Engineering Post April 2020

Govt announces relief package worth Rs.1.2 Trillion amid COVID 19 To reduce the effect of The Economic Coordination have to bear the burden of lockdowns and busi- Committee (ECC) has ap- Rs75bn. ness closures on the proved the package under the The meeting has also ap- incomes, the govern- chairmanship Dr Abdul proved Rs75 billion to be paid ment has announced a special Hafeez Shaikh. As a result 12 by Federal Board of Revenue economic relief package worth million people will receive Rs. (FBR) as sales tax and income Rs. 1200 Billion. 3000 for 4 months tax refund. The amount would To help the industrial sec- Power consumers using 300 help approximately 676,055 tor, it was decided to release units and gas users with beneficiaries by improving tax refunds amounting to Rs2,000 monthly bills would their liquidity position. Rs100 billion, besides, defer- be facilitated to deposit their The ECC approved the sup- ring of the interest payment. bills through three monthly plementary grant of Rs30 bil- Concessional loans will be installments. lion to the Ministry of provided to SME and agricul- The price of petrol has also Commerce to payback duty tural sector for which Rs100 been reduced by Rs 15 for drawbacks to textile ex- billion was set aside. which the government would porters.

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 PM breaks ground for 20,000 housing units worth Rs. 100 Billion Prime Minister Imran Khan “But now after the breakthrough inaugurated the Rs 100 bil- and path-finding, the journey has lion housing projects for the started towards realisation of construction of 20,000 housing this initiative,” he added. units in the second week of He said that as the govern- March. The houses will be con- ment employees, particularly the structed for low income groups class four employees and police and salaried people in Islamabad, personnel, could not construct Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Quetta. their own houses with salaries, Speaking on the occasion, the the government could arrange Prime Minister said the govern- bank financing for them. This ini- ment had made huge efforts for tiative would also benefit 40 in- starting the construction of five dustries allied with the million houses in the country as construction sector, creating job the initiative often drew criticism opportunities and pushing eco- from the political opponents. nomic growth. 02

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Engineering Post represented Pakistan at Middle East Energy 2020, Dubai for second consecutive year En g i n e e r i n g munity of Pakistan Post partici- at an international pated in Mid- level. In October 2019, Engineering dle East Energy Post also set up stall at ISK-Sodex at Is- Dubai for the 2nd tanbul, Turkey rep- resenting Pakistan’s consecutive year. engineering com- munity. Now Engi- Middle East Energy neering Post is the media partner of is a mega event or- more than 14 differ- ent mega events all ganized at Dubai across the globe. Engineering Post with more than 12 sets up stalls at the mega events and thousand partici- distributes copies of Engineering Post pants from over 130 among the atten- dees to promote the countries. Engineer- Pakistani engineer- ing community and ing Post attended products. the event and repre- sented the Pakistani Engineering indus- try. Engineering post is the Media partner for Middle East Energy 2020. Engineering Post hosted a huge num- ber of participants from Pakistan and other countries of the world at the stall set up in Khawaja ZeeshanHaider in set- ants, manufacturers, and senior Middle East Energy 2020. All the ting up a beautiful stall at the officials of companies from participants showed keen inter- event and acting as a gateway for around the world were part of the est in Engineering Post and the the local vendors and represent- exhibition. products mentioned therein. ing them at international levels. Engineering post is the only Participants from Pakistan With more than 48 thousand newspaper in Pakistan which ini- also visited the stall of Engineer- attendees, all three days were ex- tiated the trend of setting up ing Post in huge numbers and ap- tremely busy in hosting the stalls at international events to preciated the efforts of CEO guests all day. Traders, consult- represent the engineering com- 03

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Jubilee Corporation Offering Lightning and Surge Protection Systems, and Earthing solution with IEC compliant tools Jubilee Corporation is a private engineering tions from power supply systems to information essence, structural lightning protection can no organization established in 1962.Partnered technology, with modular design concept to longer be considered in isolation, protection up with over 30 specialist manufacturers achieve ease of installation and cost optimiza- against transient over voltages or electrical around the globe, the company deals in stock- tion. surges is integral to this IEC standard. ing, sales and providing technical solutions and At Jubilee Corporation, we excel at protecting We take pride in being the authorized distrib- support in the domains of LV switchgear, dry utor of DEHN- a renowned specialist in the type transformers, busways trunking system, fields of lightning and surge protection and lightning and surge protection, automation, and provider of smart protection solutions, in Pak- instrumentation & controls. istan. DEHN has been focusing on the research The company, since its inception, has been ad- and promotion of lightning protection for more vocate to promote quality products that are properties against the harmful impacts of light- than 100 years. As the core editorial member of compliant to major international standards. ning. Our Lightning protection and earthing so- IEC / TC 81, it has drafted several lightning pro- One such product solution is for catering the lution is compliant to IEC/ EN -62305- which tection standards affecting the world, such as risks presented by lightning and surges, and en- defines the optimum protection measures to de- IEC 62305, IEC 61643, IEC 62561, etc. sure safety of human life, industrial systems sign thelightning protection system.All the con- Our team of expert ensure you full support and public facilities from the fatal damages siderations for lightning protection are driven from design of LPS system (backed by IEC com- these may cause. by a comprehensive risk assessment, taking in pliant tools) to provide supervision throughout Offering SPDs (compliant to IEC/ EN -61643- to account the structure to be protected and also installation process. 21) that encompasses a wide range of applica- the services to which structure is connected. In Federal Government’s priority for creation of employment opportunities Engineering Post Report Provision of productive, remunerative and de- cent employment is the significant mecha- nism through which paybacks of growth can be distributed in the society. Creation of employ- ment opportunities in the country, as such, is one of the priorities of the federal government. The skill development plays an important in productive employment, therefore, improved training and skill development is also an essential part of the federal government’s productive em- ployment strategy. The federal government has al- ready taken special initiative and announced provision of 10 million jobs during its tenure by involving the private sector. The other main initiative of the federal govern- ment to construct 5 million houses throughout the country will also substantially contribute to em- ployment generation goal due to its forward and backward linkages with other allied industries numbering about 40. Promotion of overseas employment opportuni- ties for highly educated, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labour force is an important avenue which is also being duly explored at the appropri- ate level. Efforts are also underway for reinforce- ment of the basic agenda of decent work in Pakistan. Statistically speaking, Pakistan being the 6th most populous country and having 9th largest labour force in the world with population growth of 2.2 per cent per annum is adding a large number of youth in the labour force. Employment situation in the country has im- proved. It is estimated that about 1.00 million new jobs were created in the country during financial year 2018-19. Certain policy initiative were also taken and efforts made to put in place an efficient, equitable and rights based labour market. Mini- mum wage law has been enforced and minimum wage is also being gradually revised upward ac- cording to the economic situation. As per Labour Force Survey 2017-18, total civil- ian labour in the country was 65.50 million, out of these, 61.71 million (94.21 per cent) were employed persons and remaining 3.79 million ( 5.79 per cent) were unemployed persons. The unemployment rate of 6.24 per cent in 2012-13 and 5.94 per cent in 2014-15 had further decreased to 5.79 per cent during 2017-18. Male unemployment rate had increased from 4.98 per cent (2014-15) to 5.06 per cent (2017-18) while female unemployment rate had decreased from 8.97 per cent to 8.7 per cent during the period under report, according to the official sources. Labour Force in 2017-18 was 65.50 million (31.70 per cent) in 2017-18 including share of male 50.74 million (77.47 per cent) and that of female 14.76 million (22.53 per cent). 04

