Engineering Post January 2022

Development Projects worth Rs 240 billion approved The Executive Committee of wide, divided and fenced road be- of land to provide clear Right of the National Economic tween Hyderabad and Sukkur. Way for construction of the ex- Council (Ecnec) has granted The ECNEC also approved the pressway, which would constitute approval to infrastructure devel- Rs24.960 billion project of Land an integral part of the transporta- opment projects worth Rs 240 bil- tion network of Rawalpindi be- lion. Adviser on Finance and sides flood mitigation and sewage Revenue Shaukat Tarin presided disposal. over the meeting of ECNEC. Construction of Rawalpindi During the meeting ECNEC Ring Road – R3, main carriage- approved revised project for Con- way from Baanth (N-5) to Thal- struction of Hyderabad–Sukkur lian (M-2) amounting to Rs23.606 Motorway on Built Operate billion was also approved during Transfer (BOT) basis with cost of Acquisition for Lai Expressway the meeting which will be exe- Rs191.471 billion. The project will and Flood Channel. Rawalpindi cuted by RDA and envisages con- be executed by the National High- Development Authority (RDA) struction of 6-lane ways Authority (NHA) for con- will execute the project which en- access-controlled Rawalpindi Ring struction of 306 km long, 6–lane visages acquisition of 750 kanals Road 38.3 km in length.

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 PALSP urges for effective tax mechanism for steel units The Pakistan association of port and other important projects. tries have been unable to profit from tacting the local companies to get large steel products (PALSP) However, the local steel industrial the projects. The measure taken is their supplies from the domestic contacted the chairman of the units have not been benefitting from for the benefit of the units but due units. The representatives re- FBR to discuss the current economic the act and no local unit supplies to the lack of a proper procedure, quested the officials to take proper conditions of the small local steel have been made so far. So the asso- they have not been able to do so. The steps in this regard and allow the units around the country. The steel ciation has asked the bureau to de- local industry has always been taxes and the duties on all inputs as sector has valued the fact that the vise a plan to avail sales tax and eager to play its role in the develop- adjustment in the monthly sales tax government has excused the sales excise duty redemption on the prod- ment of the country by contributing return. tax for the steel supply by the do- ucts supplied by the local units. to such projects and being a helping The problem of the steel units mestic manufacturers which is cur- Bound by the regulations, the hand in achieving the government’s need to be addressed at the earliest rently being used in the Gawadar sales tax refuse the apportionment vision of “MADE IN PAKISTAN”. especially in context to government free zone which includes the con- of input tax on raw exempted sup- Also the contractors responsible of Pakistan’s vision to support local struction of Gawadar airport, sea- plies which is why the local indus- for the projects have not been con- manufacturing. 02

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 JUBILEE CORPORATION Celebrating 60 Years of Service and Contribution to the Industry Awell-reputed name in the en- strength of its large product portfo- Germany, France, Korea etc. tall with over 40 engineers carefully gineering community, Ju- lio, stock availability, unparalleled JC’s product portfolio include selected and trained to become bilee Corporation (JC), customer service, and its long-term Dry Type Transformers, Busbar competent professionals under ed- reaches the milestone of completing relationships with the customers Trunking System, Automatic Volt- ucated and experienced leadership, 60 years of service and contribution and stakeholders. age Regulators and products for along with a team of Technical Sup- in Pakistan. JC’s long history of success in a Low Voltage Switchgear, Automa- port, Supply Chain, Logistics, Fi- Jubilee Corporation (JC), a well- highly competitive market stems tion, Instrumentation and Control. nance and HR professionals. With known name in the engineering from its commitment to provide and The company also provides compre- its Head Office in Karachi, Re- community is proud to announce maintain highest quality of product hensive solutions for Energy Man- gional and Liaison offices in La- the 60 years completion of service and technical support. Currently, agement, Power Quality and hore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, and contribution to the engineering JC is the authorized distributor of Harmonics Analysis, External Multan and Peshawar, JC also community of Pakistan. In the past more than 30 specialist manufac- Lightning Protection, Surge Protec- maintains a distribution network 6 decades, Jubilee Corporation has turers from around the world in- tion and Earthing. spread nationwide and aspires to continued to expand on the cluding Japan, Italy, Spain, Jubilee Corporation today stands continue growing its network. 03

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 A structured dialogue with industry professionals will determine the roadmap for our future Engineering Post in conversation with Engr. Farooq Mehboob President Elect of ASHRAE American Society of Heating, from over 132 nations, geographi- early education from Convent pal Consultant and designed Refrigerating and Air-Con- cally distributed in 15 regions, 200 school, intermediate from FC Col- many landmark projects which ditioning Engineers + chapters, ASHRAE is a diverse lege and graduated in Mechanical number is 600 + and introduced (ASHRAE) Pakistan chapter organization dedicated to advanc- Engineering from the University many new technologies in his proj- arranged a grand expo at Marriot ing the arts and sciences of heat- of Engineering Dhaka, in 1965. ects. During the conversation Hotel Karachi by the name of ing, ventilation, air conditioning, Started his Professional career, as with Engineering Post he ex- HVAC trends in the last week of and refrigeration to serve Human- Application engineer and plained how his journey started “I November 2021. ity and Promote a sustainable after that joined “Inter- became a member of ASHRAE as President elect of ASHRAE world. The ASHRAE is a 125 Continental Hotels” in a young engineer in 1980 to get ac- Engr. Farooq Mehboob also at- year old organization and 1968 and was pro- cess to ASHRAE handbooks, Pub- tended the majestic event and had during that time Engr. Fa- moted to Regional lications and technical trainings a detailed conversation with Engi- rooq Mehboob is the first Chief Engineer for because it is the only source in the neering Post regarding the expo non-American, non-Euro- Central Asia in world to get authentic information and the new trends of HVAC being pean and first Pakistani to 1978. His interest in and technical specifications on followed by the country. He be selected as its president thermodynamics led HVACR products. It helped me in thanked the HVACR industry of which is not only an honor him to HVACR indus- my business as well. I learned a lot the country for providing the much for the engineering try and he joined and to be honest I am still learning needed support for making this ef- community ASHRAE in from the management structure of fort successful “For the last two but the 1980. In ASHRAE,” he said. years there had been no expo or c o u n t r y 1981, he Engr. Farooq Mehboob is the event due to COVID-19. This as well. founded founding President of ASHRAE event is a respite for everyone in M r . S . Pakistan Chapter, served the the industry and could only be Farooq Mehboob chapter as CTT chair for seven made possible through a team ef- w a s & Com- year, served the Region at large as fort.” he said. born pany – Sub Regional Chair, Regional Engr. Farooq Mehboob is the in La- Consult- Vice-Chair, Director and Regional first Pakistani to be elected for the h o r e , ing En- Chair, twice Assistant Regional prestigious post of President elect g o t g i n e e r s Chair and at society level, he has of ASHRAE. ASHRAE founded in h i s and he served as the member of ASHARE 1894, is a global society of HVACR s t i l l Board of Director, Vice President and other building sciences-re- s e r v e s and Treasurer. While commenting lated Engineers and Professionals, as the on his plans for the future as the With more than 57,000 members, Princi- President of ASHRAE he ex- 04

