceremony held Tuesday.

He said that the complex would not only be the tallest building of Pakistan but it would start a new era of economic progress where people from all over the world could start their business activity. Moreover, extraordinary modern facilities would also be available for them, he added.

Kamal said that the complex would bring financial stability not only to the CDGK but also to the people of Karachi. It would have the capability of generating revenue for the CDGK for the next 100 years, he said.

The groundwork of the project is complete and the CDGK is committed to complete the construction of the complex in two years, he said.

The IT Complex would utilize solar energy to generate 25 percent electricity of the required power for the building. It would also have shopping centres, swimming pool, health centre, four mini cinemas, auditorium, five floors for car parking, a hotel of 50 rooms, guest rooms accommodating 65 people at a time, he added.

Daily Times Online Edition Wednesday, July 19, 2006 (http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\19\story_19-7-2006_pg12_3)

http://dailytimes.com.pk/images/2006/07/19/20060719_27.jpg
KARACHI: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the construction of the IT Complex would generate massive revenue, create thousands of job opportunities and benefit the economic progress of the city.

The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) signed an agreement with the IJM Corporation Malaysia and Astra Netcom Limited and Malpak Limited Dubai for the construction of the IT Tower, Pakistan’s tallest building, at a ceremony held Tuesday.

He said that the complex would not only be the tallest building of Pakistan but it would start a new era of economic progress where people from all over the world could start their business activity. Moreover, extraordinary modern facilities would also be available for them, he added.

Kamal said that the complex would bring financial stability not only to the CDGK but also to the people of Karachi. It would have the capability of generating revenue for the CDGK for the next 100 years, he said.

The groundwork of the project is complete and the CDGK is committed to complete the construction of the complex in two years, he said.

The IT Complex would utilize solar energy to generate 25 percent electricity of the required power for the building. It would also have shopping centres, swimming pool, health centre, four mini cinemas, auditorium, five floors for car parking, a hotel of 50 rooms, guest rooms accommodating 65 people at a time, he added.

Daily Times Online Edition Wednesday, July 19, 2006 (http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\07\19\story_19-7-2006_pg12_3)

My opinions:

solar energy to generate 25 percent electricity of the required power for the building - I doubt about that (a moderate 30 people office require around 20 KWatt. in an average suny day in Karachi, we can get maximum of 100 Watts/sq.m in Sun hours. it means, for such an office, we will be needing 5KWatt from solar cells that requires around 50 sq meters solar cells. which is obviously a huge area for solar cells)
shopping centers - a very bad idea for an IT building. stationery and computer accessories shops seems fine.
swimming pools - seems no reason for it to be there in IT building.
health center - no opinions about it.
four mini cinemas - 1-2 are fine, 4 are too many.
auditorium - very good idea
five floor car parking - i wish we can have more. in karachi, traffic jams are 90% caused by lack of proper car parking places.
Hotel of 50 rooms - good idea.
guest room - good idea.

I think 50 sq meters of solar panels can easily be fitted on different sections of the building windows. Not very hard to do.

Other than that:
- swimming pools: may be related to the hotel
- same goes for health center
- 50 room hotel room: VERY LITTLE NUMBER OF ROOMS! considering the proximity to the Expo center, a lot more rooms would be in a high demand!
- Guest room: wtf? a guest room? and only one? come again? whats the hotel for? whose guest?

i have done some more calculations to find out that .. yes.. its possible to have solar cells used for generating 25% electricity for the building, provided the following conditions fulfilled.

a 30 persons office is normally around 50X50 sq feet = 15.5 X 15.5 sq meters.
if one of the walls is completely used for Solar cells, exposed externally to the sun, it makes around 15.5 X 3.5 sq meters = 54.25 sq meters

the wall should be on the sun side as they will be static.

if 10000 people are going to be there in the building, there will be approximately 333 such offices that we discussed. this means there will be a need of 50X333 sq meters of solar cells. that makes around 16650 sq meters.
0.01 sq meter solar cell costs around 10 USD. this means 16650 sq meters solar cells will 16.65 Million USD or around 1 Billion PKR. this is a 200 Million USD project so 16.65 is around 8.325% of the total budget. its practical.

Construction work has already started:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/kt10208/Development/IT_tower.jpg

good news. Red_arrow thanks for the update.

Quite shocking indeed that construction work has started!

REd Arrow please mention the source of this photo...and what is this location can u tell us please?

Here is the location of the construction:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/kt10208/Development/it_tower2.jpg

The intersection is known as Hassan Square and on one side is the Karachi expo centre while on the other is the Civic Centre + Radio Pakistan towers.

I think the design would be better if it were slimmer and taller.

By the ways, the support for Lebanon on this forum is awesome

Wow...the rendering is decent not bad. It's a solid design; infact it's better than the IT Tower in Lahore.

And they already started construction....well how about that!

Am I dreaming? How can they possibly start construction so fast? *Pinches himself* No I dont believe it! ITS LIES ITS ALL LIES!


:tongue3: :jk:

the design is good and also a positive point about this is which is better than most of the buildings in pakistan that it will have solar panels and will produce 25% of its own electricty which is important...so not bad at all....prob the best in this way...

When is this project supposed to be completed?

I believe its 2 years.

in 2-years time.

Is it anywhere near that MCB tower?

It is near the Expo Centre, which is in Gulshan.

Ohh...Red Arrow sorry....I was asking for the source without having an eye on the JANG PHOTO tag in the picture u posted :p lol.....sorry again....and thanks again
but I would add one thing that....as swervue said, the design must be altered....it can be made more beautifullll.

I don't mind whatever design they chose, as long as they complete it fast. This design isn't too bad, and if they make a more complex design, it'll probably take more than 2 years to complete.

I dont know what you people are talking about I think its more than decent (design)

http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/admin/News/Images/TOWERrrrrr.gif

I think it isnt a suggestion-making topic....Its a debate...where the contestants must explain there suggestions and then the jury decides who will win!!!

^^Same ad in newspaper:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/kt10208/Development/it_tower3.jpg

Salam,

1. Metropolitan IT Park.
2. World Technology Center. (as in World Trade Center).

....???


:D ... no prize though. Just a thought :runaway:

Peace.

