PESHAWAR, January 19: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will show case its development projects and investment opportunities in a road show in China during the month of upcoming March.
The road show is aimed at attracting more and more Chinese investment to the Province besides CPEC disclosed the Chief Minister KP Pervez Khattak at the 6th JCC on CPEC follow up meeting at the Planning Commission Islamabad Thursday. The projects so showcased will include those pertaining to infrastructure, hydle power generation, industries and tourism. The Chief Minister said that under his directives and supervision the concerned provincial government organizations had already started preparations for the show. He said that KP had not only vast investment opportunities in these and many more sectors but they had prepared a number of feasibilities for it.
While Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Ahsan Iqbal presided the meeting, prime minister AJ&K Farooq Haider Khan, Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Hafeezur Rehman, Ministers from Sindh and Punjab, additional Chief Secretary KP Muhammad Azam Khan, Chief ExecutivePakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development And Management Company Ghulam Dastagir, and heads of all all federal and provincial nation building organisation participated in the meeting.
While appreciating the inclusion of Gilgit-Shandur-Chitral-Chakdara road in the CPEC, the Chief Minister KP also proposed that another road Gilgit-Bisham-Shangla-Swabai-Mardan and finally linking to M1, and/or another route from Gilgit, Besham, Shangla Khwazakhila, Swat Chakdara Peshawar, Kohat, D.I.Khan, Zhob, Quetta, Gwadar. These he pointed out will not only share the future increase in traffic on the main corridor but can also be used as an alternate route in case of any problem on the KKH. In the same manner, Parvez Khattak also proposed 2nd rail route from Gilgit to Shandur-Swat and linking Dargai. As from Dargai the track exists and by linking to M1, it can be further linked to Baluchistan via D.I Khan. – PR
