Karachi Circular Railway (KCR)

Data Base News Clippings 2012-2016

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The KCR News Clippings 2012-2016 Serial Page Newspaper Caption Date Reporter Important Points No. Number 2012 KCR ka mansooba jald manzoor kiyaa Circular Railway se iqtisaadi surat-e-haal par masbat Jung jaye, Qaumi 17/1/2012 12 APP asraat murrat'tab honge, load-shedding khatam ki assembly mein jaaye, Nukta aitraaz par guftugu. 1 mutaalba. KUTC ki wafd Managing Director Misbah Uddin se water board colony shahrah e Faisal par 1800 acres Express Japan international zameen ke husool k liye mulaqaat mansoobe par kaam 23/1/2012 2 Ashraf Ali News corporation agency ka aghaaz july mein kiyaa jayega, Qarze k liye hukumat qarza faraham aur JICA ke darmiyaan muhaa'ida april mein taih paaye 2 karegi. ga. KUTC managing director Ejaz Khilji said that the total cost of the project was $1.558 billion (Rs128 billion) and 93% ($1.457 billion) of it was being provided by Dawn 20/2/2012 15 N/A Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as a soft Re-lending charges loan with 0.2% markup repayable in 40 years, including not to be levied on a 10 year grace period. Remaining 6.3% that is $101.1 3 loan for KCR million - of the cost would be borne by KUTC. 10 Saal mein pehli baar hukumat Subai aur wafaati hukumat ne taizi se kaam shuru Pakistan Jung 6/3/12 4 Irfan Siddiqui kardia, Japan bhaari surmaya aur takneeki taa'awun Circular Railway ki faraaham karegi. bahaali par 4 sanjeeda. Karachi Circular Railway mansooba Engines ki murammat pakistani experts se karwaane ki Jung 2017 se 10/3/12 3 APP hidayat, Idaara 40 arab ruppees ka maqrooz hai, DG pehle mukammal Railway 5 kiyaa jayega. Managing Director of KUTC, Aijaz Hussain Khilji said Rehabilitation of affectees is their first priority. He also said Topographic survey was also performed on The News 9/4/12 5 N/A concerned locations.Sources from KUTC said that the KCR Project to be environment factor - among severel other issues - was 6 ready by 2017 hindering the progress of the survey. The report will include topographic and geological surveys. A JICA study team led by Ken Kato gave a presentation to the Sindh Chief Secretary. After Dawn 17/4/2012 15 N/A KCR revival report presentation, The team left with Ejaz Hussain Khilji to to be ready by Islamabad for compliance of formalities from the 7 November federel government. Syed Qaim Ali Shah informed Provincial Assembly of Sidh that the US$1.55 billion KCR project had been delayed on account of debt issues raised by federel The News 9/5/12 13 N/A ministry of finance, removal of encroachments and KCR to be revived allocation of land for ressetlement. These issues have 8 by 2016, PA told now been settled. Japani Donors idaaron ko mansoobe ki takneeki maamlaat par tahafuzaat, Detail study hogi, Maali amoor k liye hukumat aur JICA mein muhaa'ida Express Circular Railway 9/5/12 9 Syed Ashraf Ali November mein hoga. Taamiraat ka aghaaz agle saal News mansooba takneeki hoga, 4500 gharaane mutaasir honge, Mutasireen k liye wujuhaat ki bina par Shah Lateef Town k qareeb Jumma Goth mein 300 9 taakheer ka shikaar acres zameen bhi makhtas kardi gayi Governer reviews The rehabilitation of the KCR costing over 1.5 billion The News 10/5/12 14 N/A 10 KCR revival dollars would be completed with financial assistance of the JICA. The governer, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad, while chairing a high level meeting at the governer house, stressed the process of starting work on the KCR before June 2013 At a special meeting presided by the Prime Minister himeslf reviewed the pace of the project and the pending issues. Meeting was attended by people's representatives and all concerned secretaries of the The News 1/6/12 17 Imtiaz Ali federel government. The prime minister issued PM Gilani orders directions that "all impediments" in the early start of removal of the KCR revival should be removed by all ministers or encroachments organisations, Government of Sindh and Railway 11 from KCR land authorities. A six member delegation of Japanese experts arrived in Karachi for further work on a plan to bring about an Dawn 15/6/2012 16 N/A KCR to be revived improvement in the infrastructure including road 12 by September 2013 network, and solid waste management in Karachi. Finance minister Syed Yaqub yesterday said that KCR would be ready for goods traffic by the end of this year and for passenger traffic next year. He ruled out the suggestion that present four classes in trains should be Dawn 20/6/2012 6 N/A slashed down to two, arguing that so long as society was divided into upper, middle, lower middle and lower classes, arrangements in trains would have to be Circular Railway for provided accordingly to cater to the needs of each 13 Karachi on the cards class.