A total of 16 development projects have been approved by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) at a cost of 259 billion rupees.
Out of these 16, nine projects were approved immediately, standing at a cost of Rs 27.4 billion, whereas the other seven were recommended to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) for further approval, which were said to be costing Rs232 billion.
The projects that were discussed were related to the following sectors, education and training, governance, higher education, mass media, physical planning and housing, power and transport and communications.
5 of the projects related to education were approved by the CDWP forum. These five are as follows, Establishment of Daanish School at Gilgit-Baltistan (Kros Thang Mouza Sarfaranga – Shigar) valued at Rs2.963 billion; Establishment of Daanish School at G-B (Sultanabad Jutal) valued at Rs3.004 billion; Establishment of Daanish School at Azad Jammu Kashmir (Bhimber) valued at Rs2.999 billion; and construction of Cadet College Kharan (2nd Revised) valued at Rs2.945 million.
Some of the projects that were forwarded to the ECNEC include:
- Prime Minister’s Pakistan Fund for Education (Pak-PEF), a significant initiative in the education and training sector with a total worth of Rs14 billion.
- Enhancing Public-Private Partnerships in Pakistan (Provincial Support) Project for Sindh – Revised,” worth Rs27.854 billion
More projects that were approved by CDWP include,
- Pak-USAID Merit and Need Based Scholarships Program (Phase-II)” worth Rs 2,954.808 million.
- “Establishment of Arshad Nadeem/Shehbaz Sharif High Performance Sports Academy at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad (Prime Minister’s Directive)” worth Rs2, 678.545 million.
The meeting was attended by planning Secretary Awais Manzur Sumra, VC PIDE, members of the Planning Commission, as well as respective federal secretaries, representatives of Planning Divisions of provincial governments.
