ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday unveiled the government’s plan to regularize slums across the country, also said the construction work on “Naya Pakistan Housing Programme” would go underway in April 2019.
In his address at the International Housing Conference in Islamabad, Imran Khan said under the housing project to be launched next month, five million housing units would be provided to the low income segments of the society.
The prime minister said constructing five million houses was a cumbersome task but once initiated the number of houses to be constructed would be increased every year. He said the project would directly benefit 40 different industries related with the construction business.
Imran Khan said the houses would be constructed by the private sector, and the government would fully facilitate it.
The prime minister said affordable houses would be constructed in the tribal districts through micro-financing.
Meanwhile, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed between Pakistan and the World Bank for cooperation in housing sector.
The prime minister said the World Bank itself decided to support the housing project. He said positive response had also been received from overseas Pakistanis besides Chinese and Malaysian companies for the project.
In addition, he said the government was also going to launch a plan to regularize slums in different cities including Islamabad. He said houses, flats and commercial centers would be constructed by developers following the models of Turkey and India.
The premier said new construction in urban centers would be vertical to avert threat to food security. He said the task force would learn from Singapore Model about it.
Imran Khan said the government also planned to establish a land bank retrieving land from land grabbers and also the dead capital of government departments. He said land worth Rs 500 billion had so far been recovered from the land grabbers. He, however, clarified that the houses of the poor people would not be demolished under that campaign.
اسلام آباد میں بین الاقوامی ہاؤسنگ کانفرنس
پاکستان اور عالمی بینک کے درمیان مفاہمت کی یادداشتوں اور سمجھوتوں پر دستخط
وزیراعظم عمران خان کا ہاؤسنگ کانفرنس سے خطاب
5سال میں 50لاکھ گھر بنانے کا ہدف ہے
50لاکھ گھروں کا ہدف بڑا مشکل چیلنج ہے@ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/GdwbeX8Zms— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) March 28, 2019
وزیراعظم عمران خان کا ہاؤسنگ کانفرنس سے خطاب
اگلے ماہ ہاؤسنگ منصوبے پر کام شروع ہو جائے گا
چاہتے ہیں نئے نوجوان آئیں، اپنی کمپنیاں بنائیں ، کاروبار کریں
ہاؤسنگ منصوبے سے 40صنعتوں کو فائدہ پہنچے گا
پروگرام کا مقصد نچلے طبقے کے افراد کو اپنا گھر دینا ہے@ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/zSXTsM8ZdN— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) March 28, 2019
وزیراعظم عمران خان کا ہاؤسنگ کانفرنس سے خطاب
آج تک اسلام آباد کی کچی آبادیوں کیلئے کوئی منصوبہ بندی نہیں کی گئی
کچی آبادیوں کو ریگولرائز کرنے کے لیے اقدامات کر رہے ہیں
کثیر المنزلہ عمارتوں کی اجازت دینے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے@ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/uAJ3I4XXOU— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) March 28, 2019
وزیراعظم عمران خان کا ہاؤسنگ کانفرنس سے خطاب
متعلقہ محکموں کو غیراستعمال اراضی کے بارے میں دریافت کیا تو انہوں نے چھپانے کی کوشش کی
کوشش ہے کہ سرکاری اراضی کی معلومات چھپانے کو بھی جرم قرار دیا جائے
گھروں کے منصوبے کیلئے سمندر پار پاکستانی بھی تعاون کیلئے تیا رہیں@ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/QcqDYMDpkp— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) March 28, 2019
