Staff Reporter Peshawa
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will participate in the Dubai International Expo in the United Arab Emirates with the aim to attract maximum foreign investment to the province and to highlight the positive image of the province at the international level.
Important proposed projects of the provincial government will be presented in the Expo to attract foreign investment for their execution.
These projects will include tourism, agriculture, industry, minerals, energy, infrastructure and information technology sector projects.
In order to showcase the culture and local products of the province at the international level, items related to the cultural heritage and archeology of the province as well as local products will also be featured in the Expo.
A meeting on the arrangements and preparations for participation in Dubai Expo was h
eld under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan, here, on Tuesday.
Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Amjad Ali Khan, Secretary Industry Humayun Khan, Director General Culture and Tourism Authority Kamran Afridi, Chief Executive Officer Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade Hassan Dawood and other concerned officials attended the meeting.
The meeting was briefed about the arrangements of the provincial government for participating in Dubai Expo, proposed activities in the Expo and other related matters.
It was informed that 192 countries including Pakistan would participate in the Expo and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government would participate in this international expo in January next year.
