{"id":186466,"date":"2021-04-16T14:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T09:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=186466"},"modified":"2021-04-16T14:22:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T09:22:31","slug":"pm-announces-rs-446b-package-to-uplift-sindhs-backward-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pm-announces-rs-446b-package-to-uplift-sindhs-backward-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"PM announces Rs 446b package to uplift Sindh\u2019s backward areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUKKUR, Apr 16 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday unveiled a historic development package worth Rs 446 billion to uplift backward areas of opposition-led Sindh province through power supply, irrigation, sports and communication projects.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister, while addressing a ceremony to hand over business loan cheques among the entitled youths here, said the proposed projects would start getting shape within a month as feasibility studies had already been completed.<\/p>\n<p>Federal ministers Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Dr Fehmida Mirza, Ali Haider Zaidi, Asad Umar, Mohammad Mian Soomro, Special Assistant Dr Sania Nishtar, Sindh Governor Imran Islamil and Usman Dar accompanied the prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said he was pleased to visit the interior Sindh with a good news of development package, which otherwise was the responsibility of the provincial government under 18th amendment.<\/p>\n<p>He said Interior Sindh was the poorest area of the country, besides Southern Balochistan and now merged tribal districts. 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