IJM still doesnt mention this or the Shahrahe Faisal expwy on their website...

hope they update it soon with detailed architectural plans.

^ The work on the expressway would be starting in mid-August, I wonder why they have not updated their site yet :s

Just a comment about the seemingly useless amenities such as a swimming pool/health centre/cinema. IF I'm not mistaken, many advanced IT centres around the world have these kinds of facilities to attract IT workers and provide them with an attractive environment. IT/call workers usually work overnight and having these kinds of facilities eases the psychological toll of feeling isolated from their usual day-oriented society when they're probably sleeping.

Or, the pool and health centre could just be a compliment to the hotel.. or both.

Some people don't, but I like the architecture.. it looks simple and professional, very functional, no nonsense.

Yes, I agree with Sikandar. Also I like the design too. Quite simple and functional.

As for IJM not updating their site..well construction companies are quite notorious in that department. I know couple of very big construction companies which get so many contracts that they don't even feel the need to have a web presence or to market themselves. Probably IJM website was a one time effort and then it's not updated regularly. Anyway it doesn't matter, if construction is starting then who the f*ck cares about their site.

I think the architecture could be more modern and streamlined though. Currently it looks like a building out of the early 90's.

I guess it might suit Karachi's envirnoment maybe.

My relatives live very close to Hassan Square, im going back to karachi this summer, Inshallah i'll try to take some pics if anything becomes prominent at the site.

As far as naming the building is concerned I wish that they would keep things simple and just call it the "IT Tower". What's wrong with that name? It's simple, modern and adequately describes the main purpose of the building.

Calling it the Pearl Plaza, or Ruby Tower doesen't make much sense. And I hate long tongue twisting names like Maulana Eteshamul Ul Haque Thanvi Rahmatulla Alleh Tower. With apologies to the father of the nation, I think naming Karachi Airport as Quaid e Azam International Airport was not a great idea. It is beyond the capacity of most people, especially foreigners, to pronounce. That's why when you land in Karachi they just announce "welcome to Karachi airport".

So I wish they will just call it the IT Tower and leave it at that. But with all the promised prizes and name plaques they seem to want something much fancier. I just hope they don't call it the Quaid e Awam Tower of Power.

I agree with that, IT Tower seems fine.

Plus I dont want the tallest building of Karachi to have a name like "Bismillah Tower" or "Burj al IT" or "Hameeda Heights" etc. etc.

Hameeda Heights!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Most of the famous tall buildings around the world have simple names with the last word being "tower". E.g. Sears tower, Petronas twin towers, CN tower..and if they dont have "tower" at the end, they are still simple.

I'm just thinking, if we need another tower like this one, what are we going to call it.."IT Tower 2"? I think it would be better if we gave this one a simple, yet unique name. Nothing like Hameeda Heights or whatever, but still unique. Maybe something which would identify its place such as Gulshan Tower, or Gulshan IT Centre..

lol all this is just an idea..

I hope they dont come up with "Muttahida Plaza", certainly the MQM Government would want to be associated with this tower!

*tries starting a 'Hameeda Heights' chant*

I'd be in favour of something like "1 Hassan Square".. something that's simple but not generic, and something that would bring attention to the location and announce the building as being the heart of that location.. because it's a very important point in Karachi, with the Expo Centre, Civic Centre on that intersection as well.

IT tower seems fine, or may be "IT Icon", still simple.

My fear is that usually in competitions, decisions tend to go to the more "interesting" names because creativity is the #1 priority in naming competitions. Probably not a bad idea for naming a sports team, but for a professional building.. probably not, but let's see.

I don't favour IT Tower.. I mean.. why not "Office Tower" or "Call Centre Tower" then? It's simple, yes.. but it's also generic and gives the assumption that more IT towers won't be popping up in Karachi, and that this will be the only one, thus "IT Tower" is fine and no need for clarification.

Sikandar you are absolutely right, but in competition normally tendency is more nationalistic, which i fear can happen while naming this plaza!

Hopefully sensibility will prevail, but my guess is they'll name it something a little too quirky or futuristic for my liking.

:hahaha:

Also I hope they dont come up with cheesily egotistical sounding names like IT Presidency, even IT Icon seems kinda cheesy to me.

Maybe something professional that identifies the building with what it does - Karachi Call Centers Bldg...
or 1 Technology Plaza

actually scratch that, Plaza is a name for a very specific type of urban development.

1 Technology Center or 1 Technology Tower would be more appropriate.

[QUOTE=Karachiite] I think naming Karachi Airport as Quaid e Azam International Airport was not a great idea. It is beyond the capacity of most people, especially foreigners, to pronounce. That's why when you land in Karachi they just announce "welcome to Karachi airport".
QUOTE]

I think karachi's airport name is simple and short... every one can pronounce it easily.

Its "Jinnah International"

^ It was recently changed, before it was Quaid-e-Azam Intl.

As far as naming the building is concerned I wish that they would keep things simple and just call it the "IT Tower". What's wrong with that name? It's simple, modern and adequately describes the main purpose of the building.

Calling it the Pearl Plaza, or Ruby Tower doesen't make much sense. And I hate long tongue twisting names like Maulana Eteshamul Ul Haque Thanvi Rahmatulla Alleh Tower. With apologies to the father of the nation, I think naming Karachi Airport as Quaid e Azam International Airport was not a great idea. It is beyond the capacity of most people, especially foreigners, to pronounce. That's why when you land in Karachi they just announce "welcome to Karachi airport".

So I wish they will just call it the IT Tower and leave it at that. But with all the promised prizes and name plaques they seem to want something much fancier. I just hope they don't call it the Quaid e Awam Tower of Power.


juss pronounce this

Heathrow Airport
Stansted Aiport
Kensai Airport
Chep Lap Kok Airport

Its really for a person with a good english acsent but wut abt the ppl who go abroad from Pakistan with not so good english....isnt it a problem fer them to pronounce these words.....think as we being foreigners in some country~! :weirdo:


If the americans can give John F. Kennedy Airport the name after their president y not us>?

As for the tower goes, the name should be modern and not after any person belonging to any sphere.....~!

