20-06-2005

Work on Pakistani ‘New Dubai’ Begins Near Karachi

via jang.com.pk

Spadework has started to bring up a new city, to be named as ‘New Dubai’ along the Northern Bypass, to make one of the world’s most modern cities. This city will be separate from Karachi and the North (Balochistan) – it will have four towns – China Town, Maktoum Town, Mahatir Town and Faisal Town besides 5-star hotel, filtration, desalination and recycling plants, diplomatic enclave, bus terminals, olympic stadium, middle income group apartments, international trade banking, expo complex, education complex, jurist enclave, graveyard, government officers’ residences – to name a few area with buildings going up to 20 storeys.