This is a good point Rusty. You'll note they've included a similar clause in their policy in an attempt to lower cost. If you standardize the design the overall cost is reduced significantly.
Also given IK's recent vertical growth comments it is likely they might go for apartment buildings.
Seems to me there will be some good auxillary benefits from this initiative also:
1) Cataloging of the federal governments land across Pakistan. There's thousands of acres of land owned by the government through out the country but no formal attempt to catalogue it has been made this far.
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First of here's a good analysis of the situation from a great YouTube channel. He discusses the economics and positive aspects of the initiative in detail.
From the Naya Pakistan website:
The key features for Naya Pakistan is to improve the housing situation for Pakistanis.
There is a...