Whoever named their airport Chep Lap Kok Airport should be ashamed of themselves.

juss for the info
Chep Lap Kok is Hong Kong's new airport which is also currently the world largest airport designed by Foster & Patners. It will be surpassed by Beijing Aiport in 2008 which is again designed by Foster & Patner.
Chep Lap Kok must mean smth in chinese and it must be important to them so they put it up......

Hameeda Heights!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

hahahah
n the next one with be Rasheeda Heights.....

jst a lil off topic but sorry to say we have another shopping mall called CHOICE shopping mall somewhere underconstruction in khi...saw the ad on geo today and it made me turn the tv of in disgust.

I'm all for using Urdu words for high profile projects. It establishes our pride in our own language and culture. When the Arabs call the world's tallest building "Burj Dubai" it raises the prestige of Arabs and the Arabic language. Similarly the Chinese use the their own language to name things. Also, in London the English will never ever name a skyscraper "Shahi Minar", so why are we naming a building in their tongue?

That said, unfortunately we even speak to each other in the language of our colonial masters. In fact, we've been asked not to speak in Urdu by our own countrymen in this forum.

Furthermore, the Urdu we speak is now so anglicised that we don't even bother to coin local words for new technologies. For example, what's the Urdu word for "Information Technology"? None I believe. Under these circumstances the best we can hope to do is name the building IT Minar and salvage some of our lost pride - maybe. How about Alif Tey Minar?

Some suggestions in Urdu...

عمارت براءے تکنیکِ آگاھی
مرکزِ تکنیکِ آگاھی
۱۔ جگَھِ اطلاعات
کراچی منزلِِ ٹلیفونی

KARACHI: IT Tower: clarification

KARACHI, July 26: A spokesman for the city government has said the construction work of the proposed IT Tower has not yet started.

Clarifying a photo of the tower published in a section of the press, the spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday that it was the picture of a guarder made for the under-construction Hasan Square flyover. —PPI

http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/27/local18.htm


I really thought it looked like a beam for the flyover instead of tower construction work... I guess this proves it.

I'm all for using Urdu words for high profile projects. It establishes our pride in our own language and culture. When the Arabs call the world's tallest building "Burj Dubai" it raises the prestige of Arabs and the Arabic language. Similarly the Chinese use the their own language to name things. Also, in London the English will never ever name a skyscraper "Shahi Minar", so why are we naming a building in their tongue?

That said, unfortunately we even speak to each other in the language of our colonial masters. In fact, we've been asked not to speak in Urdu by our own countrymen in this forum.

Furthermore, the Urdu we speak is now so anglicised that we don't even bother to coin local words for new technologies. For example, what's the Urdu word for "Information Technology"? None I believe. Under these circumstances the best we can hope to do is name the building IT Minar and salvage some of our lost pride - maybe. How about Alif Tey Minar?
main aap sey ittefaq karta hoon 100 feesad(100%)...:)
yes i agree with u on point that alot of modern sceintific terms have no urdu ...
......that's because of our negligence ......we all have not focused upon making urdu a modern language............. while all other countries have done that......... atcually we Pakistanis always see for a shortcut and to make urdu a scientific language is a difficult and patient task .....so we've adopted shortcut and started speaking english...........which is already a scientific language and lies in acordance with modern scientific needs...........
sorry 4 becoming off topic
and yes the name "It minar" or "ikeeswin sadi(21st century) ka minar" or "jadeed minar" or "nia minar"....................or something like that..........:)

^ Well lets post in English please, such are the rules and its much easier for people to read who are not so good with the urdu language.

you guys just reminded me of amma tower. LOL

btw, what ever happened to it.

^ I saw it while going to the Passport office in Saddar, its still under construction and they've only managed like 3-4 floors.

One rule for creativity in Urdu, BORROW FROM PERSIAN! Thats an advantage we have for Urdu. Since it was made out of so many different languages since the start, if we cant find a word for something in Urdu, its easy to just borrow the equivalent word from either Persian or Turkish!

Btw Pakimuslim and Karachiite, Minar is a name for a very specific kind of tower so I doubt minar can be effectively used for a building. I would suggest more creative word searching. You dont have to translate directly from English for a name to be correct. Theres equivalent naming practices in Urdu too. Thats why I used Manzil and Merkaz as examples.

I really like the location of the building!! camera's will most likely catch this building during international cricket games :). as well as foreigners coming to the expo center :). nice way to create a softer image i would say.

Amma Tower :lol:

So when will this get underway; God please I hope it starts within the next year!

It has been ages...any news on this guys...it sounded like a quick start by the CDGK but never took off...what happened to it...

I think they are just waiting for the Hasan Square flyover to complete, as the IT Tower's plot is being used to dump construction material for the flyover.

can u post any google images or pix of this location!!

can u post any google images or pix of this location!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/kt10208/Development/it_tower2.jpg

This is the Hassan Square intersection pre-flyover days. The red circle marks the plot for the I.T. tower. Diagonally opposite to it is the Karachi Expo Center. Dab smack in the middle of the picture right below the intersection is the Civic Center which houses the offices of the Karachi city government.

I think they are just waiting for the Hasan Square flyover to complete, as the IT Tower's plot is being used to dump construction material for the flyover.


thats right .. that is what i heard from one of my friend back in karachi

Okay. Thanks RED ARROW. That really helped. I went to Karachi really fer the first time but since Im an archi student i can easily recognize the place. I went through this place. Actually i went to take a presentaion on KARACHI MASTER PLAN 2020 by the CDGK, so its juss opp to their office. I ll post the pix soon of the flyover n the CDGK office.

The construction work hasnt started yet but I dont think that plot is being used for dumpin etc

nice

btw Wutz the name of the horizontal n vertical roads?

The Karachi Expo centre didnot really impress me by its design. I expected it smth extra-ordinary design.

Yeah techno It did disappointed me too when I first saw it few years back.....At first it doesnt give a look which comprise of a modern state-of-the-art expo centre....

Well the road on the facing of Expo centre is University road and the other is probably Sir Shah Suleman road(I am not sure about it), this is the same road which leads to the National Stadium going from Civic centre.

http://epaper.dawn.com/Web/Article/2007/01/07/023/07_01_2007_023_005.jpg

This ad apprears in today's Dawn. A change in the last rendering, it seems. All glass looks better, I think, except that it should NOT be green!:ohno:

Is it me or is DAWN website down today??

