Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday visited Turkey’s low-cost housing project TOKI with a view to replicate the project in Pakistan. Turkish Minister for Housing Erdogan Bayraktar briefed the prime minister about the housing project and told that the project constructs houses for the low-income families at affordable prices. He apprised the prime minister that under this project, Turkey’s slum areas had been developed into beautiful residential schemes. He expressed the interest of Turkish government to invest in the Pakistan’s housing sector. Nawaz Sharif said he had decided, during the visit of Turkish housing delegation to Pakistan, to see the project himself. He appreciated the progress made by the Turkish government in this sector and added that Pakistan was also facing acute shortage of housing facilities and Pakistan could learn from the experiences of Turkey. The prime minister said that Pakistan’s economy provided vast opportunities of investment in all sectors including housing. He invited the Turkish businessmen to visit Pakistan and invest in the housing sector.
