World Bank To Provide $200 Million Credit Facilities for Housing Sector
The Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, chaired a meeting at the Finance Division with Chairman Naya Pakistan Housing & Development Authority and Country Director World Bank (WB) Mr. Najy Benhassine to consider the possibility of providing additional funds for housing finance in Pakistan.
SAPM on Finance and Revenue was also present in the meeting.
The Country Director, WB shared World Bank’s proposed credit facilities for various interventions in the housing sector totaling $200m. He stated that World Bank would support the efforts of the Government to boost the housing sector, especially for low-cost housing.
Tarin expresses resolve to take GDP growth rate to 6-7pc in 2 years
June 2, 2021
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has expressed the resolve to take the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to 6-7 percent in a couple of years to make the country a regionally competitive economy.
The finance minister said this while chairing the second meeting of the Economic Advisor Council (EAC) on Tuesday.
He welcomed the participants and highlighted the objective of the formation of EAC, which is the promotion of evidence-based policy formation and reforms with the effective consultation and feedback from all important stakeholders. He said that the ultimate goal of these consultative meetings is to spur growth and take it to around 6-7 percent in two years to make Pakistan a regionally competitive economy.
Daily Times Says 600 Islamabad journalists to get houses: Farrukh says govt believes in freedom of expression
May 4, 2021
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said that welfare of journalists and media workers is the government’s top priority and houses will be reserved for 600 journalists from Islamabad region.
The information minister said this during a meeting with Chairman Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority Lt General (retd) Anwar Ali on Monday. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib was also present on the occasion. Matters pertaining to inclusion of journalists in the Prime Minister’s Housing programme were discussed in the meeting.
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