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Overhead ±660kV HVDC Matiari - Lahore Power Transmission Line FIRM DECON International Successfully Performed Pile Load Uplift Test Up To 652 Tons Firm DECON International out the project, due to which they ing on many national level projects. Company Ltd. (NTDC). This is the (Pvt) Ltd, has successfully performed test without any fatal China Electric Power Equipment first time in Pakistan, when NTDC performed Uplift (Tensile) incident. DECON ensured safety at and Technology Co. Ltd. (CET) had performed pile load test in Trans- Load Test up to 652 tons and com- work throughout the project, with awarded the work for pile testing mission Line project for testing the pression test up to 663 tons on pile Occupational Health and Safety on pile foundations of ±660kV actual in-situ capacity of a pile. foundations of ±660kV HVDC (OHS) measures. HVDC Overhead Power Transmis- This 660kV Matiari - Lahore Overhead Power Transmission Firm DECON International suc- sion Line (Matiari - Lahore) to transmission line will stretch 878 Line (Matiari - Lahore). The test cessfully conducted this high level Firm DECON International (Pvt.) kilometers from Matiari, Sindh, to equipment was designed and fabri- project mainly because of its expe- Ltd. The project is owned by Na- Nankana Sahib District near La- cated adhering to ASTM/EN stan- rience on previous successful work- tional Transmission & Dispatch hore, Pakistan, of which 550.65 dards. This kilometers will be project involved in Punjab load testing of 9 province and test piles. All tests 314.9 kilometers were performed in Sindh Province. conforming to It will help to ASTM/EN stan- transmit 4,000 dards. MW of generated DECON’s electricity from skilled profession- new coal power als provided an plants at Port unparallel level of Qasim, Hub and commitment and Thar to northern service through- Pakistan. 05

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 IEEEP holds 35thMulti topic Symposium The Institution of Electrical and Electronics during the symposium. Engineers of Pakistan (IEEEP) organized the Deputy General Manager K-Electric two day 35th multi topic Symposium at a SyedaSamanShakeeb Rizvi addressed the cere- local hotel in Karachi in the last week of February mony and enlightened the participants about inclu- 2020. sion electricity from alternative energy sources by The symposium was started with the recitation K-Electric. Currently K-Electric is using electricity of The Holy Quran after which Engr. Irfan Ahmad from five different alternate energy sources. Chairman IEEEP welcomed the guests and briefed In keeping with the tradition of IEEEP, this year them about the participants as well as the different Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Engr Arshad Daad again the symposium was highly informative and topics being covered by the Symposium. while addressing the ceremony said that PTI gov- was appreciated by the participants. This sympo- After the Chairman’s address Engr. Zia Khan ernment is working tirelessly for the uplift of the sium and conference is one of a kind in Pakistan in gave a detailed presentation on Artificial Intelli- society and advancements in science and technol- which engineers and exporters from all across the gence (AI) its use in daily life and how it has the ogy for the country. country are provided a single platform to increase potential to transform our daily lives. Engineers and experts from all across Pakistan networking as well as share their unique experi- Chief guest of the Program senior vice president presented their technical and engineering papers ences. 06

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 HAMEED AUTOMATION HOUSE of ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS L. V. SWITCHGEAR & AUTOMATION COMPONENTS Hameed Automation is a company which procures top quality In- As for Hioki is concerned, it is one of the top class Electrical Measur- dustrial Automation & Switchgear Products from world class ing instruments manufacturers in the world. Their vast range is man- manufacturers such as Schneider Electric (France), Weidmuller ufactured in Japan. A range which consists of: - (Germany) & Electrical Measuring devices/instruments from HIOKI Recorders, Data Loggers (Japan). Insulation & Earth Testers From the above com- Impedance Analyz- bination, one can easily ers, Battery Chargers derive the conclusion Power Meters, that we believe in sell- Power Analyzers ing world class prod- Current Probes, ucts to our established Clamp Meters etc. & growing industry In the end it will be right from Cement, pertinent to say a few Sugar, Paper, Textile, words about our- Food & Beverages to selves. Steel and Chemical etc. We are in the mar- The brands men- ket dealing in these tioned above cover the products for almost total requirements of four decades. As men- any industry as is evi- tioned earlier, we have dent from their product been procuring best portfolio. quality material from Coming to Schneider, world class sources & we cover complete provide our industry range of Low Voltage with these products Switchgear, VFD’s, Soft which we hunt & pro- Starters, and Automa- cure after great effort. tion Devices etc. Arif Iftikhar (Director) Iftikhar Hussain (CEO) Another area which Weidmuller is a Ger- is not normally covered man company which excels in Industrial Connectivity. in the market is customer support & after sale services. These two at- Industrial Connectivity plays a key role in the smooth working of any tributes are practiced by us in letter & spirit. This job is handled by a Industry. No Industry can run without proper connectivity. Their range team of qualified engineers. is studded with Modular Terminal Blocks, PCB Connectors, Marking We are proud to say that our customers not only appreciate our way Systems, Fieldbus Distribution Boxes, Solid State Relays, Process of developing a working relationship with them but our after sale serv- Safety Instrumented Relays, Power Supplies SPD’s, Enclosures and ices and support are a source of confidence & trust which they repose Cable Glands etc. in us. 07

