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Punjab Economic Forum 2017

avows to improve commoners’ lives in PunjabThe Punjab Economic Forum 2017 organized by the Urban

Unit, Planning & Development Department and Punjab Economic Research Institute, focused on bringing all stakeholders under one roof to discuss the opportunities in making Punjab economically vibrant, industrialized & knowledge-based province- prosperous and where every

citizen can expect to lead a progressive life.

The forum's opening ceremony was attended by international economists, government officials, academia, trade and industry people, Punjab government's representatives and provincial ministers and civil society members. The Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressed the opening

ceremony whereas Provincial Minister Planning & Development Mr. Nadeem Kamran, Chairman Planning and Development Board Mr. Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, Dr. Sohail Jahangir Malik and Dr. Ishrat Hussain also spoke on the occasion. The forum offered 6 technical sessions over a two-day event.

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Muhammad Shehbaz SharifChief Minister, Punjab

The Punjab Economic Forum is of paramount importance and from this platform solid suggestions and recommendations will come to the fore for making country economically strong, breaking begging bowl and ensuring prosperity of people, in the light of which, steps will be taken for economic improvement.

Editor's NoteNew Economic

hot spots The urban landscape is shifting. In global context, some 301 cities of the world comprise of more than half of all global economic output. The same cities are expected to account for two thirds of world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in near future. Major urban areas in developed regions are truly the Economic Giants

today.

Globally, only 600 urban centers generate 60 percent of global GDP presently. While 600 cities will continue to account for the same share of global GDP in year 2025 and this group of 600 will have a very different membership then. In next 15 years, the center of urban world’s gravity will move to South, and even more decisively, to East. When we start looking for cities that will generate the most GDP growth in future, we will find an altogether different list of potential urban hot spots. The current top 100 cities contributing to global GDP growth will be contributing just 35 percent

of GDP growth by 2025.

Thus the common misperception that megacities have been driving global growth for past 15 years, is fast changing now. The economic role of large cities as well as their future growth patterns vary widely regionally. For instance, China's rapid growth is fueled by continued growth of its megacities and the emergence of new ones while Latin America’s largest cities are welcoming fast-expanding middleweights.

Summing up there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to tapping into the urban markets of emerging economies. Taking clue from the same notion, Punjab Economic Forum 2017 was an attempt to discuss economic growth and equity as per the agenda of the present Government. The mandate was to ensure broad-based stakeholders' consultations to chalk out public policy options and create synergies to determine the future course of action while making our cities hubs of economic growth. We are working to make our cities a combination of developed economies together with emerging-market megacities in order to make sense as well as generate maximum

share of global GDP.

Dr. Nasir Javed

Dr. Ali Cheema: Chairman, Board of Directors Dr. Nasir Javed: CEO, The Urban Unit Editorial & Design: Communications Team/ /

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Dr. Sohail Jahangir MalikChairman,Innovative Development Studies

Robert WebbHead,Pakistan Extractive Working Group

Janet Amai SalemProgramme Officer, UN Environment Programme

Dr. Athula SenaratneResearch Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka

Afaq TiwanaChief Executive/ President,Farmers Association of Pakistan

Drew CraigExecutive Director & Technical Manager, MIXENIA;Consultant to Punjab Mineral Company

Session-2 Natural Endowments & their Management

Dr. Muhammad NizamuddinChairperson,Punjab Higher Education Commission

Dr. Muhammad Abdul KhalidManaging Director, DM Analytics/UNDP National Consultant, Malaysia

Hassan MohtashamiPakistan Representative,United Nations Population Fund

Dr. Nomaan MajidSenior Employment Specialist,ILO’s sub-regional Decent Work Team for South Asia

Dr. Aliya H. KhanExecutive Director & Technical Manager, MIXENIA;Consultant to Punjab Mineral Company

Session-3 Human & Skills Development

Some 33 renowned speakers and panelists discussed thethematic areas at the Forum

Dr. Vaqar AhmedDeputy Executive Director,Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Dr. Ashfaque Hassan KhanPrincipal & Dean, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, NUST & Member of the Economic Advisory Council of the Government of Pakistan

Dr. Anthony Shun Fung ChiuMember, United Nations International Resource Panel & Chair Professor, Gokongwei College of Engineering,De La Salle University, Manila

