Two more cities of south Punjab included in Naya Pakistan Housing Programme
Last updated on: 21 October,2018 06:50 pm
Dera Ghazi Khan and Muzaffargarh have been made part of the scheme.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The federal government has decided to include two cities, Dera Ghazi Khan and Muzaffargarh, of south Punjab in the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme.
The government has already extended the scheme to 10 more cities of Punjab and applications for registration form submission will be collected for these cities in January 2019.
This scheme has been extended to more cities of the country to fulfill housing needs of the poor segments of the society and the government will leave no stone unturned to achieve the task of constructing five million houses, the sources in the Housing Ministry said.
The cities being included in the next projects are Lahore, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Layyah, Bahawalpur, Vehari, Kasur, Sialkot, Jhelum and Gujranwala.
It is to mention here that five million houses would be constructed under this scheme while first phase of the project was announced for seven cities which include Islamabad, Sukkar, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, Quetta, Swat and Faisalabad.
The housing taskforce and the Punjab government have completed the initial preparations for the project while registration forms of the scheme are available on website of Nadra while it can be obtained from District Housing Programme Office from October 22, 2018 for the first phase.