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 construction by July 2019.
The PKR40 billion (US$286.3 million) project involves the development of a 40.4km three-by-three lane expressway with controlled access along the Malir River starting from Qayyumabad Bridge and ending at the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) near Kathore via the existing Link Road.
The government is currently in the process of contracting a private partner for the project. A Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued in February this year, to which seven companies and consortia submitted technical proposals. A second stage RFP is due to be issued this month.
The government will finance 30% of the project while another 30% will be sourced from the selected private partner. The remaining 40% will be loaned from banks.
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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
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June 11, 2015
FWO signs concession agreement for Karachi-Thatta dual carriageway project
The Works & Services Department, Government of Sindh (Pakistan), and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) have signed a concession agreement for constructing the National Highway (N-5) expressway between...
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