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Pakistan Railways is launching a weekly ‘Safari Tourist Train’ from to on Feb 14.

The day-trip will pass through the beautiful landscape of consisting of , & many minor and major bridges like , , , according to Chairman of Railways
Mr Habib ur Rehman Gilani Sb

The journey starting from will end after passing through , , and ...

The Safari Train is being launched by Railways in collaboration with the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab and Commissioner Rawalpindi, he said...

ISLAMABAD: The Hub Power Plant Management has accepted the proposal of the Power Division under which the government will buy it out for Rs65 billion but will not pay Rs260 billion as capacity payment due till 2027 under the remaining period of the Power Purchase Agreement. In return, Hubco will provide 600MW of cheaper electricity to K-Electric by 2024 based on Thar coal and will also provide 300 MGD water daily to Karachi, Special Assistant to PM on Power Tabish Gauhar confirmed to .

LAHORE: The ongoing fight between the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) with its Turkish contractors has turned the provincial metropolis into a large waste dumping site where heaps of garbage could be seen everywhere in the City.

The waste collection contract of LWMC with its two Turkish contractors is ending on December 31, 2020, and the company has decided not give it an extension.

SOURCE: THE NEWS

DATED: 30 OCT 2020
LAHORE: Pakistan’s first and mega High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project — Matiari-Lahore transmission line — has almost been completed as engineers finished the entire line stringing work besides energizing the converter station near Lahore.

The project, launched under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, has now officially entered the testing and commissioning phase that is likely to complete by December this year.

ISLAMABAD: The 8th meeting of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Joint Working Group on Transport Infrastructure was held via video link at Ministry of Communications here Monday.

Besides Federal Secretary Communications Zafar Hassan, Vice Minister of China on Transport DAI Dongchang, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation China Shan Hongjun and Chairman National Highway Authority Capt. (R) Sikander Qayyum also participated. The representatives of Foreign Office, CPEC Authority, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan governments and Civil Aviation Authority were also present.

After deliberations, the meeting adopted construction of motorway from Peshawar to DI Khan (320km), Swat Expressway from Chakdara to Fatehpur Phase-II (182km) and Dir Expressway (30km). Pakistani side gave briefing on ML-1 project, Karachi Circular Railway, Peshawar Circular Railway and Quetta Mass Transit Project. Chitral-Shandoor-Gilgit, Nokundi-Mashkhel-Panjgur and Mirpur-Muzaffarabad-Mansehra projects were also brought under discussion.

Secretary Communications Zafar Hassan said, CPEC is the vision of leadership of both the neighbouring countries. He proposed inclusion of Chitral to Chakdara Highway (N-45), connecting Swat Motorway (Chakdara to Col. Sher Khan Interchange on Motorway M-1), as part of CPEC Western route. He said, government of Pakistan was planning for remaining sections of Gwadar-Ratodero Motorway M-8. He desired study of those parts of Karakoram Highway, which are affected by the landslides, so that remedial measures could be devised to ensure smooth flow of traffic. Terming meeting meaningful, he hoped that the meeting will remain successful and achieve its objectives.

Addressing the meeting, Chinese Vice Minister on Transport DAI Dongchang said, the friendship of China & Pakistan is higher than the mountains and it is being strengthened and deepened with the passage of time. He said, cooperation in construction sector is gradually expanding between the two countries, which will accelerate the pace of development in Pakistan. He desired to realize CPEC schemes with quality construction through mutual cooperation. He termed video link meeting result oriented. He appreciated the progress and commitment of Pakistan on CPEC projects.

He said, “China wants to enhance the scope of CPEC by including a few more projects.” Chairman National Highway Authority Capt. (R) Sikander Qayyum told the meeting that Sukkur-Multan Motorway and Havelian-Thakot Motorway projects are completed in the record time frame with quality construction. He said, 136 KM long Thakot-Raikot section of Karakoram Highway is an important link and that TOR has been approved for hiring consultants for re-alignment.

DATED: 25 OCT 2020

LAHORE: Provincial Transport Minister Jehanzeb Khichi has said the Punjab government has fixed one-side fare of Orange Train at Rs40 and a notification has also been issued in this regard.

Lahore Orange Line Metro Train is not a personal project or belongs to some particular political party but the projects completed with public money belong to the province, said the minister in a statement.

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Ref: 2020 PLC (C . S) 1190