Addressing the ceremony, Imran said that housing did not feature high on his priority list initially, but an incident changed his way of thinking about the industry. Imran said his low-budget housing scheme will also attract investors in the construction sector that caters to 210m Pakistanis. Earlier, Finance Minister Umar paid tribute to Housing Minister Cheema for his efforts regarding the project. “In my first five years in the National Assembly, we talked a lot and urged the housing minister but nothing was done,” he recalled. The finance minister stressed the importance of the housing scheme, saying that “if the federal government even comes close to building 5m houses, it would be the biggest economic project of Pakistan’s history”.

Source: Pakistan Today April 17, 2019 16:03 UTC