ENGINEERING POST September 2022 Slow pace of Main Line-1 and Dry Port near havelian Projects Engineering Post Report cost has been made for the project initial launching. Somewhat prestigious and The project as such is to be com- much trumpeted \"Upgrada- pleted in three phases. It envisages tion of Pakistan Railways ex- doubling of entire track from isting Main Line -1 (ML-1) and Karachi to Peshawar, increasing establishment of Dry Port near passenger trains as well as of Havelian (2018-22) Phase-1 \"devel- freight trains speed substantially opment project under the umbrella besides improving signalling and of great game changer China-Pak- control system on entire network. istan Eco- An allied \"Pre- nomic liminary Corridor Design/Drawings (CPEC) is for Upgradation/re- somehow habilitation of main moving at line (ML-1) and es- nails pace. tablishment of Dry The proj- Port near Havelian ect was ap- under the CPEC proved by and hiring of de- the Execu- sign/drawings vet- tive Com- ting consultants\" mittee of the was approved by National ECNEC on April Economic 12,2017 at an esti- Council mated cost of Rs (ECNEC) on August 5.2020 at an 10641.634 million involving no for- estimated cost of Rs 1119307.475 eign aid. million including foreign aid of Rs An estimated expenditure of Rs 951411.354 million. 9963.309 million was reported to It is yet to take practical shape on have been incurred up to June the ground as apparently no alloca- 2022. Against throw forward of Rs tion for its launching as such was 678.426 million , an allocation of Rs made in the Public Sector Develop- 500 million has been made for it ment Programme (PSDP) of the under PSDP for financial year 2022- Federal Government for Railways 23 meaning thereby that it will only Division for financial year 2021-22. be completed in all respects , pro- Under PSDP 2022-23 a not so vided it does not suffer from cost hefty allocation of Rs 5000 million and time escalation, during finan- including foreign aid of Rs 100 mil- cial year 2023-23 if at all all goes lion against the heavy estimated well. 51
ENGINEERING POST September 2022 Number of initiatives planned for transmission system improvement Engineering Post Report the stakeholders. Right of way/ land acquisition The federal government has issues in the implementation of planned to take number of the power generation, transmis- initiatives for improve- sion and distribution sector proj- ment of the power distribution ects will also be addressed with system in the country during fi- the support of the provincial nancial year 2022-23. governments concerned. These planned initiatives are Meanwhile according to the briefly mentioned below: information available from the Private sector participation in Power Division of the Federal the power transmission system Government, the NTDC trans- will be encouraged. mission system has been An integrated plan for na- strengthened during financial tional and provincial transmis- year 2021-22 with the addition sion systems is to be prepared of 2400 MVA, 3653 MVA and under Transmission System Ex- 4000 MW on 500KV,220KV and pansion Plan. All Provincial 660 KV network respectively for Grid Companies and Special evacuation of additional power Purpose Transmission Licensees to the National Grid. The exist- will share their respective ex- ing transmission lines have also pansion plans with the National been extended by addition of 549 Grid Company, prior to imple- km , 900 km and 1772 km on mentation, in order to get them 500 KV, 220 KV and 660 KIV re- synchronized with the Special spectively. Purpose Transmission Li- National Transmission and censees. Despatch Company with its The capacity of the National head office at Lahore was incor- Transmission and Despatch porated in November 1998 after Company (NTDC) will be en- unbundling of WAPDA and it hanced to immediately imple- commenced commercial opera- ment Supervisory Control and tions in December 1998, it links Data Acquisition and con- power generation units with the struct/operate HVFC transmis- load centres all over the country sion lines and Land Acquisition including Karachi and operates Acts needs will also be reviewed and maintains 16 500 KV grid and amended accordingly after stations and 45 220 KV grid sta- suitable consultations with all tions all over the country. 52
