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KP Govt Launches E-challan System Under Digital Pakistan Program

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has launched an E-challan system, one of the first initiatives taken under the Digital Pakistan Program.

According to details, the proposed E-challan system will be implemented across the province including former FATA districts. The E-challan system in different cities will be connected to a central control room.

The E-challan system will record incidents of traffic violations and automatically produce a ticket with details of the lawbreakers, including pictures with registration numbers of the vehicles. Moreover, KP citizens will be notified through an SMS in case of a traffic violation

 

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PESHAWAR: With the second phase of the China-Pakistan free trade pact going live at the turn of the year, the provincial government has called for expediting work on the CPEC City being built in Nowshera.

This was directed by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday as he chaired a review meeting on the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) City in Nowshera and the Peshawar Model Town.


On the CPEC City, he was briefed that around 40,000 Kanal of land has been acquired for the project while they are in the process of acquiring another 40,000 kanals of land.

Officials said that they are working to resolve the reservations of locals soon after a meeting with the relevant authorities.

The chief minister directed to complete the CPEC City project on a priority basis and ordered to convene another meeting on it.

He further directed to review the housing plan of the federal government, assuring that the provincial government will facilitate in planning housing schemes in the province.

Mahmood also directed to design a comprehensive action plan to ensure that housing schemes are initiated in Hangu and the Peshawar Model Town. The meeting was told that a summary for the Surizai Housing Scheme has already been approved and a PDWP document is expected to be prepared this month.

 

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M-16, Swat Motorway To Be Extended To Bagh Dheri On BOT Basis


The government is considering to extend Swat Motorway from #Chakdara to #BaghDheri and Rs 1000 million have been allocated in Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the project which would be built on Build Operate-Transfer (BOT) mode.

An official of National Highway authority (NHA) told APP that the design and commercial feasibility of Chakdara-Mingora Section of the motorway has been completed whereas, the design and commercial feasibility for Mingora - Bagh Dheri section was being done by Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority (PKHA).
The official said that it has been agreed to consider execution of Swat Motorway under China Pakistan Economic Corridor in last meeting of Joint Coordination Committee.
Subsequent to provision of above detail, he said the NHA would review the complete design with respect to NHA standards and the viability of the project.

He said as per tentative schedule completion of design and commercial feasibility study by PKHA and review by NHA would be done by end of March this year whereas procurement of concessionaire on BOT basis till signing of Concession Agreement by end of the year.

He said that time for financial close would be June next year and the completion of the project would likely be done by end of 2023.The Swat Motorway (M-16)stretches from Nowshera to Chakdara in Lower Dir District, passing through Swabi, Mardan, and Malakand districts.

 

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Makra Peak, seen from newly opened Hazara Motorway: Abbottabad-Mansehra Section

 

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PM Imran Khan has approved a project costing €250 million to scan 100% imported containers shipping goods under Afghan Transit Trade project. Afghan Transit Trade project to be completed by December 2020

According to a FBR senior officer project was planned under previous government’s tenure. However, PM has approved the project in a special meeting after which it would be initiated.

The project would be completed in three phases by December 2020 & pilot operation would kick off in April 2020. Under the project, special scanners would be installed at all crossing points and custom clearing stations used for trade, including Torkham and Chaman border.

A special committee has been set up to prepare and forward the project’s PC-1 for approval

 

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Kohat Cement Starts Operations at its Grey Cement Production Line
Kohat Cement has officially started commercial operations from its Brownfield Expansion Project.

This has increased the production capacity by more than 2.35 million tons per annum. The total installed cement production capacity of the company has increased from 2.95 million tons to 5.29 million tons per annum. This will help defend its market share in the ongoing significant expansion trend in the cement industry. With the start of the operations, Kohat Cement is rubbing shoulders with the big players in the sector.

 

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Engineering university to be set up in Swat

January 13, 2020

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to establish an engineering and technology university in Swat with the initial estimated cost of Rs4 billion that would produce market-oriented graduates.

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to establish an engineering and technology university in Swat with the initial estimated cost of Rs4 billion that would produce market-oriented graduates.

