The Parks & Horticulture Authority (PHA) has sought letters of intent (LoI) from the contenders for the construction of Gateway of Pakistan (Bab-e-Pakistan) project. Being an important development, the contenders have been advised to submit their LoI by the 10th of October.
The Bab-e-Pakistan is a national monument in Lahore which is being built on the site of one of the major Muslim refugee camps which operated in the aftermath of independence of Pakistan. The memorial was proposed in 1985 by the late governor Ghulam Jilani Khan. It has been designed by a Lahore-based architect Amjad Mukhtar who is a graduate from the National College of Arts, Lahore. The monument has an area of 117 acres and will comprise a memorial block, library, park, museum, auditorium and art gallery.
The PHA has already finalised the PC-I of the project and the PWD department has accorded an approval to it. The estimated cost of the project falls around Rs 4.47 billion.
The construction companies with no limit have been invited to apply for pre-qualification. A final approval of the PC-I is likely to take place in next week meeting of the PWD department, sources added.