{"id":68428,"date":"2020-07-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68428"},"modified":"2020-07-23T22:38:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T17:38:47","slug":"privatisation-commission-recommends-sale-house-building-finance-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/privatisation-commission-recommends-sale-house-building-finance-corporation.html","title":{"rendered":"Privatisation Commission recommends sale of HBFC, 4 other entities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lahore: The Privatisation Commission on Wednesday recommended the government to pursue the sale of the House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) to private sector buyers, a news source reported. Specifically, it finalised a list of five state-owned entities and submitted it to the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) and the Cabinet for a formal approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-asked-divest-hbfc-shareholdings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBP asked to divest its HBFC shareholdings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the details revealed, the list includes the following entities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>House Building Finance Corporation<\/li><li>Jinnah Convention Centre<\/li><li>First Women Bank Limited<\/li><li>Services International Hotel<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal Minister for Privatization Mohammed Mian Soomro said that these entities required no-objection certification, documents, and approvals from the relevant ministries before the CCoP and the Cabinet could provide their formal approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The members of the CCoP also received an update on the ongoing privatisation of state-owned entities. These included two RLNG power plants, the Pakistan Steel Mills, and the sale of federal government properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nphp-hbfc-provide-home-loans-govt-employees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NPHP: HBFC to provide home loans to govt employees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Soomro stated that matters pertaining to the recommended entities for privatisation must be completed carefully to prevent delays. He added that the cash flow generated from this initiative would help the government in debt retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Privatisation Commission on Wednesday recommended the government to pursue the sale of the House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) to private sector buyers, a news source reported. Specifically, it finalised a list of five state-owned entities and submitted it to the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) and the Cabinet for a formal approval. Read: SBP asked to divest its HBFC shareholdings According to the details revealed, the list includes the following entities: House Building Finance Corporation Jinnah Convention Centre First Women Bank Limited Services International Hotel Federal Minister for Privatization Mohammed Mian Soomro said that these entities required no-objection certification, documents, and approvals from the relevant ministries before the CCoP and the Cabinet could provide their formal approval. The members of the CCoP also received an update on the ongoing privatisation of state-owned entities. These included two RLNG power plants, the Pakistan Steel Mills, and the sale of federal government properties. Read: NPHP: HBFC to provide home loans to govt employees Meanwhile, Soomro stated that matters pertaining to the recommended entities for privatisation must be completed carefully to prevent delays. He added that the cash flow generated from this initiative would help the government in debt retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":65476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[35514],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-68428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allied-industries","tag-details-on-privatisation-commission-recommends-sale-of-hbfc","cat-15012-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Privatisation of House Building Finance Corporation - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Privatisation Commission has recommended the government to pursue the sale of the House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) to private sector buyers.\" \/>\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\/privatisation-commission-recommends-sale-house-building-finance-corporation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Privatisation of House Building Finance Corporation - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Privatisation Commission has recommended the government to pursue the sale of the House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) to private sector buyers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/privatisation-commission-recommends-sale-house-building-finance-corporation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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