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ISLAMABAD, (APP): As many as 610 development projects
costing Rs 747 billion relating to all sectors of the economy have
been completed during the last three years.
Out of total 610 completed schemes, 132 projects costing Rs 51
billion are in education, science and technology and Information
technology (IT) sectors, according to official sources in the
Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms here on Monday.
Upto 32 projects with a total cost of Rs 9 billion were
completed in health sector.
The projects which have been completed are including Cardiac Surgery
Facilities and Bone Marrow Transplant Center at Pakistan Institute
of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Capacity Building of Teachers in ICT,
FATA, AJ&K and Punjab, Kohistan Area Development Project, Model
Addiction Treatment Center at Quetta and Islamabad, Federal Drugs
Surveillance Laboratory, Islamabad, Bannu Institute of Nuclear
Medicine and Radiotherapy, Provision of State of Art Brachetherapy
at NORI Hospital, Islamabad, Hostel Building for 100 persons at NTB
Complex, Islambad, Water Supply and Sewerage Schemes at Layari,
Project for Improvement of Financial Reporting and Auditing (PIFRA),
University Balochistan, Quetta, Strengthening of Balochistan,
Quetta, Strengthening of Balochistan University of Information and
Technology and Management Sciences, Quetta, Undergraduate Marine
Science Laboratory at Lasbela, University of Agriculture, Water and
Marine Sciences, Utyhal, Development of University of Malakand Dir,
Strengthening of Psychology University, Peshawar, Gomal University
D.I. Khan, Development of Malakand University, Chakdara, Frontier
Women University in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Immediate needs of
University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Abdul Wali Khan
University, Mardan, Poultry and Dairy Animals Training and Research
Centers at new Campus at Pattoki, Medical College, Sargodha
University, Academic and Research Facilities of Government College,
University, Faisalabad, Mehran University of Engineering and
Technology, Strengthening of Infrastructure of Shah Abdul Latif
University, Khairpur, Post Graduate Medical Sciences Research Centre
at Dow University of health Science, Ojah Campus, Karachi, Sukkur
IBA, Sukkur, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad,
Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Foreign Faculty Hiring,
Qazi Ahmed Amri Bridge package-III, Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab (M-8)
Section-I, Kalat-Quetta-Chaman (N-25), Khanewal-Multan Inter
District Road (Bosan Road), Old Shujabad Road, Realignment of KKH at
Attabad Lake, Zhob-Mughalkot Section N-50 Takhtbhai Flyover on
Noshera Chakdara Dir Road, Construction/Furnishing of High Security
Block and Conference Hall at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office
Building of Ministry of Science and Technology, Sialkot Business and
commerce Centre, Rehabilitation of MW Radio Broadcasting Network,
Safe City Islamabad, Rawalpindi-Islamabad metro Bus Service and
Garment City Companies, Lahore and Faisalabad and Expo Centre,
Lahore.
Owing to strict control and professional scrutiny of projects,
Planning Commission has saved about Rs 570 billion by way of cost
rationalization which equal to one year PSDP.