-Agencies. Sensing the need to address the growing traffic woes of the city, The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) The Express has put aside 1.35 billion for two major transport 29/6/2012 13 N/A Tribune Circular Railway, schemes in the budget for 2012-13 fiscal year. The city Bus rapid transit get adminstration is eyeing to revive the Karachi Circular 14 'proper attention' Railway (KCR) and start the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Circular Railway mansoobe mein Express takheer, Project ki jaama mansooba bandi JICA ki zair-e-nigraani 17/6/2012 4 Staff Reporter News Araazi par ki jarahi hai. tajawizaat ka silsila 15 jaari. Project cost rises by The whopping increase in the cost of the revival of the Rs 100 billion in much needed KCR has resulted from an increase in the The News 6/7/12 20 Imtiaz Ali three cost of the core project, taxes and duties and exchange 16 years rate fluctuations. KCR, which is an attractive alternative to the congested public buses will circle the city and cut travelling time by half. It will cater to about 700,000 people a day. JICA will bear 93 % of the project's cost and the railway will The Express be operational by 2017. The electrical locomotives will 12/7/12 14 Saad Hasan Tribune Circular Railway: run at an average speed of 44 km per hour on a system 'Japanese of elevated, on-the--ground and tunnel track spanning government will 43.12 kilometers. KCR will also have 24 stations and a cover 93% cost of train will pass through each one of them every six 17 KCR' minutes. "This is come has a shock for us" said one of the employees of JICA's Islamabad office. "We are so close to signing an agreement with pakistan government. "Let’s hope this does not delay the project" The The Express japanese government is expected to commit itself to 29/7/2012 13 Saad Hasan Tribune financing the KCR during an international donor For circular railway, conference scheduled in October 2012.The notification another setback as of Khilji's transfer was issued on July 25 and came as a KUTC shock for the people associated with the project. Khilji 18 chief removed. is bitter. 19 Jung News Circular railway: 30/07/2012 12 Khalid 1999 main band hone waali circular railway kai arab Stationoun par Mahmood rupee kharch hone aur hukumati daaw'on k bawajood kabze, tracks tabah, bahaal na ho saki bahali ka kaam rawaan saal mutawaqqa. One of the many civic problems that have plagued karachi for a long time has been the lack of an efficient, The Express A solution to 6/8/12 07 Amna lone smoothly functioning public transport system to Tribune Karachi's traffic resolve the difficulties the govt has planned to built 20 woes? certain projects like BRTs and KCR. Punjab's opposition came out of the blue. The most populous federating unit opposed the project on the grounds it would consume major chunk of federel The Express Government resources, depriving the other provinces of their state. 17/08/2012 13 Shahbaz Rana Tribune ignores stingy To pacify the Punjab, the committee has decided to Punjab opp to keep the Karachi Circular Railway outside the Public KCR, gives the Sector Developement Programme , according to an 21 green signal official of the planning commision. With the JICA mission expected to visit Pakistan in November to sanction loan for the revival of KCR, the KUTC seeks Rs1.5bn project's executing agency KUTC has urged the Sindh The News 25/10/2012 13 Imtiaz Ali from govt as JICA Government to provide funds to carry out necessary team activities for the purpose, it was learnt by the news on 22 arrives next month wednesday. Karachi circular railway mansoobe Japani donors circular railway ki tameer k liye laagat ka Express main takheer Laagat 22/09/2012 09 Syed Ashraf Ali 93.5% asaan conditions par faraham karengy, sharah e News main 1 arab dollar sood kam hai, takmeel 2017 dec main hogi. 23 ka izafa ho gaya. Karachi circular NADRA ki janib se jaari card par 50,000 aur Juma Goth Express railway k 12/11/12 09 Syed Ashraf Ali main 80 Acre ka plot diya jayega. Karachi circular News 24 mutasireen ko railway k ahya ka mansooba, Japan 2.6 Arab dollar ka khususi card jaari qarza dega. honge Karachi baldiya azmi, Karachi k administrator Muhammad hussain Syed ne kaha hai k japani hukumat Circular railway k taa'won se shuru hone waala karachi circular railway Jung News mansooba, rozana 7 12/11/12 02 Staff Reporter project samaji o maa'shi ahmiyat ka hamil ek inqilabi lakh afraad ko safri mansooba hai jiske mufeed asraat honge aur rozana sahoolat hasil hogi, taqreeban 7 lakh afraad ko araam de sahoolat 25 administrator muhhaiya hogi Circular railway mansooba, 50,000 rupees adaiyegi k bajaaye 80 acre k plot par Express mutasireen ki makaan tameer kar diya jaye, Mutasireen. Karachi 4/12/12 09 Staff Reporter News tajaweez JICA ko circular railway ki zameen par bare pai-mane par bhijwayainge, tijarati aur rihaishi proposals qaim hain. 26 Sherkhan The delegation of JICA discussed matters related to the KCR project