ENGINEERING POST September 2022 A look at Projects under CPEC framework Engineering Post Report nology Zones and socio-economic since been identified by all the Azad Pattan HPP and 300 developments in all regions and stakeholders. Gwadar Coal Power is also ex- The second phase of great areas of the country. As regards connectivity, on the pected to commence during 2022- game changer China-Pak- The overall goal as such re- Western alignment, Zhob-Quetta 23. istan Economic Corridor mains to reap the benefits of the section is under-construction Furthermore, quit significant (CPEC) is already well underway first phase of the CPEC 2015-20 whereas the Dera Ismail Khan - progress has been made on util- with an increased emphasis on in- investment which has created an Zhob section is at the appropri- ity provision under the industrial dustrialization and the develop- enabling environment for invest- ate level of discussion with the cooperation during 2021-22 on ment of Special Economic Zones ment in other sectors by mostly Chinese side for financing and is which work is to be continued dur- (SEZs), agriculture modernization filling the existing infra- expected to be launched during ing 2022-23. , science and technology coopera- structure and energy gaps.. new financial year 2022-23. G2G Investment plans for attracting tion, promotion of Information The 10th Joint Cooperation Joint Working Group on Trans- the prospective investors, particu- and Communication Technology Committee (JCC) of time-tested port Infrastructure has been duly larly the Chinese , have also (ICT) enabled environments and neighbouring countries and iron notified to prepare proposals of been floated. The initial response the establishment of Information brothers China and Pakistan has Realignment of Thakot-Raikot in this regard from international Technology (IT) and High Tech- several deliverables that have Section during 2022-23.. investors including from China, The construction work on New US, Canada , UK and Germany Gwadar International Airport is has been termed as quite encour- already underway and most likely aging by the official quarters con- to achieve CoD by October 2023.. cerned. The new projects proposed for Meanwhile, Joint Industrial Di- inclusion in the CPEC framework agnostic Studies, on the pattern of in the near future include Dera Textile Diagnostic Studies carried Ismail Khan-Peshawar Motorway out in 2020-21, are also planned (365 km), Swat Expressway with a view to identify impedi- Phase 11 (82 km) and Dir Ex- ments in other sectors of mutual pressway ( 26 km). interest . Six energy sector projects with Both sides of China and Pak- total installed capacity of around istan have since agreed in the 6th 3284 MW are currently under con- Joint Working Group meeting in struction out of which 720 MW April 2022 to form a sub-working Karot Hydropower and 330 MW group on Industrial Cooperation Thar Energy Limited have to promote the Mines and Mineral reached the final stages and com- sector pf Pakistan.. pleted about now. Additionally, Chashma Right The 330 MW Thal NOva, 320 Bank Canal (CRBC) and Karachi MW Thar Block -1 and 884 MW Port Trust are also finalizing the Sukkur Kinari HPP are expected Investment Framework Agree- to be completed during current fi- ment for Karachi Coastal Compre- nancial year 2022-23 while work hensive Development Zone, as per on 1124 MW Kohala, 700.7 MW available information. 54
ENGINEERING POST September 2022 Arduino Portenta h7 A Latest Industrial Microcontroller By Sheikh Muhammad Ibraheem been drawn to this board. Unique fact open-source platform. about this microcon- Their efforts have re- troller is that it is a sulted in an amazing closed source hard- amount of knowledge ware rather than open that is readily avail- sourced like other Ar- able and could be very duino microcon- beneficial to both trollers. novices and experts. The STM32H747 Portenta Series dual-core CPU, which In the year 2020, powers the Portenta Arduino released their H7, has a Cortex® M7 Microcontroller newest line of micro- running at 480 MHz An embedded sys- controllers, an indus- and a Cortex® M4 tem's microcontroller trial and high-end running at 240 MHz. is a small integrated programming tool Figure 1: Arduino Portenta H7 Boards. Both processors share circuit that controls a called Arduino Por- botics, artificial intel- ing high-end applica- is needed, and the Ar- all on-chip peripherals single process. On a tenta. Portenta H7 is ligence, and industrial tions, a board with a duino Portenta H7 is and are capable of single chip, a typical utilised in PLCs, ro- automation. For build- lot of computing power the most suitable running TensorFlow microcontroller has a Lite, C and C++, Na- CPU, memory, and tive Mbed apps, Mi- input/output (I/O) pe- croPython / JavaScript ripherals. Microcon- via an interpreter, and trollers, also known as Arduino sketches on embedded controllers top of the Arm® or microcontroller MbedTM OS. The 80- units (MCU), can be pin high-density con- found in a variety of nector found in devices, including Portenta family prod- vending machines, ro- ucts gives the Por- botics, office equip- tenta H7 an ment, medical devices, advantage over the and