Housing ministry completes over Rs36bn infrastructural development projects

ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (APP): The Ministry of Housing and Works has completed eight major national infrastructure development projects worth Rs36.669 billion over the past five years.
According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, these development projects – fully funded by the government – have been completed across the country since 2020.
Pakistan Infrastructure Development Company Limited (PIDCL) — an attached department of the Ministry of Housing and Works — carried out these projects.
These eight completed projects include a flyover along Sher Shah Suri Road, the 6.4km Nishtar Road, the 8.9km Manghopir Road (Phase-I), fire tenders for KMC, KMC development schemes, the laying of 66” and 48” water pipelines, the 0.5km PNS Mehran Road, and the Green Line Bus Rapid Transit System Karachi (Infrastructure Phase-I).
The flyovers along Sher Shah Suri Road, completed in 2020, cost Rs2.39 billion; Nishtar Road and Manghopir Road (Phase-I), completed in 2019 and 2021 respectively, cost Rs1.9 billion; and Manghopir Road–Jam Chakro to Banaras (North Bound), completed in 2024, cost Rs3.19 billion.
Similarly, the KMC fire tenders project, completed in 2021, cost Rs1.88 billion; the KMC development schemes, completed in 2021, cost Rs1.011 billion; the laying of 66” and 48” water pipelines, completed in 2020, cost Rs1.65 billion; the 0.5km PNS Mehran Road project, completed in 2021, cost Rs0.04 billion; and the Green Line Bus Rapid Transit System Karachi (Infrastructure Phase-I), completed in 2022, cost Rs24.60 billion.
In addition to these completed projects, the PIDCL is also undertaking other projects under its mandate. These include the Karachi Urban Infrastructure Development Package, the Hyderabad Urban Infrastructure Development Package (revamping and rehabilitation), federal courts in Karachi. These projects are estimated to cost Rs 24 billion.
The Karachi Urban Infrastructure Development Package is estimated to cost Rs15 billion, the Hyderabad Urban Infrastructure Development Package (revamping and rehabilitation) Rs5 billion as per initial estimates, and the Federal Courts Karachi project Rs4 billion.
In addition, the PIDCL is handling the 1.8km Green Line Bus Rapid Transit System project, costing Rs4.59 billion, and the integration of the 1km Orange Line BRTS with the Green Line BRTS, costing Rs0.058 billion.
An official from the housing ministry told Wealth Pakistan that these projects are playing a pivotal role in improving urban mobility, strengthening civic infrastructure, and addressing long-standing development gaps in major metropolitan areas.
He said several of these schemes, particularly road rehabilitation and water pipeline networks, were launched to ease chronic traffic congestion and resolve water supply challenges faced by millions of residents in Karachi.
The PIDCL has been directed to accelerate work on the remaining ongoing projects, especially those related to Karachi and Hyderabad’s urban infrastructure, given their significant impact on economic activity in the region.
The government is also considering expanding the scope of the Karachi package to include additional roads, drainage improvements, and new water supply channels.