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Business Recorder
02-08-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
PDWP approves six uplift schemes
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Punjab for the year 2025-26 on Friday approved six development schemes of different departments' worth over Rs 36 billion. The meeting was chaired by the Chairman Planning & Development Board Punjab Dr. Naeem Rauf which was also attended Secretary P&D Board Rafaqat Ali, Secretary Agriculture Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, members of the P&D Board, and other senior officers. The approved scheme includes Chief Minister's Punjab Hi-Tech Farm Mechanization Financing Program (2025–26 to 2028–29) at an estimated cost of over Rs. 8.826 billion and Agricultural Farm Mechanization Project (2025–26 to 2027–28) at an estimated cost of over Rs. 6.169 billion. The third scheme was Directorate of Provincial Healthcare Service Monitoring & Evaluation System (Revised) at an estimated cost of over Rs. 2.104 billion. Similarly, the PDWP also approved community empowerment and strengthening of healthcare access through Maryam Nawaz Health Clinics (Revised) at an estimated cost of over Rs. 9.360 billion. The meeting also given green signal to chief minister's meal programme for enrolled special students in special education institutions across Punjab at an estimated cost of Rs. 972.584 million. The sixth scheme approved was the Chief Minister's Saaf Pani Program Across Punjab (Phase-I) at an estimated cost of Rs. 9 billion. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
26-07-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Sindh CM discusses US development aid with Elizabeth Horst
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah met with Elizabeth Horst, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States of America to Pakistan, to discuss the progress and future of US development assistance in the province. The meeting was held at CM House and was attended by provincial ministers - Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, Principal Secretary to CM Agha Wasif, Chairman P&D Board Najam Shah. The USA delegation members were Consul General Scott Urbom, Deputy Consul General Jai Nair, Chief Political & Economic Section Shelley Saxen, Political Officer Trevor Earnshaw, Political Specialist Saleh Shah and Staff Assistant Charles Besnard. The two sides reviewed completed initiatives and explored future collaboration opportunities in the fields of education, water and sanitation, health, climate resilience, and municipal services. Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah reaffirmed his government's commitment to deepening its partnership with USAID. He outlined several areas where USAID's continued support is critical: Education Sector Reforms: The CM said that his government seeks USAID's assistance in addressing post-2022 flood reconstruction needs, with over 20,000 schools fully or partially damaged. The province aims to restore educational infrastructure and scale up quality teaching through ICT and teacher training. Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Murad Shah said that under the WASH project; there is a dire need for immediate rehabilitation of 799 water supply schemes, 444 drainage systems, and 1,212 RO/UF plants is underway. He proposed an additional 504 filtration units for schools and health facilities.
Business Recorder
05-07-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
PDWP approves nine uplift schemes worth over Rs52bn
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Friday approved nine major development schemes in the sectors of agriculture, local government, and infrastructure, with a total estimated cost exceeding Rs52.357 billion. The approvals were granted during the second PDWP meeting for the fiscal year 2025–26, chaired by Dr. Naeem Rauf, Chairman of the Planning & Development Board. Key agricultural initiatives include the revised Chief Minister's Programme for the solarisation of agricultural tube-wells (Rs7.229 billion), an internship scheme for agriculture graduates (Rs2.155 billion), and the Chief Minister Punjab Kissan Card scheme (Rs9.868 billion). Additionally, the PDWP gave a green light to Phase-II of the Punjab Green Tractor Programme (Rs5.076 billion), the Punjab Hi-Power Tractor Programme (Rs9.580 billion), and a project for agricultural transformation in the Potohar region (Rs7 billion). In the local government sector, the establishment of a Project Implementation and Management Unit (PIMU) under the Punjab Rural Municipal Services Company (PRMSC), along with Service Delivery Units (SDUs), was approved at an estimated cost of Rs4.030 billion. Two major infrastructure projects were also sanctioned: the construction of underpasses at GPO Chowk and TM Chowk on Mall Road, including a pedestrian underpass near AFIC in Rawalpindi (Rs5.551 billion), and the widening of the road from District Complex to Kakuwal Bridge with a flyover in Mandi Bahauddin (Rs1.864 billion). The meeting was attended by Secretary P&D Board Rafaqat Ali, Secretary Agriculture Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, Chief Economist Masood Anwar, members of the P&D Board, and other senior officials. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
26-06-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Punjab approves 5 schemes worth Rs16.75bn
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday approved five development schemes with a total estimated cost of Rs16,750.053 million. The approvals were granted during a meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP), chaired by Chairman of the Planning and Development (P&D) Board, Dr Naeem Rauf. Among the major projects approved was the provision of infrastructural, academic, and operational facilities for the Punjab University of Technology, Rasul, Mandi Bahauddin, at a cost of Rs9,793.111 million. The PDWP also approved the programme for strategic transformation and revamping of old blocks at former DHQ hospitals in Rahim Yar Khan, Gujranwala, and Sargodha, with Rs1,097.112 million allocated for DHQ Hospital Gujranwala. Additionally, the meeting approved Project Readiness Financing (PRF) for the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Program at a cost of Rs4,777.250 million, and the replacement of old and condemned equipment at the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) with an estimated budget of Rs1,012.580 million. The PC-II for Smart City Lahore Phase-I also received final approval, with an allocation of Rs70 million. The meeting was attended by Secretary P&D Board Rafaqat Ali, Chief Economist Masood Anwar, members of the P&D Board, and other senior officials. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
18-05-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Four uplift schemes of health, P&D sector approved
LAHORE: The PDWP approves four development schemes of health and P&D sector worth over Rs32 billion. In this regard a meeting of the fiscal year 2024–25, the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) held here on Saturday in which four development schemes totalling Rs32,002.252 million were approved. The approved schemes are programme for revamping of 581 BHUs in South Punjab (Phase-I) at an estimated cost of Rs9,932.946 million and programme for revamping of 220 RHCs (Phase-I) (Revised) at an estimated cost of Rs9,990.223 million were approved. Programme for revamping of 552 BHUs in North and Central Punjab (Phase-I) (Revised) at an estimated cost of Rs9,986.627 million and Transformation of Punjab Resource Management & Policy Unit (PRMPU) at an estimated cost of Rs2,092.456 million were also approved. The meeting was attended by Secretary P&D Board Dr Asif Tufail, Chief Economist Masood Anwar, members of the P&D Board, and other senior officers. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
