Prime Minister Imran Khan says trying our best to stop smuggling

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that they are trying their best to stop smuggling. Addressing a ceremony of the Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Wednesday, he said that he talked to Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa to control smuggling. He said that the people have no trust in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). “An amount of Rs700 billion is stolen in the FBR. Even those donating heavy amounts to Shaukat Khanum Hospital do not pay the taxes,” he said. The prime minister said that about 20 percent of the service sector does not pay taxes. “We have to bring all into the tax net. A section of traders is not agreeing to the condition of CNIC,” he said.

PM lays foundation stone of Naya Pakistan Housing Project

On July 11, Prime Minister Imran Khan had laid the foundation stone of Naya Pakistan Housing Programme Zone IV on Thursday. Addressing the ceremony, the prime minister announced to give the ownership rights to dwellers of ‘katchi abadis’. “The scheme is being launched from two ‘katchi abadis’ of Islamabad and the dwellers will be given the ownership rights in one and a half years,” he said. PM Imran Khan said that the salaried class will also be able to purchase a house under the scheme. “Foreign investors also want to invest in the scheme,” he said. He said that the housing units would be built on public-private partnership basis wherein the government would provide land and the private sector would construct housing units. “18,500 housing units will be built on this site, of which 10,000 will be allocated to people with lower income background.” The PM said that balloting would be held to choose the eligible people keeping in view the large number of applicants. “The number of people availing credit from banks for constructing their houses is very limited as mortgage practice is not very common in Pakistan's banking system. The government is working on a law to promote the culture of housing mortgage like several countries in the world,” he declared. Imran Khan said that the Naya Pakistan Housing Program would enable government servants and other people to get house at affordable installments. He vowed to provide housing facility to poor people living in shanty areas and slums of the country.