ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that response received sofar both from the local investors as well as foreign investors and overseasPakistanis towards Naya Pakistan Housing Project was encouraging.
The Prime Minister stated this while chairing a meeting of the Task Forceon Naya Pakistan Housing Project here at Prime Minister’s Office.
The Prime Minister appreciated the progress made so far and directed theTask Force to finalize modalities and future action plan regarding theestablishment of Naya Pakistan Housing Authority, detailed and multifacetedfinancial model catering to different income groups and the legal frameworkwithin three weeks.
The meeting was attended among others by Minister for Finance Asad Umar,Minister for Housing Ch. Tariq Bashir Cheema, Planning Minister KhusroBakhtiar, Senior Minister Punjab Aleem Khan, Secretary Housing Dr. ImranZeb, Chairman NADRA, members of the Housing Task Force and seniorgovernment officials.
Chairman NADRA briefed the Prime Minister about the progress so far onregistration process which is being undertaken for ascertaining demand andprofiling of the various income groups.
It was informed that the registration survey had witnessed overwhelmingresponse from the public especially the low income and middle-income groups.
It was informed that over 6,00,000 forms had been downloaded so far.
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The Prime Minister was informed that NADRA had made special arrangementsfor collection of forms at 24 registration units. The registration processwould continue for 60 days.
The meeting also deliberated upon various options to facilitate provisionof required financial support to the low-income groups and thus enable themavail the opportunity of five million housing project of the government.
Amjad Saqib of Akhuwwat Foundation also presented before the Prime Ministera plan for construction of at least one million low cost houses followingan already experienced Akhwwat model of incremental housing.
The Prime Minister said that unfortunately, the housing sector had remainedone of the most neglected area in past and no serious effort was made bythe previous governments to cater to the needs of the low-income groups forprovision of shelter.
He said that five million housing project was the flagship project of thepresent government which would create huge job opportunities for the youthand would provide a boost to over 40 allied industries of the constructionsector. – APP
