Prime Minister Imran Khan announces a Naya Pakistan Development Package ofRs. 600 billion for Southern Balochistan. This initiative will bespecifically targeted at the 3.6 million people of the districts of Awaran,Chaghi, Lasbela, Panjgur, Washuk, Kech /Turbat, Kharan, Khuzdar and Gwadar.
This development package includes various infrastructural developmentsincluding the construction of 1,100 km of roads to improve mobility andaccess to markets, provision of electricity to more than 300,000 householdsand gas to all households, and construction of 16 new dams to convert150,000 square acres of barren area into cultivable land. This developmentpackage hopes to offer employment to more than 100,000 individuals.
The Prime Minister also hopes to increase school enrollment for more than80,000 children through the Wasila-e-Taleem program. Internet-basededucation facilities will be offered to more than 600,000 children as partof this package.
In addition to this, plans for Naya Pakistan Southern Balochistan alsoinclude increasing access to internet for 500,000 users and improving youthemployment prospects through digital skills training for 35,000 youngindividuals.
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This development package also aims to improve the health standards in theaforementioned Southern Balochistan districts by ensuring that 150 localnursing staff is recruited every year in the community and health caresystem in this area.
Moreover, the Prime Minister plans on offering unconditional cash transfersto an additional 25,000 households in Southern
