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1st April 2005, 01:04
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Roads</span>
Number of Motor Vehicle Registered 4,442,319 (1999-2000)
The total length of roads in Pakistan is approximately 188,000 kilometres. This includes 7,112 kilometres of federalised roads, including nine National Highways and one Motorway (M-2). An investment of about Rs.100 billion is earmarked for improvement of existing roads and construction of new highways and motorways during the 9th five year plan.
The work on the 1,265 km. Indus Highway Project is in progress with OECF assistance. Works were taken in hand over staggered reaches of total 757 km. of length out of which 707 km. road length is complete and balance length of 50 km. is near completion under phase-I and II of the project. Remaining length of 428 km. will be taken up under phase-III. It is expected to be completed by the year 2001. The Indus Highway, an alternate North-South route on the west bank of river Indus, links Karachi and Peshawar through some less developed areas of the country and reduces the distance between Karachi and Peshawar by 300 km.
The work on the dualisation of 1,762 km. National Highway (N.5) – an historical highway from Karachi to the Torkham border through Lahore - is in progress. A section of around 600 km. has already been dualised and work is in progress on another 900 km. The contracts for the remaining sections of the road are being processed to enable the complete dualisation of N-5 by the year 2001.
The construction of the Pakistan Motorway connecting the northern and southern parts of the country with a link at Gawadar has been initiated. The first 333 km. phase of the project, the Lahore, Islamabad Motorway - M-2, has been constructed with the assistance of a South Korean firm at a cost of US $ one billion. Along this motorway, industrial estates of 800 to 1,000 hectares at or near the interchanges are planned. The work the on Islamabad–Peshawar Motorway (M-1) has been initiated. The work has been awarded to a Turkish firm, Bayindir, which is providing 50% of the loan in the form of a supplier’s credit. Two additional motorway projects, Pindi Bhattian–Faisalabad (M-3) and Karachi–Hyderabad (M-9), have been awarded on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.
The main Karakaram-Highway (N-35), which is the historic silk route, is being improved, with 713 km. of the road being rehabilitated under Phase-I by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to enhance road safety. Under Phase-II, the road will be upgraded to International Standards to eventually allow faster flows of traffic from the sea ports of Karachi and Gawadar to the Central Asian States when the motorway network linking these areas is completed.
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Ports</span>
Cargo Handled 18,004 thousand tonnes (1999-2000)
Shipping Fleet: Dead Weight Tonnes 261,836 (1999-2000)
Pakistan has two major operating Ports serving 803,943 square kilometres of hinterland, besides offering services for land-locked Afghanistan. The Karachi Port has 28 general cargo berths with draft of 10 to 11.3 m. and three oil jetties - two of which are capable of handling 75,000 dead weight ton (DWT) ships; the third is being reconstructed to serve 75,000 DWT ships.
A dedicated Container Terminal of 600 mt. quay length with draft of 11.3 m. is already functioning at the West Section of the port which is capable of handling 300,000 TEUs per annum and can accommodate 2,700 TEU ships. The terminal is equipped with three gantry cranes, 6 RTGs, and has an area of 136,000 sq. m. and a holding capacity of 8,570 TEUs. Berths 6-9 have been reconstructed and will support the establishment of a second Container Terminal at the East Section of the Port. The Port is also equipped with Two Harbour Mobile Container handling cranes that are located at the East Wharf Berths 1-4. The Port handles 18 million tons of cargo including about 7 million tons of liquid cargo. The Port has adequate covered and open transit storage areas for storage of general cargo and containers with effective security and fire fighting systems. The Port also provides buffer storage areas for export cargo, including bulk commodities for export.
Keeping in view the present status of the Port facilities, changes in maritime transport, and future requirements of the trade and commerce sectors, Karachi Port, with the assistance of the World Bank, has formulated and launched a comprehensive Port Modernisation Plan will take care of the Traffic for the next 20 years.
The other major Port, Port Qasim, is located approximately 50 km. south-east of Karachi and became fully operational in 1983. The Port facilities include a 1,400 m. multi-purpose terminal, divided into seven berths of 200 m. each. Berths 1-4 can accommodate vessels of up to 25,000 DWT and Berths 5-7 of up to 35,000 DWT. There is also a 279 m. special berth for handling bulk iron ore and coal for Pakistan Steel. The berth is connected with the steel mill facility through a 4.5 meter elevated conveyor. The Port also has one Oil Terminal set up by the private sector for handling liquid bulk cargoes, including fuel oil and petroleum. Port Qasim handles an annual average of 7.2 million tons of cargo, of which about 3 million tons is liquid cargo.
The Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, are well served by the road and rail system, linked directly with the National Highways and Rail Services.
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Shipping</span>
In 1971 the government nationalised the shipping industry, and merged all shipping lines under the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC). Later, PNSC went to the public sector also with 90.2% government ownership and 4.9% private sector ownership. PNSC has a fleet of 22 vessels and its subsidiary, the National Tanker Company, owns one tanker.
The Government has issued 35 licenses to private sector companies, but so far only two companies have started up - the Tri-Star Shipping Company with one tanker, and the Millwalla Shipping Company with only one small vessel. Although there are only two companies under the Pakistan national flag in the private sector, a number of companies are operating under flags of their own convenience.
Foreign shipping lines dominate the Pakistan shipping industry. Due to small size and inadequate capacity, the national fleet is presently shipping approximately 10 percent of the regular cargo and 25 percent of the liquid build cargo.
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Air Transport</span>
Route Kilometers 347,478 (1999-2000)
Revenue Kilometers Flown 70,697 thousand (1998-99)
Revenue Passenger Kilometers 10,722 million (1998-99)
Revenue Tonne Kilometers 1,313 million (1998-99)
Pakistan is linked to almost all the countries of the world through five international airports; Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta. Karachi, the gateway to Asia, has the most modern airport of the country.
For building a strong and dependable air transport infrastructure in Pakistan, which would contribute significantly to improving the region’s logistics, the Government of Pakistan in its new National Aviation Policy has explicitly provided for the construction of new airports in the country on BOT basis. The policy also provides for an increase in private sector participation in the construction of airports. To meet the needs of domestic and international air transport, a number of private airlines have been allowed to operate alongside PIA, the national air carrier.
For international operations, conditions will be developed to allow fair and reasonable competition with Pakistani carriers with sufficient encouragement to the foreign airlines to continue to serve Pakistan as much as possible and in the most efficient manner. The policy also provides for selective “open skies” through agreements on the principle of reciprocity and bilateralism with the maximum number of countries. Pakistan has concluded Air Services Agreements with 91 countries. As per the new National Aviation Policy of Pakistan, a number of airlines have been granted access to the northern gateways of Pakistan, namely Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar, effective January 01,1999. The national airline, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) now operates services to 45 cities in 36 countries across four continents. It also serves over 30 cities within Pakistan.
The aviation liberalisation policy has also opened up investment opportunities in the privatisation of airports. This will ease the burden on CAA that already has enormous airport development plans and projects besides on going maintenance and upgrading of airports.
Overall, the deregulation of air transport has resulted in phenomenal growth of the sector, with domestic passenger traffic increasing tremendously. On the major trunk routes, in particular Karachi-Islamabad and Karachi-Lahore, lower fares have contributed to the rapid growth.
In recent years, private airlines in Pakistan have flourished. Presently three private airlines namely Aero Asia, Bhoja Air and Shaheen Air International are operating on domestic/international routes. New entrants are expected to enter the aviation market.
35 international airlines operate to Pakistan and there has been a tremendous growth on the cargo side, where the Government’s “open sky” policy for exclusive cargo flights is creating growth in this activity. In particular, with the opening of CIS states, charter operations have also increased.
There is a Duty Free Shop located in the Jinnah Terminal Complex, Karachi Airport. It is run by Aer Rianta International Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited. The Duty Free Shop covers an area of 17,000 sq. ft. All outlets of Aer Rianta are in operation and their shops are fully stocked and operational on a 24-hour basis.
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Railways</span>
Route Kilometers 7,791 (year 2000)
Passengers Carried 49.20 million (1999-2000)
Freight Carried 3.78 million tons (1999-2000)
Freight-Tonne Kilometers 2,890 million (1999-2000)
Pakistan Railways has a well-developed system connecting virtually the entire country from north to south and east to west, catering to the large-scale movement of freight as well as passenger traffic. The Pakistan Railways Network comprises 8,775 kilometres of track, 737 stations, 596 locomotives, 2,725 freight wagons and 2040 passenger coaches.
The Government of Pakistan is actively encouraging private sector participation in the railway sector to operate passenger and freight trains by paying track access charges. Interested parties may approach the Privatisation Commission in Islamabad for further details
(see www.privatisation.gov.pk).
