Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has said that Rashakai Special Economic Zone will generate over 50, 000 jobs in the province. The project will also contribute to the vision of the prime minister to give 5 million jobs in the next coming years in Pakistan. He directed that all necessary things must be completed in this regard, so that work on Rashakai Special Economic Zone could be started immediately and to complete it on priority basis.
The chief minister said that his government will not compromise on the timelines and quality, he added. The chief minister presided over a meeting regarding Rashakai Special Economic Zone project at Chief Minister House Peshawar. Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Special Assistant to CM on Industry Abdul Karim, provincial government spokesman Ajmal Khan Wazir, Additional Chief Secretary Shehzad Bangash, Commissioner Peshawar Shahab Ali Shah, Head of Strategic Support Unit Sahibzada Saeed, Administrative secretaries, Chief Executive Officer EZDMC and other relevant officials participated in the meeting.
The meeting briefed the chief minister about Rashakai Special Economic Zone. The meeting also briefed about all MoUs and the latest position of the project. The Chief Minister directed that pace of work must be expedited for early completion of the project.
The chief minister said that Rashakai is the center of province and is also closely connected to Motorway thus it will also pave the way for the industrialization of all other parts of the province. He further said besides Rashakai Economic Zone work on Hattar and D I Khan Economic Zones will also be expeditiously started for greater economic development of the province. "Seventeen Industrial zones will be established in different districts of the province", he added.
He also called a meeting next Monday regarding latest updates on different CPEC and non CPEC projects in the province. He said that the previous federal government completely isolated this province from the CPEC project. The provincial government of PTI struggled and made it possible to include this province also in the CPEC.
The chief minister directed that roadmap should be developed for its own transmission and distribution system for the provision of locally produced electricity to industrial zones. He said this province has the potential to create more economic zones by utilizing its own resources. The regional countries also have the model to boost their economic development.
He said if we developed our own transmission and distribution system for the locally produced hydro power to our industries without any interruption it will definitely promote investment and will create jobs in the province. This will also boost economy and industry in the province, he added.
The Chief Minister directed that work on the ongoing projects of CPEC in the province should be further accelerated. He said the new projects specially hydel power, Chashma lift canal, agriculture productivity, Halal food, cottage industry and other such projects of the province would change the socio economic complexion of the province.
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