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 plained “I want to increase diver- Farooq Mehboob said that Pak- manufacturing Engr. Farooq have to shut down every 6-5 hours sity in ASHRAE, and not just istan also lacks a proper guiding Mehboob said “First of all we need due to load shedding or if no proper based on gender or color but also policy especially for the HVACR to increase the training and educa- railway or other transport mecha- mental diversity. I believe it is sector and he plans to work for de- tion of our workforce because it is nism is available. All these facili- time to increase the profile of the veloping it. “We will include indus- the need of the manufacturers. ties need to be available for the industry through this platform,” try professionals and other Secondly we should start taking new industries before we can ex- Engr. Farooq Mehboob while stakeholders to develop a policy advantage of working with inter- pect significant foreign invest- speaking to Engineering Post defining the way forward for the national companies by initiating ments to come to Pakistan shared his vision for the future of future of HVACR Industry in Pak- technology transfer from Chinese Engr. Farooq Mehboob is a role the HVACR industry worldwide. istan. After a and Turkish model for the engineering commu- Increasing concerns about climate concrete policy c o m p a n i e s . nity especially the young engi- change and global warming has has been This transfer neers of the country. He started his put the HVACR industry at the formed and of technology struggle as a student and was re- forefront of it all. With companies agreed upon, is extremely warded for his determination and all over the world seeking rapid we will pres- important if consistent effort. When asked for modifications and urging adoption ent the policy we want to any specific message for the new of environment friendly refriger- to government move towards engineers coming to the market he ants to minimize damage to the officials so the i n d i g e n o u s said. “The young engineers should environment “In this regard I plan industry can m a n u f a c t u r - keep in mind that if you lose your to arrange roundtable conferences grow with the ing,” values, principles and beliefs you in America, Europe and Asia support of the The main have nothing left. People switch which will include all stakeholders government,” hindrance with jobs over a difference of mere 5 including key players and key pro- he added manufacturing thousand rupees without thinking fessionals to discuss where the in- A l t h o u g h in the country of what they will be learning in the dustry is headed and how it can be the HVACR in- is that proper long run. We need to develop a prioritized for a safe future” dustry in Pak- infrastructure mindset that one cannot be suc- The outbreak of the COVID-19 istan has been is not available cessful in a single minute. I per- pandemic has also accentuated the flourishing in right now sonally volunteered for 40 years at importance of HVACR industry in recent years which needs to ASHRAE before I got to this our daily lives and sparked heated but the prob- be established point,” commented Engr. Farooq debates about its safe utilization lem is that before we can Mehboob during the time of its outbreak most of the move towards While concluding the conversa- which ultimately led to companies parts are im- manufacturing tion the President elect of incorporating filtration techniques ported in the quality prod- ASHRAE Engr. Farooq Mehboob and purifiers into their products. country and assembled instead of ucts in Pakistan. While expanding said “When I joined ASHRAE I While commenting on creating being locally manufactured. With on this concept Engr. Farooq had a Chairman whose words al- awareness Engr. Farooq Mehboob the increasing restrictions on im- Mehboob said “We have to set the ways stayed with me he said ‘After said “It has been my experience ports being imposed by the incum- table for foreign companies by pro- a hundred years when people look that people are not aware of bent government the viding uninterrupted Electricity, a upon my work they will not know ASHRAE even in America. I want manufacturers need to work proper transport infrastructure my name only the service’. This is to create awareness about the im- proactively towards establishing and educated manpower to attract how we need to work for our fu- portance of ASHRAE in the lives local manufacturing infrastruc- them here,” he said. No foreign ture, not for fame not for selfish of people,” he said ture in the country. While dis- company will want to work in an gains but as a service for the fu- During the conversation Engr. cussing the possibilities of local environment where their machines ture generations”. 05

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Award distribution ceremony of 36th IEEEP student seminar held at NED Karachi The Institution of Electrical At the 36th IEEEP All Pakistan students while presenting it in cepts to having higher scores only & Electronics Engineers Student Seminar, 6 technical pa- front of elite professional and cor- “In my life I have conducted over Pakistan (IEEEP) and NED pers were accepted out of the 42 porate audience. a hundred thousand interviews of University of Engineering and submitted by students. The se- While speaking at the occasion engineers. It is my experience Technology held award ceremony lected technical papers were re- the Chief Guest at the occasion that now students are pursuing for the 36th IEEEP All Pakistan lated Bio Medical engineering Prof Riazud Din reminisced that higher scores only instead of gain- Students’ Seminar at NED Uni- and were highly appreciated dur- he was also a student of NED uni- ing technical knowledge. This is a versity of Engineering Karachi. ing the ceremony. It was a won- versity and had spent his life trend that needs to change be- Professor RiazUd din graced the derful opportunity for the working in the engineering sector cause high scores mean nothing if ceremony as the Chief Guest at presenters of 6 technical papers but now the standards have you don’t have the technical the occasion as it provided exposure for the changed from having clear con- knowledge to back it,” he said. 06

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 27th HVACR International Expo and Conference PHVACR Society arranged Mega Launching Ceremony Pakistan Heating officially launch 27th well attended by the ex- and organizing team un- forts of PHVACR society The event turned out Ventilation Air HVACR Expo and Con- isting and potential stall veiled their efforts to to reconnect HVACR in- to be a great networking Conditioning and ference at Falettis Hotel holders, consultants, make this event a big dustry after a gap of as many of the partici- Refrigeration Society Lahore on 9th December contractors and profes- blow. The participants of around 2 years due to pants met each other hosted a mega event to 2021. The event was sionals. Society officials the event lauded the ef- covid restrictions. after a long gap. 07

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 ABB arranged networking events for retailers in Lahore and Karachi ABB Power & Automation on display the latest and updated delivered a very informative also arranged for all the partici- (Pvt.) Ltd, the pioneering models of their products. presentation for the participants pants. technology leader that has The events were attended by with detailed introduction of This event arranged by ABB customers in more than 100 renowned people of the electrical ABB, its endeavors as well as its after a very long time, was highly countries arranged a get together industry. plans for the future. appreciated by the engineering for its retailers in Pakistan. Two Mr Hammad Amjad (Vice Pres- Distributors and partners of community as such events pro- separate events were organized ident Commercial Operations of ABB were presented with shields vide a unique opportunity of net- in Lahore and Karachi to accom- Electrification Business) who is and Souvenirs from ABB at the working and help a great deal in modate people from all over the based in Dubai attended these end of the ceremony. After the providing in depth product country. At the events, ABB put events in Pakistan. Mr. Hammad events, lavish dinners were knowledge to the participants. 08

