Lahore to get its own 'Disneyland'

Park to be built at cost of Rs36b in one-and-a-half years as per deal signed between Punjab govt and a Chinese company

An agreement for the construction of a theme park and aquarium with facilities matching that of Disneyland has been signed between the Punjab government and a Chinese company.

The park will be built at a cost of Rs36 billion in one-and-a-half years, according to a handout issued by the Chinese company Golden Bean Group.

Lahore Commissioner Abdullah Sumbal along with Punjab Horticulture Authority director-general Mian Muhammad Shakeel and Chinese company chairman Jin Ming Nan signed the agreement in Lahore on Thursday.



Further, the handout said along with other national and international companies, the Golden Bean Group will also participate in the bidding for the construction of Sundar Workers Welfare Complex Phase-I. Under the project of the Punjab Labour Department worth Rs7.78 billion, 2,900 apartments would be built for industrial workers and labourers.

Labour secretary Ali Sarfraz and Chinese company chairman Jin Ming Nan signed the MoU in this regard.