PM Imran Khan forms body to facilitate construction sector, housing projects.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday formed a 13-member national coordination committee to facilitate the construction sector and low-cost housing projects, media reported.

The convener of the committee would be Chairman Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority while officials from housing, planning division, energy, petroleum, and law departments of the federal government would also be a part of it.

Deputy Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and chief secretaries of all provinces will also be a part of the committee.

A BPS-21 officer of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and a deputy chairman of the Naya Pakistan housing project will also assist the committee.

The 13-member body will meet twice in a week and review supplies to the housing sector and progress on the projects. It will identify the obstacles faced by the housing sector and would suggest ways to address it.

The body will also address issues faced by the housing sector in acquiring NOCs from concerned departments and issue directives to the departments.

It will facilitate the process to acquire permissions from concerned forums and will play the role of a focal...