Islamabad being renovated ahead of SCO meeting

In a bid to highlight the Kashmir cause through art and beautification, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to install two boats filled with flowers on Srinagar Highway and Kashmir Chowk.

The boats are being painted to resemble those floats in Dal Lake of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. These boats were once used in Rawal Dam Lake, but were parked following a ban.

Recently, officers of the CDA’s environment wing rediscovered these neglected boats and chose to repurpose them for beautification. Currently, two teams—one from Azerbaijan and one from the CDA—are working on various road beautification projects in the capital city.

The Baku team, funded independently, is landscaping roads to give them a look akin to Baku’s streets, following a request from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Simultaneously, the CDA’s environment wing is preparing for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) heads meeting scheduled for October 15-16. Their efforts include installing models made from recycled materials and utilizing items salvaged from the Directorate of Municipal Administration’s junkyards.

Director General Environment Nazia Abrar Khan noted that during the inspection of the DMA’s junkyard, her team found and repurposed various discarded items, including peacock and crane frames, butterflies, and statues, for beautification.

Meanwhile, the Jinnah Convention Centre is also undergoing a facelift in preparation for the SCO meeting.

Reference Link:- https://www.dawn.com/news/1858170

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 全球丝绸之路研究联盟创始人兼主席

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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