ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved eleven p
rojects of worth over 234 billion rupees. The approval wa
s granted in ECNEC meeting held in Islamabad today with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the chair.
The p
rojects approved today include 40.8 MW Koto Hydropower P
roject in Lower Dir at a cost of over 13 billion rupees, enhancing Public Private Partnerships in Sindh of worth over 19 billion, Integration of Health Se
rvices Delivery in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at a cost of over 13 billion rupees, and establishment of Children Hospital at Bahawalpur at cost of over five billion rupees. The p
rojects also include Karachi Neighborhood Improvement P
roject a
nd Karachi Transformation P
roject of worth over 10 billion rupees, improvement, upgradation and w
idening of Jaglot-Skardu Road at a cost of 32 billion rupees, and improvement and w
idening of additional 2-lanes on either side of Thokar Niaz Baig to Hudyiara Drain Multan Road in Lahore costing over ten billion rupees. Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor P
roject of worth 49 billion rupees, Punjab irrigated-agriculture productivity improvement P
roject costing over 67 billion rupees, Prime Minister’s Youth Skill Development Program worth over six billion, and Karachi Neighborhood improvement a
nd Karachi Transformation P
roject of worth over 10 billion rupees were also approved by the ECNEC.
Published in Daily Times, July 11th , 2017.