Islamabad: PHA to launch housing scheme for officers

[Naveed Yaseen]

Islamabad: Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has decided to launch a housing scheme for ownership basis for officers of BPS-17 and above of all departments of the federal government including federally constituted occupational groups in Islamabad and all the four provincial capitals.

This housing scheme will be completed in two phases as approved by the Prime Minister according to a senior official of the Pakistan Housing Authority.

According to details, officers of Federally Constituted Occupational Groups including Supreme Court of Pakistan, National Assembly and Senate besides others in BPS-17 and above will be eligible for it under phase-I.

However, federal government officers of BPS-17 and above of all other Federal departments will be eligible under phase-II of the scheme. Responding to a question, the official said that these housing schemes were being under taken as per approval of prime minister for all federal government officers of BPS-17 and above in phases.

Scheme for officers who fall in Phase-I being launched shortly as land has already been acquired by the Authority. However, Phase-II of the scheme will be launched on availability of land and efforts are being made for it, the official told APP. It may be recalled here that the PHA has already launched housing scheme for low paid federal government employees working in BPS-1 to 16 at G-10/2 and G-11/3, Islamabad under the Prime Minister’s Housing Programme.

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