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 27th HVACR Expo rescheduled to 23 - 25th July 2020 Just two weeks before it was global health emergency. exhibitors are having apprehen- Organizing Committee of 27th set to take place the 27th The event was originally sup- sions with respect to their partic- Pakistan HVACR International HVACR EXPO, Pakistan’s posed to take place in the last ipation at 27 Pakistan HVACR Expo & Conference 2020 has de- biggest HVACR related event week of March. It has now been International Expo & Confer- cided to reschedule the event.” has been delayed as the global moved to 23 - 25th July 2020. ence 2020 scheduled from 26-28 Major public events across the Coronavirus outbreak becomes The official Press statement March 2020 at Lahore Expo Cen- globe are being canceled or post- deadlier. issued by the Pakistan HVACR tre - Pakistan. poned as health officials urge to The World Health Organiza- society states, “Because of the Considering the gravity of the reduce public gatherings and tion (WHO) has declared Novel Novel Coronavirus, many of our situation, safety of our valued adopt sanitary measures to de- Coronavirus is a Pandemic and International Partners and local exhibitors, buyers and visitors, crease the spread of COVID-19. 08

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Shahid International launched updated products by ENTES Shahid International recently ensure delivery of genuine and au- of the country, Shahid International and commissioning, comprised of in- organized seminar at La- thentic products. Due to their ad- is offering Energy Analyzers and ternationally trained and certified hore to introduce the latest herence to quality and original Power meters according to the cus- individuals. The products of Shahid versions of Power factor con- products they have obtained depart- tomer requirements and standards International are being used by trollers, Current transformers and mental approvals from approved by WAPDA and NTDC many well-known institutions in network analyzers by ENTES. The WAPDA/NTDC, NESPAK, C&W, with the help of the manufacturers. Pakistan including The Centaurus event was attended by renowned Pakistan Railways, PAK PWD and The company has a highly experi- Mall Islamabad, Azgard Nine and consultants from all over the coun- DHA. Conforming to the regulation enced technical team for installation others. Some reputed panel makers try, Electrical engineers from com- including PEL, Siemens, Sun Beam, mercial projects as well as R.A Engineering etc have standard- industries and panel manufacturers ized the use of quality accessories of Pakistan. The participants of the available from Shahid Interna- seminar highly appreciated the tional. work of Shahid International for in- Shahid International ensures the troducing the latest technology provision of non-tampered, unadul- products in the country and ensur- terated and genuine product from ing the provision of authentic prod- manufacturers to the end user. ucts from genuine manufacturers. Their strict adherence to quality has Shahid International is the au- made them one of the most reliable thorized distributor of well-estab- energy accessory providers in Pak- lished international brands and can istan. 09

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Water and Energy projects approved for Baluchistan The Executive Committee of Project. The Dam is to be con- proved scope and costand condi- ments/PC-Is for phase II and the National Economic structed across Winder River in tion. In case of further revision, phase III costing Rs120 million Council (ECNEC) has District Lasbela, Balochistan cost increase would be borne by has been added in the cost sum- granted approval to major water with the total cost of Rs15,230.76 the provincial government from mary of this project, which would and energy projects for the million. The expected time of its own resources. be actively pursued. province of Balochistan. completion of the project isfour The Ecnec also approved The Kachi canal project Advisor to Prime Minister on years without Foreign Exchange Kachhi Canal project at District started in 2002 but was later Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Component (FEC). The meeting Dera Bugti, Balochistan Province abandoned. It is now expected chaired the meeting of Ecnec. decided that the Government of at the revised cost of Rs22,921 that the project would be com- During the meeting Ecnec gave Balochistan would ensure com- million. A component of detailed pleted in three years from the approval to the Winder Dam pletion of the project within ap- engineering design/tender docu- date of approval. 10

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 220 kV Grid station energized by K-Electric 220kV grid Sta- 132kV Gulshan grid tion located at stations under the New Port Qasim USD 460 Million TP- has become opera- 1000 transmission tional. K-Electric’s enhancement Project. Chief Generation & This is another Transmission Officer, milestone in an on- going stream of invest- ments of over USD2.4 bil- lion under- taken by K-Electric since 2009 across the electricity value-chain. The constant up-gradation Dale Sinkler ener- of its transmission gized the grid station network would help in the mid of March meet the growing 2020. This is now the load demand of the 10th 220 kV grid sta- city. and will enable K- 132kV network, an ready been energized graded the grid sta- tion in K-Electric’s The USD460 mil- Electric to transmit expansion plan for 21 in Federal A and Fed- tions in KDA, De- (KE) fleet. This fol- lion, TP-1000 project additional 800 MW existing grid stations eral B area, Surjani, fence, Gharo, Surjani, lows the recent con- was initiated at the through seven new and a Disaster Recov- North Karachi, Li- Jacobline, Landhi, struction and end of 2015 in collab- grid stations. The ery Centre for emer- aquatabad and Valika Orangi, Jauhar, operationalization of oration with Siemens Project comprises of a gencies. Six of the while 27 power trans- Malir, Old Town & the 220 kV Surjani & Germany/Pakistan new 220kV and grid stations have al- formers have up- Hub. 11

