Delayed projects

All major projects like the Warsak, Mangla and Tarbela dams and the KKH that were launched in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were completed more or less on time. However, since the 1990s, we have seen that most projects have either been delayed or hit by double or three times

By our correspondents
September 23, 2015
All major projects like the Warsak, Mangla and Tarbela dams and the KKH that were launched in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were completed more or less on time. However, since the 1990s, we have seen that most projects have either been delayed or hit by double or three times the budgeted forecast. Examples of this would be the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project, the New Islamabad International Airport and the Nandipur Power Project.
It is suggested that any project, once approved, should be allowed to go through with minimum funding problems. And with the change of government, funding for a particular project should not be withheld or diverted to some other project. In the long term, mismanagement or corruption cause projects to be delayed.
Syed Hussein El-Edroos
Islamabad