Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses a gathering related to the PM's Housing Scheme, in Islamabad on April 8, 2021. SCREENGRABPrime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone of a housing scheme in Islamabad on Thursday in a bid to further his government's policy for facilitating the country's underprivileged in owning properties. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Farash Town apartments - part of the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme - the premier said that about 2,000 people will be able to own houses under the project. PM Imran lamented the public's difficulty in acquiring housing loans from banks, which, he said, had not been in the practice of lending out money for housing. "Now, our efforts are bearing fruit and banks are launching schemes to lend out [housing] loans," the premier observed.

Source: The Express Tribune April 08, 2021 08:25 UTC