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ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Seminar on POWER ISOLATION conducted by IEEE PES IEEE PES Karachi chapter audience about the topic “Power organized a technical Semi- isolation”, he consider that nar on the topic of POWER many industries still are not im- ISOLATION. The speaker of the plementing proper power isola- seminar was the renowned tion practice, he believed that “Muhammad GhayasGillani”. this session will help participant The program started with understand & implement power recitation of the Holy Quran by isolation techniques in their or- Secretary PES Mr. Imran Zafar, ganizations. He then welcome the partici- Engr. GhayasGillani was pants and speaker of shared with the session, them that having work PES is con- experience of ducting tech- m 25 + years nical Seminar in Pakistan’s every month, biggest& the platform technically spread aware- most ad- ness & knowl- vanced Hos- edge on the pital AKUH. newest elec- He explained trical practices in the industry. the audience the technical & The session covers topics both complicated topic in very simple from academic research and manner, he used multimedia practical field cases. He also in- slides as well as animated formed participants on multi- videos for the explanation and topic seminar by PES scheduled elaboration. He shared exam- tentatively in November 2020. ples and consequences for ne- Mr. Tahir Salim, chairman glecting power Isolation. PES was pleased to see keen in- Dr.AsimurRehman, Secretary terest & participation from the Karachi Centre thanked the au- engineering community, he espe- dience for their active participa- cially applauded presence of tion, he also appreciated time & Young engineers. He introduced effort by Engr. GhayasGillani. 14



ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Six projects, investment initiatives and proposals in oil refining sector are in pipeline To reduce the environmental istan State Oil and Power China In- issues, the government has ternational Group, Falcon Oil Pri- started working on a strategy vate Limited to set up 40,000 BPD to import Euro-IV and V standard oil refining facility at Dera Ismail fuel conforming the latest vehicles Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tackle environmental issues Khyber Refinery Limited would es- like smog & air pollution. A senior tablish the facility to purify 20,000 official of the Petroleum Division in- BPD oil in Kohat. As government formed the National Assembly has been planning to upgrade Pak- Standing Committee on Energy istan Refinery Limited, at present, that Currently, Euro-II & III stan- around 55 percent needs of diesel dard petrol is available in the coun- and petrol are being met through try. the import of petroleum products in The Sulphur content in fuel was finished form, while 40 to 45 per- being reduced to minimum level, be- cent requirements were fulfilled by sides ensuring recommended level refining the crude oil at domestic fa- of manganese additive in petro- cilities. leum. Moreover, the official briefed that currently around six projects, investment initiatives and propos- als in oil refining sector are in pipeline and at different stages to purify around 1.110 million Barrel per Day (BPD). According to shared details, an oil refinery and petrochemical complex of 300,000 BPD oil capacity would be set up at Gwadar, Balochistan. PARCO would install 250,000 BPD Coastal Refinery at Hub, Balochis- tan. SINO Infrastructure Hong Kong Oriental Times Corporation Ltd (SIOT) would establish 250,000 BPD Gwadar Refining and Indus- trial Park, Upcountry Deep Conver- sion Refinery and Crude Pipeline of 250,000-300,000 BPD oil would be set up in collaboration with Pak- 16

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ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Conductor stringing activity initiated at Matiari-Lahore transmission line Work on the 660kV High Voltage Di- rect Current (HVDC) Matiari-La- hore transmission line project is being completed on an extremely fast pace. Overall 86 percent work has already been completed. The Conductor stringing of the transmis- sion line has already been initiated. Deputy Managing Director National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) Wajahat Saeed Rana at Hasilpur, Punjab inaugu- rated the stringing of conductors at the Ma- tiari-Lahore transmission line. The mega transmission line project will evacuate 4000 megawatts of power from coal based power plants in Thar region and ther- mal power plants including Nuclear power plants of Sindh to the Northern load centres of the country. This transmission facility will primarily be utilized to transmit power gen- erated from indigenous Thar coal based power generation projects with an aim to en- hance the share of indigenous fuel based generation and saving significant amount of foreign exchange. As per the agreed milestones, the Project is expected to formally start its commercial operation on 1st March 2021. 18



ENGINEERING POST April-2020 CPEC projects will not to be affected by COVID-19: FO The Foreign Office of Pakistan While responding to media queries has expressed the confidence sent to her via e-mail for the weekly that Pakistan would be able to media briefing due to Covid-19 out- complete the China-Pakistan Eco- break, said that the CPEC comprises nomic Corridor (CPEC) projects in long-term projects whose completion, time. in many cases, was spread over years. Although life has come to a stand- “We are quite confident that we still in most of the countries of the will be able to complete the CPEC world leading to closure of industries projects in time, and going forward, and immediate discontinuation of im- the short-term impact by the spread ports/exports stillForeign Office of Covid-19 will be counterbalanced spokesperson Aisha Farooqui has as- by effective and swift mobilisation of sured the media that this will not af- resources for timely completion of the fect the projects under CPEC. CPEC,” she said. 20