Is it me or is DAWN website down today??

Works fine at my end.

the building looks cool... frankly, we need gazillions of such IT Parks!

the building looks cool... frankly, we need gazillions of such IT Parks!
Can you put gazillions in a number figure for me?:lol:

for now, 1 gazillion may be taken as just 1! I don't want to distract the govt. They might end up building not even one. ;)

This ad apprears in today's Dawn. A change in the last rendering, it seems. All glass looks better, I think, except that it should NOT be green!:ohno:

:lol: And in Daily Jang paper edition, it was printed BLUE :D.... This GREEN must be a contrast sort of problem.

The building looks hot! Kinda like a building coming up in Queens, NYC (and no, this one isn't a copy or even an inspiration). The only thing I dislike is the location. It'd be stupid to have a lone 45-story structure. Wish it was in some business district.

Welll It is much required there....because theres not a single noticable structure near the Stadium....After its completion...atleast the world can know that theres some tall structures in Karachi(on tv)

looks like theyve updated the exterior design... kudos!

wtf... " A gift from Syed Mustafa Kamal" the city nazim "for the citizens of Karachi"

Is he financing it out of his personal money? :wtf:

^ :lol:

Thats so true, someone should ask him this!

wtf... " A gift from Syed Mustafa Kamal" the city nazim "for the citizens of Karachi"

Is he financing it out of his personal money? :wtf:

how much is it worthy to mention the small, unneccessary and negative things out of the project news?
Motorway is a gift from Nawaz Shareef, Nuclear technology in Pakistan is a gift from ZABhutto, Development projects throughtout the country and Economic revival is a gift from Musharraf, the green revolution is a gift from Ayub Khan etc etc never state that they have put their own money in the projects.

And look how it's mentioned as Quaid's city....I hope they are referring to Quaid-e-Azam and not the Don 'Quaid' sitting in London smoking weed. :lol:

When did Musharraf say it was a gift? When did ayub make that comment?

But What about the Man with transplanted Hair :P lol.....He always says that MOTORWAY IS OUR GIFT TO THE NATION. And many a times current government has stated about their projects....Like Mushi and Shoki often presided the meetings in Gwadar(or anywhere else) stating Gwadar Port their Gift to Balochistan. Well this is point of no issue. Actual issue is the IT TOWER....Where did these GIFTS come from....:P?

But What about the Man with transplanted Hair :P lol.....He always says that MOTORWAY IS OUR GIFT TO THE NATION. And many a times current government has stated about their projects....Like Mushi and Shoki often presided the meetings in Gwadar(or anywhere else) stating Gwadar Port their Gift to Balochistan. Well this is point of no issue. Actual issue is the IT TOWER....Where did these GIFTS come from....:P?
Nawaz Sharif should be assigned to maintain his gift to Pakistan by being the one who is responsible for cleaning the M2.:lol:

Remember these are all politicians, and it's in their nature to point out all the good things they've done.

It's true anywhere, but especially in Pakistan, that to get anything done requires a tremendous amount of willpower and determination. The alternative is to sit back and take it easy, in which case nothing happens. Out of all the government figures, elected or not, how many are there that are making things happen? Only a handful. For the rest the end goal of all their efforts is to get the job and once they're in that's the last you hear about them - till the next election.

For the good guys the position they achieve is a means to an end, with the end being to do some thing constructive, build something etc.

Mustafa Kamal is one of those who's actually trying to use his position to build something. He may make mistakes but at least he's trying his best.

The motorway was also an act of will by one man, Nawaz Sharif. It may not have made much economic sense, so no one else would have built it but because Nawaz pushed it through at least we now have a high quality highway that sets the standard.

Welll It is much required there....because theres not a single noticable structure near the Stadium....After its completion...atleast the world can know that theres some tall structures in Karachi(on tv)

There doesnt need to be a tall lone structure over there though. If such a huge building needs to be develped, a better location would have been I. I. Chundrigar as at least then there would be a proper skyline instead of having just one lone tall building in a sea of apartment complexes.

Well I am not against this development though even though the location isnt a great choice. This could probably be developed as another small buisness area aside from I. I. Chundrigar.

and it is very very dangorous for the airplans landing or taking off form the jinnah international. Even at shahra-e-faisal (which is far away fron the landing path) highrisies are not allowed because of airport, at Gulshan-e-jauhar more then 9 floors in a building is not allowed. i dont know how they passed the plan to build such a huge building almost aligned to the runway.

The CAA height restrictions in Karachi are probably the most aggressive in the whole world. What they've done is taken the airport as the center and created CIRCLES around it with height limits that extend to the furthest ends of the city. Even in the most advanced societies they don't draw circles for the air corridors, they draw FUNNELS that represent the LIKELY directions from which airplanes are likely to approach.

If they're doing away with the ludicrous restrictions then it is a good thing.

Hasan square is too far from the airport for this height.
about Gulistan-e-Jauhar, there are Rufi Twin Towers that are under construction and i think they are 17 floors. the site is at Pehelwan Goth hardly 500m from the runway. Also, parallel to Runway are Bismillah Towers and Alpine Plaza underconstruction that are going to be 18 and 16 floors too. though none of them are alined in the direction of the runway, so its safe and approved from CAA.

Supposedly will be inaugurated this month. Read in Dawn.

and it is very very dangorous for the airplans landing or taking off form the jinnah international. Even at shahra-e-faisal (which is far away fron the landing path) highrisies are not allowed because of airport, at Gulshan-e-jauhar more then 9 floors in a building is not allowed. i dont know how they passed the plan to build such a huge building almost aligned to the runway.


mostly planes come to Karachi international airport comes from malir side// even if they enter in karachi flying over arabian sea.. they go parallel to shahra-e-faisal towards malir and then make U-turn to land.. and on he other side they take off towards malir side becasue air flow from arabian sea is towards malir side most of the time of year in karachi that gives plane extra force when they take off ... and same as when they land air pressure agaiinst the movement of plane helps in slow down...

