During its meeting on Friday in Islamabad, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP), which is chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal, authorized seven development projects totaling 22.16 billion rupees.
The Forum approved the following projects:
- Balochistan Urgent Response for Food Security Project at the cost of Rs 1,100.000 million
- Maintenance Dredging of Navigation Channel of Gwadar Port at the cost of Rs 4,669.762million
- Social Sector Accelerator SSA for Health, Nutrition, Education, Youth and Gender, National Priority Initiatives (2nd 9revised) at the cost of Rs 4,825.05million
- Provision of Academic & Research Facilities & Girls’ Hostel at Quaid-e-Azam University at the cost of Rs 3,860.355million
- Establishment of a Partnership between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Pakistan to address grand challenges in the Health Sector at the cost of Rs 220.000million
- King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Hospital at Tarlai, Islamabad, at the cost of Rs 2,499.993million
- Sanitary Sewerage System with Treatment Plant in Gilgit city at the cost of Rs 4,988.704 million.
The Secretary of the Planning Ministry, the Chief Economist, members of the Planning Commission, and representatives from the other ministries and divisions all attended the meeting. Seven projects from the Ministries of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Maritime Affairs, National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, and HEC were discussed at the event.
