ECNEC approves water, road, health infrastructure projects
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Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the ECNEC meeting.
ISLAMABAD (APP) – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) met under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, approved various development projects including water and road infrastructure schemes.
Among others, the meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Division, Khusro Bakhtiar, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr Ishrat Hussain, representatives of the provincial governments and senior officials.
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chairing a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Thursday. APP
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Thursday approved Rs322.44 billion worth of 13 major development projects to be executed over the next few years.
A meeting of Ecnec, presided over by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, approved Rs13.260bn worth of World Bank-funded human capital investment projects (health sector) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to improve availability, utilisation and quality of primary healthcare facilities in four districts of the province.
The projects would cover a local population of about 8.4 million, besides 500,000 refugees.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Thursday approved development projects costing over Rs. 267 billion. Federal Minister
Peshawar
December 26, 2020
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Friday prepared the winter contingency plan 2020-21 as the province faces a range of natural hazards in the winter season.
The natural hazards mentioned in the plan included winter hazards of extreme low temperature, fog, smog, snowfall, rainfall, landslides flashfloods, seismic activity along the mountainous north and west.
According to Director General PDMA Parwaiz Khan natural disasters caused massive losses to people’s life and livelihoods, which retarded economic growth. “Under this contingency plan, the department would make efforts to minimize the losses likely to be caused by the natural disasters,” he said.