New Islamabad Airport: Irish company gets Rs 11.8 billion airside infrastructure contract

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New Islamabad Airport: Irish company gets Rs 11.8 billion airside infrastructure contract
ISLAMABAD (July 25 2008): Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has awarded the contract of airside infrastructure of new international Islamabad Airport to an Irish company. The project will cost Rs 11.8 billion and will be completed in two years. In this connection, Director General CAA, Farooq Rehmatullah and Business Development Director of Irish company Freddie Patterson signed a Memorandum of Understanding here on Thursday.

Under the plan, the company will construct runway, taxiway and apron of the new international Islamabad Airport. Talking to newsmen, DG, CAA, Farooq Rehmatullah said that the project would be completed in two years. He said the new Islamabad International Airport which has been named after Benazir Bhutto Shaheed would be completed by the end of 2010.

Business Director of the Irish company 'Lagan' said that it was one of the biggest projects in the world. He said that work on the project would be started during the next two weeks. Praising investment atmosphere in Pakistan, he said that there was a vast scope for foreign investment in various fields in Pakistan.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2008