Problems of

Developmental
Projects in
Pakistan
WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE?
▪ The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for
the operation of a society or enterprise.
▪ Projects are funded publicly, privately or through public-private
partnerships.

▪ Transportation, communication, sewage, water and electric systems

waste disposal services, housing, educational and health care facilities,
research and development functions and necessary training facilities,
parks, public pools, and libraries.
PLANNING COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
▪ Financial and public policy development institution of the Government
of Pakistan.

▪ Modernization of Infrastructure
▪ Institutional reform and modernization of the public sector
▪ Value-addition in Commodity Producing Sectors
▪ Export promotion
▪ Water and food security
▪ Private sector-led growth and entrepreneurship
IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
▪ Economic Growth
▪ Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
▪ Infrastructure investments and maintenance can be very expensive
▪ The returns to investment in infrastructure are very significant
▪ It ensure improvement in quality of life.
HOUSING SCHEMES
▪ Defence Housing Authority (DHA)
▪ Bahria Town
▪ Royal Residencia
▪ Askari Housing Scheme
▪ Fazaia Housing Scheme
▪ City Housing Scheme (Gujranwala)

▪ The Hyderabad Development Authority's (HDA) Incremental Housing

Scheme (Khuda-ki- Basti)
▪ The Orangi Pilot Project (OPP)
PROBLEMS Of Housing
Projects
▪ Slums
▪ Landlords
▪ Unfinished Repairs or Renovations
▪ Rising Rental and Sale Prices
▪ Security Issues
▪ Unstable Power Supply
▪ Late Delivery of Lands and Properties
SOLUTION
▪ Housing resource centers at the district levels which will gather and
package up-to-date information about public and private sector housing
options.
▪ Pilot projects
▪ Innovative packages to increase the client base and expand housing
access to those in most need of financial support.
PROBLEMS of Educational developmental projects

▪ In rural areas, almost 90% of people are illiterate.

▪ Gender Discrimination
▪ Cost Of Education
▪ Education System is based on Unequal Lines
▪ Regional Disparity
▪ Lack of Technical Education
▪ Funds
▪ Untrained Teachers
▪ Poverty
SOLUTIONS

▪ Estimating the value of education

▪ Implementation instead of projecting policies
▪ Allocation of funds should be made easy from provinces to districts and
then to educational institutes.
▪ Workshops for teachers
▪ Technical education must be given to all the classes.
▪ Teachers, professors and educationists should be consulted while
devising any plan, syllabus or policy
POWER SECTOR
PAKISTAN POWER SECTOR – CURRENT
SCENARIO

 Electricity demand-supply gap 5,000 - 6,000 MW

 Load-shedding of up to 6-10 hours per day
 Annual Demand Growth around 5-6%
 Electricity demand projected at 31,000 MW by the year 2020.
ELECTRICITY GENERATION

 Wapda produces 66.5% electricity with

 13083MW.
 Shortage 2000MW.
 Demand increasing 7.4% per annum.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

 Dasu Hydropower Projects

 Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project
 Golen Gol Hydropower Project
ISSUES IN THIS SECTOR
▪ Capacity issue
▪ Investment public private partnership (PPP).
▪ Tariff issue
▪ Fuel supply
▪ Effective regulation
▪ Subsidy issue
▪ Impact of power sector subsidies
TRANSPORTATION
PROBLEMS

▪ Inconsistent Govt. Policies

▪ Improper Maintenance
▪ Lack of Roads in Rural Area
▪ Violation of Rules
▪ High Corruption in Road Funds
 SOLUTIONS

▪ Make Law for Continuance of Projects

▪ Proper Check and balance
▪ Roads for Rural and Agriculture Area
▪ Charge High Fines
DIVISIONS IN PAKISTAN RAILWAY
▪ Currently Pakistan railways has seven divisions:
▪ Lahore
▪ Multan
▪ Rawalpindi
▪ Karachi
▪ Peshawar
▪ Sukkur
▪ Quetta
PROBLEMS

▪ Union activities
▪ Overstaffing
▪ Corruption
▪ Shortage of Funds
 SUGGESTIONS

▪ Privatize
▪ Complete Projects
▪ Eradicate Corruption
▪ Proper use of funds
 AIR TRANSPORT (HISTORY OF AIRLINE)

▪ Air transport has probably never been more important to the

development of a new nation than in the case of Pakistan.
▪ In June 1946, when Pakistan was still in the offing , Mr.Mohammed Ali
Jinnah, the Founder of upcoming nation, instructed Mr.Ispahani , a
leading industrialist to set up a national airline on apriority basis. With
his singular vision and foresight.
▪ Mr. Jinnah realized that with the formation of the two wings of Pakistan
separated by 1100 miles a swift and efficient mood of transport was
imperative
INTRODUCTION PIA

▪ Pakistan International Airline(PIA) is the national flag carrier of Pakistan.

▪ National airline and main cargo service around the world.
▪ Central points of actvity are as:
1.Jinnah International Airport Karachi
2.Allama Iqbal Airport in Lahore

3. Islamabad International Airport

PROBLEMS
▪ Rapid increase in fuel prices, labor cost, navigation and airport charges.
▪ Taxation
▪ Effect of politics
▪ International Airlines operating in Pakistan
▪ Poor management
▪ Low or Poor maintenance
▪ Over staffing
▪ Corruptions
▪ Flight delays and cancellations
SUGGESTIONS

▪ Privatization
▪ Bail out packages
▪ Acquisition of new Aircrafts
▪ Effective Management
▪ Special incentives
 Why most of the Projects Fails in
Pakistan
 Incompetent Contractor,
 Delay in Procurement of long lead items,
 Delay in Payments to Contractors,
 Inaccurate Cost Estimates,
 Inaccurate Project Schedule & Incompetent Project Team,
 Lack of cash flows &
 Lack of Change Control Process
 Government or Regulatory Changes
 Law & Order Issues
 Lack of Risk Planning
 Organizational Changes
 CONCLUSION
“Infrastructure is the backbone of socio-economic
development of a country. A nation can not be
self reliant unless it evolves a large scale
infrastructure network. We should not depend
upon International aid for development. If we
want to get off from crises, we should start saving
resources individually.”
THANK YOU