A country where millions remain trapped in rented spaces, often at the mercy of rising urban costs, cannot claim to have addressed its most basic social contract. The launch of the Wazir-e-Azam Apna Ghar Programme signals a serious attempt to confront this gap, and, if executed with discipline, it could become one of the more meaningful housing interventions in recent years.

Homeownership in Pakistan has remained out of reach not because people lack the will to build, but because they lack access to affordable, structured........

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