The government has decided to take stern action against the land grabbers to retrieve the state land.

This was announced by Minister for Information Shibli Faraz while briefing media in Islamabad on Tuesday evening about decisions taken in the federal cabinet held with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair.

The Minister said, in this regard, Railways Minister Azam Khan Sawati was directed to take serious measures for retrieving Railways' land.

He said the cabinet was briefed on steps taken for Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme.

It was informed that to facilitate the construction sector, measures have been taken to simplify the NOC procedure.

For low cost housing, with the coordination of State Bank, banks have been directed to fix a five-percent quota for housing sector in their loan schemes. For this purpose, the cabinet has passed the foreclosure law.