Session-1 Inclusive & Sustainable Economic Growth

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Illangovan PatchamuthuCountry Director,World Bank Pakistan

Shahid Hafiz KardarEx-Governor,State Bank of Pakistan

Dr. Pervez TahirChairman,Bank of Punjab

Agha Waqar JavedMember PPP,P&DD Board, Punjab

Atif AnsarProgramme Director, M.Sc. Programme, Oxford University

Dr. Zubair IqbalAdjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute, Washington and former IMF Official

Session-4 Financing of Public Goods & Public Private Partnership

Abdul BasitPresident,Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industries

Dr. Aamir KhanProfessor,Lahore School of Economics

Prof Li XiguangTsinghua University Beijing, China

Dr. Fahad Hassan KhanEconomist,Asian Development Bank, Manila

Dr. Martin LauDean,School of Law, LUMS

Session-6 China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Shahnaz ArshadSenior Urban Specialist, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience UnitWorld Bank

Uzair AhsonIn-charge/Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,Government College University, Lahore

Michele ClaraHead Research & Policy Unit,UNIDO, Vienna, Austria

Dr. Abid BurkiProfessor, EconomicsLUMS

Session-5 Industrial &Urban Development

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Muhammad Rafique RajwanaThe Governor, Punjab

We must learn from extensive experience of the experts so that the true objective of organizing this forum can be achieved. I congratulate Planning & Development Department and the Urban Unit on successful execution of the program.

Dr. Aisha Ghous PashaProvincial Minister for Finance, Government of Punjab

It is sole responsibility of the government to make people secure and strong economically. To achieve the targets, stakeholders and experts should be taken on board. We will have to take growth rate from 7% to 8% so that one million people get jobs.

Dr. Waqar MasoodEx-Federal Secretary for Finance

There is a need of strong political ownership of economic equity projects so that the economic progress of the province is directed to right path. We are looking forward to participate in such forums every year.

Muhammad Jehanzeb KhanChairman, Planning & Development Board, Punjab

Punjab Economic Forum has been able to provide a unique platform for promoting discourse on growth and development priorities of the province and derive public policy options.

Iftikhar Ali SahooSecretary Planning & Development Department, Punjab

The underlying objective has been to include and involve maximum number of experts so as to come up with a comprehensive and sustainable plan to turn Punjab’s economy into a thriving one that will offer something for everyone living here.

Dr. Nasir Javed CEO, the Urban Unit

We are mindful of the opportunities and challenges that lie before us.The discussions in the Forum has helped frame better policies to harness the opportunities and meet the challenges.

Nadeem KamranProvincial Minister for Planning & Development,Government of Punjab

The basic challenges for Punjab's economy are to achieve sustainable development, improved productivity and better economic growth. The Forum was an opportunity to discuss issues and find solutions.

Dr. Ishrat HussainFormer Governor,State Bank of Pakistan

I am greatly impressed by the leadership of Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and his economic policies and reforms program are appreciable. Our problems can be resolved if we have strong leadership owning the economic initiatives.

Dr. Hafiz A Pasha Dean, School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, BNU, LahoreOnly strong political and economic institutions can speed up the process of development. Punjab Economic Forum is a milestone with regard to s o c i o - e c o n o m i c development of the province.

Dr. Mumtaz AnwarDirector, Punjab Economic Research Institute

Punjab Economic Forum ensured participation of researchers, agriculturists, p r a c t i t i o n e r s , policymakers, stakeholders and professors of the varsities. Such kind of forums should be conducted every year to generate fruitful debate on much important issues.

The forum was attended by professionals, practitioners, academicians, development partners, researchers and government officials. The deliberations will help in improving existing economic fabric of Punjab and chalking out a future course of action. The panelists stressed on the need to ensure the fruits

of economic stability and equity to reach the common man in the province.

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Voiceof the VendorWith a banner of Punjab Economic Forum 2017 in the background, which he claims was ruined by the Lahore Metropolitan Corporation Staff.

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PSS NodalWorkshopsCreating a one window facilitation for investment sector in PunjabA series of nodal workshops has been continuing till date to discuss and review the work plans under Punjab Spatial Strategy Project. These nodal sessions have been arranged both in southern and northern districts of Punjab namely Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan while Lahore, Rawalpindi and Sialkot remain to be touched in coming days.

