Pakistan, July 18 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has named the "Apni Chhat, Mahfuz Chhat" project after the martyred children of Kahna tragedy and launched the digital portal of the project.

On this occasion, she also announced a significant reduction in loan installments to provide safe housing to the citizens.

The Chief Minister directed that the monthly installment of interest-free loan of Rs 500,000 under the scheme should be fixed at around Rs 4,700 instead of Rs 14,000, while the monthly installment of citizens getting a loan of up to Rs 1 million has been fixed at Rs 9,300.

Under this scheme, citizens will be able to get interest-free loans to secure weak roofs of their houses, build an additional room or build a second f...