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ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Projects underway to improve capacity of Information Technology industry Engineering Post Report The Federal Govern- the world. 27001/20000 interna- ment is attaching A number of projects tional standards. due importance to are underway to improve Pakistan Space Centre the Information Technol- capacity of the Informa- (PSC) is under process of ogy sector in the country tion Technology industry execution. in order to keep pace by further providing in- (Pakistan Space Cen- with the fast develop- frastructure and facili- tre was approved during ments taking place in ties for startups financial year 2018-19 this sector throughout andsmall Information which aims to establish Technology businesses, indigenous facility for increasing the quality of development of satellites skills and capacity of the in accordance with the organizations to consis- international space stan- tently keepdelivering dards. The space centre high quality services and willhave the capability to products, raising its carry out manufactur- standard to compete in ing, testing, system level the international arena, assembly, integration, and accelerating the pace launch and operations of of e-government to facili- various types of satel- tate citizens to avail lites.) public services. Pakistan Multi-Mis- Accordingly, major sion Satellite (PakSat- thrust is Information MMI) is also being Technology sector is processed for execution being laid on the follow- Feasibility Study of ing during current finan- Pakistan’s 2nd Optical cial year: Remote Sensing Satellite Knowledge Economy (PRSS-02) is being Task Force’s Information worked out Technology projects in Under China-Pakistan areas of Freelancing Economic Corridor Marketing and Innova- (CPEC) in Phase-II, tion Funds, Technology Cross Border OFC Sys- Zones Software /Technol- tem between China and ogy Economic Zones. Pakistan for interna- Development of Tech- tional connectivity of nology Parks to facilitate voice and data traffic for rapidly growing entre- ensuring alternate route preneurial ecosystem in for international inter- the country. net connectivity (Technology Parks De- Upgrading /Expand- velopment Project was ing internet and broad- also launched during last band services in financial year 2018-19 Gilgit-Baltistan and and negotiations for Azad Jammu and Kash- technical assistance from mir. Information and Korea were initiated). Communication Technol- Under project “En- ogy (ICT) sector is work- hancing IT Exports ing on these major through Industry Sup- thrusts and planning port Programs “, 50 more much more under an al- companies are being pro- location of Rs 11140 mil- vided CMMI consul- lion under the Public tancy to attain Sector Development Pro- certification of CMMI gramme (PSDP) of the level-2,CMMI level-6, Federal Government CMMI level-5 and ISO 2019-20. 24

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Build. Connect. Expand in Oman The Sultanate of Oman is con- Africa. sidered as one of the fastest- Project Oman is designed to be a growing countries in terms of comprehensive platform that pro- infrastructure development. vides an access point to arising in- The country’s five-year plan and vestment opportunities and new Vision 2040 program outline the projects in Oman and optimizes in- roadmap to diversifying the economy ternational trade relations and busi- through increased government ness partnerships. spending on key non-oil sectors and Akey feature of Project Oman is stimulating private investments in the designated B2B Matchmaking various sectors including the infra- Program. This complimentary serv- structure and construction indus- ice is a highly effectivetool, designed tries. to ensure exhibitors and visitorsmeet Giving a boost to the infrastruc- the right partners, making way for ture sector, the Omani government new partnerships.The user-friendly has allocated $13.77 billion for devel- interface allows for meetings to opment projects in its 2020 budget bescheduled with selected compa- that includes $3.38 billion for infra- nies; the meetings caneither take structure projects. Moreover, the place at the designated B2B area or country’s construction market is ex- at theexhibitor’s stand. pected to register a CAGR of 6% over The exhibition also features a spe- the forecast period, 2019-2024. cialized conference bringing together Building on immense business op- local andinternational experts in the portunities in Oman’s dynamic con- field of construction to delveinto the struction sector, IFP Emirates latest developments and upcoming (International Fairs and Promotions) projects, not tomention explore and Al Nimr Expo are organizing emerging opportunities and initia- Project Oman, the International Con- tives thatcontribute to Oman’s 5-year struction Technology, Infrastructure, development plan. and Building Materials Exhibition, The conference is the ideal spe- from 12 to 14 October 2020 at the cialized business platformto meet the Oman Convention and Exhibition industry’s influencers and key play- Centre. ers andgain valuable insights into The trade fair is the latest addi- Oman’s construction sectordynamics. tion to IFP’s “Project Series” which For more information about Proj- spans6 premier construction exhibi- ect Oman, visit www.project- tions across the Middle East and oman.com. 25

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Oman Design & Build Week Rescheduled to March 22, 2021 Omanexpo today Omanin relation to visit Oman Design & announced an COVID-19. We as or- Build Week2020, and agreed decision ganisers must com- the wider population of by all key stakeholders mend the way that the Oman, at the centre of to postpone its flagship COVID-19 situation is this decision. The out- event, Oman Design & being very competently break of COVID-19 is a Build Week in light of controlled in Oman. We situation affecting the the growing difficulties must be conscious that globe and it is having of international travel many organisations an unprecedented im- due the novel coron- within our community pact on businesses avirus (COVID-19) out- are currently facing around the world, break. difficulties travelling events, are of course Oman Design & around the world. It is part of this due to na- Build Week, Oman’s for these travel reasons ture of the large gath- biggest building and that Oman Design & ering of people that construction event, will Build Week will be they represent.” now be held from the postponed until 2021.” “We believe that the 22ndto the 24th of “Whilst we realise postponement allows March 2021 at the that the change in for the event to be fully Oman Convention & dates may amount to inclusive and it is Exhibition Centre,one some inconvenience for likely that it will be year after the origi- companies it is para- even better for the nally planned March mount to put the communities that they 30 to April 1 dates. health of those due to serve,” he concludes. This proactive move is supported by the Ministry of Healthand the Oman Real Estate Association (ORA). Ashley Roberts, Portfolio Director and Acting General Man- ager of Omanexpo, comments, “We have been having regular di- alogue with the Min- istry of Health, 26



ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Crown group manufacturing Electric Vehicles in Pakistan Crown group of companies and two-wheeler scooty at has started manufacturing Rs300,000 and Rs55,000 respec- affordable Electric vehicles tively. Moreover, the three- in Pakistan. The company wheeler rickshaw (two-in-one) arranged a showcasing event in comes in both electric and engine- the last week of February to dis- equipped with manual switching play its exclusive range of afford- options at a display price of able electric vehicles. Rs300,000 and Rs250,000 respec- The company has set the dis- tively. play and testing price of the four- These electric vehicles will be wheeler electric car at Rs400,000 locally manufactured at the whereas the display and testing Group’s newly-built, 26-acre facil- price of electric three-wheeler car ity at Port Qasim. 28

