ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan said the scheme of subsidized loans for house construction would not only help the low-income group to own a house but also boost the national economy.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his government’s subsidized loans for house construction under the project” MERA PAKISTAN MERA GHAR “scheme would not only help the low-income group to own a house but also boost the national economy through enhanced construction activity.

During the occasion he said, this is the first time that poor and low-income families in the country will have their own homes. The prime minister, addressing an event marking the approval of over Rs100 billion housing construction loans by private banks under the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar Scheme, the prime minister said the previous governments never thought of extending such a facility to the common man.

During the occasion, PM said “This is a great moment for Pakistan because we are heading on the path which we should have opted way earlier,” Appreciating the Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin, State Bank Governor Raza Baqir, and Naya Pakistan Housing Chairman Anwar Ali Hyder for their efforts, the prime minister particularly lauded the banks for mending their attitude toward the common man who otherwise used to consider himself an alien in a westernized atmosphere of the banks.