ISLAMABAD: 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.


According to official sources in the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, out of total


610 completed schemes, 132 projects costing Rs 51 billion are in education, science and


technology and Information technology (IT) sectors.


Upto 32 projects with a total cost of Rs 9 billion were completed in health sector. The projects


which have been completed include Cardiac Surgery Facilities and Bone Marrow Transplant


Center at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Capacity Building of Teachers in ICT,


FATA, AJandamp;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.

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