Hey? IT TOWER has no relation to the Air routes in Karachi :( its just gonna be 46 or some 500 ft. high ....no comparison...

I think 90% of the time I've seen planes take off and pass over the PAF Faisal Base, so I've always had a glimpse of the air base everytime I've travelled ..

Depends on where you are going really. If going up North, the plane goes toward Gulistan-e-Jauhar and then takes a 90-degree turn. It does, however, always land from the Malir side regardless of where it's coming from. Been that way on every flight in my last 20 years of travel.

the major concern is always while landing. they not always land from Malir side. during winter aircrafts land from PAF Faisal Base side. thats like 10-15 days in an year. aircraft climb pretty fastly while taking off but they make very low angles while landing. but still, IT tower is not close to any threats due to its height. Landing aircrafts from West fly over Saddar at around 1500+ feet and above PAF base at around 700+feet and then over COD road at around 300+ feet. thats what sems to me.

I was just wondering whatever became of this project.:poke:

Good question, I think it will be delayed as the City Govt. is now planning to construct the rest of the Hasan Square Flyover and the IT Tower land provides the major source of material dump for the constructor or should I say Mehran Associates.

By our correspondent

Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, exercising his discretionary , has approved 1: 12 ratio instead of 1:6 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for the IT tower 47 storeyed building adjacent to the Civic Centre, Karachi.

The IT tower will be constructed with through joint ventures with different international organisations.

Informed sources said approval was given at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister , under the bye- laws, , and regulations stipulating construction on any plot could be done with a ratio of 1: 6 while in Clifton Block 1 to 4 at coastal belt construction was allowed to a ratio of 1: 9.

City government had recently submitted a summary before the CM and he used his discretionary powers and allowed ration of 1: 12 for IT towers . OT tower will have 10,000 call centers , various franchises, parking lot and CDGK offices, offices of CDGK and private entrepreneurs.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=51828

Just wondering, who the fuck is CM Sindh to approve building designs? I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't even a university graduate!

"exercising his discretionary" the CM might aswell read it as "dictionary"

:lol:

^^

Anyway its a good sign .... and hopefully we will have more highrises in Clifton / Defence Phase 8......
Also, may be now the Dolmen City Towers will have their original height of 60 floors.

Also, may be now the Dolmen City Towers will have their original height of 60 floors.

u wish :-P

I think we should count the amount of floors this Chief Minister has taken off the projects and add them onto a danda and do what IslamicRenaissance suggested.

why doesnt musharraf remove this guy?

After All, 60% of our GDP comes from Karachi and Musharraf is a mujahir, so why doenst he take this step and remove this nalaik CM and send him to live Nawaz in Saudi Arabia

^^ did u mean muhajir or mujahid :horse:

oops, muhajir

HAHAHAHHA

Well I cant understand why the hell those summaries are prestented to the CM??? CDGK must be independent to approve/disapprove the FAR and all the by laws as they have their very own KBCA....WTF???

KARACHI: The construction of Pakistan’s tallest 47-storey IT tower adjacent to Civic Centre started at a cost of $200 million with the signing of an agreement in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal signed the agreement on behalf of the City District Government Karachi and Gochi Kon on behalf of the Malaysian construction company IM Technologies, a consortium of IGM Investment, Jable-Ali Limited and Mall Park Limited.

The consortium will construct the IT tower in 24 months, which will consist of three shopping malls of international standard, 12,000-seat call centre, 240-room five-star hotel, business centres and car parking facility for 2,100 vehicles while 50,000 people will be given employment opportunities.

Addressing the ceremony, Mustafa Kamal said that the cooperation of Malaysian companies and investments made by them in ongoing mega projects in Karachi will prove helpful in bringing the two countries closer to each other.

He said the importance of the project can be judged from the fact that 4,000 out of 10,000 call centre seats have already been booked before the beginning of work. He was confident that by working together, the IT complex project could be completed much before the stipulated timeframe of 24 months.

status changed to U/C.

Lets see how it goes. I suppose it would start actual visible construction sometime after the elections and hopefully complete in 2010.

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/6112/page2ws4.gif
Proposed render(originally posted by Mehdi in 2006)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/kt10208/Development/it_tower2.jpg
Google earth picture of the location (originally posted by Red aRRow)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5230/15febittoweraol8.jpg


from what i can tell i think the area shown in the picture is behind the civic center and if thats the case have they changed the location of the tower? got this picture from CDGK website

from what i can tell i think the area shown in the picture is behind the civic center and if thats the case have they changed the location of the tower? got this picture from CDGK website



this is what i am talking about
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5793/ittowercopysp8.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/610/singcermittowera1vv6.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9007/singcermittowera2qd0.jpg

IJM Corporation Berhad (104131-A)
Announcement
February 14, 2008

Updated : 14/02/2008

Contract Award for the Proposed Construction and Completion of IT Tower Complex at Hassan Square, Karachi, Pakistan


IM Technologies Pakistan (Private) Limited (“IMT”) has been awarded a contract by Karachi Development Company Limited (“KDC”) to construct and complete an IT Tower Complex at Hassan Square, Karachi, Pakistan. The contract sum is USD197 million (approximately RM632 million) and the contract period is 30 months.

The IT Tower Complex comprises 3 levels of basement car park facilities, a 6-storey retail and commercial podium and a 41-storey high rise IT Tower, which will also contain a call centre and a 240 rooms hotel.

IMT is a 60:40 joint venture company between IJM Investment J.A. Limited (“IJMIJA”) and Malpak J.A. Limited. IJMIJA, a company incorporated in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IJM Construction Sdn Bhd, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. KDC is a wholly-owned company of City District Government Karachi, Pakistan.

None of the Directors or major shareholders of the Company, or persons connected with them, has any interest, direct or indirect, in the transaction.


http://www.ijm.com/announ_080214.htm

Yeah that "new site" mention in your post is an empty lot, it was previously used for the vehicles that were in police custody (?).

dude i think they built a flyover on this intersection?!?!

oh n yes, if you ever head northbound towards civic centre from the stadium, check out the overhead road sign!! its funny

I hope they wont just dig foundations and go to sleep like other projects are.

hope kbca dont interfear in the construction work and let the malaysian company work as agreed, so we can c the building completion during the agreed tenure

kbca??

karachi building control authority

KBCA is under the control of Mustufa Kuddal...so no chance for those poor guys..

