A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, on Saturday approved 11 projects pertaining to various sectors, ranging from transport to communications and the environment.

The meeting was attended by the minister for planning, SAPM Tariq Bajwa, ministers from Sindh & KPK, various federal secretaries from the concerned ministries and provincial heads of the development departments, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said in a press release.

The committee approved revised PC-1 of the Dasu Hydropower Project.

It also approved a policy paper regarding training opportunities for up to 10,000 young engineers annually who would be placed in development projects.