Islamabad: The National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee on Housing & Works has asked for the details of abandoned and incomplete housing projects, a news source reported. These include the projects announced by former prime ministers, as well as those executed by the Ministry for Housing & Works and other government departments concerned.
The committee recently held a meeting to this effect, which was chaired by Engineer Muhammad Najeeb Haroon. It directed the Ministry for Housing & Works to provide all the details regarding the above-mentioned projects. According to media reports, this step is being hailed as a test case for the incumbent government’s announcement of building five million houses in the next five years.
Officials report that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed the NA committee’s chairman to identify the people responsible for causing the developmental delays in the said housing projects’ construction.
Sources have also stated the committee may recommend taking action against the relevant public departments and authorities found guilty of conscious attempts to sabotage their development.
