F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government is in the process of making laws to ensure construction of buildings as per international safety standards.
The Prime Minister said these laws will also allow the buildings to go as high as in other cities across the world. Imran Khan said his future vision for cities is to allow buildings to rise vertically and allow for more green spaces.
“My vision for our future cities: to allow buildings to rise vertically & allow for more green spaces as Pak is one of the most environmentally-threatened countries,” the Prime Minister shared a message on Twitter along with an image showing future look of Lahore’s Azadi Chowk.
He said it is important because Pakistan is one of the most environmentally threatened countries. He said our arable land is being eaten up by housing societies and has grave consequences for our food security in the future.
The Prime Minister said avoiding large sprawling built-up areas will also allow easier provision of amenities to the urban dwellers.
“Avoiding large sprawling built-up areas will also allow easier provision of amenities to our urban dwellers,” he added.
He further said that arable land is being eaten up by housing societies and has grave consequences for the food security in the future. “Also, we are in the process of making laws to allow buildings, built to international safety standards, to go as high as in other cities across the world.”
The Prime Minister shared his vision a day after chairing a high level meeting in Lahore where he decided to impose ban on the use of agricultural land for housing schemes.
According to the Spokesman of Punjab Chief Minister, the meeting also approved a strategy to reduce the use of agriculture land for other purposes.
The Spokesperson said that the Punjab government will now focus on vertical growth in buildings without increasing the ground coverage.
Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, Provincial Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering, Mian Mehmood-ur-Rashid and other senior officials attended the meeting.
