ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (INP): The government has extended “Apna Ghar Housing Scheme” to 10 more cities of Punjab and applications forms for registration for these cities will be collected in January 2019. Sources in the Ministry of Housing said on Tuesday that the scheme has been extended to more cities of the country to fulfill housing needs of the poor segments of the society and the government will leave no stone unturned to achieve the task of constructing five million houses. The cities to which Apna Ghar Scheme has been extended included Lahore, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Layyah, Bahawalpur, Vehari, Kasur, Sialkot, Jhelum and Gujranwala. Under the scheme, five million houses would be constructed while first phase of the project was announced for seven cities including Islamabad, Sukkur, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, Quetta, Swat and Faisalabad. Federal Housing Taskforce and the government of Punjab have completed the initial preparations for the project while registration forms of the scheme are available on website of NADRA (www.nadra.gov.pk/nphp) while it can be obtained from District Housing Program Office from October 22, 2018 for the first phase. The scheme’s pilot project in various cities is currently underway and people would be greatly benefitted from this scheme besides economic boom in the country, the sources maintained. INP/SB