About five hundred thousand applications have so far been received for ‘Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme’ that is going to be launched to provide affordable housing facility to poor citizens, the Radio Pakistan reported on Monday.
According to official sources, there is a shortfall of over ten million houses in the country and every year the backlog is increasing.
The present government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, intends to promote access to housing to people of Pakistan.
The officials also expressed confidence that the housing schemes initiated by government would not only be completed timely, but quality would also be maintained with all basic civic facilities of international standard.
