Lahore
March 11, 2021
LAHORE:Provincial Minister for Housing and Urban Development Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, under Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme distributed allotment letters of plots among low-income people after computerized balloting.
The minister distributed allotment letters of 400 three-marla and 189 five-marla plots in Hazro, Attock district among the lucky applicants. The ceremony was held in this regard under the auspices of the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA). Parliamentary Secretary Housing Taimoor Masood, DG PHATA Asif Ch, General Secretary Housing Task Force Atif Ayub, Deputy Director Abu Bakar and other concerned officials were also present on the occasion.
The minister congratulated the allottees and said that these plots are being provided to the low-income people at the rate of Rs 1,14,000 per marla. 60 per cent work of this housing scheme has been completed. The plot price will be received in two years monthly installments in order to facilitate t
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Rs650 billion worth of 1,000 housing units included in the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS) had been originally launched by the previous PML-N government. White Star/File
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Housing and Works on Thursday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that Rs650 billion worth of 1,000 housing units included in the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS) had been originally launched by the previous PML-N government.
The new housing units to be constructed by the Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NPHDA) under the prime minister’s NPHS would be initiated in April, Housing Secretary Imran Zeb Khan informed the committee during a discussion on the audit report of the Pakistan Public Works Department for the financial year 2019-20. He said the construction of houses under the NPHS was being planned at three different forums.
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