Pakistan´s student architects to build 5m homes
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Bangkok - An ambitious plan to build five million affordable homes within five years in Pakistan will tap student architects and use local materials and new technologies to keep costs low, a senior government official said on Thursday. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has committed to build four million homes in rural and urban areas, and one million homes in peri-urban areas over the next five years. It is the biggest government-backed housing programme ever attempted, and will meet half of Pakistan´s needs, said Zaigham Rizvi, chairman of the federal task force on housing....