PTI Govt Failed To Fulfil Promise Of 5m Houses.

ISLAMABAD -- A promise made by the previous government of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf to provide five million houses could not be materialized as only 21,980 low cost houses have so far been completed while 52,439 are under construction and 95,084 are in their planning phase.

The said flagship program to build five million houses was initiated by the previous government led by Imran Khan under the banner of Naya Pakistan Housing Program (NPHP) for which a dedicated organization Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NAPHDA) was established in January 2020 through an Act of Parliament.

'In the past, the housing sector came under the purview of the Ministry of Housing and Works on federal level but the mandate to execute the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme was given to NAPHDA', the Additional Secretary Housing and Works Zahoor Ahmed said this while talking to The Nation.

He said our ministry is only executing a limited part of this project that was for the employees of the federal government and the rest of the affairs are being taken care of by NAPHDA.

Meanwhile, when contacted to know the details from NAPHDA, a media manager of the authority said that all the information regarding this program is available on the official website.

It has been learnt from the information available on the website that the authority has initiated different low cost housing projects with the help of different agencies across the country. A total number of units initiated are 169,503 out of which 95,084 are in planning phase, 52,439 are under construction while only 21,980 have been completed so far.

Out of the total completed projects, 18,416 housing units were those which were financed by the government of Pakistan through Akhuwat Foundation - a non-governmental organization.

Furthermore, rest of 3,564 houses were constructed by the Worker...