CDWP clears six projects worth Rs151bn
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Tuesday cleared six projects with an estimated cost of Rs151.32 billion. A meeting of the CDWP, presided over by Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal, requested the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) to formally approve two projects worth Rs140.129bn, and itself approved a total of four projects worth Rs11.2bn. In the CDWP meeting, four development projects related to the higher education sector were presented and all of them were approved. These include Development of Infrastructure at Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Science Phase-II worth Rs1.85bn; establishment of National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (new) worth Rs2.772bn; establishment of National Centre for Manufacturing (new) worth Rs4.29bn; and improvement of Academic Facilities at University of Karachi worth Rs2.292bn.