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Express Tribune
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
CM launches bionic prosthetics
A boy holds the hand of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz with his newly fitted bionic arm at a ceremony held in the provincial capital. photo: express Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has launched a project for providing artificial limbs, hearing aids, wheelchairs and other assistive devices worth Rs1 billion to differently-abled people in the province. More than 300 special people from all over Punjab attended the inauguration ceremony The CM said the beneficiaries will be provided rollators, tricycles, manual, electric and motorised wheelchairs, walkers, frame mobile toilet chairs, pads, hearing aids and artificial limbs as per their needs." She said, "Punjab has become the first province in Pakistan to have the ability to rehabilitate disabled people and make their lives as active as normal people through the bionics technology." She added, "The world's most expensive and latest artificial limbs made with bionics technology have the ability to move according to the brain's signals." Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz fitted six-year-old Sohail, who had lost his arm below elbow to an electric shock, with an artificial arm developed through the technology. The artificial arm moves automatically when it receives signals from brain. The boy moved his hand for the first time after the accident, and expressed his happiness by clapping. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz shook hands with Sohail and gave him a high five. The chief minister also presided over a meeting to review the acquisition and recovery of loans under the Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar Programme of housing. In view of public interest, a proposal to include more commercial banks in the housing scheme was considered in the meeting. The participants were informed in a briefing that 28,219 families had received interest-free loans worth Rs 30 billion in five months. More than 23,500 houses are in their final stages of completion under the programme.
Express Tribune
16-04-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Who can apply for Ehsaas Apna Ghar scheme in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa?
Listen to article The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has launched its flagship housing initiative, Ehsaas Apna Ghar. Special Assistant for Housing, Dr Amjad Ali, announced that interest-free loans of up to Rs 1.5 million per person will be provided. He stated the loan is aimed at individuals with a monthly income of less than Rs 100,000, and the repayment period is 7 years, with monthly instalments of Rs 18,000. According to Dr Amjad Ali, the loan is available to those who own a plot or house of 5 marla or less. Applicants must be between 18 and 55 years of age. Previously, a record has been set with the construction of 1,806 houses under the Punjab chef minister's Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar Programme along with the recovery of loans worth Rs92.4 million. According to an official statement, more than 22,600 houses are in their final stages of completion under the scheme. Over 25,500 families have been granted loans worth more than Rs27.43 billion for building their homes. The second installment of the loans has been granted to more than 12,000 families and approval has been given for issuing 2000 additional loans. The loans are being provided for the construction of houses covering one to five marla in the urban areas.
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Express Tribune
14-04-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Over 1,800 homes built under CM's initiative
A record has been set with the construction of 1,806 houses under the Punjab chef minister's Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar Programme along with the recovery of loans worth Rs92.4 million. According to an official statement, more than 22,600 houses are in their final stages of completion under the scheme. Over 25,500 families have been granted loans worth more than Rs27.43 billion for building their homes. The second installment of the loans has been granted to more than 12,000 families and approval has been given for issuing 2000 additional loans. The loans are being provided for the construction of houses covering one to five marla in the urban areas. Loans are also being provided under the programme to owners of land ranging from one to 10 marla in villages. The applications for the loans are being received online. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif stated regarding the progress of the housing programme, "In the past, many false promises were made with regard to building houses for citizens, but the leadership of PML-N accomplished this task successfully in a short time frame."
