{"id":103704,"date":"2025-10-25T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103704"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:47:57","slug":"major-road-projects-approved-for-balochistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/major-road-projects-approved-for-balochistan.html","title":{"rendered":"ECNEC approves Balochistan\u2019s major road projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved two major road projects aimed at improving connectivity and supporting development in Balochistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee approved the construction of a 103-kilometre road from Zhob to Mukhtar Barsta Murgha Kabza and a 105-kilometre road from Duki to Chamalang. These projects are expected to enhance regional accessibility, facilitate trade, and create employment opportunities in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar via video link, was attended by Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Balochistan\u2019s Minister for Irrigation Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani, and other senior officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-100-bn-for-highway-upgrades-in-balochistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt allocates PKR 100 bn for highway upgrades in Balochistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ECNEC also approved the revised Balochistan Livelihood and Internship Project, which aims to improve income-generation opportunities and skill development for local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the committee reviewed progress, expenditure, and challenges in ongoing development projects across the country. Officials briefed participants on a separate initiative \u2014 <em>Access and Distribution of Quality Education in Balochistan<\/em> \u2014 designed to improve early childhood and primary education through public-private partnerships and emergency response mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five-year education project seeks to enhance literacy levels by ensuring access to quality learning facilities and resources in underserved areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ECNEC directed the concerned departments to ensure timely completion of all approved projects while maintaining high standards of quality and transparency in development works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved two major road projects aimed at improving connectivity and supporting development in Balochistan. The committee approved the construction of a 103-kilometre road from Zhob to Mukhtar Barsta Murgha Kabza and a 105-kilometre road from Duki to Chamalang. These projects are expected to enhance regional accessibility, facilitate trade, and create employment opportunities in the province. The meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar via video link, was attended by Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Balochistan\u2019s Minister for Irrigation Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani, and other senior officials. Read: Govt allocates PKR 100 bn for highway upgrades in Balochistan ECNEC also approved the revised Balochistan Livelihood and Internship Project, which aims to improve income-generation opportunities and skill development for local communities. Additionally, the committee reviewed progress, expenditure, and challenges in ongoing development projects across the country. Officials briefed participants on a separate initiative \u2014 Access and Distribution of Quality Education in Balochistan \u2014 designed to improve early childhood and primary education through public-private partnerships and emergency response mechanisms. The five-year education project seeks to enhance literacy levels by ensuring access to quality learning facilities and resources in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[5109,1952,68852,68848,60228,68850,6153,68849,68851,47122,63392,46620,58313,18686,46575],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103704","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-balochistan","10":"tag-balochistan-livelihood-and-internship-project","11":"tag-chamalang","12":"tag-connectivity","13":"tag-duki","14":"tag-ecnec","15":"tag-education-project","16":"tag-government-development","17":"tag-infrastructure-development","18":"tag-ishaq-dar","19":"tag-national-economy","20":"tag-pakistan-news","21":"tag-road-projects","22":"tag-zhob","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>Major road projects approved for Balochistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ECNEC also approved the revised Balochistan Livelihood and Internship Project, which aims to improve income-generation opportunities...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/major-road-projects-approved-for-balochistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major road projects approved for Balochistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ECNEC also approved the revised Balochistan Livelihood and Internship Project, which aims to improve income-generation opportunities...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/major-road-projects-approved-for-balochistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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