office machines. Arduino MKR form They are essentially factor. The microcon- straightforward mini- troller includes Blue- personal computers tooth and Wi-Fi (PCs) without a com- modules in addition to plicated front-end op- 1 MB of SDRAM and 2 erating system that MB of flash memory. are used to operate A graphics accelera- minor aspects of tor is additionally in- larger components cluded, enabling you (OS). to connect a monitor Arduino and build a toy com- Known for produc- puter or any other spe- ing microcontrollers cial graphical user with excellent per- interface. Additionally, formance, speed, and this Arduino board is affordability, Arduino better suited for robot- is an Italian firm with ics projects thanks to one of the largest mar- the camera option. ket shares. because Conclusion Arduino is licenced High-performance under the LGPL. boards like the Ar- Today, Arduino boards duino Portenta H7 can and accompanying be used to build cut- software can be pro- ting-edge industrial duced by any manu- projects. It can run facturer. Moreover, both high-level pro- Arduino is an open- grammes and real- source hardware and time processes software platform that simultaneously enables its users— thanks to its twin core from novices just get- processors. One of the ting started to expert best microcontrollers developers—to tinker in the Arduino family with and modify the is the Portenta be- Arduino to create their cause of its character- own version that best istics. suits their ideas and Author Biography needs. Sheikh Muhammad Numerous projects Ibraheem is a student throughout the years, of electrical engineer- from straightforward ing, an author, and a household goods to researcher from Pak- complex scientific ap- istan. He is an active paratus, have em- member of NSPE and ployed Arduino as IEEE world’s largest their brain. An inter- engineering communi- national community of ties. His books are makers, including pro- published across the fessionals, students, globe and is currently amateurs, artists, and studying in The Uni- programmers, have versity of Lahore. 55
ENGINEERING POST September 2022 IIL launches UPVC Pipes and Fittings International Industries Lim- ing and fittings Solutions Com- ited (IIL) arranged a grand pany in Pakistan. event for the launch of its IIL UPVC Pipes and fittings new product of the polymers cat- provide an easy and reliable sew- egory “IIL UPVC Pipes and Fit- erage system for residential, tings” at the Pearl Continental commercial, and industrial proj- Hotel in La- ects. With hore on 19th over 50 August. years of pipe Over 220+ manufactur- customers ing experi- with ence, IIL is renowned proud to in- architects, troduce engineers, UPVC pipes contractors, and fittings builders, which are and key in- manufac- dustry professionals from all tured in IIL’s state-of-the-art fa- over the country attended the cility using the highest quality event. The launch of IIL UPVC raw materials and adhering to pipes and fittings now maintains the highest international stan- IIL as an all under one roof pip- dards. 56
ENGINEERING POST September 2022 high density transport infrastructure and development levels Engineering Post Report contribute to increased economic of the sub-sector/ mode of the ciable overall utilization of only 58 costs in terms of missed opportuni- transport . per cent. Since owing to the finan- High density transport infra- ties and lower quality of life. Pakistan's transport network as cial constraints only 70 per cent of structure and highly con- Owing to its strategic geograph- such can easily benefit from the the funds allocated have been au- nected networks across the ical location, Pakistan has the modernization ,inter-model con- thorised/released for the imple- country all are associated with great potential to develop into a nectivity, utilizing the different mentation of the ongoing and new high levels of development. transit economy. Hence, work on transport modes more effectively. development projects. Efficient transport systems the projects \\aiming at promoting The Public Sector Development A large number of Road sector quite obviously provide economic regional connectivity is of vital im- Programme (PSDP) for financial projects under various Federal and social opportunities that have portance and being paid due con- year 2021-22 had provided an out- Ministries and Divisions were on- positive multiplier effects through sideration and attention at the lay of Rs 251 billion for the federal going, therefore an amount of Rs better access to markets, employ- appropriate national level. programme under Transport and 214 billion were originally allo- ment, and additional investments In order to plan and manage the Communication sector. Against cated towards road sector, the Min- both directly and indirectly. transport infrastructure in the this allocation, an expenditure of istry of Planning, Development On the other hand, somehow de- country, National Transport Policy Rs 146 billion was reported to have and Special Initiative sources ficient transport systems do ham- 2018 already stands approved and been utilized by the end of pointedly stated on being con- per capacity, reliability and also is setting policy guidelines for ach FY2021-22 giving a not an appre- tacted. 57