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 09

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Drafts of 11 energy projects requested by MoFA The Ministry of Foreign Affairs 99MW UEP Power Project EPC Park and 2x135MW Self-generation Fired Power Plant between Power (MoFA) has asked for text Framework Agreement; (iv) coal sup- coal-fired Power Plant between In- China and Government of Pakistan. drafts of 11 energy projects ply contract under the project of Inte- dustrial and Commercial Bank of Currently power projects are facing signed between Ministry of Energy grated Mine Mouth Coal Power Plant China (ICBC) and Ruyi-Masood Tex- pressure from Chinese companies be- Pakistan and China. in Thar Block-I; (v) MoU for Develop- tile Company of Pakistan; (ix) Frame- cause of of delay in payments. The The aforementioned projects in- ment of Thermal Power Assets in work Agreement between NEA and overdue amount of Chinese power clude (i) facility agreement relating to Pakistan; (vi) MoU on Coal Power MoPNR on Gwadar-Nawabshah sector companies is now hovering an Export Credit Facility in connec- Plant in Port Qasim; (vii) Facility LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project; around Rs250 billion. Chinese compa- tion with supply installation and Agreement for the Sahiwal Coal-fired (x) Financing Cooperation Agreement nies have also written letters to commissioning of a 747MW Gas Tur- Power Plant Project between Indus- between the EXIM Bank of China SAPM on CEPC, Khalid Mansoor, bine Combined Cycle Power Plant at trial and Commercial Bank of China and Port Qasim Electric Power Com- Power Division and Central Power Guddu supported by Sinosure; (ii) Limited Huaneng Shandong Electric- pany (Private) Limited (on Port Purchasing Agency Guaranteed pact relating to development of 2x660 ity Limited and Shandong Ruyi Qasim 2x660 MW Coal-fired Power (CPPA-G) which is responsible for ar- MW Coal Fired Power Project at Group; (viii) Framework Agreement Plant); and (xi) Implementation ranging payments as the market op- Qadarabad, District Sahiwal; (iii) on Ruyi-Masood Textile Industrial Agreement (IA) on Port Qasim Coal erator. 10



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 HVACR society elects new President and Executive council for 2021-2023 The Pakistan HVACR Society un- derwent elections for the term 2021-23. The candidates were elected on the basis of their pre- vious involvement in So- ciety affairs, contribution in furthering the cause of Society & the profession, at large. The worthy house of 25th (AGM) Gen- lamabad. Muhammad (Vice President), Mr. Zeeshan eral Body meeting held on Mr. Ahmad Nawaz was elected as the new Ahmad Siddiqui (Chairman Karachi Chap- Ahmad Nawaz December 12, 2021 at Is- president of Pakistan HVACR society while ter), Mr Fahad Ali Khan (Hony. Gen Secre- (President) 18 new members of executive coun- tary), Mr. Saad Khan (Member Executive cil for all the regions were elected council), Mr Shahrukh Manzoor (Member in the process. The new Executive Executive council), council includes Faisalabad Region Mr. Muhammad Javaid Islamabad Region Mr. M. Arif Iqbal (Chairman Faisalabad Chapter), Mr Azhar (Chairman Islamabad Chap- Muhammad Shahbaz Khan (Member Exec- ter), Mr Ahmad Nawaz (President), utive council) Mr. Usman Tariq Chughtai (Hony. The new Local council has also been Media and Publication secretary), elected for all four regions. The local council Mr. Khurram Raja (Member Exec- includes. utive council), Mr. Mian Arif Hus- Karachi Region Syed Muhammad Kashif, sain (Member Executive Counci). Ayaz Ali Khan, Khalid Mansoor, Qaisar Lahore Region Mr Ahmad Ashraf, M Rashid Shafiq, M. Muslim.s Nadeem Chughtai (Chairman La- Islamabad Region Masood Sadiq, Asif hore Chapter), Mr Tahir Raza Amin, Osman Ashraf, M. Zia ur Rehman. (Member Executive council), Mr Lahore Region Tariq Mehmood, Adnan Li- Mohammad Afzal Malik (Member aqat, Zahid Hussain, Jafar Raza Haidery, Executive council), Mr Safdar Ali Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Ham- (Member Executive council), Mr. mad Khan. Sajjad Haider (Hony. Finance sec- Faisalabad Region Abdul Raheem, retary), Mr. Muhammad Amir Muhammad Shabbir, Nadeem Akhtar, (Member Executive council), Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Ali Karachi Region Mr. Aley Raza, Tahir Irfan. 12



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Mecatech hosts gorgeous event in honor of President Elect. ASHRAE Engr. Farooq Mehboob Mecatech (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore organized a gi- Government, Dr. Akhtar Malik, Guest of honor, Mr. Anwarul Haq, MD, Mecatech (pvt) Ltd wel- gantic event to honor Engr. Farooq Mr. Sarfraz Ahmed , MD Progressive Consult- comed the guests. The event was a galaxy of top Mehboob who recently became President ants, Architect Kaleem Siddiqui and President of professionals from various companies, consult- Elect. ASHRAE International. The event was Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Shoaib ants and clients who all adored a highly positive graced by Honorable Minister For Energy, Punjab Butt. initiative by Mecatech. 14



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Annual Dinner hosted by Elektrotechnik at Karachi Elektrotechnik Pakistan, the oldest distribu- Industry professionals and clients of Elek- users were openly asked if they had any reserva- tion partners of Schneider Electric in Pak- trotechnik were invited at the annual dinner tions about the products so they could be ad- istan and a renowned name in the electric hosted by Mr. Haq at Lal Qila restaurant Karachi. dressed accordingly. The company asked for industry, arranged their annual dinner at a local Mr. Muhammad Ali Sheikh and Mr. Shanul Haq suggestion and feedback for improvements in its restaurant in Karachi. The company organized its welcomed the guests. services. This gesture was highly appreciated by annual dinner after a gap of 2 years due to the re- The annual dinner provided a unique opportu- the participants. strictions imposed by COVID-19. nity of networking and meeting for the partici- The annual dinner of Elektrotechnik was highly Under the visionary leadership of its CEO Mr. pants. During the event Mr. Haq thanked the successful and was abundantly admire by the at- Iqrarul Haq, Elektrotechnik has had one of the clients and industry professionals who attended tendees as no such meet up events had taken place longest distribution relationships with Schneider the company annual dinner. The highlight of the in the last couple of years. The participants appre- Electric and is a well-known name in the industry event was a riveting discussion between clients ciated the efforts of Elektrotechnik and demanded for its quality products and excellent services. and representatives of Elektrotechnik, where the that more such events be arranged in the future. 16