with chief secretary Raja Mohommad Dawn 6/12/12 17 N/A Abbass. The JICA team members include suzuki and CS briefed on KCR matsumoto. The team gave a presentation on KCR 27 routes routes and funding matters. The selected officers would be of middle to senior level in rank and come from the federel and provincial governments as well as the KUTC, an executing agency of the project. Their training is set to begin in february The News 10/12/12 16 Imtiaz Ali 2013 in Japan and the aim will be to educate them on 13 officers to be the public transport of Tokyo. "this would help the trained by japanese officials acquire the skills to explore ideas and ensure 28 to run KCR the healthy operation and maintenance of the KCR" Karachi circular Mansoobe se 7 lakh afraad ko safri sahooliyat muyassar Express railway project ayengi, Muhammad Hussain Syed. Project ko tamaam 12/12/12 09 Staff Reporter News inqilabi mansooba stakeholders ki himayat hasil hai, JICA ke nomainde se 29 hai guftugu. "In the first phase, a 22 KM long track will be built from Drigh Rd. Station to Wazir mansion" he said. Once The Express completed,the residents will have an alternative to 12/12/12 13 N/A Tribune Need for speed: congested public buses and will be able to cutshot their KCR to cut travel travelling time by half. The railway system will cater to 30 time by half around 700000 people a day. A japenese consultant called on KMC Muhammad Hussain Syed on Tuesday to take his input regarding Dawn News 12/12/12 17 N/A KMC input on KCR the KCR project being undertaken with the financial 31 obtanined and technical assistance to JICA. Tafseeli study aur mansooba bandi ki bhi hidayat, 4653 JICA ne mutasireen mutasireen ki rehabilitation k liye 4 arab rupees Express ko tameer shuda 21/12/2012 02 Syed Ashraf Ali akhrajaat ayenge, Mansoobe ki tameer k liye hukumat News makanaat dene ki japan aur wafati hukumat ne muha'ide k baad 32 manzoori dedi tameerati kaam ka agaaz july/aug main hoga Karachi Circular Railway 6 bus rapid JICA ki tayyar karda report ke mutaabiq pehle marhale Jung system 25/12/2012 2 Staff Reporter mein dou corridors par buses chali jayeinge. ki study report 33 tayyar. 2013 circular Public private partnership k tehat transport k digar railway k agaaz ka mansoobe bhi agle saal shuru kiye jayenge, Express saal hoga, 31/12/2012 09 Staff Reporter Muhammad Hussain Syed. Mansoobe k mufeed asraat News administrator Baldia honge aur rozana taqreeban 7 lakh afraad ko araam de 34 Azmi safar lo sahoolat muhhaiya hogi.

Serial Page Newspaper Caption Date Reporter Important Points No. Number 2013 Under the government policy, foreign loans are normally relent to the government entities at a higher markup by the federel government even if these loans are provided at lower interest rate. Economic Centre waives mark Dawn 2/1/13 15 Khaliq Kiani cordination committee (ECC) approval for the waiver up on KCR plan would make JICA loan avalaible for KCR at original markup of 0.2 percent payable to JICA over 40 years without extra charges being paid to federel 1 government. The railways ministry had originally requested ECC to Bright prospects: Express waive the on lending charges which are, in essence, the KCR gets another 2/1/13 13 Zafar Bhutta Tribune interest that the KUTC has to pay the fedrel boost 2 government as it pays back it's shares of the funds. Iqtisaadi raabta KCR mansoobe ki kul laagat 260 arab dollars hai jis mein committee ne 260 japani hukumat 2.44 arab dollars ka riyaayati qarza de arab 2/1/13 30 Staff Reporter gi. Yeh total laagat ka 93 percent hai. Jo 40 years mein dollars ke Karachi wapis kiyaa ja sakta hai jabke qarze ki wapsi mein 10 circular railway ki saal ka riyaayati qarza shamil hai. 3 manzoori dedi. Circular railway Wizaarat railway aur FBR (JICA) se darkhuaast, keliye generel sales mansoobe ke liye import duty ki choot dedi jaye, Japani Express tax aur 5/1/13 7 Syed Ashraf Ali sifaarat kaar KCR keliye hukumat japan intehai asaan News import duty maaf sharaait par 2.609 arab dollars qarz degi jis par sharah 4 karne ki darkhuaast sood (nterest) bhi intehai kam hai. Karachi Circular Yousuf Raza Gillani ne kaha k mansoobe ke hawaale se Jung Railway ka 22/1/2013 3 Irfan Siddiqui kuch maamlaat wafaati hukumat, soobai hukumat aur 5 mansooba state bank ke darmiyaan hona baaqi hai. Mutaasireen circular 80 gaz par taameer shuda makaan faraaham kiye railway ki Express jayenge, 4653 khandaanon ki nau'abaadkaari nau'abaadkaari 25/1/2013 9 Syed Ashraf Ali News (rehabilitation) keliye 4 arab ke akhrajaat ayeing gey, (rehabilitation) 2015 zaraye 6 mein shuru hogi. 32 Meetings held with JICA.JICA said instead of giving JICA to help KUTC 50,000 to each affectee, construct houses for them. rehabilitate KCR Affairs regarding land allotment resolved. Department The News 28/1/2013 16 Qadeer Tanoli affectees concerned have compiled data of affectees. After on 283 acre land receiving