ISLAMABAD – A meeting of Executive Committee of the National EconomicCouncil (ECNEC) at its meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday approved phase threeof overseas scholarship scheme for two thousand doctorates in differentfields at a cost of 22.21 billion rupees.
The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
It approved 220 KV Mastung Substation along with 220 KVSibi-Mastung-Quetta-Loralai Double circuit transmission lines at a cost of14.15 billion rupees.
Modified PC-II for purchase of land for Pakistan Institute of DevelopmentEconomics in Islamabad was approved at a cost of 3,519.47 million rupees.
In social sector, a project for the establishment of center of Neuroscienceat Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad was approved at a costof 7284.802 million rupees.
The committee approved devolved vertical programs in health sector inPunjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan at a cost of over 131,786million rupees. These programs include national maternal, neonatal andchild health program, national program for family planning and primaryhealthcare, national tuberculosis control, PM Program for Prevention andControl of Hepatitis, rollback Malaria program, National Program forprevention and control of avian, Pandemic influenza and blindness.
The meeting approved phase two of Sindh Barrages improvement project at acost of 16.66 billion rupees. The project involves rehabilitation andmodernization of Sukkur Barrage.
It also approved 4th revised PC-1 of Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric project atan updated cost of 506.808 billion rupees.
The meeting approved acquisition of land for Railway Corridor at Gwadar.
2nd revised PC-1 for construction of Drawat dam project at a revised costof 11.76 billion was also approved by the ECNEC.
The meeting also approved revision in cost of construction of 184 kilometerlong Faisalabad-Khanewal Motorway project at a cost of 60,823.66 millionrupees.