Cyprus News Agency

According to a statement by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) met under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar. Eleven development projects across the country were approved at the meeting.

The approved projects included the 40.8-megawatt Koto Hydropower Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the rehabilitation and reorganization of the Lasbela Canal in Balochistan, supplying Gwadar with water from Mirani Dam, and several road projects.

The committee also approved the development of 100 megawatts of distributed solar power plants in Gilgit-Baltistan, the establishment of the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Hospital in Islamabad, and the construction of a dedicated laboratory for the National Forensics Agency. The Punjab Urban Land Systems Enhancement Project was also among the approved initiatives.

Dar emphasized the importance of completing the projects on schedule and without cost overruns. He instructed the relevant institutions to maintain fiscal discipline and remove obstacles in administrative processes, adding that the projects should serve the public interest.