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 AE Power: The leading brand in Renewable Energy Industry Mr. Naveed Karar, Director, AE Power talks to Engineering Post AE Power is the leading trad- at that time and decided to add it of these companies and has suc- jranwala and is enjoying a re- ing company in Pakistan to the portfolio of our company as cessfully served a large number of spectable market shares. During dealing with solar panels it would be the next big thing in clients with these products. Dur- the exclusive interview, Mr. inverters and batteries distribu- the future,”. ing the conversation Mr. Naveed Naveed Karar revealed that AE tion in the country. The company AE Power is being managed by Karar explained “We provide after Power will also be moving towards Focuses on the providing of top three partners namely Mr. sales services for the prod- installations of EPC Projects in quality photovoltaic modules and Rana Abbas, Mr. Ali ucts as well and gives near future “The Lahore office of specializes in PV Technology inno- Rafique and Mr. Naveed quick response to the AE Power has already started in- vation, application, and system Karar. This group of the queries and resolve stallation of EPC Projects and we development. The company is a visionary businessmen the issues in mini- will be expanding it to Karachi as key component supplier and proj- saw the potential for mum time period well” he said. ect developer in the country. With growth in solar power and if there is any re- The most significant problem three different offices in Pakistan generation and took the placement after com- faced by the consumers is the B- the company already has a well- risk of stepping in as plain diagnose, we grade panels available in the mar- established distribution network early as 2012. AE Power replace them with ket and layman cannot in the country supplying quality deals with Jinko Solar, new ones within 48 distinguish between an A grade products to the end users. Canadian Solar, Pylon- hours of complaint,” he and a B grade panel, which re- Engineering Post during an ex- tech Lithium Ion Bat- said. sults in people falling for low clusive interview with Mr. Naveed teries, Ritar Dry With the in- quality materials. To save the con- Karar, Director AE Power got to B a t t e r i e s creasing de- sumers from the low quality prod- know about the journey of the and Solis mand in the ucts, authorised dealers like AE company and its directors. AE On Grid market AE Power are available in the market Power started its journey as a & Hy- Power is also who can procure the products trading company dealing in indus- brid In- planning to through proper channels and are trial semiconductors and supply- verters. expand. The authorised dealers of the company ing the industrial units in the A E c o m p a n y offering quality products to the area. The company kept dealing P o w e r a l r e a d y consumers. While commenting in solely with electronic components is the has three this Mr. Naveed Karar said, “The till 2012. Then in 2012 AE Power a u t h o - o p e r a - proper high quality panels can diversified its product range by r i s e d tional of- only be arranged through proper adding solar products in its port- distrib- fices at channels. People should only deal folio including PV panels, Invert- utor for Karachi, with company’s authorised deal- ers, batteries etc. “We recognised t h e L a h o r e ers to make sure they are getting the huge potential of Solar power products and Gu- all original products,” 18



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Mega Plus arranged annual dinner at Lahore and Karachi Mega Plus the official distrib- due to COVID-19. Mr. Kamran was the speaker rep- highlighted the achievements of utor of Schneider electric in As per tradition Mega Plus in- resenting Schneider Electric at the Mega Plus in detail. Mega Plus also Pakistan successfully vited expert speakers from Schnei- annual dinner at Karachi. While Mr. offered on spot lucky draw for their arranged its annual dinner for panel der electric to present technical Asad Ullah, General distribution distributors and also offered lucra- builders at Karachi and Lahore. The presentations to the attendees re- manager for panel builders, at- tive discount schemes. The annual annual dinner was arranged after a garding the latest products and up- tended the annual dinner at Lahore dinners of Mega Plus were an enor- break of two years because of the so- grades undertaken by Schneider on behalf of Schneider Electric. Mr. mous success which rekindled the cial distancing guidelines imposed Electric. Mahmood Ahmad from Mega Plus memories of pre-Covid times. Mobile phone Construction imports rise in work commencing comparison with soon on 2020 Hyderabad- Sukkur Motorway During the first five months of To commence the 2021, Pak- the immediate istan has imported mo- work at Motor- bile phones of worth $856.727 million. In way’s Hyderabad- comparison with the last year of 2020, a Sukkur section, bids worth of around $724.083 dollars were has been received imported while regis- tering a rise of 18.32 with expected percent in accordance with the stats shared groundbreaking cere- by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The mony soon from PM. overall telecom imports into the country during Federal Minister of the period under re- view (July-November) Communication and 2021 have increased by 26.43 percent with a Postal Services, rise from $896.592 mil- lion in July-November Murad Saeed en- 2020 to $1.133 billion in July-November coded words about 2021. While on year-to- the Hyderabad- year basis, mobile Sukkur Motorway as phones has witnessed the first motorway an increase of 27.65 initiated by PTI gov- percent when com- pared to $166.121 mil- ernment and a gift lion in November 2020. The month-on-month for people of Sindh. basis stats predict an Since federal gov- import-increase of 37.50. Since, the gov- ernment is working ernment has intro- on a number of proj- duced a mobile ects of highways and manufacturing policy to encourage and at- roads, this insures tract manufacturers to better communica- establish their units in tion and transporta- Pakistan; the PTA in tion facilities to the light of the policy has masses in coming issued Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) days. Regulations on 28th January 2021. Around Moreover, Green 26 companies have Line of Bus Rapid been issued MDM Au- Transit (BRT) system thorization enabling would be inaugu- them to manufacture rated in December mobile devices in Pak- istan. The companies and people of include renowned Karachi would be brands e.g. Samsung, able to avail better Nokia, Oppo, TECNO, commuting facilities. Infinix, Vgotel, Q-mo- Along this, another bile etc. important project 786 kilometers long Karachi-Quetta- Chaman Highway has entered into ad- vanced stages. Prior to this, M9 Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway was raised as an important issue due to pathway issue. According to communication min- istry, it has been re- solved and all the matter has been set- tled for further con- struction activities. 20



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Renewable Energy Projects to go through bidding process In order to ensure the least cost process. The committee also pon- ipated in the meeting. The discus- next meeting. The vital discussions procurement of renewable elec- dered about the summary pre- sion about the all new RE projects about the Petroleum Division were tricity, Cabinet Committee on sented by the Power Division on in the open competitive bidding also made while considering the Energy (CCoE) has approved a the implementation of the CCoE process to ensure the least cost pro- projected natural gas supply in the summary. This includes all new decisions. The august meeting was curement of renewable electricity country for the winter. A number of Renewable Energy (RE) projects in attended by Minister for Finance, was made. Moreover, the Power Di- policy options were presented with an open competitive bidding Minister for Energy, Minister for vision was also informing the CCoE efforts to enhance the natural gas process. The CCoE met with Fed- Maritime Affairs, Advisor to PM on to prepare a detailed roadmap with supply. The review about the Circu- eral Minister for Planning, Devel- Commerce and Industries, chair- milestones for the establishment of lar Debt Report October 2021 was opment and Special Initiatives in man Ogra, chairman Nepra, repre- RE projects. While including the submitted by the Power Division the chair at P-Block Secretariat sentatives of regulatory potential locations and details of and the committee appreciated the and approved the summary with authorities, and senior officials of the competitive process, new dis- sustained reduction in the accumu- recommendation on the bidding the ministries/divisions also partic- cussion will be accelerated in the lation of circular debt. 22



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 28 percent rise in the textile exports The last year’s exports for tex- In the month of November, the leum exports went up 36.04 percent. year and a rise of 24.48 percent as tile industry during July – No- textile industry witnessed a rise of The imports of construction and compared to the data gained last vember was 6.041 billion 35.33 percent on a year-on-year mining department went up 42.32 month. dollars as recorded by the Pakistan basis. percent as compared to the same pe- Main commodities of exports dur- bureau of statistics (PBS). The ex- A 65.45 percent boost in the ex- riod last year whereas the exports of ing exports during November, 2021 port data recorded in the current ports was observed in the cotton the department observed a 99.10 were knitwear (Rs79,221 million year was 7.758 billion dollars, ob- yarn during July- November 2021 percent growth on a year to year made-up articles) (Rs14,560 mil- serving a 28.41 percent rise in the whereas raw cotton exports wit- basis lion), rice basmati (Rs10,872 mil- data as was released by the PBS. nessed 100 percent decline on a The overall export ratio of the lion), readymade garments This data was calculated on a year month to month basis. country increased by 26.89 percent (Rs56,877 million), bed wear to year basis. The petroleum industry imports on a year to year basis whereas the (Rs54,516 million), cotton cloth On the month to month basis, the showed a rise of 112.33 percent on a exports were gained by 17.82 per- (Rs35,444 million), rice others exports data released by the PBS year to year basis whereas the im- cent as compared to the month of (Rs29,203 million), cotton yarn showed a growth of 8.45 percent as ports went up 180.55 percent com- October 2021. (Rs18,883 million), towels (Rs18,217 compared the data for the previous paring the same month last year. On The country’s imports witnessed a million),and fish and fish prepara- month. a month to month basis, the petro- 69.57 percent increase from last tions (Rs9,364 million). 24



