Sindh Govt. & WB Agree to Launch USD $ 02bn Projects for Karachi.

USD $ 02 billion projects for Karachi to make the city one of the most developed and beautiful
cities of the world.

The projects which came under discussion and were agreed to start include Karachi Urban
Mobility project (KUMP) of $400 million dollar; Karachi Water & Sewerage Services
Improvement Project (KWSSIP) of $1.6 billion and Competitive and Livable City of Karachi
(CLCK) of $230 m.

Updates Of Karachi Development Projects.

Furthermore, P&D Chairman Mohammad Waseem informed the meeting that 40 schemes of

Rs. 128,441.255 million have been launched through ADP 2018-19 and this year’s allocation is
Rs. 34,476.292 million.

These schemes include the following:

 Establishment of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law (SZABUL)

 Bilawal Bhutto Engineering College Lyari
 SZB Engineering College Memon Goth
 Establishment of Sindh Institute of Traumatology
 Orthopedics at NIPA
 Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical Complex near Razakabad
 Extension of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT)
 Paeds Unit at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD)
 Shaheed Benazir Bhutto (SBB) Medical College Lyari
 Forensic lab in Karachi
 Establishing 4 courts at Korangi
 Rehabilitation of Karachi Fish Harbor
 100 MGD pump house
  Upgrading of Dhabeji pumping station
 65 MGD additional water supply from Haleji to Pipri
 Revamping of Gujjar Nala
 Rehabilitation of filter plants at Gharo
 COD
 Pipri of 210 MGD capacity
 Improvement of main Hawke’s Bay Road
 Restoration of surroundings of Empress Market
 Establishment of six garbage transfer stations
 Development of two landfill sites
 S-III (Rs3b have been allocated for the project)
 Establishment of five combined effluent treatment plants for which Rs7.9b and Rs2b
have been allocated
 Remodeling of 12000 Road Landhi
 Improvement of road from Fuwara Chowk to Garden via  Abdullah Haroon Road and
back to Fuwara Chow
 Rehabilitation of 8000 Road Landhi from Jam Sadiq Bridge to Dawood Chowrangi,
 Rs1,256m Karachi Neighborhood Improvement Programme (KNIP)
 Establishment of Directorate of Urban Policy & Strategic Planning Unit
 Rs2,364.1m Orange Line (Rs1,129m has been utilized on the project)
 Integrated Intelligence Transportation System
 Rehabilitation of Link Road from Malir 15 to Memon Goth
 K-IV Project Augmentation

The CM further added that various projects were at implementation stage and some projects
were at securing finances and at conceptual stage.

PM Announces Rs. 162bn for Karachi’s Development.

10 of 18 projects pertain to transport system, while seven focused on provision of water

resources.
Karachi - Peshawar Rail Line (ML – 1).

The 1,800-kilometer Karachi-Peshawar Rail, also known as Main Line 1 or ML1, is a major
component of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. China has recently agreed to help
Pakistan upgrade the link for an estimated $8 billion. However, there is concern that the large
price tag could sink Pakistan further into debt, particularly after the government failed to
secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund in the face of a rising balance of
payments crisis.

Gwadar real estate forecast.

Gwadar turned out to be slow in 2018 but there are chances of revival as per Pakistan Real
Estate Forecast 2019 specially because of all the news we are hearing about Saudi and UAE
investments in Pakistan focusing on CPEC and Gwadar. Regardless of the rise or fall in future it
offers valuable returns in years to come and some place where you must invest.

However when it comes to Gwadar I strongly recommend that you stay away from unreliable
private societies and invest only in time tested developers and GDA projects.

 Sangar housing scheme

Sanghar is a GDA project and offers great opportunity for investment and number 01 on our list
in 2019 real estate forecast of Pakistan.

 Marine drive

Marine drive commercials are another area you need to look at in 2019 when considering
investments in Gwadar. It is safe and a very valuable commercial investment of future.

 Open land

The prices are low and investment opportunities are huge in raw land. However you need to be
careful when investing as a lot of complications do exist even now.

 Jinnah avenue commercials

The portion of Jinnah avenue commercial between old airport and coastal highway is lower in
price and attractive for commercial investment in future.
 Expansion & Re-Construction of Existing Line ML-1.
Project Expansion and reconstruction of existing Line ML-1

Project Description: Project Title: Rehabilitation & Up-gradation of Karachi-Lahore Peshawar (ML-

1) Railway Track (1,872 kms).

Scope:
 Doubling of entire track from Karachi to Peshawar
 Speed of passenger trains to be raise from 65/110km/h to 160 km/h
 Freight trains to operate at 120 km/h
 Computer based signaling and control system
 Grade separation to ensure safety of train operations
Responsibility:
 Proposing Agency: Ministry of Railways
 Implementing Agency: Pakistan Railways
 Supervising Agency: Ministry of Communications, Government of
Pakistan

Location: Karachi to Peshawar via Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Rohri, Rahimyar-Khan,

Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujrawala, Rwalpindi, Peshawar.

Estimated Cost (US $ 8,172

Million):

Financing: Work will be carried out by financing possibly through Chinese Government
Concessional Loan (GCL). Work will be awarded through open bidding as per
PPRA rules through EPC contract.

Project Progress  Feasibility completed.