Is this building constructed outside the populated areas?
Don't know where is this location on Karachi map ?

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/6112/page2ws4.gif
Proposed render(originally posted by Mehdi in 2006)

Building looks better than IT tower planned for lahore.

dude i think they built a flyover on this intersection?!?!

oh n yes, if you ever head northbound towards civic centre from the stadium, check out the overhead road sign!! its funny

Yeah they have enough space for fly over. I hate those round abouts.

Building looks better than IT tower planned for lahore.

No need for such a comment.

Yeah they have enough space for fly over. I hate those round abouts.

There is no roundabout anymore they constructed flyover last year.

Building looks better than IT tower planned for lahore.

Well the one in Lahore will be 17 floors and this will be 46. Both of them are different.

kbca??

:sleepy:

Malaysia to construct tallest building in Karachi
Sunday, February 17, 2008
By our correspondent

KARACHI: The construction of Pakistan’s tallest 47-storey IT tower adjacent to Civic Centre started at a cost of $200 million with the signing of an agreement in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal signed the agreement on behalf of the City District Government Karachi and Gochi Kon on behalf of the Malaysian construction company IM Technologies, a consortium of IGM Investment, Jable-Ali Limited and Mall Park Limited.

The consortium will construct the IT tower in 24 months, which will consist of three shopping malls of international standard, 12,000-seat call centre, 240-room five-star hotel, business centres and car parking facility for 2,100 vehicles while 50,000 people will be given employment opportunities.

Addressing the ceremony, Mustafa Kamal said that the cooperation of Malaysian companies and investments made by them in ongoing mega projects in Karachi will prove helpful in bringing the two countries closer to each other.

He said the importance of the project can be judged from the fact that 4,000 out of 10,000 call centre seats have already been booked before the beginning of work. He was confident that by working together, the IT complex project could be completed much before the stipulated timeframe of 24 months.

^^ posted twice before.

^^I only saw the pictures :(

Is this building constructed outside the populated areas?
Don't know where is this location on Karachi map ?



Building looks better than IT tower planned for lahore.


latest render is different than this one

its very encouriging to see work already started at the site.. and hope all goes well for this project to be completed in time...!!

There an information board regarding the project, contractor etc up on the site just next to the Civic centre. This tower's gonna be built on the plot which used to be the car parking lot of Civic Centre and of course cars are being parked ON THE RAOD now.

Can anyone post the pic of the site.

Nothing is different from the last picture posted...

^^ I meant this..:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5230/15febittoweraol8.jpg


from what i can tell i think the area shown in the picture is behind the civic center and if thats the case have they changed the location of the tower? got this picture from CDGK website

Seriously if this project and the one in Lahore get completed on time our software industry will get a lot of boost. No kidding.

There is no roundabout anymore they constructed flyover last year.

Can some one post a picture of that. Are u serious the fly over is completed.

:)

Can some one post a picture of that. Are u serious the fly over is completed.

:)
You must be new here.

^^ hahahha things in Karachi dont take more than 4 months to complete, perhaps Mustufa Kamal would ask his up-coming son or daughter to come out in 4 months.

^^ hahahha things in Karachi dont take more than 4 months to complete, perhaps Mustufa Kamal would ask his up-coming son or daughter to come out in 4 months.

I can just imagine the conversation. "Beta jaldi ker, time nahi hai".

Then the very next day, he will appear in media saying:"Dekhen hum nay ye sara kaam ahead of schedule kiya hay, hum nay takhtiaan lagaanay mein waqt zaya nahin kiya, hum nay ziada koi dramay bazi nahin ki, pehlay aap dekhen 60% kaam hogaya tub main nay aa k takhti lagaai hay. JAMAT-e-ISLAMI walay sirf batain banana jantay hian...blah blah blah" hahahahahhahaa

^^ :rofl:

:hilarious

U guys are jokers!:lol::lol:

:rofl:

Can some one post a picture of that. Are u serious the fly over is completed.

:)

I think this is the one.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2425/4250712734a94267df3bcu0.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4250712734a94267df3bcu0.jpg)

Can some one post a picture of that. Are u serious the fly over is completed.

:)

Go to Karachi thread in Landscapes and Cityscapes section. Post#977

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/2222413118_b0d35573c6_o.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/nn.jpg

Thanks mtf777

^^ One of the crappiest thing I've ever seen, another only in Karachi: Look at the yellow-black markings on the side walls of the flyover, not only on the flyover but wherever they built this sort of wall around that area they painted it like that :sad:

^^ One of the crappiest thing I've ever seen, another only in Karachi: Look at the yellow-black markings on the side walls of the flyover, not only on the flyover but wherever they built this sort of wall around that area they painted it like that :sad:

Well its better than "Chalo Chalo Nishtar Park Chalo":nuts:

^^ One of the crappiest thing I've ever seen, another only in Karachi: Look at the yellow-black markings on the side walls of the flyover, not only on the flyover but wherever they built this sort of wall around that area they painted it like that :sad:

Its there hobby or they just only learnt that.I also hate those they are on almost every road.

can anyone give some different colours combitions except yellow black.People from abroad pakistan can hekp us.

^^ One of the crappiest thing I've ever seen, another only in Karachi: Look at the yellow-black markings on the side walls of the flyover, not only on the flyover but wherever they built this sort of wall around that area they painted it like that :sad:

I think Yellow/black markings are easy to spot as they use it in a lot of side protection on high altitude roads/bridges.

HEy i am not talking about the marking on the footpath, rather they coloured the whole seperating wall with large back to back yellow and black arrows. It looks crap.

HEy i am not talking about the marking on the footpath, rather they coloured the whole seperating wall with large back to back yellow and black arrows. It looks crap.

In blackouts ( load shedding ), these markings help vehicles realizing how far they are from the wall. It really helps. Second, it helps in reduction of wall chalking. At least, they are better than "Aamil bangali ganjoo" aur "Qazi ko reha kero werna..."