funds, construction of infrastructure will 7 commence. Even after getting a markup waiver from ECC against Pending project:For 2.4 billion loan major obstacle remains the acquisition Express circular railway, no of loan itself from JICA. Encroachments along the tracks 2/2/13 15 Sohail Khattak Tribune silver lining on the are one of the biggest hindrance. All illegal settlements horizon. will be removed and people will be given alternate 8 housing options. Rapid transit nizaam JICA ki study mein 2 metro system, 6 bus rapid transit Jung mein circular railway 4/2/13 7 Staff Reporter lines aur circular railway shaamil kiyaa gaya hai, awaam 9 bahaali bhi shaamil ko tranport ke masaail se nijaat mil jayegi. KCR na hone ki waja se sarkon par traffic Jamshed Taweel traffic jam, waqt ka ziyaa, crores ka fuel zayaa, Jung 11/2/13 1 ka Bukhari maholiyaati aloodgi barh gayi. 10 dabao barh gaya. JICA took away KMC admin Syed Muhammad Hussain said this on release of first Tuesday while meeting 2 municipal officers leaving for The News 13/2/2013 14 N/A tranche of Japan, for getting technical and operational training for 11 funds soon. proposed KCR project. Be it year 2017 or KUTC will first use funds to relocate 4653 families 2022, Karachi before starting KCR project. KUTC urged government The News 10/3/13 13 Imtiaz Ali Circular that land reserved in Juma Goth should be granted 12 Railway's on track clearance. KCR Project will save great amounts of foreign exchange; Remove chances of unrests that may KCR's Revival: Advice Raihan A.K Dawn 26/5/2013 8 otherwise arise during acquisition of land for a new to PMLN Lodhi metro bus project and also provide little entertainment 13 to children and poor population of city. Shahbaz Sharif and Qamar Zaman Kaira have taken interest in mass transit plan for karachi. PMLN MBS or KCR? Karachi leadership is keen to create political space for itself in Dawn 28/5/2013 7 N/A mass transit. urban Sindh. But in hishast we hope punjab's would be chief minister will do anything that will delay or scuttle 14 JICA plans for Karachi Circular Railway What is required is the government's will to retake KCR Dawn KCR's Revival 29/5/2013 6 J.S Hussain 15 land from illegal occupiers. JICA ne Karachi 2 meter rail, 6 BRTs ki tameer aur circular railway ke Express keliye transportation ahya ki sifaarishaat. 370.81 mein se 356.1 JICA degi 2/6/13 2 Ashraf Ali News master plan 2030 jabke baqia 14.7 million sindh hukumat aur KMC mein 16 tayyar kar liya. 50,50 hoga. KCR is a mature project well on its way to realisation. Mass Transit: A Shaheen The only problem is that a tussle between PPP The News 3/6/13 1 metro for Karachi Sehbai government in Sindh and the centre could potentially 17 derail it. Karachi Cicular Muhammad Jung Railway ka 5/6/13 11 Irfan Siddiqui 18 Mansooba Karachi Urban Transport aur Laagat 260.9 million dollars hogayi, mutasireen se circular Jung 7/6/13 20 Staff Reporter muzaakraat mukammal hochuke, chief secretary ki zair- railway mansoobe e-sadaarat ijlaas mein briefing par taiz amal dar 19 aamad ki hidaayat Karachi Circular 43.12 kilometers par double track bichaye jayeinge, har Express 7/6/13 9 Staff Reporter 20 Railway ke liye 24 5 minutes k waqfe ke baad train rawaana hogi. stations qaim kiye Mansoobe par amal dar aamad keliye taiz tara jayenge. iqdamaat aur hukumati sat'taah par briefing ke liye tayari karein. Chief Secretary asked stakeholders to increase pace of Stakeholders told to work.Total length expected to be 50 kilometres and will speed up work on Habib Khan Dawn 7/6/13 17 cost 1.58 billion dual track length 43.12 kilometres. 24 KCR Ghouri stations. Avalaible after 5 minutes, cater 580,000 revival. 21 commuters CM approves 2.6 Qaim Ali Shah gave a go ahead. Cost escalated from billion dollars KCR Habib Khan Dawn 8/6/13 15 1.58 billion to 2.6 billion. Expected to take 3 to 4 years revival Ghouri to operate. 22 project CM gave his nod of approval of project, attended by Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon, Finance Karachi Circular Advisor to CM Syed Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Chief Railways gets Sindh Secretary Finance Sohail Ahmed Rajput, Principal The News 8/6/13 13 Faraz Maqbool CM's Secretary to CM Naveed Kamran Baloch, project nod Director Karachi Urban Transport Corporation ( KUTC) and other government official would be completed in 3 23 to 4 years. Wazeer aala ne KCR Mansoobe ke liye 43 kilometre railway line bichai mansoobe ki bahaali jayegi, muhaa'ide ke baad november ya december mein Jung 8/6/13 1 Staff Reporter ki kaam shuru kar dia jayega. Pure safar ka kiraya 25 24 manzoori dedi ruppees hoga. Karachi Circular mansoobe se ghareeb aur mazdoor paisha logon ko Railway mansoobe asaani hogi, mazeed takheer nahi honi chahye. Umeed par Express 8/6/13 1 Staff Reporter hai mansoobe ko 3 se 4 saal mein mukammal kar liya november mein jayega ka jis mein baad mein private sector bhi