These workshops were held with an aim to discuss the objectives, timelines, input output indicators and mechanisms adopted while executing the project, with the city district administrations and other stakeholders in respective districts.

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PSS is a 4-year project, July 2016 – June 2020. PSS is aimed at gauging the potential of Punjab’s growth corridors and nodes. It will also help in

coordinating the public investment decisions with respect to the location of industrial estates, investments in large scale infrastructure

projects & municipal i n f r a s t r u c t u r e investments in order to bolster economic growth.

These workshops were attended by Punjab Cities Governance Improvement Programme, Local governments’ representatives, MPAs in each node and the Urban Unit team.

Nauman HafeezAdditional Commissioner Co-ordination,GUJRANWALA

Such moots will be held often so as to ensure the development of an effective strategy for making sure equity and opportunity for all sectors.

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Mazhar JavedADC Revenue,MULTAN

By conducting consultative sessions, we are targeting to achieve all MDGs and prepare for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), security of life, property and businesses.

Babar Hayat TararCommissioner,SAHIWAL

Workshops are being held to engage all stakeholders for their feedback and invaluable suggestions to be incorporated in planning and practices stages of the project.

Azfar ZiaAdditional Commissioner, Director Development & Finance, DERA GHAZI KHAN

We have to prepare for future adopting a result oriented action plan. Local governments are key implementation entities for planning. PSS will promote coordination in land use and public investment among cities while reducing duplication/ redundancy of public investments.

Imrana AjmalDirector Development & Finance,BAHAWALPUR

We focus on facing the challenges including provision of housing, sanitation, education, jobs etc. PSS objectives are targeting 7-8% economic growth rate, doubling private sector investment, creating over 1 million quality jobs/year and training 2 million skills graduates while increasing our exports by 15% every year.

Malik Khadim Jilani Awan Additional Commissioner,FAISALABAD

The project aims to improve economic growth in the province. It’s going to create one window facilitation through doubling the private sector investment, creating almost 1 million new jobs with skilled labor to involve youth bulge.

Faisal FaridTeam Lead, Punjab Spatial Strategy Project

The project is initiated to create connectivity among Punjab’s cities, industries, infrastructures & stakeholders through local governments. This policy framework is actually a decision-making process too. In last 15 year, urbanization growth is noticed as high as 44% in Punjab. Industrialization & urbanization are the main challenges, we should plan cities to provide maximum residences with all the facilities in industrial areas.APRIL 2017

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Urban Geographic

Issue-IIDesigning the Urban

FutureThe second issue of the Urban Geographic strives to generate and advance local as well as the global conversation about the most important issues regarding land use rules in Pakistan, highlighting three of

world’s best cities for people, urban poverty, cars killing the cities, cities in male and female contexts, building tempo for environmentally livable surroundings, waste segregation and treatment and much more of interest for all and sundry.

This issue was a treat from advertising point of view too. By quality of content and production, we are committed to take all advertising partners' messages to best of their stakeholders too.

Supporting Karachi City in

Mitigation of Extreme

Heat Impacts

Following up the first workshop held in last November, this

consultative workshop focused on group work and consensus on some very relevant issues. The 70 plus participants came together from CDKN, the Urban Unit, LEAD Pakistan, ESSA technologies, Commissioner Office and City District Government, Karachi.

The 6 groups involved in the workshop devised frame work and their group leaders presented the group consensus later on. Mr. Hammad from CDKN gave presentation on heat wave in Pakistan and other countries while Dr. Kiran Farhan and Ehsan Saqib shared Assessment Report of heat wave management on behalf of Urban Unit.

Karachi Assistant Commissioner Dr. Amber Mir concluded the ceremony with message, on behalf of Commissioner, Karachi.

Workshop Objectives

• To review and validate results from a situational analysis of the 2015 heat wave event;

• To develop a common understanding about the broad set of preventive and reactive measures that could be used to help respond to heat waves in future

• To identify strategies to mitigate the impacts of heat in Karachi City and its citizens;

• To identify opportunities to improve the coordination of

institutions to prepare for and respond to future heat waves in Karachi City.

