Gul Hamaad Farooqi Chitral
Chitral is the largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in terms of area covering 14850 square kilometers but it is the most backward in development. Since there is no industry, factory, or big business in Chitral, most of the people here go to Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta and other big cities of Pakistan for earning their livelihood and work.
Chitral Economic Zone has been approved for the first time in the history of Chitral and in the 75 years of the creation of Pakistan, on which the work is going on very quickly with high quality. It is worth to mention here that due to their tireless efforts of Sartaj Ahmad Khan former Tehsil Nazim and president Chamber of Commerce and Industries the Chitral Economic Zone has been approved for which the provincial government has sanctioned Rs 400 million.
This fund is earmarked for Chitral Economic Zone office, roads, drains, tube wells, transformers and electricity, drainage and other construction works and more than a hundred factories will be establish here. If the resources are available, most of the marble factories will be set up in this economic zone. Apart from this, there are plans for mineral and gemstone polishing and cutting, processing of dry fruits, handicrafts and embroidery centers for women.
Economic Zone Manager Khabib Khan told our correspondent that it covers forty acres of land. It includes industrial zones.