kaam shuru karne ka dilchaspi le ga. 25 faisla Circular Railway Pakistan aur Japan hukumat ke beech qarze ka Express 15/6/2013 4 Ashraf Ali 26 mansoobe ke muhaa'ida october mein tai paane ka imkaan, muhaa'ide Mutaasireen ki nau'abaadkari ka kaam january mein ke liye zaroori shuru hoga. Japan pakistan ko asaan sharait par qarz amoor mukammal. dene ko tayyar, wazeer railway,mansooba 2017 mein mukamma hoga. JICA has some concerns. Our deterioting economy of Pakistan, Whose current foreign exchange stands KCR project can't get around 5 billion which is far less than 15 billion dollars The News on track without a 17/6/2013 13 Qadeer Tanoli during Generel Parvez Musharraf regime. JICA has push from JICA. concerns as to whether the incumbent Pakistani government would be in a position to give sovereign 27 guarantee for the project, they added. It is of pivotal importance to take steps to control the Road Transport VS Dawn 28/6/2013 6 N/A addition of new vehicles on karachi's roads which can KCR 28 be done by introducing other modes of transport. KCR route extended Further extension will be made in phase 3 of the KCR to Dawn 5/11/13 16 N/A 29 to airport Pakistan Steel Mill Federel ministry of railway Saad Rafique said that we didn't complete prerequisites on our part. Local KCR derailed as 22/11/201 The News 13 Qadeer Tanoli authorities need to review their priorities. We have to donor loses trust 3 improve city's law and order as investors demand 30 security. Sindh Governer Ishrat-ul-Ibad said that mega projects would go along way in strengthening Pak-Japan Japan keen to see 27/11/201 Friendship.He said Japanese investors had the optimum The News 13 N/A KCR materialise 3 opportunity to invest in Sindh, Adding that the provincial government had already allocated a vast 31 piece of land for the investors in Thatta. The hurdles in the way of implementations of KCR have Karachi Circular Jalaluddin Dawn 1/12/13 6 been identified and terms of reference for foreign loans Railway S.Hussain 32 have also been clearly spelled out. KCR project to take Ishrat-ul-Ibad said targeted action against criminal The News 3/12/13 13 N/A 33 shape soon, Says elements had produced position results and due to this Governer action without any discrimination law and order situation was improving. Sharjeel memon said the ministerial committee would approach stakeholders responsible for setiing up Panel formed to get encroachments on the land originally reserved for mass The News land vacated for 10/12/13 13 Azeem Samar transportation project in Karachi. He also said the KCR. cabinet also okayed the project to immediately launch the public transport service in Karachi comprising a 34 fleet of 100 buses. Sindh government Dawn to exempt KCR from 12/12/13 15 N/A 35 tax

Serial Page Newspaper Caption Date Reporter Important Points No. Number 2014 Federel minister for planning deelopment and KCR to start soon: reforms Ahsan Iqbal said that international 1 The News 11/1/14 14 N/A Ahsan Iqbal monetary fund has expressed full confidence in the federel govt and Japanese will assist in KCR project. KCR revival is the foundation stone of the JICA supported Karachi transport improvement Project (KTIP). Stations should have proper parking so that Circular Railway people can travel from their home to station to take 2 Dawn 25/2/2024 9 Arif Hasan Imperatives train. Relocate the people living on railway with 80 yard plot and 50,000 considering to establish a citizen's committee to oversee KCR and other land related issues. Karachi Circular Railway ki zameen par hazaron rihaishon ki raiway par amal dar mutabadil muqamaat par muntakli ehem masla hai, 3 Jung News amad ke liye 10/4/14 20 Irfan Siddiqi Jung se guftugu. 2.5 billion dollars ki intehai khateer sanjeeda hain, Japan raqam ka mansooba hai. Hukumat Karachi Circular Railway ke tracks se Musharraf ka faisla karachi walon ko karna hai, 4 Jung News tajawizaat ke 27/4/2014 15 Staff Reporter Wazeer railway ki media se guftugu, China se dar khaatme keliye aamad shuda 19 engines ka iftitah. committee qaim. 8 rukni committee mutasireen ki abad kaari keliye Wafaaq aur Sindh tajaweez degi, KCR mansoobe se san'ati aur tijaarti mein circular railway ilaqon ko milaya jayega. Mutasireen ki abad kari Express 5 mansooba jald 27/4/2014 9 N/A jumah goth mein hogi. Wazeer aala ne 44 railway News mukammal karne phaatakon keliye 100 million rupees makhtas kar par ittefaq diye. Cantt aur railway stadium ki tazeen o aaraish ki jayegi. 2.6 billion dollars laagat aaye gi. Circular railway 7 member committee will be set up. KCR is a priority Express commisioner sets up for the federel government. 