Says new economic zones being established
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has said that the incumbent provincial government has introduced various reforms and taken pragmatic measures to make the province a transit hub alongside boosting investment and industrial activities, which have generated multiple livelihood opportunities and, in the near future, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will play vital role in strengthening the national economy.
In a statement issued here from Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Mahmood Khan said that the incumbent provincial government was taking short-term, mid-term and long-term measures to promote investment in different sectors and to transform the government’s vision of developed and prosperous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into reality.
New economic zones are being established to accelerate industrial activities and sick industrial units are being revived so as to generate livelihood opportunities.
He added that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is strengthening road infrastructure by constructing motorways, highways and other roads for easy and timely transportation of industrial products, which are imperative for the promotion of business and trade.
The government’s initiatives to this end include construction of Swat Motorway, Extension of Swat Motorway, Dir Motorway and Peshawar-Di Khan Motorway, which will have a significant role in making the province a transit hub for national and regional trade.
