KARACHI, Feb 27: President Pervez Musharraf has said that one of the tallest buildings of the world is planned to be constructed in Karachi.

He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Bagh Ibne Qasim here on Tuesday night.

The president referred to the project pertaining to the beach and islands' development and said this would be a mega project of international standard, adding that for this the land would be reclaimed from the sea and “we hope that in the centre of this project there will be a building 1,947 feet high.

He said with development projects like these, Karachi would attain a higher stature in the world.

The president said a three-year elevated expressway project would be launched on Sharea Faisal, adding that there was a mass transit project from Sohrab Goth to Keamari and the elevated train service would also be initiated in five sectors.—-APP