Sindh: Housing programme for low income groups reviewed

[Naveed Yaseen]

Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the present government was implementing Shaheed Bhutto’s programme of Roti-Kapra-Mukan to provide shelter to homeless people.

In this regard, poor families would be provided houses under the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Housing Programme for the poor in various cities of the province.

Chairing an important meeting in this regard, Shah said that this year at least 10,000 people would get the facility under this programme.

He said these houses would be provided to poor, low income and low-paid employees.

In a detailed briefing on the occasion, Provincial Minister for Housing Agha Taimur and Special Assistant to the CM Zia-ul-Islam said that the Speaker, National Assembly, Fahmida Mirza would inaugurate the first ‘Sister Benazir Basti’ on December 1 while construction of houses for 125 families would soon be started in Garhi Khuda Bux and in Dah Janoi Sukkur, Deh Nagan Karachi, Deh Luqman, Khairpur, Deh Rerhi (Karachi).

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