In blackouts ( load shedding ), these markings help vehicles realizing how far they are from the wall. It really helps. Second, it helps in reduction of wall chalking. At least, they are better than "Aamil bangali ganjoo" aur "Qazi ko reha kero werna..."

Hmmm that point of view is right...:cheers:

I believe its a great idea! I remember when the Sharea Quaideen flyover was opened I went to get a snap and managed one which said "Perfume Chok"

Sad! :ohno:

I believe its a great idea! I remember when the Sharea Quaideen flyover was opened I went to get a snap and managed one which said "Perfume Chok"

Sad! :ohno:
What the hell is this "Perfume Chok"? They have painted this "Perfume chok" on many different places.

Malaysia to construct tallest building in Karachi

http://www.pakrealestate.com/upload/news/1089/1_thumb.jpg

The construction of Pakistan’s tallest 47-storey IT tower adjacent to Civic Centre started at a cost of $200 million with the signing of an agreement in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.



City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal signed the agreement on behalf of the City District Government Karachi and Gochi Kon on behalf of the Malaysian construction company IM Technologies, a consortium of IGM Investment, Jable-Ali Limited and Mall Park Limited.



The consortium will construct the IT tower in 24 months, which will consist of three shopping malls of international standard, 12,000-seat call centre, 240-room five-star hotel, business centres and car parking facility for 2,100 vehicles while 50,000 people will be given employment opportunities.



Addressing the ceremony, Mustafa Kamal said that the cooperation of Malaysian companies and investments made by them in ongoing mega projects in Karachi will prove helpful in bringing the two countries closer to each other.



He said the importance of the project can be judged from the fact that 4,000 out of 10,000 call centre seats have already been booked before the beginning of work. He was confident that by working together, the IT complex project could be completed much before the stipulated timeframe of 24 months.



Courtesy: The News


http://pakrealestate.com/news/viewDetail.aspx?News_ID=1089

What the hell is this "Perfume Chok"? They have painted this "Perfume chok" on many different places.

This b****** has setup a thela of perfumes in Gulistan-e-Jauhar and has hired people to spray paint the word "Perfume Chok" in nearly every wall of the city.

He pays the fine gentlemen for the spray paint and they do their job.

Sickens me how you can use public and private property to advertise your business, and sickens me even more then no one has taken action against it.

Speaking of that, the guy who runs the perfume chok is apparently some guy who's got a bachelors degree and he couldnt get a job and all that jazz ...

Speaking of that, the guy who runs the perfume chok is apparently some guy who's got a bachelors degree and he couldnt get a job and all that jazz ...

That must suck. His behaviour shows he's taking out his frustration.

Malaysia to construct tallest building in Karachi

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The construction of Pakistan’s tallest 47-storey IT tower adjacent to Civic Centre started at a cost of $200 million with the signing of an agreement in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.



City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal signed the agreement on behalf of the City District Government Karachi and Gochi Kon on behalf of the Malaysian construction company IM Technologies, a consortium of IGM Investment, Jable-Ali Limited and Mall Park Limited.



The consortium will construct the IT tower in 24 months, which will consist of three shopping malls of international standard, 12,000-seat call centre, 240-room five-star hotel, business centres and car parking facility for 2,100 vehicles while 50,000 people will be given employment opportunities.



Addressing the ceremony, Mustafa Kamal said that the cooperation of Malaysian companies and investments made by them in ongoing mega projects in Karachi will prove helpful in bringing the two countries closer to each other.



He said the importance of the project can be judged from the fact that 4,000 out of 10,000 call centre seats have already been booked before the beginning of work. He was confident that by working together, the IT complex project could be completed much before the stipulated timeframe of 24 months.



Courtesy: The News


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They had changed the design what wrong wid the old one.Got some larger pics??

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Drilling work has been started for IT Tower

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At last some great news :banana2:

looks huge site .

That thing in the middle (on the right to the crane) looks like the new entrace to the Civic Centre.

if my memory still working ..wasn't this area used to be car parking? if yes then now where those huge number of cars will be parked?

^^on the main road!:nuts:

^^ True...

It was a lot for the Police. They used to store the cars that were recovered but were never picked up by their owners. I think they auctioned them a few months back.

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So which version are they building? The second one looks far better, even though the pic is tiny.

I think its the first one, the second one looks like it was just picked up from the internet by someone.

nice to see the project being worked on aggressively!!

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I saw this design for the IT tower which looks much better than the original one.can anyone confirm the authanticity of the design.:nuts:

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YOUR ALIVE! :banana:

whats the V mean

whats the V mean

Vonderful

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YOUR ALIVE! :banana:
KarachIte

And this pic isn't of IT Tower, if it's indeed a Pakistani pic. The location looks like it's somewhere near Boat Basin.

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YOUR ALIVE! :banana:

Its some other dude. He's a new member, just joined.

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YOUR ALIVE! :banana:

Karachiite is alive and last visited March 27 at 4:10pm but hasn't posted since Feb 17.

Surely not IT Tower. There is no sea in the surrounding of civic centre.

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I saw this design for the IT tower which looks much better than the original one.can anyone confirm the authanticity of the design.:nuts:


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Banks sign accord for IT Tower’s financing




By Our Staff Reporter

KARACHI, April 18: A consortium of banks on Friday entered into an agreement to act as ‘joint lead arranger’ to mobilise funds for construction of country’s first IT Tower being built by the Karachi Development Company Ltd (KDCL) at an estimated cost of Rs12.5 billion.

The Ijara Financing Inc are the exclusive financial advisors for the 47-storey IT tower complex.

The member banks of the consortium are: National Bank of Pakistan, Arif Habib Bank, Emirates Global Islamic Bank and Atlas Bank Ltd.

Speaking at the signing of the accord, State Bank of Pakistan Deputy Governor Yaseen Anwar appreciated the commitment of consortium banks, and said it was even more encouraging that huge funds were being mobilised at a time when generally a credit crunch was being badly felt in the US.

“It shows that there is a good liquidity in our banking and financial sector,” he said.

Yaseen Anwar further said that the complex would send strong signals around the world and help attract foreign direct investment (FDI) which was badly needed for a sustained economic growth.

