ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat unanimously approved the NPHA Bill on Thursday.
The committee applauded the initiative taken by the government to provide low-cost housing and was confident in the positive impacts of the project on housing and real-estate development in the public sector.
The meeting with MNA Syed Amin ul Haque in the chair took place at the Parliament House. The committee was informed that the “Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority” would be registered as a corporation under the law and placed under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division. The committee unanimously approved the bill.
The meeting was attended by Ali Muhammad Khan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, MNAs Saleem Rehman, Ali Nawaz Awan, Tahir Sadiq, Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Muhammad Hashim, Rasheed Ahmad Khan, Ahmad Raza Maneka, Rana Iradat Sharif Khan, Ms Seema Mohiuddin Jameeli, Raza Rabani Khar.