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 39th AGM of IEEEP Pakistan held in Lahore The largely-attended Large number of corporate of this institution was to pro- and Energy crisis in the coun- nificantly while disseminating 39th Annual General members of the institution , mote the dissemination of try. technical knowledge in the Meeting of The Insti- eminent engineers repre- knowledge of Electrical and Chairman/Pakistan Engg form of symposia, workshops, tution of Electrical & Elec- senting public sector organi- Electronics Engineering and Council, Mr. Najeeb Haroon seminars, conferences, Lec- tronics Engineers Pakistan zations as well as corporate thereby improve the profes- who was the guest of honour tures Publication of Research was held on December 18, sector attended the meeting sional standard of the commu- also spoke on the occasion. He Journal “New Horizons”. 2021 at Lahore. Engr. physically and participated nity of engineers for eulogized the services ren- In the end shields were pre- Tauseef H. Farooqi-Chair- on-line as well. usefulness of the society at dered by the Engineers for the sented to the Chief Guest, man NEPRA graced the oc- In his inaugural address large. welfare of the people. Guests of Honour and office casion as chief guest and the President IEEEP Prof. Dr. The chief Guest, Mr. The Hony. Secretary Gen- bearers of the Institution. Engr. Najeeb Haroon-Chair- Suhail Aftab Qureshi wel- Tauseef H. Farooqi, Chairman eral-IEEEP Engr. Salis In the AGM, the matters man Pakistan Engineering comed the Engineers and Nepra speaking on the occa- Usman presented the annual relating to the budget, bal- Council and Engr. Prof Dr. S. highlighted the Aims of objec- sion pointed out that the peo- report and the house was in- ance sheet and other adminis- Kamran Afaq attended the tives and the Institution. He ple of Pakistan have been formed that during last 51 trative issues were discussed AGM as guests of Honor. observed that the main object bearing the brunt of water Years, IEEEP contributed sig- in detail and approved. 26

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 76th Annual Convention of Pakistan Engineers Congress the convention the Annual Business session and the war attended the inaugural development of the country Symposium of Pakistan En- election for the 77th term as session of the 76th conven- in various fields including gineering Congress was per the election schedule of tion as Chief Guest. While construction, nuclear engi- arranged at a local hotel in the congress. addressing the ceremony he neering, information tech- Lahore. The fourth day of Governor Punjab said that Engineers, have an nology and environment, Pakistan Engineers the convention consisted of Chaudhry Mohammad Sar- important role to play in the adding that Pakistani engi- Congress organised its neers have made the country 76th convention in the famous all over the world. last week of December 2021 Pakistan Engineering at Lahore. The convention Congress in the oldest engi- was inaugurated by Gover- neering body of the Sub- nor Punjab Chaudhry Mo- Continent that was hammad Sarwar. established in 1912. Initially President of Pakistan En- it was Punjab Engineering Congress but was later gineers Congress Amjad named Pakistan Engineer- Saeed, Secretary Syed Nafas and other senior members ing Congress. also attended the 76th con- vention of Pakistan Engi- neering congress which was spread over four days from 22nd to 25th of December. The First two days consisted of technical sessions with an inaugural session on the first day. On the 3rd day of 27

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 3rd ELECTRICITY PAKISTAN Exhibition to be held at Expo Centre Lahore from 26th - 28th March 2022 ELECTRICITY PAKISTAN Expo Centre Lahore. organized by FAKT Exhibi- The exhibiting companies will tions (Pvt.) Ltd. is the pre- showcase their state of the art mier exhibition that brings products and technology, which together leading suppliers, man- will create awareness and en- ufacturers and distributors from courage our industry to imple- energy, power and storage indus- ment latest standards, resulting try under one roof. The exhibition in improved process and produc- addresses the future needs of en- tion. ergy in the country and is a re- The previous Electricity Pak- markable platform for istan events marked a great suc- stakeholders to explore possibili- cess and electrical industry was ties. demanding that this event The purpose of organizing should take place again. The ELECTRICITY PAKISTAN is to Covid restrictions put a gap of strengthen trade relations, bring around 2 years and now, once investment and latest technology again, the organizers are making in Pakistan. The trade show will up to break previous records. benefit electricity and its allied For more information please industries. demand and potential. The exhi- try. contact the organizers - FAKT Many international companies bition is all set to provide busi- 3rd edition of ELECTRICITY Exhibitions (Pvt.) Ltd. at +92-21- are willing to invest in Pakistan ness, employment opportunities PAKISTAN will open its doors 35810637-9 or email at en- due to its geographical location, and uplift economy of the coun- from 26th – 28th March 2022 at [email protected] WAPDA to complete K-IV Project by October 2023 The Pakistan Water be operational by Octo- (Retd) visited the K-IV contract, the construc- under the Prime Minis- and Power Devel- ber 2023. project and expressed tion work on K-IV Project ter’s Karachi Package. opment Authority The design of the proj- satisfaction over the pace will commence within 3- It is worth mentioning (WAPDA) has revised the ect has been revised in of progress. The next 4 months. here that K-IV Project design for Greater accordance with the step will be awarding After completion K-IV envisages to supplying Karachi Water Supply timelines. construction contract for will start supplying 650 650 million Gallons of Scheme - also known as WAPDA Chairman Lt the project. million gallon per day ad- drinking water per day to K-IV and it is expected to Gen Muzammil Hussain Following award of the ditional water to Karachi Karachi. 28







ENGINEERING POST January 2022 ASHRAE Pakistan organized “HVAC TRENDS Expo and Conference” The American Society of Heating, Refriger- VRF and Split Air-Conditioning System and Ap- The expo was attended by a large number of ating and Air-Conditioning Engineers plications. Targeting Builders, Developers, Con- people including industry professionals, consult- (ASHRAE) Pakistan chapter arranged a sultants, Contractors, Suppliers, Academia, and ants and other stakeholders of the industry. The grand expo at Marriot Hotel Karachi by the End-users to discover new trends and innova- attendees were delighted that such activities name of HVAC trends in the last week of No- tions in VRF and Split systems and choose the and exhibitions had starting again after a stag- vember 2021. right one for their high-rise buildings, offices, nant period of more than 2 years due to COVID- It was a specialized expo and conference on and homes. 19. 32