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ENGINEERING POST April-2020 An Outlook of Energy Sector of Pakistan By Engr. Muhammad Nawaz Iqbal The demand for taxes beneath cost recu- power in Pak- peration levels, power istan has ex- robbery, deficient as- panded drastically sortment rates, and inside the most recent 5 specialized misfortunes years. Over portion of of around 23-25%. Ac- this interest begins cordingly, power age or- from the Punjab terri- ganizations face tory where most of the genuine money related populace dwells. Family issues, making inter- units are principally ests in the division ex- mindful the expansion tremely troublesome. of interest. The popu- What's more, expenses larity of industry and duced limit. Hence, nu- of intensity age, which nearby business people merous organizations is primarily founded on thus can't be met either. and businesses, just as non-renewable energy The ongoing ascent private families, have sources, are high aver- sought after is, to some depended on introduc- aging at around degree, because of the ing diesel generators as 12PKR/kWh and up to enormous scale portion back-up which has 15PKP/kWh if special- of cooling and cooling prompted a generous ized misfortunes are in- frameworks, especially increment in the ex- corporated. The in urban regions. pense of power in urban principle factors which Therefore, the interest areas across Pakistan. are forestalling the roll- is particularly high in By and large Pak- out of provincial charge the mid year months. istan is battling with a are the inexorably high In the Punjab power re- huge gap between dissemination costs and quest frequently sur- power supply and an in- the lack of intensity age passes the accessible terest of around 5 GW. which brings about inventory by 2 to 3 GW, Fundamental explana- breakouts just as bur- which makes up around tions behind low inter- den shedding. More- 30% of the all out intro- ests in power age are over, because of the 30

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 presently low power utilization/re- more, it is reviewing business appli- quest in rustic territories the exten- cation and interests in power age, sion of the lattice into these regions and it helps the private and NGO di- is just not affordable and conse- vision in arranging and executing quently not plausible. Utilities and sustainable power source ventures. dispersion organizations are hesi- Last yet not the least, it conducts at- tant to reveal the matrix since the tainability examines and embraces \"incomes from duties could always specialized, money related and mon- be unable to give the profits ex- etary assessments. Under the re- pected to recuperate the speculation. mote town zap program, AEDB has The fundamental factors which are been coordinated to zap 7,874 re- forestalling the rollout of rustic zap mote towns in Sindh and Balochis- are the undeniably high appropria- tan areas through ARE advances. tion costs and the lack of intensity The development of intensity age age which brings about breakouts limits is moderate. The declining ac- just as burden shedding. Moreover, cessibility of petroleum gas in Pak- because of the right now low power istan regularly results that current utilization/request in rustic regions force plants working underneath the extension of the network into limit. Gas has progressively to be these territories is simply not afford- subbed with oil, which is principally able and henceforth not doable. Util- imported (75%). All things consid- ities and appropriation ered, the nation's dependence on its organizations are hesitant to reveal inward flammable gas assets has the lattice since the \"incomes from even expanded in the most recent levies could always be unable to give years, for the most part because of the profits expected to recoup the rising worldwide oil costs which venture. The Alternative Energy thus has prompted increment in Development Board is a self-govern- cost of organizations, pressure on ing office under regulatory control of family unit spending plans, partic- the Ministry of Water and Power ularly of lower center pay gather- (MoW&P). It was set up in May ings and weight on national 2003 with the primary goal to en- exchequer as far as appropriations. courage, advance and empower im- The fundamental elements which provement (approaches, projects are forestalling the rollout of coun- and activities) of Renewable Energy try zap are the inexorably high cir- in Pakistan and with a crucial pres- culation costs and the lack of ent Alternative and Renewable En- intensity age which brings about ergies at a quickened rate. AEDB is breakouts just as burden shedding. likewise in control to assess, screen Besides, because of the at present and guarantee RE items. Therefore, low power utilization/request in AEDB has been the primary na- country zones the extension of the tional on-screen character in charac- framework into these zones is only terizing quality guidelines for not prudent and henceforth not at- photovoltaic frameworks. Further- tainable. 31

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 The Best Engineering and Business Practices II By Engr. Mohammad Iqbal Mirza, CEO, Green Leaves An Engineer is a for making the lives of professional – general public better or and a profes- worse; and like any sional is someone who other profession, engi- does a job that requires neering does face ethi- special training, educa- cal issues that tion, or skill or alter- necessitate a code of nately someone who has conduct and follow stan- a lot of experience or dards which shall bind skill in a particular job them to exercise best or in an area of activity. practices ensuring a We very commonly use safe working environ- the phrase “having a ment, the product so professional approach”. ture of human society produced doesn’t pose In fact it is a core value greatly depends on the any hazards to its users that an individual pos- working of its engi- and it doesn’t pollute sesses. It is similar to neers. Millions of people the environment caus- the words competent, are directly affected. ing health hazards to considerate, commu- They are either users of public. nicative, balanced, pos- products designed by Engineer means to itive attitude, self- engineers or they are design or create using awareness, aspiring, the one who produce the techniques or meth- and inquisitive which and market these prod- ods of engineering, so stand for values present ucts. In any field of en- the design and creation and speak off to de- gineering, be it ought to be flawless. It scribe someone; these computer, energy, avia- means that an engineer are the set of values im- tion, civil, chemical, as a profession should portant to a person as a biotechnology or genetic design or create a ma- professional also. engineering, the engi- chine that is precise ac- The present and fu- neers are responsible curate. It also implies 32