He said that the country had witnessed a unique experience as 80 per cent of national assets were shifted to the private sector in a couple of years. “Therefore, private-public partnership in the IT complex will be another landmark achievement, particularly at a time when other nations have already moved ahead.”

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, who is also chairman of the KDCL, said that the IT complex was originally conceived by the KDCL, and it would provide jobs to over 40,000 people, of whom 50 per cent would be women.

He disclosed that work had already been started on the complex site near Civic Centre.

Work pertaining to designing and construction has been awarded to the IJM Corporation of Malaysia, and the project would be completed in 30 months.

The IT Tower complex would have a 10,000-seat call centre, which would be the largest in the world, he said.

He disclosed that there was an overwhelming response to the call centre as 5,000 seats had been booked, “which compelled us to stop further booking.”

The nazim said that there was a great potential and Pakistan could have its due share in the IT sector and it was the right time when India has reached a saturation point and the IT business is shifting to Philippines and South Africa.

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hope the work on this project starts pretty soon, since cost of construction is increasing day by day

UPDATE TIME! :banana:

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Fantastic! Good work Brightside.

^^ Nice updates! :cheers:

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Awesome! :happy:

^^really an amazing update.

Go brighty go :cheer:

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no airliner flys nearby that area how com it cud bcum a problem of not issuing f**cking NOC.

Kuttay k bachay hain sub yahan per.... sub k L*nd kaat k phenk do...Is say pehlay wo kala kawwa ARbab Ghulam RAheem ch**tya KFT ki height kam ker k chala gaya..ab ye nayi pukh i hay...

The remaining part of the article also says that the project would have to be scrapped if the CAA remains bent on keeping the height to 20 floors because then the project would lose its value and become unfeasible for the Malaysian firm.

Pure bullshit. If anyone has seen HongKong airport. There are Skyscrapers near airport. Hasan Square is so far from airport and not even in the line of runway. Only the crappy politics or stupid logic can support the decision of making this building any shorter.

This is what happens when you give too much power and authority to one particular organization. The CAA, in this case. Fine, so they are managing the airports well, to some extent, at least, but that does not give them the authority to dictate terms to everyone around them. Why stop legitimate development in an urban centre whose main airport will have to shifted away from the city centre in the coming years in any case. Everyone knows that.

i dont know what the hell is the problem with authoraties in Pakistan wether Sindh govt or CAA or KBCA anyone of them have problem with any of the highrise project proposed in the city and i dont know what the problem is with CAA first they have problem with dolmen city height at clifton beach they reduced it than they had problem with KFT height now they have problem with IT Tower height it seems like karachi is an exceptional city where highrises are always creating troubles even in London there are lots of highrises where dozens of aircrafts are in air every time and their civil aviation authorties have no problem so i dont understand why our CAA have so much problem tho karachi is not even near busy as london is.

i dont know what the hell is the problem with authoraties in Pakistan wether Sindh govt or CAA or KBCA anyone of them have problem with any of the highrise project proposed in the city and i dont know what the problem is with CAA first they have problem with dolmen city height at clifton beach they reduced it than they had problem with KFT height now they have problem with IT Tower height it seems like karachi is an exceptional city where highrises are always creating troubles even in London there are lots of highrises where dozens of aircrafts are in air every time and their civil aviation authorties have no problem so i dont understand why our CAA have so much problem tho karachi is not even near busy as london is.

every1 wants to have share from the booty, whether its CAA, KBCA or Sindh Govt. Every1 wants to grab lions share of kickbacks in approving project. Mark my words from the current scene of power war btw CDGK and Sindh Govt. it apparaent that all positive development coming through CDGK are going to be end soon . Bye Bye IT Tower

Planes do fly VERY VERY low around this area. That's wrong, but that's how it is. My office building is 2-story and a little far from here (Karsaz). I once say a Jumbo Jet fly so low, it'd have run into anything above 8 or 9 stories. It may sound unbelievable, but I'm actually serious. It was flying un-freaking-believably low. You could throw something at it and hit it. That, of course, was the day when a storm hit Karachi, but even otherwise planes fly extremely low here. I've several times seen planes that can easily hit a 47-story building. Having said that, they fly so low maybe only coz they don't need to ascend quickly. CAA should change the guidelines for that.

ye sara chukar political hai when there is no political stability there is nothing for financial stability "mulk main projects bhe har idaara apni mohren laga kar pura karna chahraha hai ye sb CDGK main problems create karna chahrahe hain take is ko house of problems keh k khatm kar diya jaye" lets hope for the best and pray for this projects

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inward / outward journey routes for most flights through Karachi Airport

observations using youtube videos

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They can build it somewhere else

Its under construction!

Abay yar How can a plane fly at a height of 600ft. and it is several kilometers away fro mthe airport, illogical.

CAA just wanna says PAI JAAAN thoday jaye paisay sannu ve deoo

hate this negative approach to everything! man... let this country grow and prosper GOD DAMIT....

hate this negative approach to everything! man... let this country grow and prosper GOD DAMIT....

Dear !! these are the real fact we all know that

New Render of IT Tower from CDGK's website, but the image is too small.

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I.T TOWER PROJECT WILL COMPLETE IN 2 YEARS. CITY NAZIM
08 Jun 2008:

Karachi June 08: Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the I.T Tower project will take nearly 2 years to complete after which it will be the biggest call centre in the world. The Call Centre in Sydney presently regarded as the biggest call centre with 8 thousand call seats whereas the I.T Tower in Karachi will have 10 thousand call seats under one roof.

He expressed these views while talking to media representatives during a visit to Sindh I.T Expo 2008 on Sunday.

Nazim Karachi said that the city government has used latest Information Technology to provide more convenience to citizens. The I.T Tower and Toll Free number 1339 are unique all over the world.

He said that the call centre training has been arranged by the city government for the youths of the city where foreign experts and instructors have been hired. The first batch of 7500 trainees would soon complete their training. City Government is spending nearly 60 thousand rupees on each trainee and these youths would get respected jobs after getting training.

Nazim Karachi said that this is the era of technology and we should use it for the service of mankind. The new technology could provide more facilities and convenience in our daily lives.

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source: ittowerkarachi.com