Egypt to build high speed electric rail line on Suez Canal

Egypt on has signed a contract worth $4.5 billion with a consortium led by Siemens for the construction of its first high-speed train line, connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. The Egypt state television reported the signing of a document providing for “the development, implementation, supply and maintenance for 15 years of the first […]

HVDC Matiari-Lahore Transmission line becomes operational

The flagship power transmission project of Pakistan under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has become operational according to the timeline of the agreement on 1st September 2021. In this regard, a ceremony was held at WAPDA House Lahore, attended by NTDC Managing Director Engr Azaz Ahmad and Ms Zhang Lei, President and CEO of PMLTC and […]

Three projects including Engineering University for Swat

Three utterly diverse projects has been tilled by KP Chief Minister that worth’s around billions of the dollar will pave ways for further success in KP. The projects include Swat University of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Paeds Hospital Swat and Rescue 1122 Station at Kabal. The project of Swat University of Engineering and Applied Sciences […]

Renewable energy share in Energy Sector

Engineering Post Report Presently, the share of renewable energy is only around 4 per cent, however, the potential and incentives to switch towards renewable resources is significant. Appropriate planning and implementation of a number of power generation projects have helped energy sector overcome the protracted demand supply challenge as 3556 MW was quite expectedly plugged […]

Public Private Partnership Authority role in Infrastructure Development

Engineering Post Report Role of recently established Public Private Partnership Authority (P3A) is pivotal  in terms of  enabling  the government  in pursuing  the development agenda  through private sector partnership. P3A’s support to the implementing agencies  in developing  Public Private Partnership  (PPP) transactions is of utmost importance as PPP transactions, by default,  are complex in nature, […]

Private Power and Infrastructure Board’s working

Engineering Post Report Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) acts as a one-widow facilitator/one-stop organization to promote, encourage, facilitate and safeguard investment in the power sector of the country. PPIB  approves and facilitates  the development and implementation of power projects  and related infrastructure  in private sector, public-private partnership and specified  public sector projects. The performance […]

Initiatives under CPEC Framework

Engineering Post Report The second phase of great game changer China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)  has since been initiated  with emphasis on industrialization  and development  of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in different parts of the country,  agriculture, modernization, science and technology cooperation and socio-economic development. The overall objective, according to the official sources, is to reap […]

Tarbela-5th expansion project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the ground-breaking of the Tarbela-5 (T5) expansion project which is aimed at protecting the Tarbela Dam against silting besides helping generate 1530 MW electricity and provide 1.34 billion units of power to the national grid annually. The construction of Tarbela-5 expansion project would help generate approximately 3,000 jobs and would […]

Consistent growth in IT & IT-enabled services

Engineering Post Report There has been a consistent growth in Information Technology (IT) & Information Technology (IT)-enabled services (ITeS) remittances over the last five years, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)  of  18.85 per cent, the highest growth rate in comparison with all other industries and the highest in the region. Micro enterprises, independent […]

400MW Solar and Wind plants planned for Karachi Industries

The Sindh government with the collaboration of Industrialists of Karachi has decided to set up a wind and solar power project, which on completion will be able to generate 400 MW of electricity. This project will be specifically designed to provide electricity to the industries located in Karachi. Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh […]

A look at the Gas Sector

Engineering Post Report Pakistan’s crude oil’s local extraction  reached to 68.9 million barrels  in July 2020-March 2021  from 58.6 million barrels in corresponding period last year while share of import in July-March 2021 remained .2 million barrels as compared to 38.8 million barrels in same period last year. Similarly in July-March 2021, consumption of petroleum […]

A cursory look at Trade and Industry with regard to remittances

Engineering Post Report Amidst the uncertain and precarious global economic  environment, where the global  economy was  lurching  under the impact of the  unprecedented COVID-19 shock,  Pakistan ‘s external sector appeared as  a key buffer for resilience during financial year 2020-21.. The comfortable external  balance position of Pakistan was  duly supported  by surplus  current account balance […]