The government of Pakistan has halted development of the Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway (M-6) due to financial problems and delays in project execution.
The build-operate-transfer (BOT) project was awarded to China State Construction Engineering Corporation, with a certain proportion of financing to be provided by the government. The three-year construction period was due to commence last year.
The National Highway Authority (NHA) has now been directed to reformulate the project to be entirely privately funded. The authority plans to undertake a commercial feasibility study of a cross-subsidization structure and then initiate a new procurement process, under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement.
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December 20, 2018
Government of Pakistan fast-tracks development of Malir Expressway PPP
The Government of Pakistan has issued a directive to the Sindh Planning & Development Department to fast-track the development of the Malir Expressway project, with the authority ordered to start...
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January 27, 2018
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has received an unsolicited proposal for the project
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has received an unsolicited proposal for the project. The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Policy Board of the Government of Sindh has directed the local government technical committee to evaluate the project
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January 27, 2018
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Policy Board of the Government of Sindh has approved the project and directed the PPP unit to start the process for inviting expressions of interest
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January 24, 2018
Regional bus PPP projects approved in Pakistan
Syed Murad Ali Shah, the Chief Minister of Sindh, one of the four provinces of Pakistan, has approved several PPP projects proposed by the province's Transport and Mass Transit departmen...
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October 17, 2016
Megaproject 796: Pakistan’s NHA tenders road PPP project
Pakistan’s National Highway Authority has launched a tender process to seek private partners for a road PPP project.
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