President Alvi underlines need for developing Kachi Abadis on modern lines.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr. Arif Alvi has underlined the need for developing the Kachi Abadis on modern lines to have all facilities like schools, colleges, hospitals, commercial areas, mosques, parks and playgrounds and open spaces for roads. He said that the poor class had been ignored in the past and it was essential to initiate measures to raise their living standards.

He stated this while chairing a follow-up meeting on transformation of Kachi Abadies into developed areas, at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Governor Sindh, Imran Ismail, MPA Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Chairman Naya Pakistan Housing Authority (NPHA), Lt. General (retd) Anwar Ali Hyder, Secretary to the President, Tariq Najeeb Najmi, Secretary Housing and Works, Dr. Imran Zeb Khan, Deputy Chairman NPHA, Major General Amir Aslam, Additional Attorney General, Ch. Aamir Rehman, Businessman Aqeel Karim Dhedhi and ex-Chairman Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan, Hassan Bakhshi, while MNA Najeeb Haroon and Chairman Sindh Infrastructure Development Company Limited, Samar Ali Khan, participated in the meeting through a video conference from Karachi.

The meeting reviewed various proposals...

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