Project BackgroundThe Commissioner Karachi in partnership with Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), LEADS Pakistan, ESSA technologies Ltd. and the Urban Unit, is in the process of developing a heat wave management plan – focusing on building support for City District Government, other concerned departments and institutions by providing them an effective emergency response system for informed decision-making andimplementation.

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Dr. Kiran Farhan, the Urban Unit Dr. Amber Mir, Assistant Commissioner, KarachiParticipants of the workshop

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IntroductoryMeetings with

MayorsThe PCGIP team held introductory meetings with Mayors to brief them on PCGIP interventions and

integration with new setup of Municipal Corporations.

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Lahore Mayor Col. (R) Mubashar Javed meets PCGIP team in his office

IDAMP Training for

WASAs & Municipal Corporations

A 1 day training session was organized for officers of Water & Sanitation Agencies and officers of

Metropolitan/Municipal Corporation (Lahore, Gujranwala, Multan, Rawalpindi & Multan) to brief them about:-

Integrated Development & Asset Management Plan (IDAMP)Preparation & updating process Monitoring & EvaluationGIS based inventory of Assets

The session was led by Abid Shah Hussainy Senior Capacity Development Specialist, Sumaira Atta Project Manager, Asif Iqbal Financial Management Specialist, Urban Unit and Shahzaib Sanwal, Ernst & Young.

The PCGIP team held introductory meetings with Mayors to brief them on PCGIP interventions and integration with new setup of Municipal Corporations. Participants of IDAMP Training at the Urban Unit

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The computerized Pension Management System (PMS) was developed by the Urban Unit for all 5,700 pensioners of defunct City District Government Faisalabad. All pensioners were biometrically registered in PMS as well as in individual pension files. The Establishment Check Registers (ECRs) were scanned and linked with the PMS. After set-up of new local government system in January 2017, the same PMS was successfully implemented for 2,896 pensioners of newly established Municipal Corporation Faisalabad. PMS is a state-of-the-art system ensuring transparency in pension disbursement while providing ease to pensioners by saving their time and monthly visits.

Pension Management System implemented in

Municipal Corporation Faisalabad

A s i a n D e ve l o p m e n t Bank’s fact finding mission

visited the Urban Unit for discussion on Project Participatory Technical Assessment Studies (PPTA) & Draft Loan Agreement for the project of Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme PICIIP. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Nasir Javed while the ADB mission was headed by Mr. Kiyoshi Nakamitsu, Principal Urban Development Specialist.

Themes Discussed

Procurement

Communication

Risk Management

Water & Sanitation

Social Safeguard

Financial Analysis

Project Administration Manual & Infrastructure

ADB experts had group meetings with various sector specialists at the Urban Unit ensuring that recommended plans about five intermediate cities namely Sialkot, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Bhawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan are discussed in detail so as to benefit the communities living in these cities.

ADB DelegatesMr. Srinivasaan JanardanamMr. Jun Ho KimMr. Jose Tibucio NicolasMr. Joris Gvan EttenMr. Douglas PerkinsMr. Charles Felix SimbiloMr. Shaukat Shafi

They called on Secretary Local Government & Community Development and Secretary Planning & Development Department discussing the fund flow mechanism and other legalities of the project. The ADB team also visited the cities while seeing the systems and meeting Town Municipal Administrations for revising the draft Aid Memoire, administration manual and preparation of related documents.

A Word about PICIIPPunjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program aims to improve the quality of living in the 13 intermediate cities of Punjab through 4 tranches via Multi Tranche Financing Facility (MTFF) of ADB. In the first phase, Sialkot and Sahiwal cities are selected under this program. Local Government & Community Development Department, Government of Punjab is the executing agency whereas Urban Unit Lahore is the technical advisor for this program.

Utilizing M&E tools to improve

SWM Systems in PakistanA 1-day training on ‘Solid Waste Management – improving standards through Monitoring & Evaluation’ was organized by the Urban Unit with an aim to highlight the importance of M&E tools to

keep track record of the projects related to SWM as well as to streamline resources in Pakistani context. Professionals of waste management companies from across Pakistan, private sector companies’ representatives, students and IT professionals in the sector along with other stakeholders from waste management fields attended the training.

