Port Grand Opens In Karachi

Karachi's most awaiting food street and entertainment complex 'Port Grand' is finally inaugurated on Saturday May 28th 2011. The complex offer visitors a world of its own in an enclosed area cut off from the craziness of city life.

The 13-acre world-class facility has been designed & built in collaboration with top international architects and designers, who employed latest technology and building techniques to deliver a state of the art facility. Some 40 outlets are being made operational at this stage while more will be opened soon.

The food enclave runs along the port where you can view the sea while sitting on green benches lined across the fresh green turf. The three spaced-apart metal barriers from the water could, however, be tempting for adventurous children. You can even see the cargo being loaded and unloaded from the ships that arrive from all over the world. The food street ends close to a point where you can see ships harboured at the KPT Boat Wharf. The land for the project was leased by the KPT for 30 years on a Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement. Work on the billion-rupee project started in 2005 and it was expected that it would be completed by 2009. However, Grand Leisure Corporation claimed that the delay was caused by the need to completely revamp the Native Jetty bridge which was in bad shape. This caused expenses to shoot up. “Better late than never,” said Firoz. “If we wish to do things the right way there might be a delay but the end product will be something positive.”

The Native Jetty Bridge has been entirely rebuilt to ensure a world-class tourist destination and source of pride for Karachiites that would ultimately attract millions of people from all over the country and beyond.

The area underneath the Native Jetty bridge has been cleaned up and rehabilitated. The few trees that existed at the site have been preserved. The 150-year-old banyan tree, for example, has been untouched. The Napier Mole Bridge has been repaired and the corporation installed an irrigation system for the tree to give it an even longer life.

Parking for over 800 cars with complimentary valet service, pristine public restrooms, plenty of pedestrian friendly walkways are additional attractions. The entry fee for the Port Grand would be Rs. 300 per person out of which Rs. 200 would be redeemable at different food outlets and shops inside the project.

8th HEALTH ASIA 2012 Exhibition & Conference In Karachi

8th Int’l Health Asia Exhibition and Conferences 2012, scheduled from 24 - 26 April, 2012 at Karachi Expo Center is one such Event of Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd which is a "UFI Approved Event" by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (Paris - France). The event also incorporates Pharma Asia Int’l Exhibition and Conference with a focus on the Pharmaceutical market in Pakistan which has shown tremendous space in the recent times.

Health Asia Int’l Exhibition is the premier health event bringing pharma and healthcare manufacturers, practitioners, medical equipment providers, medical institutions and universities, hospitals, clinics, labs & allied industry together with some of the most important and influential decision-makers in the region.

Health Asia leads the way in delivering the best interactive opportunities to participants and an ideal environment to the audiences. In short, the exhibition delivers to exhibitors, the right balance between Health industries players, senior decision makers and practitioners.

Health Asia 2012 will also feature the most comprehensive array of Int’l Conferences on different medical & health topics across the entire spectrum of healthcare. Delegations from Ministry of Health of OIC and Asian Countries, Hospitals of international repute, Medical Institutions, Pharmaceutical Companies are major participants of Health Asia 2012 Exhibition & Conferences.

Source: health-asia.com