China has intensified its economic engagement with Pakistan by cultivating influential political elites. But the deeper story of Chinese inroads is the diversification of ties to local stakeholders, notably in the education, media, and energy sectors.
China has intensified its economic engagement with Pakistan by cultivating influential political elites. But the deeper story of Chinese inroads is the diversification of ties to local stakeholders, notably in the education, media, and energy sectors.
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Daily Times Project will help Lahore fight debilitating challenges of technology, resources, transportation, environment and economic decline
April 10, 2021
Present-day Lahore has witnessed many ups and downs in its centuries-old history. Different emperors have ruled this symbol of culture and history since antiquity till it became part of Pakistan in 1947. Lahore, also known as Temple of Earning, has always lured migrants to its bustling markets and bazaars.
Population in Lahore exploded in the recent decades, as people kept pouring in unchecked for being a center of opportunities. Consequently, the resources continued shrinking. Uncontrolled traffic, erosion of agricultural land due to construction, rising pollution caused by industrialization and unwise use of vital water resources are the major challenges faced by Lahore today.
RRFUD to overcome urbanisation challenges
Existing issues in metropolis include poor governance, inequality and lack of technology
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LAHORE:
Like other cosmopolitan cities of the world, the city of Lahore faces debilitating challenges of governance, inequality, technology, resources, transportation and environment. To overcome these issues, the Ravi River Front Urban Development (RRFUD) project was seen as a solution since the country’s inception. The previous governments had put the project off, on one pretext or the other as they lacked will to address the ills of a sprawling metropolis.
However, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government decided to address the city’s major challenges of overpopulation, urban poverty and environmental damage through the development of a planned new city of the RRF. The RRFUD project, after remaining in doldrums for years, after the incumbent government moved to resolve the city’s existing issues and revive the city’s c