{"id":63560,"date":"2020-04-03T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T03:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63560"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:52:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T09:52:05","slug":"pm-reveal-pkr-100-billion-package-construction-industry-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-reveal-pkr-100-billion-package-construction-industry-tomorrow.html","title":{"rendered":"PM to reveal PKR 100 billion package for construction industry today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Thursday announced the federal government\u2019s decision to unveil a PKR 100 billion package for the construction industry today (April 3)\u2014 with the initiative part of the government\u2019s efforts to keep the country\u2019s economy intact in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-seek-help-volunteers-fight-against-corornavirus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"KP to seek help of volunteers in fight against corornavirus (opens in a new tab)\">KP to seek help of volunteers in fight against corornavirus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PM stated that the government was providing the construction industry with all the essential incentives that would lead to job opportunities during the coronavirus outbreak. He further said that the commerce ministry had also formulated a list of industries that could be reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-procure-masks-ventilators-contain-coronavirus-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" KP to procure masks and ventilators to contain coronavirus pandemic (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-procure-masks-ventilators-contain-coronavirus-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" KP to procure masks and ventilators to contain coronavirus pandemic (opens in a new tab)\">KP to procure masks and ventilators to contain coronavirus pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Khan said that the construction work on infrastructural projects, like roads, would not be affected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tax-collection-gujranwala-slowed-coronavirus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"coronavirus spread. (opens in a new tab)\">coronavirus spread.<\/a> He added that the government would work on developing the required standard operating procedures (SOPs) to guarantee the safety of workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japan-fund-electrification-education-projects-punjab-kp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Japan to fund electrification and education projects in Punjab &amp; KP (opens in a new tab)\">Japan to fund electrification and education projects in Punjab &amp; KP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premier also took the\nopportunity to mention that the decision of refunding PKR 100 billion for the business\ncommunity had been made in order to save them from issues of liquidity. Adviser\non finance Hafeez Sheikh revealed that the PKR 100 billion tax refunds would be\npaid within the next week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Thursday announced the federal government\u2019s decision to unveil a PKR 100 billion package for the construction industry today (April 3)\u2014 with the initiative part of the government\u2019s efforts to keep the country\u2019s economy intact in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, a news source reported. Read: KP to seek help of volunteers in fight against corornavirus The PM stated that the government was providing the construction industry with all the essential incentives that would lead to job opportunities during the coronavirus outbreak. He further said that the commerce ministry had also formulated a list of industries that could be reopened. Read: KP to procure masks and ventilators to contain coronavirus pandemic PM Khan said that the construction work on infrastructural projects, like roads, would not be affected by the coronavirus spread. He added that the government would work on developing the required standard operating procedures (SOPs) to guarantee the safety of workers. Read: Japan to fund electrification and education projects in Punjab &amp; KP The premier also took the opportunity to mention that the decision of refunding PKR 100 billion for the business community had been made in order to save them from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":61667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,20385,15016,15017],"tags":[24982,24981,21895],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-development-projects","9":"category-new-developments","10":"category-notices-announcements","11":"tag-adviser-on-finance-hafeez-sheikh","12":"tag-pkr-100-billion-package-for-the-construction-industry","13":"tag-prime-minister-pm-imran-khan","14":"cat-15013-id","15":"cat-20385-id","16":"cat-15016-id","17":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM to reveal PKR 100 billion construction industry - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Thursday announced the federal government\u2019s decision to unveil a PKR 100 billion package for 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\/pm-reveal-pkr-100-billion-package-construction-industry-tomorrow.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM to reveal PKR 100 billion construction industry - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Thursday announced the federal government\u2019s decision to unveil a PKR 100 billion package for the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-reveal-pkr-100-billion-package-construction-industry-tomorrow.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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