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 33

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 SMEDA support to SMEs during pandemic Engineering Post Report an electricity relief package under SMEs in the current situation, highlighted the key issues faced by “Prime Minister’s Relief Package” SMEDA collaborated with Manila- SMEs in the region and the sup- Pandemic of COVID-19 has for Small Businesses & Indus- based Asian Development Bank In- port they required to recuperate proved a catalyst for already tries” and Mazdoor Ka Ehsaas stitute (ADBI) and Asian during pandemic of COVID-19 dwindling situation of na- Programme. Productivity Organization (APO) which paved the way for the fed- tional economy in general and A follow-up survey was to conduct a similar survey in Pak- eral government to facilitate them, Small and Medium Enterprises launched in collaboration with istan in which 236 SMEs partici- accordingly. (SMEs) in particular. Mahbub-ul- Haq Research Centre pated. ADBI-APO also conducted a In order to facilitate the SMEs An online survey titled “Impact (MHRC), LUMS which was con- similar survey in other countries during COVID-19 pandemic, of COVID-19 on SMEs” was carried ducted from August till October including Bangladesh, India, In- SMEDA also conducted Online out by SMEDA to assess the effect 2020 after the lockdown had been donesia, Malaysia, during May- Thematic helpdesks for SMEs and of COVID-19 on businessmen and lifted. The survey had since been June 2020 and in other regional Webinars for SMEs in the areas of simultaneously identify the issues completed and the report was countries including Pakistan from management, marketing, financial that SMEs were facing at the peak under review for publication some- August to September 2020. In total and technical assistance which of COVID-19 pandemic . time back. 2344 SMEs participated in the re- helped the key public and private The survey served as a basis for Further, in order to assess the gional survey. stakeholders in such a critical the Federal Government to design adaptability and evolution of Results of the regional survey time to a great extent. 34



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 LSMI output increases 5.15% in first quarter The output of the large scale manufacturing tistics, the oil company advisory council and the percent, engineering products 3.17 percent, cook industries (LSMI) was observed to be in- ministry of industries revealed that OCAC and petroleum products 4.75 percent, non-metal- creased by 5.1 percent in the first quarter recorded monthly growth of 4.47 percent in Sep- lic mineral products 1.44 percent, paper and of this fiscal year as compared to the last fiscal tember 2021 against the previous month and an board 13.12 percent and wood products 4.44 per- year. The data was released by the Pakistan bu- annual growth of 9.57 percent was recorded. The cent during July-September 2021-22 compared reau of statistics when almost all the manufac- ministry of industries related sectors observed to the same period of 2020-21. turing sectors presented the postings of their an uprising of 0.51 percent in September 2021 The only sectors showing decline during July- growth. The LSMI ouput has shown an increase as compared to august 2021 on month to month September 2021-22 compared to July-September of 1.19 percent for September 2021 as compared basis, whereas on the yearly basis, a growth of 2020-21 included fertilizers, electronics, and to September 2020 and it also showed a decrease 2.16 percent was seen. rubber products. of 0.72 percent if the data is to be compared with Textile market increased by 0.80 percent, The petroleum industry witnessed a growth of the entries of august 2021. food, beverages and tobacco 3.39 percent, phar- 4.75 percent on year to year basis with an output Also the LSM data that was released by the maceuticals 11.53 percent, chemicals 4.70 per- increase from from 3.446 billion litres to 3.160 Pakistan bureau of statistics after compilation cent, automobiles 42.64 percent, iron and steel billion litres in 2021-22. The diesel industry also from the data given by provincial bureau of sta- products 13.77 percent, leather products 13.94 showed a growth of 2.89 percent in 2021-22. 36



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 SMEDA’s Performance Engineering Post SMEDA sources. ing July to December 2020 During the period under and District Economic Pro- Report Under the National Busi- and established 16 stitching report, Small and Medium files Development and OTC ness Development Pro- units by providing grant of Enterprises Development products were also devel- Small and Medium En- gramme for Small and up to 60 per cent of machin- Authority had facilitated oped. terprises Develop- Medium Enterprises, a ery cost of stitching units. 3797 SMEs and provided Rs Employees Social Secu- ment Authority Public Sector Development Since the launch of 178.48 million as loans, con- rity Institution (ESSI) had (SMEDA) accomplished the Programme (PSDP) funded SMEDA One Window in ducted 117 Training Pro- extended social security following during financial project, Small and Medium September 2020, around 37 grammes and 67 Thematic services to 90,000 workers year 2020-21 as for as its Enterprises Development applications had been re- Helpdesks, and developed of industrial and commer- performance was concerned Authority had conducted ceived while Letter of Intent 38 Pre-Feasibility Studies cial establishmentsalong in brief according toinfor- 108 training programmes (LOI) had been issued to 31 and 6 Business Plans. Addi- with their 540,000 depend- mation now available from with 6158 participants dur- applicants. tionally, around 14Cluster ents. 38



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Industrial Sector to maintain its growth momentum Engineering Post Report package and grown by 8.3 per cut across numerous sector are al- Moreover, collateral –free guar- cent during 2020-21. This mo- ready under implementation to antee scheme for Small and Industrial sector growth had mentum was most likely to be spur industrialization. Medium Enterprises (SMEs) was turned positive after two con- continued during current finan- The broad-based revival of also expected to underpin overall secutive contractions during cial year 2021-22, according to the Large Scale Manufacturing manufacturing sector growth 2018-19 and 2019-20, which was official sources concerned. Exten- (LSM) was projected to sustain prospectus. partly due to negative growth in sion of support package for Naya growth at 6 per cent during ongo- The buoyancy in construction, Mining and Quarrying sub-sector. Pakistan Housing initiative and ing financial year 2021-22. The with spillovers in allied indus- Newly introduced mining policy higher in the Public Sector Devel- sector has idle capacity and with tries, and with the new entrants was expected to attract invest- opment Programme , more than the ‘ease of doing business’ re- in the car industry, the overall ment in the sector thereby help- Rs 2 trillion worth of consolidated lated reforms, where Pakistan’s manufacturing sector was pro- ing in growth revival during Development Plan was providing ranking has quite appreciably im- jected to post moderate growth at financial year 2021-22. growth impetus in the construc- proved from 136 in 2019 to 108 in around 6.2 per cent during finan- Construction sub-sector had tion activities in the country. 2020, this sector was projected to cial year 2021-22, the sources benefitted from the government Moreover, several initiatives that maintain its growth momentum. maintained. 40