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 that an engineer ento allow team stoac ing a blind eye to future needs to use his ac- quire the required profi- repercussions. In fact quired knowledge ciency in skills–but the engineers require to wisely and faithfully at above all he has to be use FTA (Fault Tree his job or workplace. honest about the skills Analysis) or similar The first requisite for an gaps and what is not such as, RBD (Reliabil- engineer is inflexible ac- known to them and ity Block Diagram) and curacy, because it is their team. Another Markov Analysis to an- basic to the engineering thing the engineersneed ticipate what may go solution one expects to have is continuously wrong and what will be from an engineer. Inac- updating their knowl- the consequences of curacy and carelessness edge in their fields of that. The conflict of in- in engineering leads to expertise, because of the terest emerges when an failures resulting in in- trust their clients have engineer compromises juries and death of hu- in the mand in the his professionalism, ob- mans involved or failure wider interest of com- ligations and loyalties of projects incurring mon man. The follow- with his organization to colossal financial losses. ings are to be adhered to serve self-interest that Engineering profession- by Engineering and may lead to biased judg- als need to be dead hon- Business organizations: ments. Therefore, engi- est about their 1. No to self-inter- neers shall avoid competency level when est. The conflict of inter- creating situations taking up jobs or proj- est can be very fatal in where his conductcould- ects. The temptation to maintaining accurate beput to question be- qualify for a job by an practices. The opinion cause of decisions taken individual and bidding a an engineer puts for- or judgment given by lucrative project by a ward should be objec- him. company without hav- tive in its nature based 2. Honesty is the ing the required compe- on available data and best policy, we have tence may end up in a correct to the best of his learned in our school catastrophe. knowledge and not days, yet we see very Engineer are meant tainted by self-interest. less of its practical man- to employ their special- It is very common prac- ifestation; and another ist skills within their tice that engineer’s word integrity is of very area of experti sein judgment is influenced high value at the list of making a by self-interest, com- our moral agenda such significantandpositiveco mercial benefit and loy- as, allegiance to our ntributionto thesociety. alty to his employer, for motherland, organiza- It does happen on some instance overlooking tions we are attached to; projects that the needed safety measures, em- and the causes we emo- skill is not present. In ploying wrong design tionally want to uphold the secases, the engi- parameters, ignoring in our life. Inthe life of neer is duty bound toen- maintenance considera- an engineer or “Engi- s u r e t h a t r i s k s a r e tions, compromising on neering Professional wellmanagedandneces- material or quality of Practices” the impor- sary measuresare tak- equipment selection giv- tance of the highest 33

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 standardsofprofes- honesty has been over though have different an individual both someone honest without integrity avoid conflict sional conduct, open- emphasized meanings, but when de- words are used, because integrity. so finterestor, where ness, fairness and Honesty and integrity scribing an attribute of it is hard to imagine The work of engi- this is not possible, indi- neers’ benefits general cate these conflicts public or different clearly and do theirut groups of people, and be- most to reject improper cause of this they have influences. Integrity in- the obligation to keep spires one to work for or these people informedof influence employers in the relevant facts. The improving engineering publictrusts profession- practices at his organi- als to receive a complete zation for the better- and accurate informa- ment of tion. Honestyisnot a engineeringprofession matter limited to lying and the societyatlarge. only. They, sometimes, Integrity also implies do have to disclose and working for change in also to observe confiden- practice sand attitudes tiality; it depends and that look falling short of varies from case to case. ethics. It doesn’t mean Integrity has to do an engineers hall only more with ethics, it is avoid corrupt practices above personal inter- himself, rather he shall ests. Integrity demands work to prevent corrupt resisting pressure and practices or professional not compromising ethi- misconduct around him calvaluesandprinciples in the organization. that may come from 3. Environment – anywhere or anyone - The best engineering Employers, clients,or practices cannot be colleagues. People with called the best unless it 34

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 environment and gives it due con- their health. No doubt, it is impor- sideration while designing, manu- tant to raise the living standard of facturing and marketing products. human beings, but not at the cost of It should be the integral part of en- human’s health and wellbeing, gineering practicesat all stages of a which has more importance. There- product manufacturing and post fore protection of environment is manufacturing cycle. The products, the first consideration in the con- he designs or manufactures are used cept of sustainable growth in by human beings as a necessity of human society. The engineers are life, but these cannot be greater laden with the responsibility to em- than humanity, the material of prod- phasize more and more on conserva- ucts, products and the process of t i o n o f r e s o u r c e s , r e c y c l i n g a n d production, all should be the friends introducing nonpolluting technolo- of humanity and not its adversaries. giestoachieve the sustainable devel- The bad or careless engineering opment. Engineers are the only practices destroy ecosystem, are re- profession to work in reducing use sponsible for polluting air, water and of fossils fuel and make efficient soil; and this brings about the usage of renewable energy sources changes in weather pattern and de- such as solar, wind, biomass, stroys a number of life species. tidalor fission breather reactors. The ozone layer safeguards hu- Engineers must develop energy effi- mans, plants and animals from ul- cient resources minimizingwaste- traviolet light which is injurious to andinefficiency. 35

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ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Three times lighter, modern and unique concrete By Mr. Christopher B. Yousuf The construction industry is always in have been used for thousands of years by the ratios and methods. For example, fly ash can be search for materials to produce strong, durable and cost-effective world’s top architectural engineers and it Continued on Page 41 is proven by many old Roman architec- concrete. It has always been a challenge tural buildings that have been standing for engineers to develop a concrete prod- for thousands of years and are still uct which can be fast and easy to install standing up till today. This is because of with minimum amount of money, energy the specially selected raw materials such and efforts. There are many raw materials as pumice stone and volcanic ash Fly Ash. available in Pakistan which have already In the past there were less opportuni- been used by the construction industry, ties for builders and engineers to use such but all these raw materials have few raw materials since they weren’t that widely benefits and some drawbacks, available but now in the present day due to which they can’t be these materials are much more completely utilized in con- easily accessible thus, providing struction work. more opportunities to build There have been many better and reliable building studies and searches con- structures. ducted by scientists and LIGHWEIGHT CON- engineers all over the CRETE AND WALL PAN- world to provide light- ELS weight, heat, water and acid resistant material in With the combination of fly ash, pumice stone, ce- order to produce concrete. However, as the saying ment and water, engineers can now produce light- goes “Old is Gold”.There are a few materials that weight concrete and wall panels by using different 38