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Punjab Intermediate Citiesdiscussed with

Asian DevelopmentBank Mission

Azhar Ali Sr. Solid Waste Management Specialist, the Urban UnitThe need of the hour is to know the general frameworks used in monitoring and evaluation along with purposes of these frameworks and types of evaluation. Careful planning for all activities before embarking on the activities should be done.

Shoaib Dar Manager GIS/Video Wall, Lahore Waste Management CompanyShared theoretical and practical information about use of Information Technology tools. “Use of such tools have increased the efficiency tremendously and decreased the time involved for such activities.

Martin Edge Solid Waste Management Expert, Asian Development BankEfficient waste collection and transport are important components of an integrated waste management system. They keep our cities clean, however, the ultimate disposal of this collected waste is crucial. Unsafe disposal poses threat to existing as well future generations. Landfilling is most economical waste disposal method.

Dr. Nasir Javed CEO, The Urban UnitEven well planned activities need to be monitored and evaluated for their effectiveness and suitability to get the required results. Use of these techniques in solid waste management may help to improve the sector drastically, and the Urban Unit is ready to support all stakeholders to achieve the success.

Azhar Ali speaks at the training

Glimpses from ADB - Urban Unit meeting

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A s i a n D e ve l o p m e n t Bank’s fact finding mission

visited the Urban Unit for discussion on Project Participatory Technical Assessment Studies (PPTA) & Draft Loan Agreement for the project of Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme PICIIP. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Nasir Javed while the ADB mission was headed by Mr. Kiyoshi Nakamitsu, Principal Urban Development Specialist.

Themes Discussed

Procurement

Communication

Risk Management

Water & Sanitation

Social Safeguard

Financial Analysis

Project Administration Manual & Infrastructure

ADB experts had group meetings with various sector specialists at the Urban Unit ensuring that recommended plans about five intermediate cities namely Sialkot, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Bhawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan are discussed in detail so as to benefit the communities living in these cities.

ADB DelegatesMr. Srinivasaan JanardanamMr. Jun Ho KimMr. Jose Tibucio NicolasMr. Joris Gvan EttenMr. Douglas PerkinsMr. Charles Felix SimbiloMr. Shaukat Shafi

They called on Secretary Local Government & Community Development and Secretary Planning & Development Department discussing the fund flow mechanism and other legalities of the project. The ADB team also visited the cities while seeing the systems and meeting Town Municipal Administrations for revising the draft Aid Memoire, administration manual and preparation of related documents.

A Word about PICIIPPunjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program aims to improve the quality of living in the 13 intermediate cities of Punjab through 4 tranches via Multi Tranche Financing Facility (MTFF) of ADB. In the first phase, Sialkot and Sahiwal cities are selected under this program. Local Government & Community Development Department, Government of Punjab is the executing agency whereas Urban Unit Lahore is the technical advisor for this program.

Utilizing M&E tools to improve

SWM Systems in PakistanA 1-day training on ‘Solid Waste Management – improving standards through Monitoring & Evaluation’ was organized by the Urban Unit with an aim to highlight the importance of M&E tools to

keep track record of the projects related to SWM as well as to streamline resources in Pakistani context. Professionals of waste management companies from across Pakistan, private sector companies’ representatives, students and IT professionals in the sector along with other stakeholders from waste management fields attended the training.

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Punjab Intermediate Citiesdiscussed with

Asian DevelopmentBank Mission

Azhar Ali Sr. Solid Waste Management Specialist, the Urban UnitThe need of the hour is to know the general frameworks used in monitoring and evaluation along with purposes of these frameworks and types of evaluation. Careful planning for all activities before embarking on the activities should be done.

Shoaib Dar Manager GIS/Video Wall, Lahore Waste Management CompanyShared theoretical and practical information about use of Information Technology tools. “Use of such tools have increased the efficiency tremendously and decreased the time involved for such activities.

Martin Edge Solid Waste Management Expert, Asian Development BankEfficient waste collection and transport are important components of an integrated waste management system. They keep our cities clean, however, the ultimate disposal of this collected waste is crucial. Unsafe disposal poses threat to existing as well future generations. Landfilling is most economical waste disposal method.