4653 families to be re 6 30/4/2014 15 N/A Tribune committtee to settled (resident's relocation) 300 acre of land in revive KCR Jumma Goth will be used. Circular Railway Mansooba jald Express Wafaati o soobai qayadat aur afsaraan mansoobe ki 7 shuru hoga, 1/5/14 1 Staff Reporter News kamiyabi chahte hain, Ajlaas se khitaab. Commisioner Karachi. Circular railway ki Mansoobe mein hail na jayiz tajawizaat ke ke mukammal survey khaatme mein intezaamia, KMC aur police railway ki Express report ainda ajlaas 8 9 Staff Reporter bharpoor ma'awaniat ki jayegi. Umeed hai 20 may se News mein paish ki jayegi, 10/5/2014 qabal hatmi report tayyar kar k wazeer aala sindh ke Commisioner hawaale kar di jaaye gi, Admin KMC Karachi Circular railway bahaali mansooba 43 kilometer taweel KCR mansooba ke liye 83 ft muqar'ra waqt mein 9 Jung News 10/5/14 6 Staff Reporter chaura corridor darkar hoga, Managing Director mukammal kareinge, Urban Transportation corporation. Commisioner Karachi Present an effective solution which would attract foreign investments. Sindh chief secretary Sajjad KCR progress report Saleem advised office of board of revenue, City 10 The News to be finalised by 10/5/14 19 N/A admin, and finance department t coordinate May 14 transport department and KUTC to ensure an expeditious pace of development work on the project. Next stop; KCR Political stakeholders have also joined hands to Express 11 proposals finally 10/5/14 14 Arif Hasan revive KCR. Karachi commissioner shoaib ahmed Tribune complete. siddiqui told project cost 2.6 billion dollars. Workable options for relocation have been made Recommendations and will be sent to chief minister Qaim Ali Shah and 12 Dawn 17/5/2014 17 N/A for KCR ready. federel railway minister Khwaja Saad Rafique for final decisions. Public Welfare: KCR will run of electrical systems that will enable Express Recommendations around 600,000 commuters to travel daily on trains 13 18/5/2014 14 N/A Tribune for KCR project leaving every 5 minutes. Also, both federel and finalised. provincial government have KCR as their top priority. Express KCR was proposed in 2004. Officials are now waiting 14 Revival of KCR 1/6/14 6 N/A Tribune for sindh assembly to pass a budget. Karachi Circular Railway keliye araazi Agar track hee nahi ban sakta tou is mein wafaati 15 Jung ka husool soobe ka 3/6/14 1 Staff Reporter hukumat kia karsakti hai, Press conference. kaam hai, Ishaq Daar. Analyst believes political will and federel JICA mission due Habib Khan government support are must for KCR revival. 46 16 Dawn next week for talks 4/7/14 17 Ghouri conditions of JICA are fullfilled. Cost of project scaled on KCR revival up from 1.83 billion dollars to 2.5 billion dollars. Japani hukumat guzashta 10 saalon se Pakistan mein Na pakistani aam apne 2 billion dollars ke funds k sath KCR mein kaam Mohommad 17 Jung aur na hee circular 6/8/14 15 shuru karwana chah rahi hai lekin hamari wafaati aur Irfan Siddiqui railway subai hukumaton ke ikhtilafaat is shuru se hee yeh mansooba shuru hone na diya. Earlier on 26 August, Sindh government had signed a Sindh looks to regain memorandum of understanding with the CRCC for 18 The News japanese help for 24/9/2014 14 N/A KCR project. CRCC will carry out their own KCR assesement and cost themselves. Sindh to take centre KUTC MD had been directed to submit a into confidence 29/10/201 19 The News 13 N/A comprehensive report on all issues being faced by before executing 4 KCR in 15 days. KCR project Wafaaq karachi circular railway mansoobe ko Karachi shehrion ko transport ke masaail ka samna Pak-China iknaamik 29/10/201 hai,Subai hukumat KCR aur BRT par amal dar aamad 20 Jung 3 Staff Reporter corridor ki fehrist 4 ke liye ko shaa'n hai CRCC ko sahulatein aur tamam mein shamil technical tafseelaat muhaiya ki jayein kare hukumat sindh ki sifarish Officials in the sindh government said that JICA will be given first preference. Sindh government alloted KCR: For Sindh it's a 483 acres of Jumma Goth to encroachers. JICA hasn't Express toss up between replied since 6 months. 21 2/11/14 13 N/A Tribune China and Provincial Transport secretary said whichever Japan. company gets the job will get their own consultants, own machinery and design and will also get to complete the construction on their own. Karachi circular mut'badil jagah par ghar banane mu'aavza ada karne railway mansooba k liye tayyar hain lekin mutasireen ko mut'badil tajawizaat jagah par ghar bana kar nae de sakte, 5 saal se ziada Express khatam aur 22 10/11/14 3 N/A lagein gey jis ki waja se mansoobe mein mazeed News mutaasireen ke liye takheer ka samna hoga. Pakistan railway ne mamla 4653 gharaanon ka mushtarka mafadaat council mein le jaane ka faisla intezaam kiyaa jaye, karlia. JICA ki shart JICA ke taa'wun se awaam ko sasti transport service Karachi Circular faraham karne k liye wafaaq aur subai hukumat ka railway mansooba mansooba 2005 se aage na barh saka. 73 kilo meter Express ta-haal altawa ka 29/12/201 23 3 N/A track par tajawizaat aur 4653 gharon ki colonies News shikar sindh 4 gayeen, 2 maa qabal amal dar aamad keliye hukumat koi faisla tajawizaat ke khaatme ka plan diya, Sindh Hukumat na karsaki. ne jawaab nae diya.