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ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Three times lighter, modern and unique concrete Continued from Page 38 porous igneous rock that forms dur- 5. Slag ing explosive volcanic eruptions. It is 6. Pozzolan ratios and methods. For example, also employed as a lightweight ag- 7. Gypsum fly ash can be used as a replacement gregate in precast masonry units, 8. Calcium oxide for sand and pumice can be used as poured concrete, insulation and 9. Quick lime and many more… a replacement for aggregate. Major- acoustic tile, and plaster. One of the ity of people are aware and familiar most significant of the advantages of with fly ash but there are still many pumice aggregate concrete is its who are left in the dark. lightweight quality which is up to WHAT IS FLY ASH? one-third lighter than conventional Fly ash is by-product of coal com- sand and gravel concrete. This trait bustion power plant and is similar to contributes to a decrease in struc- volcanic ash. It has increased tural steel costs and, consequently, strength and durability which job costs. means it can handle greater loads We, Tradeworth International are and is more resilient and lasts your ultimate partner in the con- longer. It is less vulnerable to chem- struction industry and are always ical such as de-icing salts, soil sul- keen to search for those raw materi- fates, etc. Fly ash concrete is easier als that can bring improvement in to work with because of its spherical concrete in the most cost-effective shape and its ability to moderate prices. early concrete at times. It is used to We are actively busy suppling fol- mitigate problem called alkali silica lowing materials that may take your reaction. This is a major issue for attention. some states and fly ash is mainly 1. Fly ash used to combat this problem. 2. Pumice stone PUMICE STONE 3. Foaming agent Pumice stone is a lightweight, 4. Micro silica 41

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion 2018-40 formulated Engineering Post Report tlenecks to a great extent at gen- eration side, yet the transmis- With summer months fast sion and distribution side approaching and almost congestion and inefficiencies around the corner, all continue to hamper the sus- categories of electricity con- tained delivery of energy serv- sumers particularly domestic, ices to all categories of electricity commercial and industrial con- consumers throughout the coun- sumers are keeping their fingers try. Additionally, the higher en- crossed and earnestly praying ergy prices in the current times for no load shedding in coming as well as in the near future, are hot months. a bi-product of such aggressive Energy is an integral part of capacity additions during 2013- the economic order of Pakistan 18. because energy demand and A Task Force on Energy was economic growth share a tight formed by the Prime Minister bond. Pakistan is in the process soon after coming into power of overcoming a severe energy after July 2018 general election crisis that has both directly and on priority basis to propose im- indirectly affected all sectors of mediate, medium, and long- the national economy especially term policy interventions with in terms of the evolving energy the aim to provide indigenous , mx. The energy side bottlenecks affordable energy for all. have survey and certainly Furthermore, National Trans- eroded the economy of the coun- mission and Dispatch Company try. (NTDC) has since prepared and In order to fix such conges- submitted Indicative Generation tions and bottlenecks for the Capacity Expansion Plan 2018- smooth delivery of energy serv- 40 to National Electric Power ices, massive projects with great Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), political optics were incorpo- the electricity regulator. rated to the supply side in be- According to the information tween the years 2013-18, adding available from official sources a cumulative capacity of 12230 concerned at the appropriate MW. Although the added capac- higher level, this expansion ity has helped in easing the bot- plan is a part of the Integrated 42

ENGINEERING POST April-2020 Energy Plan which includes Public Sector Development Pro- power as well as petroleum de- gramme (PSDP) of the Federal mand and supply plans until Government for outgoing finan- 2047. Such evidence-based pol- cial year 2019-20. icy instruments and documents By end-June 2020, power gen- are quite obviously momentous eration capacity of 2611 MW in- achievements for the entire cluding 688 MW from renewable power sector of Pakistan. The energy are scheduled hopefully plan envisaged transformation to the added to the power gener- of power generation sector from ation which will accordingly in- thermal production to renew- creased the existing installed ables and nuclear power . In capacity from 34916 MW to this context, looking ahead until 37527 MW from solar, wind, 2047 one can learn a lot from the hydel, coal (local) coal (imported) previous few decades of primary gas, RLNG, oil, bagasse and nu- energy supplies and how the en- clear sources. ergy mix of Pakistan has evolved As for apprehensions about over time. load shedding in coming months Categories of electricity con- are concerned, while the federal sumers include households, in- government is doing its part of dustry, agriculture, transport, obligation to increase power gen- power and federal and provincial eration from all available governments establishments and sources, all categories of electric- institutions at various levels. ity consumers particularly do- There are as many as 103 mestic consumers should also Power sector projects under im- exercise restraints to the maxi- plementation and varying stages mum possible in the usage of of their implementation and electricity to meet their essential completion throughout the coun- requirements and needs and try. avoiding wastage and unneces- 73 projects of Power Division sary use of electricity through including Generation, Transmis- excessive use of air-conditioners sion and Distribution Projects in houses, shops and offices. has 73 projects are being imple- Such constraints on part of elec- mented with an allocation of Rs tricity consumers will also help 74735.827 million, 4 power proj- in keep their electricity bills ects of Pakistan Atomic Energy within manageable limits while Commission with an allocation the federal government on its of Rs 19, 139.966 million, Kash- part is also determined to keep mir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan the power tarriff within afford- 9 projects with an allocation of able reach of all electricity con- Rs 2035.0 million and WAPDA sumers. Hydropower Generation 17 proj- Quite obviously, one needs two ects with an allocation of Rs hands to clap--- the power pro- 120768.352 million under the ducers and the consumers. 43

Lahore-Sialkot Motorway (M-11) opened for traffic A91-kilometre-long Lahore-Si¬alkot Motor- total time required to travel from Lahore to 1000 acres of land. The SEZ would open new era way (M-11) has been opened for traffic. Sialkot has been reduced to a total of 50 minutes of development and provide employment oppor- After this road becoming operational the from 3 hours. tunities in Golden Economic Triangle. The motorway starts from Lahore where it is connected with eastern bypass and Ring Road while its first interchange is situated at Kala Shah Kaku. The inauguration ceremony could not take place due to the emergence of Corona virus but the road (M-11) was opened for traffic. The four-lane motorway has two lanes on each side and has been completed at the cost of around Rs.43 billion. There are 7 interchanges, 6 flyovers, 24 bridges, 22 underpasses, 13 sub- ways and 274 culverts have been included in this project. The project is completed by Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) on Built Operate Transfer (BOT) mode. The maintenance and op- erations would remain with FWO for next 25 years after which the road would be handed over to the National Highways Authority. The completion of this long-awaited project will improve connectivity of industrial triangle of Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat-Wazirabad to the rest of the country especially Lahore. According to sources a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is also being established along the Sailkot-Lahore Mo- torway. The propose SEZ would be developed on