{"id":102372,"date":"2025-05-27T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=102372"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:13:46","slug":"cdwp-seeks-ecnecs-nod-for-road-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cdwp-seeks-ecnecs-nod-for-road-infrastructure.html","title":{"rendered":"CDWP okays IT, industry projects, pushes road plans to ECNEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Professor Ahsan Iqbal, on Friday approved seven development projects worth Rs1.04 billion. The forum also referred three major infrastructure projects, cumulatively valued at around Rs96 billion, to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release, four projects amounting to Rs8 billion received approval at the CDWP level. These included two key initiatives in the industries and commerce sector: the \u201c1000 Industrial Stitching Units (Phase-II)\u201d worth Rs1.95 billion and the \u201cAcquisition of Land for Establishment of SME Facilitation Centers at Various Locations\u201d valued at Rs1.25 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-approves-major-highway-expansions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECNEC approves major highway expansions, motorway network to grow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum also approved two pioneering Information Technology projects \u2014 the \u201cDevelopment of Pakistan Lunar Exploration Rover (PLExR) for Chang\u2019E-8 Mission\u201d at a cost of Rs2.53 billion, and the \u201cPakistan Manned Space Mission\u201d valued at Rs2.24 billion \u2014 signaling Pakistan\u2019s intent to further its footprint in the global space arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the CDWP referred three large-scale transport and communication sector projects to ECNEC for consideration. These included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improvement of Road from Sanghar to National Highway N-5 via Mundh Jamrao and Saleput (221 km) \u2014 revised cost: Rs36.91 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Construction of Additional Carriageway along Mehran Highway from Nawabshah to Ranipur (135 km) \u2014 revised cost: Rs41.03 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improvement of Road from Rohri to Guddu Barrage @ M-5 Interchange Sadiqabad via Khanpur Mahar, Mirpur Mathelo &amp; Mureed Shakh (150 km) \u2014 revised cost: Rs17.97 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ecnec-approval-crucial-for-ring-roads-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECNEC approval crucial for ring road\u2019s timely completion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, Ahsan Iqbal directed the Planning Commission\u2019s Member Infrastructure to review and update federal and provincial construction schedule rates in line with current market trends, emphasizing cost-efficiency and fiscal responsibility in public sector infrastructure development. The session was attended by Planning Secretary Awais Manzur Sumra, the Chief Economist, federal secretaries, provincial P&amp;D department heads, and senior representatives from various ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Professor Ahsan Iqbal, on Friday approved seven development projects worth Rs1.04 billion. The forum also referred three major infrastructure projects, cumulatively valued at around Rs96 billion, to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval. According to a press release, four projects amounting to Rs8 billion received approval at the CDWP level. These included two key initiatives in the industries and commerce sector: the \u201c1000 Industrial Stitching Units (Phase-II)\u201d worth Rs1.95 billion and the \u201cAcquisition of Land for Establishment of SME Facilitation Centers at Various Locations\u201d valued at Rs1.25 billion. Read: ECNEC approves major highway expansions, motorway network to grow The forum also approved two pioneering Information Technology projects \u2014 the \u201cDevelopment of Pakistan Lunar Exploration Rover (PLExR) for Chang\u2019E-8 Mission\u201d at a cost of Rs2.53 billion, and the \u201cPakistan Manned Space Mission\u201d valued at Rs2.24 billion \u2014 signaling Pakistan\u2019s intent to further its footprint in the global space arena. Meanwhile, the CDWP referred three large-scale transport and communication sector projects to ECNEC for consideration. These included: Read: ECNEC approval crucial for ring road\u2019s&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":[5109,6424,6153,64931,64930,30917,64926,64929,7737,64928,61641,64927],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102372","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","10":"tag-ecnec","11":"tag-federal-development-projects","12":"tag-industrial-stitching-units","13":"tag-infrastructure-projects","14":"tag-lunar-exploration","15":"tag-pakistan-space-mission","16":"tag-planning-commission","17":"tag-plexr","18":"tag-road-development","19":"tag-sme-facilitation-centers","20":"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 seeks ECNEC&#039;s nod for road infrastructure -Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CDWP referred three large-scale transport and communication sector projects to ECNEC for consideration. 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