PESHAWAR-Realising the importance of vibrant industrial sector for economicstability and employment generation, the Khyber Pakthunkhwa government haslunched five economic zones in last six months like attract Rs330.5 billioninvestment.
The documents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development andManagement Company (KPEZDMC) shows that these economic zones will createtotal 330,796 employment opportunities with 94,060 directly related and236,736 indirectly.
The provincial government established KPEZDMC with a task to facilitatefocused industrial growth aiming to reduce poverty and gearing towardseconomic prosperity. The KPEZDMC is focused on provision of investmentfriendly industrial infrastructure in KP through one window facilitationcentres.
The Jalozai economic zone, Nowshera economic zone, Rashakai specialeconomic zone, D.I Khan economic zone are launched under 3-yearindustrialization roadmap of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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The Jalozai economic zone constructed on 257 acres land is expected toattract Rs6.3 billion investment and creating 41,000 job opportunities. Themajor industries to be setup at Jalozai economic zone include Foodindustry, Light engineering industry and pharmaceutical industry. The Nowshera economic zone covers 76 acres land is expected to attract Rs.1.6 Billion investment an creating 12000 jobs opportunities. Access roadto the industrial zone has been completed. Major intended industrialsectors include awaiting marble, food and pharmaceuticals sectors. TheRashakai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is built on 1000 acres land isexpected to attract $1.9 billion investment and generating around 200,000jobs. Access roads to the economic zone are 55 per cent completed, 10MWelectricity (Phase 1) will be supplied by October. Major intendedindustries include Hi-Tech products, Electronic industries. Food andBeverages Industries and Mineral processing Units.
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The Mohmand economic zone covering 350 acres land is expected to attract Rs7.6 billion investment and creating 56,000 jobs. Marble will be majorindustry. Process has been initiated for conversion into special economiczone. The D.I Khan economic zone covering 189 acres land is likely toattract Rs. 1.5 billion investment along with creating 30,000 employmentopportunities. Major intended industries include mineral processing unit,Agro/ Food process industry and plastic industry.
