Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak while appreciating the performance of the Board of Investment and Trade (BoIT) besides assisting the Department of Tourism in making tourist spots more attractive for the tourists has also authorised it to privatise three important projects.
The projects are including the installation of chairlift at Malam Jabba, construction of Seki resort, three and five-star hotels, two-kilometre long chairlift in Galiyat and construction of five-star resort on a vast land in Galiyat.
In this connection, a meeting was held here with Chief Minister, Pervez Khattak in the chair. The meeting reviewed in details matters relating to further making all pleasant areas more attractive for tourists.
The meeting was attended by Provincial Minister for Sports and Tourists, Mehmood Khan, Vice chairman BoIT, Advisor to CM on Economic Affairs, Rafaqatullah Babar, Additional Chief Secretary, Khalid Pervez, Secretary, Sports & Tourism, Ahmad Hassan, Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR), Waqar Ayub, Secretary Law, Zainul Arifeen and other officers concerned of the departments of environment, tourism, local bodies and other departments.
The chief minister in case of the construction of international standard approved the leasing out of Malam Jabba Skiing, Hotels and Chairlift for a period of 33 years to private sector and also approved 20 years extension to the agreement. He also directed the advertising of the schemes according to prescribed procedures.
The chief minister also approved the construction of 10-kilometre road to Malam Jabba and directed the Department of Communications and Works for early start of work on it. He said that in case of required number increase in tourist activities, standard and number of tourists he had already issued directives for starting helicopter service to import tourist spots.
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