{"id":61973,"date":"2020-02-26T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61973"},"modified":"2020-02-26T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:26:00","slug":"punjab-adds-rawalpindi-district-cities-improvement-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-adds-rawalpindi-district-cities-improvement-plan.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt adds Rawalpindi District in cities&#8217; improvement initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government recently announced its decision to include the Rawalpindi District in the second phase of the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP) \u2014 according to news sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/glorious-rawalpindi-project-plan-finalised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"\u2018Glorious Rawalpindi Project\u2019 plan finalised (opens in a new tab)\">\u2018Glorious Rawalpindi Project\u2019 plan finalised<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PICIIP is an Asian Development Bank (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-approves-loan-for-piciip.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ADB (opens in a new tab)\">ADB<\/a>) initiative that has been launched in Sialkot and Sahiwal, and is currently in its first phase of development. The second phase of the project is set to be launched in the Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Muzaffargarh districts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PICIIP is aimed at enhancing the quality of life in these selected cities, and is being launched with an estimated budget of PKR 27 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-ring-road-project-complete-two-years-time-commissioner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rawalpindi Ring Road project to complete in two years\u2019 time: Commissioner (opens in a new tab)\">Rawalpindi Ring Road project to complete in two years\u2019 time: Commissioner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rawalpindi Commissioner Captain\n(retired) Mohammad Mehmood chaired a meeting that was organized to discuss the\nscope of the project. He took the opportunity to say that the aim of the\nprogramme was to address urban development challenges in the cities. These\nchallenges include city integrated planning, improved urban service delivery\nthrough an upgraded institutional framework, improved infrastructure, and\nstreamlined business processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was informed that the\nprovincial government was looking to introduce upgraded and sustainable\ninfrastructure and connectivity; as well as to promote economic growth and\nboost productivity for the harmonious growth and enrichment of the citizens\u2019 lives.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Punjab government recently announced its decision to include the Rawalpindi District in the second phase of the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP) \u2014 according to news sources. Read: \u2018Glorious Rawalpindi Project\u2019 plan finalised PICIIP is an Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiative that has been launched in Sialkot and Sahiwal, and is currently in its first phase of development. The second phase of the project is set to be launched in the Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Muzaffargarh districts. The PICIIP is aimed at enhancing the quality of life in these selected cities, and is being launched with an estimated budget of PKR 27 billion. Read: Rawalpindi Ring Road project to complete in two years\u2019 time: Commissioner Rawalpindi Commissioner Captain (retired) Mohammad Mehmood chaired a meeting that was organized to discuss the scope of the project. He took the opportunity to say that the aim of the programme was to address urban development challenges in the cities. These challenges include city integrated planning, improved urban service delivery through an upgraded institutional framework, improved infrastructure, and streamlined business processes. The meeting was informed that the provincial government was looking to introduce upgraded&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[6445,21051,21053,14523],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-adb","9":"tag-punjab-intermediate-cities-improvement-investment-programme-piciip","10":"tag-rawalpindi-commissioner","11":"tag-rawalpindi-district","12":"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>Punjab adds Rawalpindi District in cities improvement plan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab government has decided to include the Rawalpindi District in second phase of the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP)\" \/>\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\/punjab-adds-rawalpindi-district-cities-improvement-plan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab adds Rawalpindi District in cities improvement plan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab government has decided to include the Rawalpindi District in second phase of the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-adds-rawalpindi-district-cities-improvement-plan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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