Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the Sindh government is providing support and protection to people amid historically high inflation, describing the provision of homes to one million flood-affected families as a major step towards their social and economic security.
Addressing a ceremony marking the provision of housing facilities to one million families, Bilawal said people across the country looked to their provincial governments for relief and solutions to their problems, adding that the Sindh government was meeting public expectations.
He said the construction of one million homes had been made possible with the support of the federal government and international financial institutions.
Bilawal said the initiative went beyond providing shelter, as the affected families were also being given ownership of the land on which their homes had been built.
He described the transfer of land ownership as the largest initiative of its kind in Pakistan since 1970, saying it would provide poor and homeless families with long-term social and economic security.
Recalling the impact of the devastating floods in Sindh, Bilawal said millions of people had been displaced and left without homes. The provincial government had committed to rehabilitating the affected families and launched the housing initiative in response to the crisis.
He said that alongside the completion of the one-million-home project, the government had set an overall target of constructing two million homes to ensure the rehabilitation of flood-affected families.
Bilawal said completing projects of this scale and international standards despite the country's economic difficulties and financial crisis was a significant achievement.
He described the provision of homes to families affected by hardship and disasters as a historic initiative and said it reflected the government's commitment to fulfilling its promises to the people.