Dr. Nasir Javed CEO, The Urban UnitEven well planned activities need to be monitored and evaluated for their effectiveness and suitability to get the required results. Use of these techniques in solid waste management may help to improve the sector drastically, and the Urban Unit is ready to support all stakeholders to achieve the success.

Azhar Ali speaks at the training

Glimpses from ADB - Urban Unit meeting

@ Zama City, Japan

Building Capacities on Water

Works

A 19 member delegation from Urban Unit, A l j a z a r i

Academy and five (05) WASAs (Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Lahore, Multan & Rawalpindi) visited Yokohama and Zama, Japan to study operation and maintenance along with institutional improvement for water works agencies in Japan.

The delegation was led by Muhammad Kashif along with Asif Iqbal, Aneeqa Azeem (Urban Unit), Muhammad Irfan, Jawad Shahid (Al-Jazari Academy) Rauf Ahmad, Shahid Ibrahim (WASA Faisalabad), Jehanzeb Irshad, Rana Ghulam Murtaza (WASA Gujranwala), M Zaheer Rana, Saeed Ahmad, Anum Javed, Fahad Raheel, Sidra Saleem, Samina Asif (WASA Lahore), Shoaib Sarwar, M Saeed (WASA

Multan), M Khalique Afzal and Faisal Shahzad (WASA Rawalpindi).

The delegation was welcomed by the Ambassador of Pakistan in Tokyo, Mr. Farukh Amil and Mr. Kazunori, Director General of Yokohama Waterworks Bureau.

Water Supply System, ZamaThe water supply system was explained during their visit to Zama City which is dependent on ground water source.

Pipeline Mapping & Leak Detection SystemThe history of pipeline mapping system was explained by showing the version of “Red Book” prepared on annual

basis during visit of Nisiya Purification Plant & Pipeline Training Center of Yokohama Waterworks Bureau.

Non-Revenue Water ManagementIt was explained by introducing the concept of IWA Water Balance Sheet and the strategies adopted by the Yokohama Waterworks Bureau to reduce NRW to a minimum level. A visit to Tsuzuki Wastewater Treatment Plant of Yokohama Waterworks Bureau was also arranged.

Water Meter ManagementWater Meter Management through Consumer Identification Number Plate in Kikuna Office of Yokohama Waterworks Bureau.

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Dr. Tahir Ali AkbarSenior GIS Specialist Urban Unit has presented a conference paper on Land Cover Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing in 19th

International Conference on Geodetic Remote Sensing and Data Analysis. The conference was organized by World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology in Hotel NH Roma Villa Carpegna, Rome, Italy. Scientists, engineers, professors and researchers from North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia also attended the conference. Dr. Tahir has been awarded “Best Presentation Award” on the basis of his outstanding work. He has also been selected as a member of

international scientific committee for World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology which comprised of distinguished scholars, scientists and researchers from around the world.

PresentedRemote sensing based research work for District Lahore for enhanced land cover mapping and spatio-temporal analysis.

Trends of land cover changes occurred in last 28 years through high quality GIS maps.

Transformation of land covers from one type to others due to anthropogenic activities.

Making usProud

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Dr. Tahir Ali Akbar presenting at International Conference in Italy

A snapshot from Urban Unit’s delegation visit of Zama City, Japan

The Urban UnitCricket League

Season-1 2017

The 1st Urban Super League was played in Griffin Cricket Ground Lahore. Urban Unit's 8 teams qualified for the tournament whereas the Urban Unit Spartans won Super League while Spatial Strikers remained the runner up. Unbeatable UU Spartans played belligerent knock against rest of the teams and won the finale. CEO Urban Unit and the senior management team was also present at the finals. A cash prize worth Rs. 50,000/- was awarded to the wining team. Dr. Nasir Javed distributed prizes among winners, runner up teams and the best players

from various matches.

They say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. In order to avoid dullness, Urban Unit arranged a recreational trip to Rana Resorts, located on the outskirts of Lahore City. The trip was planned to add a blend of recreation as well as a measure of team building exercise so that the large family of urban unit gets to know each other. Activities such as Rowing, Boating, Jungle train, Cycling, Swimming, Cricket, Dragon Ship, and other team sports were organized to for the

purpose of recreation.

