| China shows interest in participating in Prime Minister's Housing Scheme |
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| Saturday,October 31,2009 Posted: 01:08 BJT(1708 GMT) |
| From:APP Article type:Reproduced |
BEIJING, Oct 30 (APP): China has expressed keen interest in participating to develop Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme for affordable houses for every Pakistani.These views were expressed here Friday by a 3-member delegation from Pakistan Housing Authority including Syed Turrab Haider Zaidi, Senior Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Works, Col (Rtd) Subha Sadiq Malik, Director General Land Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) and Athar Nawaz Malik, Director General (C&PM) of PHA.
Mr. Zaidi said as China is collaborating in development of various projects in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari desires that his country should also benefit from Chinese experience for the Prime Minister’s housing scheme for low income group people.
He said their visit was in line with the directive of the top leadership during which they held a number of productive meetings here in coordination with the senior officials from Pakistan Embassy.
The delegation meetings included China State Engineering Corporation, Beijing Construction Company, Shanghai Construction Company, CCPIT, and International Contractors Association of China.
Pakistan, Zaidi said wants to benefit from the efficient, environment friendly, energy saving, low cost, to withstand natural calamities like earthquake and rapid construction techniques of China in housing sector.
The Chinese side has expressed interest by saying that “We want to invest in Pakistan in housing sector”, Mr. Athar Nawaz Malik told APP.
Malik further said that the Chinese side is ready to collaborate with the Ministry of Housing to make the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme a success.
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