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Pakistan

249 assets on the register, 104 of them located. The hundred most strategic average 17.43 of 25, and Indus Basin Irrigation System (Sukkur, Guddu, Kotri, Taunsa Barrages and Link Canals) ranks first.

Assets
249of 250 records
Top-100 mean
17.43of 25
Scoring a full 25
0
Leading group
25%Energy

Where the top 100 are75 located

A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.

The shape of the register

How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.

Signature

Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.

Energy

Transport

Social

Space, Aerospace & Defence

Financial

Resource

Communications & Digital

Water, Sanitation & Waste

Agriculture & Food

Advanced Manufacturing

17.9%

14.1%

12.0%

11.1%

11.0%

8.7%

8.0%

6.8%

5.7%

4.7%

Assets by capability group

Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.

Score distribution

The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.

Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.

Not yet or no longer operating: 8 under construction, 2 damaged or idle, 1 planned, 1 inactive.

National top 100

Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.

#AssetFlowReachCentralitySubstitutabilityThroughputScoreConfidence
1Indus Basin Irrigation System (Sukkur, Guddu, Kotri, Taunsa Barrages and Link Canals)Agriculture & Food ยท Irrigation & Agricultural Water ยท Punjab and Sindh5455524high
2Tarbela DamEnergy ยท Hydropower ยท Indus River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa5455423high
3National Transmission and Despatch Company 500 kV Grid and Matiari-Lahore HVDCEnergy ยท Transmission & Distribution ยท Nationwide; HVDC Matiari (Sindh) to Lahore5455423high
4Karachi Cable Landing Stations (SEA-ME-WE 4/5, AAE-1, IMEWE, TW1, PEACE)Communications & Digital ยท Subsea Cables & International Gateways ยท Hawksbay and Clifton, Karachi5555323high
5National Power Control Centre (NPCC)Energy ยท System Control & Dispatch ยท Islamabad5554423high
6NADRA Data Centre and National Identity DatabaseCommunications & Digital ยท Data Resources ยท Islamabad5455322medium
7State Bank of Pakistan payment systems (PRISM RTGS and Raast)Financial ยท Payments & Settlement Systems ยท Karachi5455322medium
8SNGPL gas transmission and distribution networkEnergy ยท Storage & Fuel Supply ยท Sui, Balochistan; network nationwide5454422high
9Port Qasim and Fuel/LNG TerminalsTransport ยท Seaports & Terminals ยท Bin Qasim, Karachi5454422high
10Port of KarachiTransport ยท Seaports & Terminals ยท Karachi, Sindh5454422high
11Pakistan Real-time Interbank Settlement MechanismFinancial ยท Payments & Settlement Systems ยท State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi5454422high
12Engro Elengy and Pakistan GasPort LNG TerminalsEnergy ยท Storage & Fuel Supply ยท Port Qasim, Karachi4455321medium
13Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), KahutaSpace, Aerospace & Defence ยท R&D & Testing Facilities ยท Kahuta, Punjab4555221high
14National Highway N-5 (Grand Trunk Road) and M-2 Lahore-Islamabad MotorwayTransport ยท Roads & Bridges ยท Karachi to Torkham; Lahore to Islamabad4454421medium
15General Headquarters RawalpindiSpace, Aerospace & Defence ยท Military Bases & Installations ยท Rawalpindi4455220high
16PTCL Core Network and Islamabad/Karachi ExchangesCommunications & Digital ยท Core & Backbone Networks ยท Nationwide4454320medium
17Mangla DamWater, Sanitation & Waste ยท Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence ยท Jhelum River, Azad Kashmir4445320high
18Thar Coalfield and Engro/Thar Energy Power PlantsEnergy ยท Thermal Generation ยท Tharparkar, Sindh4445320medium
19KWSC Dhabeji pumping stationWater, Sanitation & Waste ยท Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination ยท Dhabeji and Keenjhar Lake, Sindh4354319high
20Pakistan Secretariat, Parliament House and Prime Minister's OfficeSocial ยท Government & Public Administration ยท Red Zone, Islamabad4454219medium
21Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP-2 and 3)Energy ยท Nuclear Generation ยท Paradise Point, Karachi4345319high
22Khushab Nuclear ComplexSpace, Aerospace & Defence ยท Manufacturing Facilities ยท Khushab District3545219high
23National Development Complex FatehjangSpace, Aerospace & Defence ยท Manufacturing Facilities ยท Fatehjang, Attock District3545219medium
24SSGC gas transmission and distribution networkEnergy ยท Storage & Fuel Supply ยท Sui, Balochistan; network nationwide4344419high
25Mari Gas FieldResource ยท Oil & Gas Extraction ยท Daharki, Ghotki District4444319high
25 of 100 assets