Once again in a bid to further enhance the civil-military relationship, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan has appointed another army man on a key post, giving army officials another important role in the workings of the state. Major General Amer Aslam Khan has now been appointed as the deputy chairman of the Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NAPHDA) and the news came on Tuesday.
The development comes only a few days after the news came of the appointment of the former Lieutenant-General and DG ISPR, AsimSaleemBajwa as the Assistant to Prime Minister on Information.In addition to this another name that made the news was that of, Brigadier Manzur Malik who will serve the country as the executive director admin of the housing authority. The Establishment Division issued a formal notification in this regard on Tuesday.
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It is believed that both appointments have been made on secondment basis, on standard terms and conditions, under the law of Section 12 of the NAPHDA Act, 2020, and has been put in to effect immediately. Prime Minister Khan had issued notification regarding the Naya Pakistan Housing project last year and work has already started on the project.The main aim of the said project is to provide five million low-cost housing units the poor citizens of Pakistan to provide them with a suitable means of home comfort. With that in mind, a few months later, the NAPDHA was formed.