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503 - Shaheen Complex, Edgerton Road, LahorePh: 042 - 99205316 - 22 Fax: 042 - 99205323E-mail: uspmu@punjab.gov.pk www.irispunjab.gov.pk

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST DEVELOPMENT OF PUNJAB SPATIAL STRATEGY

The Government of the Punjab (GoPb) aims at developing a Punjab (Provincial) Spatial Strategy 2018-2040 for the purposes of assessing the potential of Punjab’s growth corridors and growth nodes, and to prioritize and coordinate investments around them. The Government of the Punjab has entrusted the development of Punjab Spatial Strategy to the Urban Unit, a public sector company of the GoPb.

The Urban Unit, Lahore Pakistan seeks sealed applications from well reputed and experienced international consultancy firms/consortiums to indicate their interest in providing the Consulting Services for “Development of Punjab Spatial Strategy (PSS) with the following components: Core Strategy, Spatial Economic Development Framework, and Local Development Frameworks.”

The firm/consortium will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) under Punjab Procurement Rules 2014. Detailed EOI/ Prequalification document is available at www.urbanunit.gov.pk & PPRA website www.ppra.punjab.gov.pk and the same may also be obtained free of cost from Procurement Section of the Urban Unit on written request from given below address. The date for submission of EOI / Prequalification applications is May 15, 2017 till PST 1500 hours. Others terms & conditions are mentioned in the EOI/PQ document.

Chief Executive Officer503-Shaheen Complex, Edgerton Road, Lahore-PakistanPh: 042-99205316-22 Fax: 042-99205323 www.urbanunit.gov.pk

Invitation to Bid for Outsourcing of Solid WasteCollection, Transportation, Sweeping and Waste Disposal Services in Fort Munro, Dera Ghazi KhanFort Munro Development Authority (FMDA) has been established by the Government of the Punjab for the Development of the Fort Munro - only hill station in Southern Punjab; for eco-tourism. FMDA is in process of establishing well-resourced solid waste management system at Fort Munro where around 25 tons of solid waste is generated on daily basis.

The Urban Unit on behalf of FMDA invites sealed bids from well reputed firms, companies or joint ventures, registered with income and sales tax department and having relevant experience for invitation to bid for outsourcing of solid waste collection, transportation, sweeping and waste disposal in Fort Munro, Dera Ghazi Khan under Punjab Procurement Rules 2014. Bidding Documents containing the detailed scope of project and evaluation criteria is available in the office of the Urban Unit, 503 Shaheen Complex Edgerton Road, Lahore and the same may be downloaded free of cost from the websites: www.ppra.punjab.gov.pk; www.urbanunit.gov.pk; Pre-bid meeting will be held at office of the Urban Unit, 503 Shaheen Complex Edgerton Road, Lahore on May 12, 2017.

The date for submission of bids is May 23, 2017 till 11:00 A.M and will be opened on the same day at 11:30 A.M. at below mentioned address in the presence of bidders or their authorized representatives who may wish to attend. Other terms & conditions are given in the Bidding Documents.

Chief Executive Officer503-Shaheen Complex, Edgerton Road, Lahore-PakistanPh: 042-99205316-22 Fax: 042-99205323 www.urbanunit.gov.pk

Chief Executive Officer, 503-Shaheen Complex, Edgerton Road, Lahore-Pakistan Ph: 042-99205316-22 Fax: 042-99205323 www.urbanunit.gov.pk

The Urban Unit, a Public-Sector Company under Planning & Development Department, Government of the Punjab is implementing a World Bank funded Punjab Spatial Strategy Project for the purposes of assessing the potential of Punjab’s growth corridors and growth nodes and to prioritize and coordinate investments around them. The Company requires the following dynamic and self-motivated professionals for the Project:

1 Senior Specialist / Specialist-Urban Planning 2 Project Manager3 Senior Research Analyst – Urban Planning 4 Senior Research Analyst–GIS (Lahore, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur & Rawalpindi)5 Senior Research Analyst – Institutional Development 6 Senior Research Analyst – Business Development7 Assistant Chief Spatial Strategy 8 Planning Officer9 Admin Assistant

Vacancies - Punjab Spatial Strategy 2018-2040

For details: www.urbanunit.gov.pk Last date for submission of application by post is May 30, 2017