*LAHORE – A *projects worth $3 billion financed by foreign investors havebeen started by the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT), said PBITChairman Sardar Tanvir Ilyas.
More projects amounting to $6 billion were in the pipeline.
He said the provincial government had also introduced one-window operationto facilitate investors and help them benefit from the best raw material,labour and infrastructure.
The private sector should be prioritised in order to create more employmentand ensure development in the country, he added.
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He said the economic measures taken by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI)-led government would benefit the people on a permanent basis.
The board chairman stressed the need for providing opportunities for theprivate sector and helping it boost employment. “We need to provide allpossible facilities to the business community forwhich the board is taking steps,” he said, adding that the government wasworking on streamlining things for businessmen as they were keystakeholders in investment promotion.
