Chinese firm to reconstruct Lahore airport making it country's largest

A Chinese company has been awarded a contract worth $382 million for reconstruction of Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport, China’s state-owned People’s Daily reported on Tuesday.

Besides improved infrastructure, it will be the country’s largest airport after reconstruction, the newspaper said. “It is the largest project that China Construction Third Engineering Bureau has undertaken overseas, marking another important achievement in Belt and Road construction,” the report read.



It is not the first time the Chinese construction company has won a bid in Pakistan. Major projects, including Karachi-Lahore Motorway between Sukkur and Multan, Arfa Software Technology Park and The Centaurus Hotel, have been undertaken by the same company.