{"id":52908,"date":"2019-06-24T13:02:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T08:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52908"},"modified":"2019-06-24T15:20:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T10:20:54","slug":"rawalpindi-to-be-given-metropolitan-city-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-to-be-given-metropolitan-city-status.html","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi to be given &#8216;metropolitan city&#8217; status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has\u00a0decided to assign the metropolitan city status to Rawalpindi, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-2-bn-allocated-for-rawalpindi-divisions-social-development.html\">PKR 2 bn allocated for Rawalpindi Division\u2019s social development<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Provincial Minister for Local Government and Community Development Basharat Raja expressed his views on the matter during a meeting with office-bearers of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (RCCI) on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the provincial government\u2019s focus for developing urban centres across Punjab, Raja said that Rawalpindi has the potential to emerge as a tourist attraction. He added that the authorities concerned planned to construct a parking plaza on Murree Road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foundation-stones-rrr-leh-expressway-projects-laid-next-month.html\">Foundation stones for RRR, Leh Expressway projects to be laid next month<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The minister informed the attendees that the executive recently allocated funds for the Leh Expressway project. This proposed initiative would help address issues\u00a0pertaining to the mass transit system in the city, he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also lauded RCCI\u2019s effort for launching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/beautification-projects-in-rawalpindi-kick-off.html\">\u2018Glorious Rawalpindi\u2019<\/a> project aimed at beautifying the city. He assured the chamber of the government\u2019s full cooperation and support in resolving issues pertaining to encroachments, parking spaces, relocation of wholesale fruit and vegetable markets to Ring Road, waste management, and restoration of heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rcci-seeks-facilities-for-rawat-industrial-estate.html\">RCCI seeks facilities for Rawat Industrial Estate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said that the government would provide financial support for constructing a link road (that will connect Rawat Industrial Estate with the city), renovation of the Gymkhana, and various other development projects in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has\u00a0decided to assign the metropolitan city status to Rawalpindi, a news source reported. Read: PKR 2 bn allocated for Rawalpindi Division\u2019s social development Provincial Minister for Local Government and Community Development Basharat Raja expressed his views on the matter during a meeting with office-bearers of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (RCCI) on Sunday. Explaining the provincial government\u2019s focus for developing urban centres across Punjab, Raja said that Rawalpindi has the potential to emerge as a tourist attraction. He added that the authorities concerned planned to construct a parking plaza on Murree Road. Read: Foundation stones for RRR, Leh Expressway projects to be laid next month The minister informed the attendees that the executive recently allocated funds for the Leh Expressway project. This proposed initiative would help address issues\u00a0pertaining to the mass transit system in the city, he added. He also lauded RCCI\u2019s effort for launching the \u2018Glorious Rawalpindi\u2019 project aimed at beautifying the city. He assured the chamber of the government\u2019s full cooperation and support in resolving issues pertaining to encroachments, parking spaces, relocation of wholesale fruit and vegetable markets to Ring Road, waste management, and restoration of heritage sites. Read: RCCI seeks facilities&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":43390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11984],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-rawalpindi-to-be-given-metropolitan-city-status"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rawalpindi to be given &#039;metropolitan city&#039; status - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has\u00a0decided to assign the metropolitan city status to Rawalpindi, a news source reported. 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