Punjab’s Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP), the body that clears major provincial development schemes, has approved the Nawaz Sharif Medical District in Lahore at a cost of Rs18,786 million, or about Rs18.78 billion. The project will be established at the Lahore Sharif Institute of Orthopedics, Spine & Rehabilitation.
What the PDWP approved
The decision came at the 11th PDWP meeting of the current financial year. Planning and Development (P&D) Board Punjab Chairman Dr. Naeem Rauf chaired the session. The Nawaz Sharif Medical District was cleared among 10 schemes with a combined value of Rs60 billion.
P&D Board Secretary Rafaqat Ali, Chief Economist Dr. Farrukh Naveed, board members, and officers from the departments concerned attended the meeting. The approval green-lights the healthcare scheme under the provincial development process; further rollout steps were not detailed in the material available.
Focus on orthopedics, spine and rehab
According to the project brief presented with the approval, the medical district is meant to strengthen specialized orthopedic, spine, and rehabilitation services in Lahore. The aim is to expand advanced treatment capacity for patients who need these forms of care.
The Nawaz Sharif Medical District is therefore framed as an upgrade of specialized hospital capacity at an existing orthopedics, spine and rehabilitation institute rather than a general-purpose hospital announcement. No bed counts, staffing figures, or construction timelines were stated alongside the cost clearance.
What happens next
With PDWP approval in hand, the Rs18.78 billion scheme moves forward under Punjab’s development procedures. How quickly works begin, how patients will access new services, and when the expanded capacity opens were not specified at the meeting as reported. For now, the confirmed facts are the location at the Lahore Sharif Institute of Orthopedics, Spine & Rehabilitation, the Rs18,786 million outlay, and the stated focus on specialized orthopedic, spine and rehabilitation care.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Punjab ne Lahore mein Nawaz Sharif Medical District ke liye lagbhag 18.78 arab rupay ki manzoori de di hai. Yeh project Lahore Sharif Institute of Orthopedics, Spine & Rehabilitation par banega. Is se haddiyon, spine aur rehabilitation ke khas ilaaj ki sahuliyat barhane ka irada hai. Ab tak yeh bataya gaya hai ke budget aur maqsad kya hain; kab khulega aur kitne patients ko faida hoga, woh abhi clear nahi.