ENGINEERING POST September 2022 A brief look at Energy and Economy Engineering Post Report production, consequently higher prices have substantially increased Energy sector surely and cer- cost of living which have further tainly plays an important eroded the purchasing power of the and vital role in the economic households across the world. development of a country. The re- Currently, global economy faces cent decades have witnessed a man- higher energy prices which may re- ifold increase in the demand for main intact due to the ongoing energy every where around the Russian-Ukraine war.. The war has globe. led to significant disruptions to the The three principal divers of in- production and trade commodities crease in the energy demand are the for which Russia and Ukraine are surge in the economic activities, the key exporters. population World growth and Bank's latest rapid techno- forecasts logical trans- have recently formation in indicated the world. that war in The surge Ukraine is in the com- set to trigger modity prices the largest in 2021and commodity during the shock. This initial would quite months of apprehen- 2022 mainly sively con- lifted by the global economic re- tribute to huge price for energy bound, improved growth prospects related goods including oil and nat- and ongoing conflict between Rus- ural gas.. sia and Ukraine. The Work Bank also have further According to the International revealed that energy prices are set Energy Agency (IEA), the economic to increase by more than 50 per recovery from the pandemic of cent, pushing up cost for households COVID-19, combined with unusual and businesses. This situation has weather conditions have led to a has accordingly raised concerns at sudden jump in the demand for the global level, particularly for the electricity by more than 6 per cent developing economies like Pakistan in 2021. The cost of fuel and elec- where provision of energy subsidy tricity have enhanced cost of overall has become a major challenge due 58
ENGINEERING POST September 2022 S. Munawwar assumes Office of the Controller of Examinations, NhU Engineer Saqib Munawwar About Nazeer Hussain Uni- (recipient, UTAR versity: Nazeer Hussain Univer- sity, is one of the leading Malaysia Pride of Kuala institutions of Higher Education in Pakistan. It is a progressive Lumpur) – has now took the act- university chartered by the Gov- ernment of Sindh and recog- ing charge of Controller of Ex- nized by the Higher Education Commission Pakistan. Nazeer aminations at Nazeer Hussain Hussain University mission is to equip the students with knowl- University (NHU) Karachi – edge in the professional descrip- tions, which would enable them having 12+ years of working ex- to stand on their own and com- pete nationally as well as inter- perience as academician, re- nationally. searcher, administration and management also been involved with the professional societies both nationally and internation- ally i.e. PEC, IEP, IEEEP, IEEE, ACM, NCEAC, ASHRAE, PH- VACRS etc. 59
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ENGINEERING POST September 2022 Pakistan Cables celebrated Independence Day with Child-Life Foundation As the day of 14th august bring all nation at one point with the alacrity of unity faith and discipline, to celebrate the 75th Inde- pendence Day, Pakistan Cables employee volun- teers visited Child-Life Foundation children’s emergency room to spend time with the children admitted in the ER facility for treatment. Volun- teers distributed toys among children creating a memorable day for all involved. Prior to the vol- unteer activity, the company also made a dona- tion to Child-Life Foundation. Since, this day provokes Pakistanis to think about giving back and serving others, and it’s a great time for com- panies to take initiative in organizing community service events for employees. The staff of Pak- istan cables, volunteering initiative, brings vision to life that focuses on transforming lives. 62