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 41

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 An insight into Textile Industry of Pakistan Engineering Post Readymade garment Report industry has emerged as one of the important Textile is the most small-scale industries important manu- in Pakistan. Its prod- facturing sector ucts have huge de- of Pakistan and has the mand both at home longest production and abroad. The local chair, with inherent po- requirements of ready- tential for value addi- made garments are al- tion at each stage of most fully met by this processing from cotton industry. to ginning , spinning, Garment industry is fabric, dyeing and fin- also a good source of ishing, made-ups and providing employment by 8.28 per cent. cotton bags, bed-wear, of 210000 skilled work- a million people. opportunities to a large garments. This sector con- TEXTILE MADE- hosiery, knitwear & ers and 490000 un- Knitwear exports con- number of people at a tributes nearly one- UP SECTOR readymade garments skilled workers. sist of knitted and very low capital invest- fourth of industrial Being value added including fashion ap- Another 350000 people processed fabrics knit- ment. value-added and pro- segment of textile in- parels. benefit in allied cottage ted garments; knitted TOWEL INDUSTRY vides employment to dustry made-u- sector HOSIERY INDUS- industries. Thus, the bed sheets, socks etc. There are about about 40 per cent of in- comprises different TRY industry provides di- R E A D Y N M A D E 10,000 towel looms in- dustrial labour force. sub-groups namely The industry sus- rectly and indirectly GARMENT INDUS- cluding shuttle and Barring seasonal and towels, tents & canvas, tains directly livelihood sustenance to well over TRY shuttle-less in the cyclical fluctuations, country in both organ- textiles products have ized and unorganized maintained an average sector. This industry is share of about 60 per dominantly export cent in national ex- based and its growth ports. depends on export out- The ancillary textile lets. The existing tow- industry includes cot- els manufacturing ton spinning, cotton factories are upgraded cloth, cotton yarn, cot- to produce higher value ton fabric, fabric pro- towels. cessing, home textiles, CANVAS towels, hosiery, The production ca- knitwear and ready- pacity of this sector is made garments. These more than 100 million components are being square meters. This produced both in the sector is also known as large-scale organized raw cotton consuming sector as well as in the sector. This value- unorganized added sector has great cottage/small and potential for export. 60 medium units. per cent of its produc- The performance of tion . these various ancillary SYNTHETIC TEX- textile industries is TILE FABRICS presented as under as Artificial silk such as per information gath- Synthetic fibers Nylon, ered from various Polyester, Acrylic and sources. Polyolefin dominate COTTON SPIN- the market. NING SECTOR There are currently The spinning sector five major producers of is the backbone in the synthetic fibers in Pak- ranking of textile pro- istan, with a total ca- duction. Presently, as pacity of 636000 tons per record of Textile per annum. Production Commissioner’s Organ- cost of artificial silk is ization (TCO), it com- less than silk, yet it re- prises 517 textile units sembles to it. Cur- including 40 composite rently, artificial silk units and 477 spinning capacity in the country units with 13414 mil- is about 9000 looms. lion spindles and WOOLEN INDUS- 198801 rotors installed TRY and 11338 million spin- The main products dles and 126583 rotors manufactured by the in operation with ca- Woolen Industry are pacity utilization of carpets and rugs. 84.55 per cent and JUTE INDUSTRY 63.67 per cent respec- The main products tively. manufactured by the CLOTH SECTOR Jute INDUSTRY are Problems of the Jute Sacks and Hess- power loom sector ian cloth which are evolve mainly around used for packing and poor technology and handling of wheat, rice scarcity of quality yarn. and Food Grains. Looms installed in cot- Total number of 10 ton textile mills are with 25060 spindles in- 9084 and looms work- stalled,Looms installed ing were 6384. The pro- are 1134 and looms duction cotton cloth worked 885. The in- has increased by 56.3 stalled and working ca- per cent whereas in pacity of Jute Industry value term decreased keeps fluctuating. 42



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Activities during 2021-22 for Building Knowledge Economy Engineering Post Report Through this programme, research grants are being provided for ad- Major developmental focus dressing the mega national issues during 2021-22 is mainly on and promoting world class research. the following areas: Human Young students need good base in Resource Development, Nano Tech- Science, Technology, Engineering nology, Quality Assurance and Stan- and Mathematics (STEM) to be- dards, Halal Accreditation, Medical come good scientists. In order to Devices and Health, Electronics & identify and facilitate the intelligent Automation and Herbal Medicines . and science oriented students, Min- Highlights during current finan- istry of Science & Technology was cial year are the projects recom- launching STEM at school and col- mended by Prime Minister’s Task lege levels throughout Pakistan. Force on Science and Technology. Hopefully, this will enable the stu- Some of these projects have specific dents to achieve their goals in their objectives to boost knowledge econ- field of interest. omy. Some of the ongoing projects Awareness among small and recommended by the PM’s Task medium enterprises (SMEs) for Force are in advance stage of their adoption of certification systems to completion. These included projects help for improving their perform- relating to development of Bio-Ma- ance and productivity continues to terials, use of Artificial Intelligence be undertaken under the Certifica- in Health Sector and developing tion Incentive Programme . Under products related to Industrial the scheme, awareness seminars in Biotechnology. association with local Chambers of New projects relating to Gene Ed- Commerce and Industry are being iting, Industry Research Centre Col- arranged throughout the country, as laboration, Failure analysis and and when required in order to max- patent support will provide key in- imize the receiving number of appli- gredients of developing knowledge cations by SMEs for grant of economy. Incentive Awards. The innovative activities and en- An amount of Rs 8341 million has trepreneurship culture in talented been allocated to Ministry of Science youth was being supported by pro- and Technology for its development viding challenge funds to youth, re- projects. This includes Rs3490.76 searchers and academia in a million for projects of Ministry of competitive environment. In this re- Science & Technology while Rs gard, Ministry of Science & Technol- 4851.23 million are for projects sug- ogy has been implementing gested by PM Task Force on Knowl- Competitive Research Programme. edge Economy. 44



ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Kurram Tangi Dam Project Stage-I to be completed in June 2023 Kurram Tangi schedule and stipu- hydel electricity, thus, WAPDA has been con- project including weir ing that WAPDA has Dam Project’s lated standard of creating job opportuni- structing about a (dam), irrigation sys- been implementing Stage-I, being works. Highlighting ties and alleviating dozen of projects to tap tem and the power Kurram Tangi Dam constructed in North the benefits relating to poverty in the remote the water resources to houses. Project in two stages. Waziristan district of irrigation and power and backward area. the maximum in the The project manage- At present, construc- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tion work is continuing Province, will be com- on Stage-I, under pleted by June 2023. which a weir (dam) This was stated by has been completed Pakistan Water and near Spinwam, 28 Power Development kilometers from Mir Authority (WAPDA) Ali in North Waziris- Chairman Lt Gen tan. Construction ac- Muzammil Hussain tivities are also in (Retd) during his visit progress on irrigation to the project. Frontier system and small Works Organization hydel power stations. (FWO) Director Gen- On completion, Stage- eral (DG) Maj Gen I of Kurram Tangi Kamal Azfar accompa- Dam Project will irri- nied him during the gate 16,380 acres of visit. Representatives land and generate of the consultants, the about 19 MW of elec- contractor and tricity. United States WAPDA project man- Agency for Interna- agement were also tional Development present on the occa- (USAID) is providing sion. US$ 81 million as The Chairman grant while Italian urged upon the project Corporation is chip- management to expe- generation, he said The Chairman said country. Kurram Tangi ment briefed the ping in US$ 45 million dite their efforts for that the project will that water security is Dam is one of such Chairman of the as a soft loan to Khy- completion of Kurram help attain sustain- considered to be an in- projects, he added. progress made so far ber Pakhtunkhwa Tangi Dam Project’s able development tegral part of human Earlier, WAPDA on Stage-I of Kurram Government for com- Stage-I in accordance through irrigated agri- development the world Chairman visited vari- Tangi Dam Project. mand area develop- with the construction culture and low-cost over, that is why, ous components of the It is worth mention- ment. 46

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Newly elected local council members take oath at PHVACR Society chapters Pakistan Heat- Council Members for Chairman of all 4 presented to all the Mementos were pre- Oaths for the ing Ventilation the term of 2021 – Chapters, Founding respected Outgoing sented by the Honor- elected Local Council Air Condition- 2023. Members, Executive Local Council Mem- able President Members were con- ing and Refrigeration The events were Council, Senior and bers as a gesture of Pakistan HVACR So- ducted by Society (HVACR) Society warmly welcomed by all Members of Soci- Appreciation and Ac- ciety, Mr. Ahmad President Mr. Chapters had con- the respected mem- ety had embraced the knowledgment of Nawaz adjoining Sen- Ahmad Nawaz hosted ducted Oath Taking bers and Prominently ceremonies. their Performance ior Members of Soci- by all Chapter Chair- Ceremony of Local President of Society, Mementos were during last tenure. ety. men. 47

