{"id":76574,"date":"2021-06-05T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=76574"},"modified":"2021-06-04T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:42:48","slug":"wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"WB urged to fund housing sector&#8217;s promotion in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Federal Minister for Financing and Revenue Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin met with World Bank Country Director (WBCD) Najy Benhassine on Wednesday to discuss the prospect of additional funds for housing finance in the country, according to press reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/inauguration-of-it-park-held-in-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/inauguration-of-it-park-held-in-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\">Inauguration of IT Park held in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the said meeting, held to examine problems in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/naya-pakistan-housing-programme-for-journalists.html\" target=\"_blank\">housing industry<\/a>, the WB official shared international financial institution&#8217;s proposed credit facilities for &#8216;various interventions in the housing sector totaling USD 290 million&#8217;. He also assured that WB fully supports the government in development of the housing sector, especially the low-cost housing initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-all-out-support-for-environmental-initiatives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WB to provide all out support for environmental initiatives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the finance minister expressed gratitude for WB&#8217;s help and reaffirmed that the housing sector remains a priority for the government. He emphasised the importance of the housing industry to overall economic growth. Mr Tarin also instructed the relevant authorities to finalise all details and complete all actions about the proposed WB financing within a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Minister for Financing and Revenue Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin met with World Bank Country Director (WBCD) Najy Benhassine on Wednesday to discuss the prospect of additional funds for housing finance in the country, according to press reports. Read: Inauguration of IT Park held in Islamabad During the said meeting, held to examine problems in the housing industry, the WB official shared international financial institution&#8217;s proposed credit facilities for &#8216;various interventions in the housing sector totaling USD 290 million&#8217;. He also assured that WB fully supports the government in development of the housing sector, especially the low-cost housing initiatives. Read: WB to provide all out support for environmental initiatives Furthermore, the finance minister expressed gratitude for WB&#8217;s help and reaffirmed that the housing sector remains a priority for the government. He emphasised the importance of the housing industry to overall economic growth. Mr Tarin also instructed the relevant authorities to finalise all details and complete all actions about the proposed WB financing within a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":61439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15016],"tags":[947,46142,21890],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-housing-sector","10":"tag-wb-urged-to-provide-additional-funding-for-the-housing-sectors-promotion-in-pakistan","11":"tag-world-bank-wb","12":"cat-20385-id","13":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WB to provide funding for Pakistan&#039;s housing sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Accoridng to the World Bank Country Director, WB offers their full support to the government for boosting the housing sector, especially low-cost housing.\" \/>\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\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WB to provide funding for Pakistan&#039;s housing sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Accoridng to the World Bank Country Director, WB offers their full support to the government for boosting the housing sector, especially low-cost housing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-05T04:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/World-Bank.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Iqra Masood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Iqra Masood\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WB to provide funding for Pakistan's housing sector - Zameen News","description":"Accoridng to the World Bank Country Director, WB offers their full support to the government for boosting the housing sector, especially low-cost housing.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WB to provide funding for Pakistan's housing sector - Zameen News","og_description":"Accoridng to the World Bank Country Director, WB offers their full support to the government for boosting the housing sector, especially low-cost housing.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2021-06-05T04:45:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/World-Bank.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Iqra Masood","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Iqra Masood","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html"},"author":{"name":"Iqra Masood","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/377abfe4dc60870161cf052d458a2925"},"headline":"WB urged to fund housing sector&#8217;s promotion in Pakistan","datePublished":"2021-06-05T04:45:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html"},"wordCount":179,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/World-Bank.jpg","keywords":["housing sector","WB urged to provide additional funding for the housing sector&#039;s promotion in Pakistan","World Bank (WB)"],"articleSection":["Infrastructure","New Developments"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html","name":"WB to provide funding for Pakistan's housing sector - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/World-Bank.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-05T04:45:00+00:00","description":"Accoridng to the World Bank Country Director, WB offers their full support to the government for boosting the housing sector, especially low-cost housing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/World-Bank.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/World-Bank.jpg","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-to-provide-funding-for-pakistans-housing-sector.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WB urged to fund housing sector&#8217;s promotion in Pakistan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/377abfe4dc60870161cf052d458a2925","name":"Iqra Masood","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/istockphoto-917649844-170667a-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/istockphoto-917649844-170667a-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/istockphoto-917649844-170667a-96x96.jpg","caption":"Iqra Masood"},"description":"Iqra holds BS in International Relations and is passionate about writing engaging content on trending real estate topics. When not working, she is either spending time with family, shopping, or discussing shows &amp; movies.","sameAs":["http:\/\/zameen.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/iqramasood"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76644,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76574\/revisions\/76644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76574"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=76574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}