Government to provide 1 million jobs annually in Punjab: minister

24 Jul, 2006

Punjab Minister for Management and Professional Development Sardar Hassan Akhatr Moakal has said that the government in collaboration with the private sector would provide one million jobs annually in the province.
Talking to Nazims, Naib Nazims and other elected representatives of the area here on Sunday, he said that incentives would be offered to foreign investors so that more industrial units could be set up in the province.
He said that the government would encourage housing, tourism, transport and communication sectors for the development of the province.
The minister said that law and order situation would be improved under " Mahfooz Punjab" programme for creating sense of security among the masses.
The minister said that Punjab government was taking maximum steps for enhancing literacy rate under education reforms programme.
The government has introduced new local government system only to resolve masses' problems at local level, the minister added.

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