The planned Swat University of Engineering and Technology (SUET) would be run on triple helix model to connect government, industry and academic with each other.

“Unlike other universities in the province that solely depend on the government funds, the SUET will have its own sustainability plan,” said Hamid Naveed, chief planning officer of higher education department.

Mr Naveed has been appointed as focal person for establishment of SUET at fast track by chief minister. Administratively, he said, the new university would be different from the rest of the universities as a decentralised system would be implemented to address issues at low level.

The new university would be a joint venture of the private sector and academia, said Dr Najeebullah, who is involved in planning for the SUET.

SUET will be run on triple helix model to connect govt, industry and academia

Dr Najeebullah has done PhD from University of Cambridge, UK in material sciences. He is founding director of US-Pakistan Centre for Advance Studies.

He said that government, industry and academia would work jointly under the banner of SUET. Initially, he said, six disciplines would be established including energy engineering, civil engineering, institute of materials, mining and metallurgy, biomedical engineering, computer system engineering and institute of manufacturing in the university.

Dr Najeeb said that the institute of manufacturing was sort of a research centre where the students would conduct research on problems being faced by local industries and their solution.

He said that SUET would be linked with the best engineering universities of the developed countries like the US and UK for exchange of knowledge. “We will also make efforts to introduce dual/joint degree programmes with such universities,” he added.

Dr Najeeb said that linkage with the best universities of the world would constantly improve quality of SUET that could lead to the students exchange programmes as well.

To save SUET graduates from joblessness, he said, their entrepreneurial skills would be developed to make them job providers instead of job speakers by establishing their own businesses.

Asked about SUET’s own plan of financial sustainability, Dr Najeeb said that the academia and students would conduct consultancies for various government departments and corporate sectors.

For instance, he said, Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation was working on the many projects, so SUET would conduct consultancies for it and other government owned companies.

According to feasibility study of SUET, it would produce international level qualified graduates in different disciplines and would help in making public policy formulations and establishment of new enterprises.

It would also be a hub of skills development and executive courses and would conduct applied research to solve the indigenous issues.

Regarding the justification of establishment of SUET, the official documents reveal that each year almost 15,000 candidates apply for different disciplines of University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar. However, UET as per the approved number of seats by statutory bodies can only accommodate 1,790 students. This humongous number of applicants clearly demonstrates the need of engineering education in KP.

The documents say that for sustainability plan of SUET, there would be three major sections of the university including academic wing, think tank and enterprises.

The academic wing will look after all the academic activities of the university. The think tank will conduct case studies and based on empirical finding will help government and private sectors in public policy formulations.

The enterprise wing will be responsible for fund raising and exploring different business opportunities.

Good to have University in SWAT or anywhere in Pakistan, but first we should fully activate the Government Schools and Government Colleges in those areas, because parents spend as low as 5,000 on 1 child when it comes to Education, if we improve the situation of Government Schools, they will feed best talent to the Universities.

 

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Is this projected completed?

 

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Project for remodelling of Warsak canal okayed

MOHMAND: The federal government has approved a project for remodelling of Warsak Left Bank Canal, said chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Senator Hilalur Rehman while talking to this correspondent.

He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved development schemes for Mohmand tribal district, which included remodelling of Warsak Left Bank Canal, under the Accelerated Implementation Program (AIP) and ADP for fiscal year 2020-21.

He said that the total cost of the project would be Rs992 million and it would be completed in three years.

Senator Rehman recalled that in July 2019 the prime minister had called all the senators, including ex-Fata senators, for support during the no-trust move against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. He said at that time the prime minister had asked them to identify basic issues of their areas.

“I had submitted three issues of Mohmand tribal district, including remodelling of Warsak Left Bank Canal, opening of Pak-Afghan trade route and installation of Mamad Grid Station,” the senator said.

He said that a feasibility study of the scheme was completed recently.

Abdul Jalil, a resident of the area, said after its remodelling the Warsak Left Bank Canal would irrigate vast tracts of land in the area.

