Struggling with an economic crisis, many major projects have been stalled due to Pakistan's economic crisis.

Newspapers of Pakistan, According to a report in The Express Tribune, the budget of all government development agencies in the Rawalpindi division has been reduced in the new financial year. The district development programmes of Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Talagang and Murray have been cut by about 60 per cent.

What projects stalled?

Moreover, work on the Murray Road signal-free corridor is also not expected to start before December 2027. The plan for an underground sewer tunnel built to deal with the waterlogging that occurs every year in Rawalpindi has also been abandoned.

water big plan is also closed

The government has also banned the expansion of urban forests using the Miyawaki method. District administration officials say no such new urban forest has been created in Rawalpindi and adjoining districts in the last three years

What's next?

The Express Tribune, the government has made it clear to development agencies that work on these projects will resume only if funds are received from international financial institutions such as the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

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