Share:ISLAMABAD-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development & Management Company (KP-EZDMC), Javed Iqbal Khattak has said that with the setting up of 9 new economic zones in the province within a period of two years has turned the dream of industrialization into a reality. In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said that five more economic zones including one Special Economic Zone (SEZ) ie Daraban SEZ, Buner Marble City, Salt & Gypsum City Karak, Mansehra EZ and Katlang EZ are in the pipeline. Before the establishment of the company there were only three economic zones ie Gadoon, Hattar and Peshawar Economic Zones in the province and the number has no increased to 14, wherein 344 industrial units are under-construction and some have started commercial activity. Similarly, he said that investment is also continued in Rashakai Special Economic Zone and industrial units are being set up there. The CEO KP-EZDMC said that so far an investment to the tone of Rs129 billion has been made in the province and from next year four more economic zones would be specified for the indigenous mineral sector.

Source: The Nation October 03, 2022 07:41 UTC