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 A look at investments in Fuel Sector Engineering Post Report natural gas during last financial year less than the target for vary- The oil and gas exploration ing reasons. The supplies of local and activities have been un- LPG were 753051 tons. dertaken by the private sec- A total of 28 wells including 13 tor E & P companies outside the exploratory and 15 development Public Sector Development Pro- were drilled against target of 80 gramme (PSDP) of the Federal including 44 exploratory and 36 Government funding. Similarly, development wells. Achievement the gas transmission and distribu- against the target was even less tion activities have also been un- than 30 per cent . dertaken by generation companies For enhancing the exploration GENCO’s at their own through activities in the countries, six new ogra tariff. exploration H o w e v e r, blocks includ- laboratory ing Killa Sai- and gas fllah,Sharan supply and Suleiman schemes to Blocks in Special Balochistan, Economic Sujawal Block Zones are in South included in Sindh and PSDP Jhelum, Lillah 2020-21 Blocks in Pun- and 2021-22 as a special case due jab have since been awarded to E to being prioritized economic & P companies through competi- zones under China-Pakistan Eco- tive biddings. nomic Corridor (CPEC) for en- The award of new exploration hancing industrial development in blocks was most likely to add new the country. hydrocarbon reserves over the During 2020-21, the production new few years and bridge the oil of crude oil was 27 million barrels and gas demand supply gap in the against target of30 million bar- country. The execution of new ex- rels. The domestic production of ploratory licenses with the opera- natural gas was 1.2 trillion cubic tors will also enhance investment feet against target of 1.43 trillion in the petroleum sector, the official cubic feet. These figures indicate sources on being contacted showed production of both crude oil and their confidence. 48

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 WB to finance $195 million project for efficient electricity distribution The World Bank has signed tion, rehabilitation of transmission Electricity Distribution Effi- lines, modernization of DISCOs op- ciency Improvement Project erations and management func- worth $195 million with the gov- tions, revenue and equipment ernment of Pakistan to increase protection programme, and im- distribution efficiency and decrease proving operations and mainte- line losses. nance. The project will also support MianAsadHayaud Din, secre- the Power Division in fulfilling its tary, Economic Affairs Division policy mandate under the National signed the loan agreement on be- Electricity Policy, 2021 and imple- half of the Government of Pakistan ment power sector reforms. while Anjum Ahmad, operations “The long-term financial viabil- manager, World Bank signed the ity of the power sector depends on agreements on behalf of the World improving the efficiency of electric- Bank. ity distribution companies that de- The “Electricity Distribution Ef- liver electricity to consumers,” said ficiency Improvement Project” NajyBenhassine, World Bank aims to support investment pro- country director for Pakistan. grammes of three DISCOs’ to im- “These efforts will improve the op- prove reliability of electricity erational and financial perform- supply and reduce technical losses ance of select distribution through; (a) new grid stations; (b) companies to improve their banka- augmentation and upgradation of bility and ultimately generate more existing grid stations; (c) construc- private sector participation.” 170m Euro Thar-New Chorr rail track: MoU signed Railway construction PVT dum of understanding was signed. LTD collaborated with the The project is valued for 170 mil- BIL Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd to lion euros and will be executed agree on the construction of a new under foreign direct investment by 105km rail track connecting Thar- Al Furqan Group UAE, the CEO Coal Block-II with New Chorr sta- RAILCOP, SyedNajam Saeed, said tion on the Hyderabad- on the occasion of MOU signing Mirpurkhas Rail link. A memoran- ceremony. 49

ENGINEERING POST January 2022 Oman Design and Build Week being held Media Partner from 14 to 16 March 2022 at Oman Under the patronage of growth.” and home buyers’ multiple options face basis. We invite real estate Oman Ministry of Housing Oman Design & Build Week to search commercial and residen- business owners and buyers to and Urban Planning, will feature over 300 new prod- tial projects, invest in new proj- take advantage of this platform to Oman Design & Build Week, in- ucts and technologies catering to ects, buy properties, and learn nurture their business.” corporating The Big Show and the building interiors and fin- about the on-going and upcoming With the support of prominent Oman Real Estate Expo, will be ishes, building envelope and spe- trends in the market. Oman Real international and regional bodies held from 14 to 16 March 2022, at cial construction, building Estate Expo is organized in part- such as Ministry of Micro, Small Oman Convention & Exhibition technology and automation, me- nership with Oman Real Estate & Medium Enterprises India, Centre, Muscat, Oman. The event Federal Ministry for Economic Af- is dedicated to the building, con- fairs and Energy (Germany), Re- struction, and real estate indus- public of Turkey Ministry of try, and seeks to build Trade, and Muscat Municipality, partnerships and grow business Oman Design & Build Week will in an in-person environment. host country pavilions from Ger- As the economy in the Sul- many, India, Iran, Italy, Turkey, tanate of Oman continues to re- and United Kingdom, making it a cover from the slowdown resulting truly international event. Some of by the global pandemic, the eco- the key exhibitors showcasing nomic diversification plans guided their products will be AKG Hard- by Oman Vision 2040 emphasize ware, RICS, Salem Mohiyaddin on strengthening the construction bin Saif & bros. Trad & Cont Co, industry. The construction indus- and Techno Pipes. The event will try being the second largest driver offer educational programme for of non-oil growth of Oman’s econ- budding and established profes- omy is witnessing a rapid growth. chanical, electrical, and plumbing Association, Oman’s nodal trade sionals from the construction sec- A significant rise in the number of (MEP), heating, ventilation, and body representing Omani real es- tor. The free-to-attend Continued multi-billion projects is accelerat- air conditioning (HVAC), con- tate institutions and companies Professional Development (CPD) ing demand for building and con- struction tools and materials, con- operating in real estate develop- and Project Management Insti- struction products and services. crete and concrete-related ment, investment, valuation, and tute (PMI) certified seminars and Ashley Roberts, General Man- products and plant, machinery brokerage. workshops across three days that ager, CONNECT – the organiser and vehicles (PMV) sectors. With Asim Mohammed Al Zadjali, will include informative topics on of Oman Design & Build Week companies participating from Chairman of Oman Real Estate effective leadership in managing states, “We are confident that the over 18 countries, the event is ex- Association adds, “Oman Real Es- engineering projects, applying in- business opportunities offered at pected to draw 11,000 visits in tate Association is pleased to co- novative techniques in managing Oman Design & Build Week will three days. organise Oman Real Estate Expo. projects and increasing profits by foster positive meaningful engage- At the co-located Oman Real The exhibition provides immense managing Risk-Cost-Claims in ment in the construction, building Estate Expo, the real estate in- opportunities for the real estate construction projects. and real estate industries, and dustry will converge offering bro- developers looking at engaging To know more, visit www.oman- that will support economic kers, agents, developers, owners, with property buyers on a face-to- designandbuildweek.com 50