PM for finalizing modalities for launch of PTI govt’s 5 million housing project

ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday expressed satisfaction over the progress made so far by the Housing Task Force on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s five million housing project and directed it to finalize the modalities for its launch.
Chairing a meeting on the “05 million Housing Project” of the PTI government here at the PM Office, he reiterated that the provision of five million housing especially to the low income groups and regularization of Katchi Abadis (slums) was a priority of the present government.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Finance Asad Umar, Minister for Housing Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema, Minister for Planning Khusro Bakhtiar, Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Advisor to Prime Minister Abdul Razak Dawood, Housing Minister for Punjab Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, senior government officials of the federal and provincial governments and others.
The prime minister said the five million housing project, besides addressing housing issues, would be a force multiplier in generating economic activities through the creation of jobs and providing a boost to allied sectors of construction and housing sector.
The meeting deliberated upon the modalities of launch of the initiative, the legislative framework for implementation of the project and the establishment of an apex body to serve as a one-window facility for ensuring an enabling environment.
The meeting also discussed various financial models that could be followed to ensure maximum participation of the private sector on one hand and to ensure affordability of the housing facility for the low income groups, on the other.