ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting in Islamabad on Friday, during which it approved the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the next financial year.
The meeting was attended by Minister Finance Ishaq Dar, Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal and senior officials of the concerned ministries.
During the meeting, the prime minister was given a detailed briefing on the PSDP projects included in the next financial year budget.
The prime minister directed that the initiation of work on Lahore-Karachi Motorway be expedited.
The meeting approved the allocation for construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam having generation capacity of 4500 MW, Dasu Hydro Power Project of 2160 MW, construction of Faisalabad – Khanewal M-4 Motorway and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus project.
It also approved the initiatives of feasibility studies for construction of New Rail Link from Islamabad to Muzaffarabad via Murree, construction of New Rail Link from Havelian to Pak-China border and linking Gawadar with Karachi through rail.
The meeting also approved approach roads to new Islamabad International airport.
In addition, the meeting also approved new Gawadar International airport project, jetty and infrastructure development at Gaddani, Gawadar Port Economic Free Zone project, Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute at Gawadar and Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park at Lal Sohnra Park Phase-II.