Serial Page Newspaper Date Reporter Important Points No. Caption Number 2015 Ishaq Daar kal Japan wafaati wazeer e khazana ishaq daar japan jayenge Circular jayenge.Japani ko pakistan mein surmaya kaari 1 Jung 12/1/15 20 Irfan siddiqui railway iqtisaadi barhane ki daawat deinge aur un ki surmaya kari k zone par baat hogi tahafuz ke hawaale se baat cheet karein gey. Japani hukumat ne Qabza mafia aur maqadme se baazi ki waja se Karachi Circular mansooba ruka, maamle ki tehqeeqat hogi, Japanko 2 Jung 19/1/2015 1 Irfan siddiqui Railway Mansooba raazi karne ki koshish karein gey, Wafati wazeer e mansookh kardia. khazana senator Ishaq Daar Karachi Circular 10 saal se khabron aur kaghazon mein nazar aane 3 Jung Railway ghalti ka 20/1/2015 6 Staff Reporter wala Japan mansooba 2.5 arab dollars ka mansooba zimedar kon? mansookh kardia gaya. Transfer ownership from federel government to Centre to be asked provincial government. KCR started in 1964 and shut 4 Dawn 10/2/15 17 N/A for total control of down in 1999. JICA showed interest in revival in KCR project, PA told 2005. Reasons for KCR project being delay were asked. 5 The News Sindh's ownership of 10/2/15 20 N/A Real reasons behind why JICA backed out are KCR project sought mentioned. KCR: Never ending Since Japanese have withdrawn their help, they 6 Dawn 11/2/15 8 N/A delay might approach chinese for help. Chinese firm to execute KCR revival Signed agreement with CRCC after JICA backed out. 7 Dawn 12/2/15 18 N/A project after Japan JICA allowed to share it's study with CRCC. agency backs out Wafaaq Karachi Wafaati hukumat KCR ka control sindh hukumat ko Circular Railway dene par tayyar hain. Wafaati hukumat is baat par 8 Jung mansooba sindh 13/2/2015 1 Shahid Jatoi bhi tayyar hai k who karachi mein railway ki hukumat ke hawaale taqreeban 1230 acre raazi sindh hukumat ke karne par raza mand hawaale karde. Pakistan ka japan ko karachi circular railway mansooba 9 Jung 25/3/2015 1 Irfan siddiqui par raza mandh karne k liye baat cheet ka faisla Wizaarat railway ki Pakistan railways ne ab faisla kia hai ke who KCR ka karachi circular Syed Naved hissa nahi bane gi. Sindh hukumat ko mansoobe 10 Express 29/7/2015 3 railway ka hissa Jamal keliye 260 Acres araazi technical ta'awun faraham banne se ma'azrat karne ki paishkash. Karachi Circular Gawadar port taa coastal highway patri bichaane Railway keliye 250 22/10/201 11 Jung 1 Staff Reporter station aur railway cantis yard keliye bhi zameen leli, acre araazi mukhtas 5 Qaima committee ko briefing. kardi, Railway hikam Development Express JICA was told to give a timeline for the project if they 12 projects KCR to be 5/11/15 15 N/A Tribune were still interested in it. revived Circular nizam railway k platforms par par khana Express Circular Railway badoshion ne jhagian banaleen. Railway stations ki 13 5/11/15 1 Staff Reporter News track ke sirf 8 km par booking counter ko kachra kundion ki tor par tajawizaat hain. istemaal kia jaraha hai.

Serial Page Newspaper Caption Date Reporter Important Points No. Number 2016 Railway track ki marammat Shahrah- Drigh Road pull k sath Shahrah-e-Faisal par waqe 1 Jang e-Faisal par 4/1/16 2 Staff Reporter railway patri ki marammat ki gharz se hafte ki shab

badtareen traffic shaehar ki masroof tareen road bandh kardi jaam Shahrah-e-Faisal ka Drigh Road, Natha Khan, Star Gate aur Malir 15 par Express 2 track bandh, Traffic 4/1/16 1 N/A traffic ka shadeed dabao,traffic police ne 2 track News jaam khol diye Not a priority? Change of Announced repair work couldn't take place due to Express 3 commisioner delays 11/1/16 6,7 N/A sudden transfer of former karachi commisioner Tribune railway track's Shoaib Ahmed Siddique repair. Railway line ke marammati kaam dopahar ek baje ke bajaye namaaz marammati kaam ke 4 Jung 12/1/16 2 Staff Reporter maghrib tak jari rakhne par log Shahrah e Faisal par bais Shahrah e Faisal traffic mein phanse rahe. par badtareen traffic Karachi circular Chief security sindh mohommad siddique memon Express railway ki bahaali KCR ke intezami idaare KUTC k board of directors ke 5 18/2/2016 2 N/A News committee qaim ijlaas mein KCR ki bahaali k liye committee ki kardi gayi manzoori dedi. Karachi circular railway ki bahaali k KUTC ke board of directors ke sath KCR ki bahaali ki 6 Jung liye committee 18/2/2016 20 Staff Reporter ijazat de di. tashkeel dene ki manzoori Sindh chief secretary held meeting with KUTC so that KCR restoration process could be expedited.Involved 7 Dawn KCR related work 19/2/2016 18 N/A ACS planning and development to provide relief to commuters. Circular railway, 1960 se 1980 KCR mein sab safar karte they. 1990 Green line tak sab khatam hogaya.Japan ne 2 arab dollars de 8 Express 6/3/16 17 Shahid Sardar mansooba aur kar madad karni chahi, lekin land mafia aur hukumat umeed bahar ki na ahli ki waja se kaam na ho saka. Two chinese firms Discussed investment opportunites. KCR covers 43 express interest in 9 The News 17/4/2016 13 N/A km with 24 stations and had daily turnover of developing KCR: around 700,000 passengers. Zulfikarabad Looking to invest: Express 10 Importance of KCR's 18/4/2016 15 N/A Minimise traffic , Alternate mode of transport tribune revival stressed. KCR to greatly ease Much needed project,China is most