90,000 Applications Received For Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS) In GB, AJK
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 08, 2019 | 04:14 PM
As many as 90,000 applications have been received in Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan under Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS)
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Jan, 2019 ) :As many as 90,000 applications have been received in Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan under Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme (NPHS).
"The Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan have been included in first phase of Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme and about 90,000 applications so for received from the interested individuals "said official sources in the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs.
They said that the Federal government is also planning to plant thousand of saplings across the Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir under green Pakistan program. They said that the projects initiated under Gilgit Baltistan council would be completed in priority. To a question he said development projects in Azad Jammu Kashmir will also be completed .
In a bid to promote domestic and international tourism in the country, the ministry has hired services of three international companies to identify new tourism sites in the region of Gilgit- Baltistan.
The Gilgit-Baltistan has great potential in the tourism sector and the federal government was working on a comprehensive programme to project various scenic destinations in the areas.
In its recently published ranking, Forbes has enlisted Pakistan among the '10 Coolest Places to Go in 2019' along with Bhutan, Columbia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Rwanda, The Turkish Rivera and Portugal.
Replying to a question, the sources said two economic zones would also be established under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to provide job opportunities to locals for development and progress of the areas. Besides, work on 200 kilometer corridor in Azad Jammu Kashmir is in progress to attract tourists, they said.
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