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Imran Khan requests LHC to quickly decide case regarding foreclosure law

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged Lahore High Court (LHC) to decide a case regarding foreclosure law, saying that it was important for implementing government’s plan to construct five million low-cost housing units in its five years.

Prime Minister Imran was addressing a ceremony in connection with the launch of State Bank of Pakistan’s finance policy for low-cost housing in Islamabad.

He said that the PTI-led government was focused on lifting above people from poverty lines.

The Prime Minister said that it was important for the government to make cash available for the common man in Pakistan to be able to own low-cost houses.

“Everyone wants a home of their own,” the prime minister said, adding that it was important to make cheap financing available for the underprivileged class for them to own houses.

He appreciated the SBP for incentivising banks to lend money to citizens for low-cost housing.

He also lauded the provision of credit through the SBP policy for small farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), saying they were the “backbone” of the economy.

The prime minister noted that the special package in the policy meant for tribal areas would be crucial as the people in those formerly war-torn areas are looking to rebuild their houses and infrastructure. The inclusion of the transgender community and widows in the policy was also “positive”, he added.

Khan said Pakistan had become a country just for “the elite and the powerful” and his government was striving to revert it back to a society with compassion, as envisioned by the country’s founding fathers.

He noted that the government’s flagship affordable housing programme will boost 40 other affiliated industries and generate employment in the country.

The government also has plans to regularise katchi abadis by replacing them with flats, the premier revealed.

“We will not let cities in Pakistan expand [horizontally] anymore, we will take the cities upwards,” he vowed, stressing that the expansion of cities was endangering green areas and risked the national food security and environment.

Except for areas with aviation restrictions, citizens will be allowed to build high-rises in commercial areas of Islamabad to whatever heights they prefer, the prime minister announced

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