Speed up work on SEZs, CM tells babus Says having Rs807b investment potential, SEZs to create 1.7m jobs

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting on Monday to analyze the developments made on the proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZs) in Punjab.
The chief minister directed the committee overseeing the SEZ to soon realize all the proposed economic zone projects across Punjab, saying it is his mission to make Punjab the industrial hub. He noted that throughout Punjab the development of nine economic zones have been approved and the province awaited their realization.
He said that after its realization, the SEZ will harbinger economic revolution across the province bringing employment opportunities to about 1.7 million people.
CM Buzdar said the SEZs expect an investment potential of over Rs807 billion and partly pegged these expectations on the growing interest of prospective investors into buying of industrial lands across Punjab, which he said was encouraging.
He added that the government will soon launch Bahawalpur Industrial Estate while stated that the joint venture JW China Pakistan SEZ will be developed comprising 161.5 acres of land on Raiwind Road.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar directed the local bodies institutions to improve cleanliness situation across the province as provision of clean atmosphere to the citizens is a priority agenda of the government.
Chairing a meeting about local bodies, the CM made it clear that he wants to see every city and town neat and clean, adding that no negligence will be tolerated in this regard.
Resources will be provided for improving cleanliness situation and the local government departments should show no negligence in resolving public problems, he added.
Provincial Ministers including Abdul Aleem Khan, Raja Basharat, Hashim Jawan Bakht, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, Murad Raas, Yasir Humayun, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Chief Secretary, Chairman P&D, Secretary Good Governance Committee and others attended the meeting.
MESSAGE ON WORLD HEART DAY
Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said the citizens should take care of their health and cardiac patients should, particularly, be more careful in the wake of coronavirus.
In his message, the CM maintained that risk of cardiac attack has increased after the corona and it is imperative to take care of cardiac health along with taking other measures to remain safe from different diseases. The adoption of a healthy lifestyle and use of simple food is the best safety measure to avoid cardiac diseases, he added.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar felicitated President Kh. Jalaluddin Romi, vice president Latif Pitafi and other newly-elected office-bearers of DG Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He termed the election of Kh. Jalaluddin Romi a good omen.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has sought a report from RPO Rawalpindi about killing of three women due to firing and directed arrest of the criminals earliest.