Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has called for passing on the benefits of development to individuals, communities and under-developed localities to achieve sustainable national progress.

Chairing a review-meeting on development projects of backward districts in Islamabad, he said the government had prepared a special package for 20 selected under-privileged districts to bring them at par with other developed areas of the country.

Sharing detail of the package, Ahsan Iqbal said development activities would be carried out in 11 selected districts of Balochistan, five of Sindh, three of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one of Punjab, with 50 per cent contribution by the federal government and 50 per cent of respective provinces.

Source: Radio Pakistan