Punjab finalises plan for development

LAHORE: The Punjab government has developed the ‘Punjab Jobs and Competitiveness Programme’ with the assistance of the World Bank to support sustainable economic development in the province, said Punjab Minister for Finance Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht. Addressing a departmental meeting at the Planning and Development Board Punjab, he said Punjab Spatial Strategy (PSS) is one of the key components of the programme, adding that the Punjab Cabinet had approved PSS to give effect to spatial planning regime in the province. Using new technologies and strategies for geospatial data, Punjab can exploit alternative information sources such as acquiring remotely sensed data in addition to using conventional survey technology, Bakht added. The minister highlighted that PSS was a long-term spatial planning framework for Punjab. These spatial policies will take key aims of the PSS forward and also ensure alignment of public sector investments and spatial governance in sector of environment, agriculture, irrigation, industries and cities, the minister added.  

Published in The Express Tribune, July 6^th, 2019.

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