NESPAK, a public sector engineering services, and consultancy organization has made record progress during 2018/19 by acquiring 87 new projects worth Rs11.14 billion showing an increase of 11% more than the last year’s (Rs. 10.07 billion), according to a statement issued by Dr. Tahir Masood, Managing Director NESPAK.
Out of these 87 projects, 76 jobs were domestic and 11 in the foreign countries, i.e., Gabon, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, Sultanate of Oman and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The major projects acquired by NESPAK during the last fiscal included; 800MW Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project, Balochistan Water Resources Development Sector Project, Solar Water Pumping in Balochistan, Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme, Phase-I, K-IV Water Project, Karachi, Kartarpur Corridor Project, Narowal, Wastewater Treatment Plants for Mehmood Booti, Shadbagh, Shahdara and Babu Sabu, Lahore, 300km Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway on Public-Private Partnership mode, Development of CPEC City, Nowshera, Establishment of Infrastructure in LDA City (Phase-I), Lahore, Port Connectivity Project, Karachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Flood Management Plan, Booue and Tsengue-Leledi Hydroelectric Projects, Gabon, Kano River and Hadejia Valley, Irrigation Schemes, Dams Safety and Rivers Training in Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin, Nigeria, and Road between Thumrait Interchange and Mubaila Interchange, Muscat Expressway, Oman.
NESPAK was envisioned by its founders as an organization free from foreign dependence and capable of delivering the highest quality in the field of engineering consultancy. It was envisaged as an institution that had to lead the consultancy market of Pakistan and compete abroad with excellence. Time has proved that NESPAK has succeeded in fulfilling its objectives to a large extent owing to the unprecedented struggle offered by its professional brigade who left no stone unturned to achieve their stated aims. The professionals of NESPAK have been putting up a good show to boost the Company’s performance in these testing times when the country’s economic indicators are not painting a bright picture

The World Bank has agreed to consider the proposal of Sindh’s Energy Department that the solar power supplies should be offered to all districts of the province.
At present, the project is limited to just ten districts of the province.
The proposal was floated by Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Shaikh in a meeting with a World Bank delegation, visited his office last week. The delegation was led by the country director of the bank.
Mr. Shaikh said there were ample opportunities to invest in alternate energy in the province.
Mr. Shaikh underlined the need to introduce solar systems all over the province so that cheap power can be supplied to the people. An alternate source of energy was essential for the country.
He suggested installing a solar park through which two houses would be provided with electricity in ten districts.
He said solar energy would also be installed on government buildings in the first phase at Jinnah Hospital, Karachi and provincial assembly building