This rendering of Allama Iqbal International Airport's terminal is provided by its designer, Madrid-based GilBartolomé Architects, which is also responsbile for developing the project along with Spain’s TYPSA engineering company and Asian Consulting Engineers from Pakistan. The construction is expected to begin by the end of 2017.

China Construction Third Engineering Bureau won a 41-billion ruble (about 2.6 billion RMB) contract to engineer, procure, and construct the Allama Iqbal International Airport.

It will be Pakistan’s largest airport after reconstruction, and local infrastructure will be improved too. It is the largest project that the Third Engineering Bureau has undertaken overseas, marking another important achievement in Belt and Road construction.

It is not the first time that the Third Engineering Bureau has won a bid in Pakistan. Major projects, including the Karachi-Lahore Expressway between Sukker and Multan, Arfa Software Technology Park, and The Centaurus Hotel, are all projects of the Bureau.