{"id":58097,"date":"2019-11-28T17:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58097"},"modified":"2019-11-28T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T12:23:22","slug":"govt-set-up-construction-infrastructure-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-set-up-construction-infrastructure-board.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to set up Construction &#038; Infrastructure Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government has announced its decision to set up a \u2018Construction &amp; Infrastructure Board\u2019 in a bid to address the concerns of the construction sector, a news source reported. Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday provided his approval to the authority\u2019s formation. Further, the PM instructed the Secretary Planning to formulate a construction development policy in order to facilitate contractors, clients, consultants, and other stakeholders of the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-industry-status-for-construction-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PM approves &#8216;industry&#8217; status for construction sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with a delegation of the Construction Association of Pakistan, PM Khan observed that the government was making efforts to digitise several processes. He added that this would cut down human interface, establish transparency, and prevent corruption in all business activities.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the delegation proposed various measures to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-form-committee-to-redress-issues-of-construction-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resolve problems faced by constructors<\/a>. They suggested setting up the Construction &amp; Infrastructure Board, capacity building of the local construction industry, reviewing laws an audit procedures, revisiting the tax regime, tackling the lack of standardisation, and establishing the office of procurement ombudsman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/real-estate-incentives-needed-to-attract-overseas-investment-advisor-hafeez-shaikh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real estate incentives needed to attract overseas investment &#8211; Advisor Hafeez Shaikh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On his part, PM Khan welcomed the proposals. He added that the present government was committed to proving an enabling environment to the construction industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government has announced its decision to set up a \u2018Construction &amp; Infrastructure Board\u2019 in a bid to address the concerns of the construction sector, a news source reported. Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday provided his approval to the authority\u2019s formation. Further, the PM instructed the Secretary Planning to formulate a construction development policy in order to facilitate contractors, clients, consultants, and other stakeholders of the industry. Read:\u00a0PM approves &#8216;industry&#8217; status for construction sector In a meeting with a delegation of the Construction Association of Pakistan, PM Khan observed that the government was making efforts to digitise several processes. He added that this would cut down human interface, establish transparency, and prevent corruption in all business activities. In response, the delegation proposed various measures to resolve problems faced by constructors. They suggested setting up the Construction &amp; Infrastructure Board, capacity building of the local construction industry, reviewing laws an audit procedures, revisiting the tax regime, tackling the lack of standardisation, and establishing the office of procurement ombudsman. Read:\u00a0Real estate incentives needed to attract overseas investment &#8211; Advisor Hafeez Shaikh On his part, PM Khan welcomed the proposals. He added that the present government was committed to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":34938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14182],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-govt-to-set-up-construction-infrastructure-board"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to set up Construction &amp; Infrastructure Board - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government has announced its decision to set up a \u2018Construction &amp; Infrastructure Board\u2019 in a bid to address the concerns of the\" \/>\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\/govt-set-up-construction-infrastructure-board.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to set up Construction &amp; 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