ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said the Rawalpindi Leh Business District and the Gujranwala Development Plan would generate numerous economic activities with the citizens being their direct beneficiaries.
The prime minister, in a briefing given to him on both the mega projects, called for getting input from the private sector experts to enhance their effectiveness.
Moreover, he also advised for formulating alternate plans to obtain better economic benefits from the projects.
Minister of State Farrukh Habib, PM’s special assistants Malik Amin Aslam and Dr Shahbaz Gill, Chairman of Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority Lt. General (Retd) Anwar Ali Hyder, and senior officials attended the briefing. Punjab Housing Minister Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, Advisor to the CM Dr Salman Shah and the Punjab Chief Secretary joined via video link.
The prime minister also instructed for achieving the set targets regarding the projects within the stipulated timeframe.
Briefing on the Rawalpindi Leh Business District, Salman Shah informed the prime minister that the project comprised construction of an expressway on both sides of the Nullah Leh, its cleaning as well as development of the business district.
He said the project would also provide protection to the lives and properties of residents against the flood. It would be executed under the public private partnership with the government just providing its land, he added.
The advisor told the meeting that the economic benefits of the projects had been assessed. The meeting was also apprised of the legal amendments, administrative structure required for the project as well as its timeline.
The Punjab Chief Secretary, while briefing on the Gujranwala Development Plan, told the meeting that 40 development projects related to agriculture, industry, roads, environment protection, water supply and sewerage had been included in the federal and provincial development plans in annual budgets 2021-22.