BRIEF ON GWADAR SAFE CITY PROJECT

Updated status of Revision of PC-I (Phase-I):

 Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives (MoPD&SI) held a

progress review and consultative meeting and notified a Steering Committee
for GSCP under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Planning.
 A meeting of Steering Committee was held on August 30, 2022, wherein it
was recommended that the revised PC-I would be prepared in consultation
with Inspector General Police, Islamabad.
 On the direction of the Steering Committee, a meeting under the
chairmanship of I.G. Police Islamabad/ DG Islamabad Safe City Project was
held on 03-09-2022 and it was recommended that PC-I should be
rationalized and modified to the extent of Army Police & IT, building and
design, Human Resource and Emergency Response Centre.
 Pursuant to the said recommendations, series of meetings under
Chairmanship ACS (Dev) with all stakeholders were held and finally revised
PC-I was rationalized with cost and scope.
 The revised PC-I with the cost of Rs. 4966.905 million was submitted to
P&D Department for holding PDWP meeting.
 On 13th September, 2022, PDWP meeting was held under the Chairmanship
of ACS (Dev) wherein, revised PC-I was approved and the project was
recommended for consideration by the CDWP.
 The revised PC-I has also been uploaded on IPAS by P&D Department.
 Pre CDWP meeting was conducted and 20 observations were raised by
Planning Commission & Finance Commission which was removed on 21 st
October, 2022 and the revised PC-I with reply of observations uploaded on
IPAS.

Appointment of Independent Project Director:

 Pursuant to the decisions taken in meeting of Steering Committee for

Gwadar Safe City Project, dated 30-08-2022, the Home & T.A Department
initiated the hiring process of Independent PD, GSCP and advertised the
post in leading newspapers of Pakistan i.e., Dawn, The News, Jang on 31-
08-2022.
 In response to that advertisement, 23 candidates submitted their CVs for
the Post of PD, GSCP.
 The recruitment process for appointment of PD has been completed and a
summary thereof has been processed for approval of Hon’ble Chief Minister
Balochistan.