Balochistan CM Kamal calls for timely completion of cheap houses

Instructs secretaries to convene meeting to finalise affairs related to project

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal has termed the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme an important initiative for the poor and directed the secretaries concerned to convene a meeting in order to finalise departmental affairs with regard to the project.

“The housing scheme should be started keeping in mind the lifestyle of people in Balochistan. In order to win public trust, timely completion of the project should be ensured,” Kamal said during a meeting with Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation Director General Waseem Hayat Bajwa.

Bajwa called on Kamal and briefed him on the residential projects for Gwadar and Quetta under the mega housing initiative. Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to visit Quetta today (Sunday) to launch the housing scheme in Balochistan.

“On clear directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the PM Housing Scheme is going to be launched in Balochistan and the PM will himself inaugurate the scheme by laying the foundation stone in Quetta,” the DG said.

He said the residential schemes for federal and provincial employees would to be launched in Quetta’s Kuchlak and Wahdat Colony areas, while new residences would be built for people of Gwadar and fishermen of Ormara.“As a first step, the federal government has allocated Rs5 billion for the project,” he said.