ISLAMABAD
\nDeputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan on Wednesday presided over a meeting of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) that approved five projects worth Rs 13 billion.
\nBesides it recommended two development projects of Rs72.240 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for further consideration, a news release said.
\nSecretary Planning Awais Manzur Sumra, senior officials from the Planning Commission and Federal Ministries\/Divisions, and Chairman\/ACS (Dev) from Provincial Governments participated in the meeting.
\nTwo projects namely \u201cUpgradation of Transmission Network & Replacement of Optical Fiber Cable, AJK & Gilgit Baltistan(revised) worth Rs.1999 million and \u201cPrime Minister\u2019s Initiatives Support for IT Startups, Specialized IT Trainings and Venture Capital (revised)\u201d worth Rs 5000 million were approved.
\nMinistry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, presented a projected \u201cEstablishment of Infectious Disease Laboratory\u201d worth Rs 8289.913 million which the forum recommended to ECNEC for approval.
\nThe project envisages the establishment of state of the art R&D Laboratory to detect\/analyze microorganisms. Upon completion of the project after PC-I, the NIH will have a better capability for the detection of novel, exotic, emerging and re-emerging pathogens and their timely control as well as R&D facility which is an absolute necessity.
\nThe CDWP also okayed two projects of the Ministry of Law & Justice namely \u201cConstruction of Litigants Facilitation center for Litigants and Lawyers in Sector G-10\/ 1Islamabad\u201d with a cost of Rs.1862 million and \u201cEstablishment of 93-No District Courts in Mauve Area G-11\/4 Islamabad (revised)\u201d worth Rs 2232.736 million.
\nThe forum approved a project related to Skill development internships titled \u201cBaaikhtiyar Nojwan Internship Program Balochistan\u201d worth Rs1850 million which has full funding by the World Bank.
\nThe CDWP recommended a project of the Sindh government namely \u201cCompetitive & Livable City of Karachi (CLICK) (revised)\u201d worth Rs.63950.374 million to ECNEC for approval.
\nThe project is proposed to be financed by World Bank\u2019s loan of Rs61116.815 million under Investment Project Financing(IPF) and Rs 2833.559 million by the Sindh government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan on Wednesday presided over a meeting of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) that approved five projects worth Rs 13 billion. Besides it recommended two development projects of Rs72.240 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for further consideration, a news […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-377136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n