Senator Rehman thanked the federal government for approving the canal project, saying it would bring a revolution in the lives of Lower Mohmand people.

https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1565439

 

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Good to have University in SWAT or anywhere in Pakistan, but first we should fully activate the Government Schools and Government Colleges in those areas, because parents spend as low as 5,000 on 1 child when it comes to Education, if we improve the situation of Government Schools, they will feed best talent to the Universities.

Its good to have Universities, but there are 2 things which are rather more important :

1. To improve school education given in Government (public) sector. If we uplift the school education, then it will lead to the guarantee of our good future.

2. Universities should capable and competitive to the World standards. It should not be a paper degree. They should literally learn something beneficial which can turn out to be "productive" for them, their families, the society and as well as the Nation - PAKISTAN.

 

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KP to complete work on 60MW hydropower projects by December
KP has identified four power corridors with the Swat corridor having a potential power generation capacity of 1,100MW

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government aims to complete hydropower projects totalling 60 megawatts (MW) by December 2020.

Currently, work on seven power projects including a 10.2MW project at Jabori in Mansehra, 11.8MW project at Shangla, 84MW project at Gorkan Mittaltan in Swat, 40.8MW project at Koto in Lower Dir, 69MW Lavi project in Chitral, 300MW project in Balakot and a 10.56MW project at Chapri Charkhel in Kurram district is under way..

Out of the seven projects, two hydo power generation projects in Jabori and Koto will be completed by December 2020, adding more than 60MW of electricity to the system.

According to officials around 84 per cent work on transmission lines has already been completed while the remaining work will be finished until December. Instructions have also been issued for the continuation of the process of approval of tariffs for hydropower projects.

Additionally, the 69MW Lavy Hydropower Project in Chitral will be completed in 2022 while a consultant has been hired for a 300MW Project in Balakat.

Moreover, a consultant is also being hired for the Chapri Charkhel Hydro Project, however, no final date of its completion has been announced so far.

KP has identified four power corridors having potential for several hydropower projects which can help overcome the shortfall in electricity generation. These corridors include areas in Chitral, Dir, Swat, Kohistan and Mansehra.

The corridor in Swat has a total capacity of 1,100MW with Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) having already undertaken a feasibility study for an 84MW Swat-Mittaltan transmission line.


https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk...lete-work-on-60mw-power-projects-by-december/

 

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Rs10bn approved for 220KV grid station in Kohat
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KOHAT: Federal state minister Sheharyar Afridi has claimed that the government has approved Rs10 billion for a new 220KV grid station to be built in Kohat by the National Dispatch and Transmission Company to solve the longstanding problems of loadshedding and low voltage in the division.

Talking to journalists at the Commissioner House on Friday, he said a committee led by him and comprising MPs from Kohat, Karak, Hangu and Orakzai would meet federal minister for water and power Umer Ayub on coming Thursday to discuss matters regarding the construction of the grid station.

The grid station would be constructed in Togh Bala area to address the problems of loadshedding in Kohat, Orakzai, Hangu and Karak districts, Mr Afridi said.

He asked the commissioner, Kohat division, Syed Abdul Jabbar Khan to find state land for the grid station and submit a report within one week.

The state minister said that transformer repair workshops had been approved for Hangu, Orakzai,Thall and Karak districts. Earlier, there was only one workshop in the whole of Kohat division, he added.

Sheharyar Afridi said federal minister for water and power Umer Ayub had approved the 220KV grid station and transformer repair workshops during a meeting with him. He said people had to pay Rs20,000 to get the transformers repaired at private workshops as Pesco took days for the purpose.

Similarly, the federal minister said he had asked the relevant officials to prepare PC-1 so funds could be approved for fixing the loose transmission lines.

He said during repair of the transformers in Kohat trolley-transformers of 200KV, 100KV and 50KV would be provided to keep the power running without suspension.

He said as Kohat had 37 feeders which were overloaded four more for Patiala, Gumbat, Express Highway and Kharmato had been sanctioned.

Mr Afridi said there would be no loadshedding where recovery rate was above 70 per cent.

He said the Kohat SDO construction, who previously sat in Peshawar, would now be shifted to Kohat. He said that a committee of officials and MPs would resolve the issue of power theft and the kunda system which badly damaged transformers and transmission lines.

https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1568443