reliable ally of 11 The News city's traffic 18/4/2016 14 Pakistan, CPEC engineers safety, screened flow:Ebad documentary. Circular railway mansoobe mein KCR banna bhot zaruri hai. Iss ka total lambai 43.12 cheeni surmaya 12 Express 18/4/2016 2 Staff Reporter km hai aur akhrajaat ka tehmina 2.609 arab kaari ka khair american dollars hai. Total 24 station baneinge. maqdam kareinge, Governer As Pakistan failed to comply with the conditions of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) programme in 2011, said the letter, it became difficult for the government of Japan and Jica to actively formulate the KCR project due to concerns over Pakistan’s debt sustainability. Also, it is mentioned in the letter that Jica does not have a mandate to make an indication over the decision to provide the loan by any means such as sending a letter of comfort. However, Jica admitted in the letter that the macroeconomic situation of Pakistan has improved and it is ready to restart formulating the KCR project In transport starved Express if the Pakistan government is interested.Railways 13 karachi, fate of KCR 9/11/16 13 Oonib Azam Tribune Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said in a recent press hangs in balance. conference in Karachi that the basic planning of the KCR is faulty. The formation of the Karachi Urban Transport Company (KUTC), whose 60% share belongs to the federal government, 25% to the Sindh government and 15% to Karachi’s local government, is flawed, he said. According to him, the metros must run under the local government. Jica, according to Rafique, is ready to offer long-term concessional loans, but with the condition to rehabilitate the encroachers. “We had asked the former chief minister of Sindh, Qaim Ali Shah, to rehabilitate the encroachers but the Sindh government never paid heed,” he said.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali said he would Murad wants KCR also hold a meeting with the Chinese ambassador 30/11/201 Habib Khan 14 Dawn included in CPEC 18 and Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal in this regard. 6 Ghouri projects The chief minister directed the transport department to prepare the KCR case for the CPEC. “I am sure my efforts will produce results,” he added The CM directed Farooqui to look for other donors to start the project. “This is unacceptable that the fate of the project is hanging in balance since 2008,” Mass transit plan: he said. The CM asked his team to talk to local Sindh CM wants The Express 30/11/201 financial institutions and international agencies, 15 Karachi Circular 13 N/A Tribune railway to be included 6 adding that this cannot be delayed any further. in CPEC The CM said that he will take up these issues with the prime minister, to include this important project of KCR in the CPEC. “I am writing a letter to the prime minister,” he said. The Sindh government and the Pakistan Railways have formed a working group to fulfil all legal requirements to hand over the administrative control of the Karachi Urban Transport Corporation Body formed to (KUTC) and the `right of way’ (use railway tracks) of transfer KUTC to the Karachi Circular Railway to Sindh and decided to 16 The News 10/12/16 13 N/A Sindh for revival of conduct a new feasibility through international circular railway bidding to cover its future requirement with the focus on starting the project. This decision was taken in a meeting held between Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Friday at CM House. In a statement issued by the party, Bilawal said the KCR among CPEC Sindh government’s demand was genuine and the projects: Bilawal The News 12/12/16 14 N/A federal government should accept it without any endorses Sindh's further arguments so that the commercial hub of the Demand 17 country could benefit from the initiative. The decision was taken at a meeting on CPEC and power generation projects presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at PM Office on Monday. According to the prime minister’s spokesman, the meeting reviewed progress in different projects under the CPEC and the benchmarks set for KCR, Keti Bunder 20/12/201 Syed Irfan numerous energy, transport infrastructure and Dawn Port projects 3 6 Raza industrial projects with particular focus on included in CPEC socioeconomic development of Gwadar. The meeting was also briefed on energy projects being carried out under the CPEC, including coal, hydel, wind, solar and transmission lines, as well as on the capacity and timeline for completion of various 18 ongoing power projects in the country In China, CM Murad Ali Shah would give a presentation to the JCC to pave the way for the inclusion of three important projects in the CPEC. The projects are the Keti Bandar power park and special Jetty, the Karachi Circular Railway and a CM leaves for China 28/12/201 Special Economic Zone at Dhabeji.Before departing The News 13 N/A for inclusion of KCR 6 for China, Chief Minister Shah said that he would present the case of the provincial government on the projects seriously at the JCC meeting and hopefully the projects would be approved and made part of the CPEC. He hoped to return with good 19 news for the people of Sindh and the rest of the country.