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API Assignment#4
API Assignment#4
role in the economic development of the country. We see that there are many companies
operating in the construction sector be it public or private. However, the major players include:
1. National Highway Authority (NHA) was established by the Act of Parliament with the
highways and more important highways assigned to the NHA by the government. NHA
operates about 39 national highways, that transports about 80% of the commercial traffic.
It behaves like the backbone of the transportation infrastructure and has a significant role
the construction of one of the most important highways that is the Karakorum Highway.
Not only this FWO contributes to the development of communication and transport
networks that includes the building of streets, airports train lines. Moreover, it is
3. another well known player in the construction sector is the Sardar Group of Companies
famous for their luxury living sectors. Centaurus Mall in Islamabad is a project of the
Sardar group, and are working on Centaurus mall 2 in taj residencia a housing project in
the capital.
4. Habib Rafique Pvt. Limited is a well-known name in the housing and infrastructure and
real estate development along with powerhouse construction. Recently it can be seen
involved in significant projects like the Lahore smart city and the capital smart city.
When talking about cement, Pakistan is the 11th largest exporter of cement in the world
as per the statistics of 2020. Conversely, its contribution to the world market is 2.3%,
which is negligible. First thing is that Pakistan already has some footing in the
international market and has to improve it. The World’s largest exporter and consumer of
Cement are China, which currently has very strong ties with Pakistan. Pakistan can
export cement to the areas of China which are connected by the Pakistani border and use
Pakistan’s cement in Chinese projects going over in Pakistan majorly CPEC (China
Pakistan exported its cement to Afghanistan, India, Oman, and South Africa. South
Africa banned Pakistani cement imports due to anti-dumping charges. The ban has been
lifted recently on 17 December 2020, Pakistan can again export its cement to South
Africa as the major raw material coal is imported from South Africa, which depicts some
relations within the industries of both countries. The construction market of South Africa
can be exploited as 20-30% of Pakistan’s cement exports were to South Africa in 2015-
16, which would be assessable now. The ties with Afghanistan had been improving but
the betterment process has been halted due to the current incident related to the abduction
neighboring country but it is also subject to cheap Iranian cement competition but can be
exploited by further diversification in prices and quality. India is also a potential country
to export; continuous efforts are on the way to improve relations with India. Pakistan had
been exporting cement to India but the exports have decreased due to current unhealthy
76% of Pakistan’s clinker exports. The demand from Bangladesh is steady and expected
to increase with the growing population and non-availability of indigenous raw material
locally. However, exporting clinker is not that profitable as exporting cement due to less
value addition. Bangladesh also imports cement; Pakistan could give attractive packages
for cement export to Bangladesh to capture its market and increase cement exports.
The cement sector can improve its footing in the international market by firstly increasing
increase from 69 million tonnes to 99 million tonnes, which equals a 40% increase in
can be seen in the bar chart below. This increase in capacity would primarily increase the
cement is on average 182 kgs, while the world average consumption is 500kgs.
Moreover, the excess yield of cement could be exported and the overall share in world
References
https://invest.gov.pk/housing-and-construction
https://sigmaproperties.com.pk/top-construction-companies-in-pakistan/