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ENGINEERING POST September 2022 PEL partners up with Savyour Savyour, Pakistan’s leading provide convenience and revolu- shopping rewards and cash tionize the shopping experience back platform, has entered for consumers, “Buying prod- into a strategic partnership with ucts at the best prices and get- Pak Elektron Limited (PEL), the ting it delivered at your country’s pioneer manufacturer doorstep serves the true pur- of electronic appliances. pose of online shopping, as it The brands have collaborated not only helps save money but to offer consumers across the also precious time. We look for- country a vast range of premium ward to growing this collabora- products with the convenience of tion from strength to strength”, ordering online, with additional he added savings on top in the form of With rising inflation, saving cash back. money has become the prime ob- Commenting on this partner- jective of the consumers. Shop- ship, Fakhar Abdullah, Head of ping apps like Savyour provides Electronics Category, Savyour, this cash saving opportunity, said that Savyour’s mission is to and are rising in popularity. 64
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ENGINEERING POST September 2022 Lesser allocations for development projects slows implementation Engineering Post Report new projects during financial year without any foreign aid. Against end of June 2022, only Rs 27.433 2022-23. this, only Rs 159.401 million were million were utilized and against Lesser allocations for develop- Out of ongoing 17 schemes, at reported to have been spent till end throw forward of Rs 32.457 million, ment projects under the Pub- least four development projects are June 2022. Against throw forward only Rs 15.000 million have been lic Sector Development such which are under implementa- of Rs 191.144 million, yet again allocation for its continued slow im- Programme ( PSDP) of the Federal tion for about four to five years and only much lesser allocation of Rs plementation during current finan- Government not only slows down still far from being completed de- 89.000 million has been provided in cial year. their implementation by the exe- spite their involving low cots due to its continued implementation dur- Industries and Production Divi- cuting agencies concerned but also continuous low allocations under ing current financial year. sion on the whole is implementing result of cost and time escalation in the PSDP every year. Likewise, SME Business Facili- 17 ongoing and launching four new some cases undermining their pro- Central Development Working tation Centre at Multan was re- schemes during financial year posed benefits and objectives. Party (CDWP) had approved devel- portedly launched in April 2017 2022-23 at a total estimated cost of Industries and Production Divi- opment scheme \"1000 Industrial after approval by the Departmental Rs 19012.927 million with no for- sion is continuing implementation Stitching Units Phase-1 (All over Development Party (DDWP) at a eign aid with an allocation of Rs of 17 ongoing development schemes Pakistan) \" in February 2018 at an small cost of Rs 59.890 million 2850.000 million under PSDP where it is scheduled to launch four estimated cost of Rs 350.545 million without any foreign assistance. Till 2022-23. 66
14.08m Phones Manufactured during first six months of 2022 Domestic manufacturing is the only way for- exchange rate and import bans. The mobile phone of Device Identification Registration and Blocking ward in order to have a sustainable business industry has made timely decisions and started local System (DIRBS) has created a favorable environ- especially in our country with volatile foreign assembly of smart phones in the country. ment for mobile device manufacturing in Pakistan. According to the data revealed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) the manufac- turing of local mobile phones for the first six months of 2022 stands at 14.08 million. The locally manu- factured/assembled 14.08 million mobile phones handsets include 8.06 million 2G and 6.02 million smartphones. Further as per the PTA data, 54 per- cent mobile devices are smartphones and 46 percent 2G on Pakistan network. Currently the smartphones are only being assem- bled in Pakistan with special kits being imported. In the long run companies will have to look for local- ization of their products to make it viable. The local manufacturing of phones has had a pos- itive effect on decreasing the imports of phones in the country. The recent ban on imports has also had a substantial effect on the imports of phones. Ac- cording to the data on a month-on-month basis, im- ports of mobile phones into Pakistan decreased by 76.52 percent during June 2022 and remained $32.221 million when compared to $137.213 million imported in May 2022. On a year-on-year basis, mobile phones witnessed 84.26 percent negative growth when compared to $204.677 million in June 2021. The implementation
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