{"id":101229,"date":"2025-01-29T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=101229"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T07:41:02","slug":"cdwp-greenlights-key-road-education-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cdwp-greenlights-key-road-education-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"Major road, education projects get green light from CDWP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved and recommended infrastructure and education projects worth Rs259.68 billion. During a meeting chaired by Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, the forum referred key projects to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reads:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/psdp-2025-26-projects-aligned-with-uraan-pakistan-framework-iqbal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PSDP 2025-26 projects aligned with Uraan Pakistan framework: Iqbal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Road and Transport Projects:<br>Dualization of Rawalpindi-Kahuta Road (28.4 km) \u2013 Includes a four-lane bridge over Sihala Railway Pass, along with Sihala and Kahuta bypasses (Rs23.54 billion).<br>Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Programme (SFERP-I) \u2013 Focused on rebuilding transport infrastructure damaged by the 2022 floods (Rs88.40 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Education and Development Projects:<br>Daanish Schools in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir \u2013 Establishment of new schools to enhance education access (Rs8.9 billion).<br>Prime Minister\u2019s Pakistan Fund for Education (Pak-PEF) \u2013 A major education initiative aimed at improving literacy and school access (Rs14 billion).<br>Pak-USAID Merit and Need-Based Scholarship Program (Phase-II) \u2013 A scholarship program to support higher education (Rs2.95 billion).<br>Arshad Nadeem\/Shehbaz Sharif High-Performance Sports Academy \u2013 A sports training facility at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad (Rs2.67 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-pak-better-infrastructure-new-models.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan plans 16 new projects in 2024 under ADB collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Ahsan Iqbal emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to infrastructure and human capital development, directing his ministry to ensure the timely execution of all approved projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved and recommended infrastructure and education projects worth Rs259.68 billion. During a meeting chaired by Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, the forum referred key projects to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval. Reads: PSDP 2025-26 projects aligned with Uraan Pakistan framework: Iqbal Key Road and Transport Projects:Dualization of Rawalpindi-Kahuta Road (28.4 km) \u2013 Includes a four-lane bridge over Sihala Railway Pass, along with Sihala and Kahuta bypasses (Rs23.54 billion).Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Programme (SFERP-I) \u2013 Focused on rebuilding transport infrastructure damaged by the 2022 floods (Rs88.40 billion). Key Education and Development Projects:Daanish Schools in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir \u2013 Establishment of new schools to enhance education access (Rs8.9 billion).Prime Minister\u2019s Pakistan Fund for Education (Pak-PEF) \u2013 A major education initiative aimed at improving literacy and school access (Rs14 billion).Pak-USAID Merit and Need-Based Scholarship Program (Phase-II) \u2013 A scholarship program to support higher education (Rs2.95 billion).Arshad Nadeem\/Shehbaz Sharif High-Performance Sports Academy \u2013 A sports training facility at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad (Rs2.67 billion). Read: Pakistan plans 16 new projects in 2024 under ADB collaboration Minister Ahsan Iqbal emphasized the government&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":94821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[5109,61201,62214,6153,62216,60211,61444,47122,62217,62215,55958,18686,62213,62218,61669],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-ahsan-iqbal","9":"tag-cdwp-approval","10":"tag-daanish-schools","11":"tag-ecnec","12":"tag-education-projects","13":"tag-government-initiatives","14":"tag-higher-education","15":"tag-infrastructure-development","16":"tag-pak-usaid-scholarships","17":"tag-pakistan-fund-for-education","18":"tag-rawalpindi-kahuta-road","19":"tag-road-projects","20":"tag-sindh-flood-rehabilitation","21":"tag-sports-academy","22":"tag-transport-sector","23":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CDWP Greenlights Key Road, Education Projects - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved and recommended infrastructure and education projects worth Rs259.68 billion. 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