Maulana Wasay reiterates commitment to provide housing facility to govt employees

ISLAMABAD, August 23: Minister for Housing and Works Maulana Abdul Wasay on Tuesday said it was the priority of the coalition government to provide housing facility to the government employees in the federal capital.
While inaugurating the development works of the BharaKahu Housing Scheme Green Enclave-II (Sky Gardens) for the federal government employees, he said that quota would be allocated for the lawyers, journalists, members of parliament and common citizens in the residential projects of the federal government.
“In this time of inflation, the government is utilizing all out resources to fulfill the dream of providing own housing to the government employees for their ease,” he added.
Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Housing and Works Senator Hidayatullah Khan, MNA MaulanaKamaluddin, Secretary Housing Iftikhar Ali Shallwani, Director General Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) Tariq Rashid, Chairman Joint Venture Sky Gardens Haji Ismail and senior officials of the Ministry of Housing and Works were present besides a large number of allottees.
The Minister said the allottees of the Sky Gardens housing project had been waiting for a long time, but now the development works have been revived and hoped that the developer would hand over plots to the allottees shortly.
He said that about 6,000 kanals of land has been allotted to the name of Housing Foundation for the Sky Gardens project, while another 11,000 kanals of land was also a part of the project.
In the project, Tariq Rashid said that around 530 kanals of land have been allocated for green areas, while land has also been allocated for schools, colleges and mosques. Tariq Rashid said that around 500 kanals of land has been allocated for the construction of apartments. Speaking on the occasion, IftikharShallwani said as many as 6000 government employees would get benefit from the project and the Ministry was committed to fulfill the requirements of the houses to the employees.
Senator Hidayatullah Khan said that the hurdles in the way of the ongoing projects for government employees should be removed the own houses for the government employees would be provided. – PR