{"id":5749,"date":"2014-02-20T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T12:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=5749"},"modified":"2017-12-11T12:32:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:32:20","slug":"lahore-to-welcome-13-mega-projects-worth-3-2-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lahore-to-welcome-13-mega-projects-worth-3-2-billion.html","title":{"rendered":"Lahore to welcome 13 mega projects worth $3.2 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/lahore-future.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5752 aligncenter\" alt=\"lahore future\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/lahore-future.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Punjab Government is currently trying to persuade the Chinese investors to invest in 13 mega projects, which are planned for Lahore. According to reliable resources the projects are worth $3.4 billion and shall be constructed in near future, if the Chinese agree to invest. Looks like the Punjab Government is trying to cash \u201ca friend in need is a friend indeed!\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So what\u2019s going on? According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1088267\/chinese-being-wooed-to-support-mega-projects\">this report<\/a> of Dawn News, a high level delegation, led by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif himself, is presently visiting China to persuade some investors to look upon their neighbour the same way as they are looking at Dubai. I suppose the delegation\u2019s aeroplane might have a vinyl saying \u201cDekh magr pyar se\u201d for the Chinese investors.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Metro-Bus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5754 aligncenter\" alt=\"Metro Bus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Metro-Bus.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0So what are those 13 mega projects? All right, time for some mathematical figures. \u00a0Brace yourself, numbers are coming! According to the documents Wahdat Road shall have a $2.2 billion multi-storey housing scheme; Jail road will feature a $62 million LDA tower, Johar Town shall house $380 million Finance and Trade Centre (FTC) along with a $20 million amusement park, Ferozepur Road will see a $120 redevelopment of its camp jail site along with a $56 million shopping mall at Rescue 1122 site, a $208 million multi-storey housing apartments shall be constructed on a road linking Canal Road, a Sharaqpur bypass worth $55 million which will reduce the distance from Lahore by 35 kilometres (linking defence road with Multan road), a $38 million southern bypass which will link Multan road with Ferozepur road, Defence road will feature $19 million Defence Road flyover, GT Road will receive $114 million expressway linking Shahdra with Kala Shah Kaku, a $45 million office building at the old planning and development office and a $85 million eastern bypass which will have no link to the largest human flag world record.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5760 aligncenter\" alt=\"Flag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flag.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flag.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flag-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flag-537x313.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phew! Those were a lot of numbers, I am sorry but I also need to add that Chinese financers are also being pumped to invest in various components of $7 billion River Ravi Development Project. If our Chief Minister managed to hack it, Lahore will be a couple more steps closer to look like Paris, which it does resembles, sometimes, in rain during those awesome evenings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5755 aligncenter\" alt=\"Rain\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rain.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Government is currently trying to persuade the Chinese investors to invest in 13 mega projects, which are planned for Lahore. 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