Update:  ML-1 Project declared ‘Strategic’ by 6th JCC in Beijing.
 Framework Agreement on ML-1 signed on 15th May 2017 during PM
Visit to China.
 Commercial Contract for Preliminary Design signed on 15th May,
2017.
 Project will be completed in 2 phases.
 PC-1 of Phase-1 approved by CDWP in May 2018.
 Expected COD 2022.
ML-1 Railways project under CPEC to be completed in 3 phases:
Category : Latest News   Source : Express Tribune   Date : 11-04-2019 
 
Pakistan and China have decided to amend the terms of agreement of the Mainline-1 railway
project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and is now expected to be
completed in three phases. The project now has been reduced to 1680 km from 1872 km, and
will operate under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model through a public private
partnership.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed to amend a framework agreement on

implementation of multibillion dollars mainline-I project of the Pakistan Railways in a bid to
reduce the size of the much-delayed strategically important scheme and to complete it in three
phases.
The decision to split the project, which was once planned to be completed in three years,
suggests that work on the single-largest project of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC) will now take at least six years to complete – from the day of its groundbreaking.
It has been agreed to reduce the length of the project from 1,872km to around 1,680 km,
according to the government sources. The government has also decided to exclude the
component of building a new 163km long double line between Karachi and Hyderabad from the
scope of the framework agreement.
with the upgradation of ML-1, the train’s speed would increase from less than 100 kilometres
per hour to 140 kilometres per hour while the train capacity would be increased from the
current 32 to 171 trains per day.
It has been decided that this component will be executed on Public-Private Partnership or Build
Operate and Transfer Basis if declared feasible after the commercial and financial feasibility
study, said sources in the Ministry of Railways.
Similarly, the Havelian-Textile rail track has also been excluded from the project. The ML-I
project will be completed on the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode under
a sovereign deal.
But like the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, the government of the
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PT) has also failed to decide whether the Chinese loan for the ML-I
project will be taken on the books of the Finance Ministry or that of the Ministry of Railways. In
case the loan is taken on the books of the Finance Ministry, its servicing will also be the
responsibility of the federal government.
An addendum to framework agreement will be signed to amend the Article-II to implement the
ML-I project in three phases. According to sources in the Ministry of Planning and
Development, the supplement agreement will be signed during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s
upcoming visit to China. Khan will visit China on April 27 on an invitation of Chinese President Xi
Jinping.
The original plan was to construct and upgrade the rail infrastructure between Peshawar and
Karachi in two phases and to complete it by 2022. However, so far, both the sides are at the
stage of finishing the feasibility study.
The sources said the Chinese consortium will submit the report by April 15 on the feasibility
design that will provide a base for calculating the cost of the project. Originally, it had been
estimated that the project would cost $8.2 billion, making it the single largest scheme under
CPEC.
According to the original framework agreement of May 2017, China will provide 85% of the
project cost as a concessionary loan. The project has been declared strategically important by
both countries.
This month Minister for Planning Khusro Bakhtiar had said the government has decided to split
the project into more than two phases and to drop some sections that were part of the original
plan of constructing 1,872-kilometer long line of the Pakistan Railways. The cabinet had
approved to set up an implementation committee to review cost, scope, and financing of the
ML-I project.

Three Phases:
Under the phase-I of the project, four sections will be completed in a period of three to four
years. Except for one, almost all these section will be built from Rawalpindi to Lahore.
A 52-km-long second line for running 120km per hour high-speed train will be constructed from
Kaluwai to Pindora. The other sections include upgrading of Nawabshah-Rohri section of
183km, Lalamusa-Rawalpindi section of 118km, and Lahore - Lalamusa section of 132km. The
upgrading of Walton Railway Academy with a reduced scope is also part of phase one.
In the second phase that will also take over three years to complete, Multan-Lahore section
and Kaimari - Hyderabad section will be constructed. The dry port at Havelian will also be part
of the second phase but its scope has been reduced.
In the third phase, Pakistan and China have agreed to construct a Rawalpindi-Peshawar section
and Hyderabad-Multan section. The Taxila - Havelian track has been dropped from the ML-I
scope.
The sources said Chinese contractors have the technical capacity and financial muscles to
complete the three phases simultaneously but the Pakistan Railways cannot afford to close its
commercial traffic and the project has to be implemented in phases that will take more time.
Secondly, Pakistan does not have enough fiscal space to allocate the rupee component in the
development budget in one go.  At present, the Pakistan Railways is picking up less than 04% of
the traffic volume of the country, which the government intends to increase to at least 20% by
2025.
Khuzdar-Basima Road N-30 (110 km.

Project Khuzdar - Basima Road N-30 (110 km).

Project Description: The project is located in District Khuzdar in Baluchistan province. The project
is construction of 2-lane highway from Basima to Khuzdar. The project length
is 110 km.

Location: District Khuzdar in Baluchistan

Province: Balochistan

Estimated Cost 19.19 Billion Rupee

(PKR Rs. Billion):

Executing Company National Highway Authority

/ Sponsors:

Supervising Agency: Ministry of Communications

Project Progress  Feasibility and PC-I completed

Update:  PC-I has been approved by ECNEC on 12-04-2017
 Procurement of Civil Work is under process
 The project Basima Khuzdar has been taken up through PSDP 
Upgradation of D.I.Khan (Yarik) - Zhob, N-50 Phase-I (210 km).

Project: Upgradation of D. I. Khan (Yarik) - Zhob;N-50 Phase-I (210 km).

Project Description: Salient Features of the Project:

 On existing alignment (section of N-50) with geometric improvements

 210 km in length. Improvement / Upgradation of 02 lanes existing
road to 04 lanes. 100 M R.O.W will be acquired to upgrade it to 06 lanes
in future.
Estimated Cost:

 Total (Construction plus land acquisition): Rs.76,486 million

 

Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Balochistan

Executing National Highway Authority

Company /
Sponsors:

Supervising Agency: Ministry of Communications

Project Progress  PC-I Approved by ECNEC on 12th April, 2017.

Update:  Land acquisition in Progress.
 Accorded highest priority in 8th JCC