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Number of Motor Vehicle Registered 4,442,319 (1999-2000)
The total length of roads in Pakistan is approximately 188,000 kilometres. This includes 7,112 kilometres of federalised roads, including nine National Highways and one Motorway (M-2). An investment of about Rs.100 billion is earmarked for improvement of existing roads and construction of new highways and motorways during the 9th five year plan.
The work on the 1,265 km. Indus Highway Project is in progress with OECF assistance. Works were taken in hand over staggered reaches of total 757 km. of length out of which 707 km. road length is complete and balance length of 50 km. is near completion under phase-I and II of the project. Remaining length of 428 km. will be taken up under phase-III. It is expected to be completed by the year 2001. The Indus Highway, an alternate North-South route on the west bank of river Indus, links Karachi and Peshawar through some less developed areas of the country and reduces the distance between Karachi and Peshawar by 300 km.
The work on the dualisation of 1,762 km. National Highway (N.5) – an historical highway from Karachi to the Torkham border through Lahore - is in progress. A section of around 600 km. has already been dualised and work is in progress on another 900 km. The contracts for the remaining sections of the road are being processed to enable the complete dualisation of N-5 by the year 2001.
The construction of the Pakistan Motorway connecting the northern and southern parts of the country with a link at Gawadar has been initiated. The first 333 km. phase of the project, the Lahore, Islamabad Motorway - M-2, has been constructed with the assistance of a South Korean firm at a cost of US $ one billion. Along this motorway, industrial estates of 800 to 1,000 hectares at or near the interchanges are planned. The work the on Islamabad–Peshawar Motorway (M-1) has been initiated. The work has been awarded to a Turkish firm, Bayindir, which is providing 50% of the loan in the form of a supplier’s credit. Two additional motorway projects, Pindi Bhattian–Faisalabad (M-3) and Karachi–Hyderabad (M-9), have been awarded on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.
The main Karakaram-Highway (N-35), which is the historic silk route, is being improved, with 713 km. of the road being rehabilitated under Phase-I by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to enhance road safety. Under Phase-II, the road will be upgraded to International Standards to eventually allow faster flows of traffic from the sea ports of Karachi and Gawadar to the Central Asian States when the motorway network linking these areas is completed.
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Ports</span>
Cargo Handled 18,004 thousand tonnes (1999-2000)
Shipping Fleet: Dead Weight Tonnes 261,836 (1999-2000)
Pakistan has two major operating Ports serving 803,943 square kilometres of hinterland, besides offering services for land-locked Afghanistan. The Karachi Port has 28 general cargo berths with draft of 10 to 11.3 m. and three oil jetties - two of which are capable of handling 75,000 dead weight ton (DWT) ships; the third is being reconstructed to serve 75,000 DWT ships.
A dedicated Container Terminal of 600 mt. quay length with draft of 11.3 m. is already functioning at the West Section of the port which is capable of handling 300,000 TEUs per annum and can accommodate 2,700 TEU ships. The terminal is equipped with three gantry cranes, 6 RTGs, and has an area of 136,000 sq. m. and a holding capacity of 8,570 TEUs. Berths 6-9 have been reconstructed and will support the establishment of a second Container Terminal at the East Section of the Port. The Port is also equipped with Two Harbour Mobile Container handling cranes that are located at the East Wharf Berths 1-4. The Port handles 18 million tons of cargo including about 7 million tons of liquid cargo. The Port has adequate covered and open transit storage areas for storage of general cargo and containers with effective security and fire fighting systems. The Port also provides buffer storage areas for export cargo, including bulk commodities for export.
Keeping in view the present status of the Port facilities, changes in maritime transport, and future requirements of the trade and commerce sectors, Karachi Port, with the assistance of the World Bank, has formulated and launched a comprehensive Port Modernisation Plan will take care of the Traffic for the next 20 years.
The other major Port, Port Qasim, is located approximately 50 km. south-east of Karachi and became fully operational in 1983. The Port facilities include a 1,400 m. multi-purpose terminal, divided into seven berths of 200 m. each. Berths 1-4 can accommodate vessels of up to 25,000 DWT and Berths 5-7 of up to 35,000 DWT. There is also a 279 m. special berth for handling bulk iron ore and coal for Pakistan Steel. The berth is connected with the steel mill facility through a 4.5 meter elevated conveyor. The Port also has one Oil Terminal set up by the private sector for handling liquid bulk cargoes, including fuel oil and petroleum. Port Qasim handles an annual average of 7.2 million tons of cargo, of which about 3 million tons is liquid cargo.
The Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, are well served by the road and rail system, linked directly with the National Highways and Rail Services.
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Shipping</span>
In 1971 the government nationalised the shipping industry, and merged all shipping lines under the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC). Later, PNSC went to the public sector also with 90.2% government ownership and 4.9% private sector ownership. PNSC has a fleet of 22 vessels and its subsidiary, the National Tanker Company, owns one tanker.
The Government has issued 35 licenses to private sector companies, but so far only two companies have started up - the Tri-Star Shipping Company with one tanker, and the Millwalla Shipping Company with only one small vessel. Although there are only two companies under the Pakistan national flag in the private sector, a number of companies are operating under flags of their own convenience.
Foreign shipping lines dominate the Pakistan shipping industry. Due to small size and inadequate capacity, the national fleet is presently shipping approximately 10 percent of the regular cargo and 25 percent of the liquid build cargo.
http://www.cybercity-online.net/yp/assets/images/a_karachi-010.jpg
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Air Transport</span>
Route Kilometers 347,478 (1999-2000)
Revenue Kilometers Flown 70,697 thousand (1998-99)
Revenue Passenger Kilometers 10,722 million (1998-99)
Revenue Tonne Kilometers 1,313 million (1998-99)
Pakistan is linked to almost all the countries of the world through five international airports; Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta. Karachi, the gateway to Asia, has the most modern airport of the country.
For building a strong and dependable air transport infrastructure in Pakistan, which would contribute significantly to improving the region’s logistics, the Government of Pakistan in its new National Aviation Policy has explicitly provided for the construction of new airports in the country on BOT basis. The policy also provides for an increase in private sector participation in the construction of airports. To meet the needs of domestic and international air transport, a number of private airlines have been allowed to operate alongside PIA, the national air carrier.
For international operations, conditions will be developed to allow fair and reasonable competition with Pakistani carriers with sufficient encouragement to the foreign airlines to continue to serve Pakistan as much as possible and in the most efficient manner. The policy also provides for selective “open skies” through agreements on the principle of reciprocity and bilateralism with the maximum number of countries. Pakistan has concluded Air Services Agreements with 91 countries. As per the new National Aviation Policy of Pakistan, a number of airlines have been granted access to the northern gateways of Pakistan, namely Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar, effective January 01,1999. The national airline, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) now operates services to 45 cities in 36 countries across four continents. It also serves over 30 cities within Pakistan.
The aviation liberalisation policy has also opened up investment opportunities in the privatisation of airports. This will ease the burden on CAA that already has enormous airport development plans and projects besides on going maintenance and upgrading of airports.
Overall, the deregulation of air transport has resulted in phenomenal growth of the sector, with domestic passenger traffic increasing tremendously. On the major trunk routes, in particular Karachi-Islamabad and Karachi-Lahore, lower fares have contributed to the rapid growth.
In recent years, private airlines in Pakistan have flourished. Presently three private airlines namely Aero Asia, Bhoja Air and Shaheen Air International are operating on domestic/international routes. New entrants are expected to enter the aviation market.
35 international airlines operate to Pakistan and there has been a tremendous growth on the cargo side, where the Government’s “open sky” policy for exclusive cargo flights is creating growth in this activity. In particular, with the opening of CIS states, charter operations have also increased.
There is a Duty Free Shop located in the Jinnah Terminal Complex, Karachi Airport. It is run by Aer Rianta International Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited. The Duty Free Shop covers an area of 17,000 sq. ft. All outlets of Aer Rianta are in operation and their shops are fully stocked and operational on a 24-hour basis.
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">Railways</span>
Route Kilometers 7,791 (year 2000)
Passengers Carried 49.20 million (1999-2000)
Freight Carried 3.78 million tons (1999-2000)
Freight-Tonne Kilometers 2,890 million (1999-2000)
Pakistan Railways has a well-developed system connecting virtually the entire country from north to south and east to west, catering to the large-scale movement of freight as well as passenger traffic. The Pakistan Railways Network comprises 8,775 kilometres of track, 737 stations, 596 locomotives, 2,725 freight wagons and 2040 passenger coaches.
The Government of Pakistan is actively encouraging private sector participation in the railway sector to operate passenger and freight trains by paying track access charges. Interested parties may approach the Privatisation Commission in Islamabad for further details
(see www.privatisation.gov.pk).
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