ISLAMABAD - China Silk Road Group has expressed a keen interest in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s low-cost housing scheme.
The Chairman of China Silk Road Group Limited, Yan Lijin, called on Imran Khan at PM Office along with a delegation wherein he expressed his keen interest in the prime minister’s low-cost housing project.
The company offered an affordable solution for the construction of low-cost housing by setting up a plant for pre-fabricated housing structures in Pakistan.
The Prime Minister welcomed the interest of the Chinese company in the project.
He highlighted various government initiatives to increase ease of doing business and providing the foreign investors an enabling environment to undertake profitable business ventures in the country.
He said there existed huge potential to further broaden Pak-China cooperation under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and translate the time-tested friendly relations into mutually beneficial economic projects.
Finance Minister Asad Umar, Minister for Housing Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema, Planning Minister Makhdoom Khusru Bakhtiyar, Secretary Housing Dr. Imran Zeb were also present during the meeting, a PM Office statement said.