{"id":65908,"date":"2020-05-28T13:01:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T08:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65908"},"modified":"2020-05-28T13:01:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T08:01:55","slug":"pms-think-tank-requested-to-focus-on-3-key-areas-including-low-cost-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pms-think-tank-requested-to-focus-on-3-key-areas-including-low-cost-housing.html","title":{"rendered":"PM\u2019s think tank requested to focus on 3 key areas, including low-cost housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal government on Tuesday requested Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan\u2019s recently consolidated economic think tank to limit its scope of work to the three key concerns of boosting social safety nets, enhancing the role of banks and financial institutions, and launching low and medium-cost housing initiatives within the country, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/supreme-court-asks-government-to-make-policies-for-low-cost-housing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court asks Government to make policies for low cost housing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting of the said think tank was held with Adviser to PM on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as the chair. During the meeting, the attendees were informed that the premiere requires the tank to focus on three specified tasks, instead of the six domains previously identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the meeting also mulled over introducing a \u2018Digital Account Scheme for overseas Pakistanis\u2019 and debated its objectives, key mechanics, features and administrative\/regulatory challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbps-refinance-scheme-expected-save-850000-workers-losing-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBP\u2019s Refinance Scheme expected to save 850,000 workers from losing jobs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting mainly targeted banks and finance issues. Sultan Ali Allana presented the collaborated efforts of the Committee on Banks and the Financial Institutions aimed at improving liquidity and credit for individual, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-to-finance-businesses-payroll-under-rozgar-scheme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">business <\/a>and corporate entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Shaukat Tarin revealed that the think tank has held several consultative sessions, with officials from the Naya Pakistan Housing Authority (NPHA) and other stakeholders, to come up with recommendations for boosting the housing sector investments and promoting multiple financing options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government on Tuesday requested Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan\u2019s recently consolidated economic think tank to limit its scope of work to the three key concerns of boosting social safety nets, enhancing the role of banks and financial institutions, and launching low and medium-cost housing initiatives within the country, according to news sources. Read: Supreme Court asks Government to make policies for low cost housing The meeting of the said think tank was held with Adviser to PM on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as the chair. During the meeting, the attendees were informed that the premiere requires the tank to focus on three specified tasks, instead of the six domains previously identified. Additionally, the meeting also mulled over introducing a \u2018Digital Account Scheme for overseas Pakistanis\u2019 and debated its objectives, key mechanics, features and administrative\/regulatory challenges. Read: SBP\u2019s Refinance Scheme expected to save 850,000 workers from losing jobs The meeting mainly targeted banks and finance issues. Sultan Ali Allana presented the collaborated efforts of the Committee on Banks and the Financial Institutions aimed at improving liquidity and credit for individual, business and corporate entities. Moreover, Shaukat Tarin revealed that the think tank has held several&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[30180,2534,30181],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-digital-account-scheme-for-overseas-pakistanis","9":"tag-low-cost-housing","10":"tag-pms-think-tank-requested-to-focus-on-3-key-areas","11":"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\u2019s think tank requested to focus on 3 key areas - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The government on Tuesday requested PM Imran Khan\u2019s recently consolidated economic think tank to limit its scope of work to the three key concerns\" \/>\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\/pms-think-tank-requested-to-focus-on-3-key-areas-including-low-cost-housing.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM\u2019s think tank requested to focus on 3 key areas - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government on Tuesday requested PM Imran Khan\u2019s recently consolidated economic think tank to limit its scope of work to the three key concerns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pms-think-tank-requested-to-focus-on-3-key-areas-including-low-cost-housing.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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