Malik Tariq Sarwar Awan outlines ambitious plans for developing Pakistan through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The plans include 9 special economic zones focused on industries like steel and petrochemicals. Agriculture development includes fertilizer plants, storage bases, and crop demonstration projects. "Safe city" programs are planned for major urban areas. Tourism development along the southern coast is also outlined. The plans position Pakistan for greater trade and investment through CPEC's trans-continental infrastructure projects linking Asia, Europe and Africa.
CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR & DEVELOPMENT OF PAKISTAN
1. ENTERPRENEURIAL APPROCHES
TO CPEC & DEVELOPMENT OF
PAKISTAN
MALIK TARIQ SARWAR AWAN,
FOOD TECHNOLOGIST
CEO Five Star Flour Mills, Lahore
CEO Barna Villas Gwadar,
(A GDA Approved Housing Project)
12. Phase I (2002–2006)
• Berths: 3 Multipurpose Berths ( bulk carriers
of 30,000 Tons and container vessels of 25,000
Tons.
• Length of Berths: 602 m in total
• Built at a cost of $248 million.
13. Phase II (ongoing)
• 4 Container Berths along 3.2 km
• 1 Bulk Cargo Terminal (capacity: 100,000 Tons ships)
• 1 Grain Terminal
• 1 Ro-Ro Terminal (Roll on-Roll off terminal with wheeled
ships)
• 2 Oil Terminals (capacity: 200,000 tons ships each)
• Approach Channel: To be dredged to 14.5 m (47.5 ft. depth
• New international airport.
• Floating liquefied natural gas terminal with capacity of 500
million cubic feet of gas per day
• 2,292 acre special economic zone to be developed
adjacent to port
• Desalination plants
• 360 megawatt coal-fired power plant
14. Longer term plans of Gwadar Port
• Dredging of approach channels to depth of 20
meters
• 150 berths to be built by 2045
• Capacity to handle 400 million tons of cargo
per year
24. 6 ECONOMIC CORRIDORS
ONE BELT ONE ROAD PLAN
LINKING ASIA, EUROPE & AFRICA
• CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
• NEW EURASIAN LAND BRIDGE
• CHINA-CENTRAL ASIA-WEST ASIA ECONOMIC
CORRIDOR
• CHINA MANGOLIA RUSSIA ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
• CHINA INDOCHINA PENNINSULA ECONOMIC
CORRIDOR
• BANGLADESH-INDIA-CHINA-MYAMAR ECONOMIC
CORRIDOR
25.
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27. CPEC’s NEW TRADING ROUTES FOR
PAKISTAN
• Azerbaijan
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
29. 9 SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
1. Rashakai Economic Zone Noshehra
2. China Special Economic Zone Dhabeji
3. Bostan Industrial Zone
4. Allama Iqbal Industrial City Faisalabad
5. ICT Model Industrial city Islamabad
6. Industrial Park Port Qasim
7. Special Economic Zone Mirpur AJK
8. Mohmand Marble city
9. SEZ Gilgit Biltistan
30. Next Plans of Pakistan
•The Pakistani government
has proposed 29 industrial
parks and 21 minerals
based industrial processing
zones in all four provinces.
41. Agriculture Plans for CPEC
• For agriculture, the plan outlines an engagement
that runs from one end of the supply chain all
the way to the other.
• due to lack of cold-chain logistics and processing
facilities, 50% of agricultural products go bad
during harvesting and transport.
• A full system of monitoring and surveillance will
be built in cities from Peshawar to Karachi, with
24 hour video recordings on roads and busy
marketplaces for law and order.
42. AGRI PROMOTION PLAN
• The plan include the construction of one NPK
fertilizer plant as a starting point “with an annual
output of 800,000 tons.
• Enterprises will be inducted to lease farm
implements, like tractors, “efficient plant
protection machinery, efficient energy saving
pump equipment, precision fertilization drip
irrigation equipment” and planting and harvesting
machinery.
• The plan shows great interest in the textiles industry
in particular, but the interest is focused largely on
yarn and coarse cloth.
43. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
• Meat processing plants in Sukkur are planned
with annual output of 200,000 tons per year,
and two demonstration plants processing
200,000 tons of milk per year.
• In crops, demonstration projects of more than
6,500 acres will be set up for high yield seeds
and irrigation, mostly in Punjab.
• Various Multi National Food and Agri firms are
Planning to Focus and reserve lands in Pakistani
Industrial and Economic Zones
44. STORAGE BASES
• In transport and storage, the plan aims to build
“a nationwide logistics network, and enlarge the
warehousing and distribution network between
major cities of Pakistan with a focus on grains,
vegetables and fruits.
• Storage bases will be built first in Islamabad and
Gwadar in the first phase, then Karachi, Lahore
and another in Gwadar in the second phase,
and between 2026-2030, Karachi, Lahore and
Peshawar will each see another storage base.
45. Islamabad, Lahore & Gwadar will see
• a vegetable processing plant, with annual
output of 20,000 tons,
• fruit juice and jam plant of 10,000 tons
• grain processing of 1 million tons.
• A cotton processing plant is also planned
initially, with output of 100,000 tons per year.
• impart advanced planting and breeding
techniques to peasant households or farmers.
• factories to produce fertilizers, pesticides,
vaccines and feedstuff
46. INDUSTRY
• For industry, the plan trifurcates the country
into three zones:
1. Western and North-Western,
2. Central and
3. Southern.
47. Western and North-Western Zone
• The western and northwestern zone, covering most
of Balochistan and KP province, is marked for
• Mineral extraction,
• Chrome ore,
• gold reserves and
• Diamonds.
• One big mineral product is marble. Already, China is
Pakistan’s largest buyer of processed Marble, at
almost 80,000 tons per year. The plan to set up 12
marble and granite processing sites in locations
ranging from Gilgit and Kohistan in the north, to
Khuzdar in the south.
48. Central Zone
The central zone is marked for textiles,
household appliances, Food and
cement. Four separate locations are
pointed out for future cement clusters:
• Daudkhel,
• Khushab,
• Esakhel and
• Mianwali.
49. Southern Zone
• For the southern zone, the plan recommends
that in Pakistan development of :
• Petrochemical Complexes
• Iron and steel,
• Harbor industry,
• Engineering machinery,
• Food processing and
• Auto and auto parts assembly including Electric
Cars
50. Southern zone Gwadar Area
• Gwadar, also in the southern zone, the plan
recommends that it be built into a
• base of heavy and chemical industries, such as
• Iron
• Steel
• Petrochemical
• Food Processing and Preservation
51. Safe Cities
• There is a plan to build a pilot safe city in
Peshawar, which faces a fairly severe security
situation in northwestern Pakistan, following
which the program will be extended to major
cities such as
• Islamabad,
• Lahore,
• Karachi.
52. Tourism and Recreation (Coastal Tourism )
• Yacht wharfs,
• Cruise homeports,
• Nightlife,
• City parks,
• Public squares,
• Theaters,
• Golf courses
• Spas, Hot spring hotels
• and Water sports.
The Entertainment belt will run from Keti Bunder to
Jiwani.
53. ROLE OF ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY
• Industry Academia Linkages
• Grooming of Fresh Graduates in all
sectors of Agriculture
• Industrial training
• Training workshops and Learning
Programs
• Gap Analysis