{"id":10574,"date":"2014-11-24T10:53:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=10574"},"modified":"2017-12-11T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:31:46","slug":"low-cost-apna-ghar-housing-scheme-on-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/low-cost-apna-ghar-housing-scheme-on-cards.html","title":{"rendered":"Low-cost \u2018Apna Ghar Housing Scheme\u2019 on cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/apna-gharr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/apna-gharr.jpg\" alt=\"apna gharr\" width=\"628\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/apna-gharr.jpg 628w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/apna-gharr-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/apna-gharr-537x308.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister (PM) Mr Nawaz Sharif has given approval for the development of a company under the Ministry of Housing and Works to develop a low-cost housing scheme to cater to the accommodation needs of low-income strata of society. The project will be named \u2018Apna Ghar Scheme\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The prime objective of this scheme is to provide affordable housing units to the people on easy instalments. Moreover, a separate plan will be put in place to provide financial assistance to widows and the needy.<\/p>\n<p>The PM gave these directions while presiding over a meeting, which was attended by Finance Minister Mr Ishaq Dar, Information Minister Mr Pervez Rashid and other senior government officials. He told the housing and works minister to provide all the relevant details by the end of the month. Also, the meeting concluded with the decision to set up an advisory board so that the progress of the project could be looked after in detail. Site selection and land allocation details were also discussed with the PM.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at Pakistan\u2019s history since its inception in 1947, similar projects have surfaced from time to time. For instance, in 1997, the \u2018Mera Ghar\u2019 Scheme was initiated by Mr Nawaz Sharif, who was the prime minister at that time as well. A total of 500,000 houses were supposed to be built for low-income groups on 20,000 acres of land.<\/p>\n<p>Another similar project had emerged earlier in 1987 when erstwhile Prime Minister Mr Muhammad Khan Junejo launched a housing scheme known as \u2018Apni Basti\u2019 for low-income families. The aim was to build 150,000 housing units. However, despite the immense work undertaken for this project, the project\u2019s site did not fulfil basic requirements, causing the project to stop midway.<\/p>\n<p>A venture by deceased former Prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto is also worth mentioning when it comes to affordable housing societies launched by the government. In 1996, the \u2018New Islamabad City\u2019 project commenced, but Ms Bhutto\u2019s government was dissolved before the project was completed.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the \u2018Apna Ghar\u2019 scheme is a renewed hope for low-income families who want to own their own place. Let\u2019s hope that this time the government will take serious initiatives to make the Apna Ghar Scheme a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister (PM) Mr Nawaz Sharif has given approval for the development of a company under the Ministry of Housing and Works to develop a low-cost housing scheme to cater to the accommodation needs of low-income strata of society. The project will be named \u2018Apna Ghar Scheme\u2019. The prime objective of this scheme is to provide affordable housing units to the people on easy instalments. Moreover, a separate plan will be put in place to provide financial assistance to widows and the needy. The PM gave these directions while presiding over a meeting, which was attended by Finance Minister Mr Ishaq Dar, Information Minister Mr Pervez Rashid and other senior government officials. He told the housing and works minister to provide all the relevant details by the end of the month. Also, the meeting concluded with the decision to set up an advisory board so that the progress of the project could be looked after in detail. Site selection and land allocation details were also discussed with the PM. Looking at Pakistan\u2019s history since its inception in 1947, similar projects have surfaced from time to time. For instance, in 1997, the \u2018Mera Ghar\u2019 Scheme was initiated by Mr Nawaz Sharif,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":10584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[688,689,691,692,690],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-apna-ghar","8":"tag-ashiana-housing","9":"tag-cheap-homes","10":"tag-government-housing-for-poor","11":"tag-low-cost-housing-schemes"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Low-cost \u2018Apna Ghar Housing Scheme\u2019 on cards - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Mr Nawaz Sharif has given approval for the development of a company under the Ministry of Housing and Works to develop a low-cost\" \/>\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\/low-cost-apna-ghar-housing-scheme-on-cards.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Low-cost \u2018Apna Ghar Housing Scheme\u2019 on cards - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Mr Nawaz Sharif has given approval for the development of a company under the Ministry of Housing and Works to develop a low-cost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/low-cost-apna-ghar-housing-scheme-on-cards.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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