AGL 38.11 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.13%)
AIRLINK 137.70 Increased By ▲ 3.51 (2.62%)
BOP 9.33 Increased By ▲ 0.48 (5.42%)
CNERGY 4.72 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.64%)
DCL 8.90 Increased By ▲ 0.23 (2.65%)
DFML 39.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.38 (-0.96%)
DGKC 85.40 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (0.29%)
FCCL 35.25 Increased By ▲ 0.35 (1%)
FFBL 75.57 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.04%)
FFL 12.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-0.71%)
HUBC 109.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.05%)
HUMNL 14.70 Increased By ▲ 0.60 (4.26%)
KEL 5.45 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.93%)
KOSM 7.96 Increased By ▲ 0.21 (2.71%)
MLCF 41.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.07 (-0.17%)
NBP 70.70 Increased By ▲ 1.00 (1.43%)
OGDC 196.35 Increased By ▲ 2.73 (1.41%)
PAEL 27.00 Increased By ▲ 0.79 (3.01%)
PIBTL 7.50 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (1.08%)
PPL 169.15 Increased By ▲ 5.30 (3.23%)
PRL 26.28 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-0.3%)
PTC 20.13 Increased By ▲ 0.66 (3.39%)
SEARL 87.35 Increased By ▲ 2.95 (3.5%)
TELE 7.89 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-1.25%)
TOMCL 35.50 Increased By ▲ 1.45 (4.26%)
TPLP 8.97 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (2.87%)
TREET 17.15 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.17%)
TRG 59.50 Decreased By ▼ -1.50 (-2.46%)
UNITY 31.60 Increased By ▲ 2.64 (9.12%)
WTL 1.38 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.73%)
BR100 10,849 Increased By 73.1 (0.68%)
BR30 32,719 Increased By 484.5 (1.5%)
KSE100 100,870 Increased By 787.6 (0.79%)
KSE30 31,298 Increased By 105.1 (0.34%)

Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Saturday that only strong communication system could boost up country's weak economy and demanded federal government to start work on western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridors (CPEC) on priority basis and establish industrial zones and other uplift projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as par the agreement.
Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating road in Tangi and Charsadda, Aftab Sherpao added that his party aimed at constructing of better communication system in the province so as to give quick and timely access to traders in order to transport their agricultural and industrial products to the provincial, national and international markets.
QWP chief maintained that federal government should give keen focus to the western rout of the multi-billion CPEC project and construct economic opportunities zones at different parts of the militancy-hit province. "This project is a matter of life and death for the Pakhtuns and QWP will show strong resistance if the incumbents use delay tactics to give us due share as par agreement with Chinese government," he threatened.
Sherpao said that Fata Reforms Committee had visited all agencies in Fata to seek suggestions and recommendations from tribesmen, and now it should speed up work on reforms process in order to bring a sustainable and durable peace and economic prosperity in this belt. "To streamline the tribesmen, government should announce a comprehensive compensation package and ensure timely return to their homes," he demanded.
KP Senior Minister and QWP Provincial Chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, Special Assistant to CM KP Arshad Khan Umarzai and provincial Secretary Information Tariq Ahmad Khan were also present on the occasion.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2016

Comments

Comments are closed.