ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) government is planning to extendjurisdiction of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and FederalInvestigation Agency (FIA) to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) soon.“We are planning to extend NAB and FIA jurisdiction to AJK” officialsources in the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs said.They said unprecedented development funds had been released by the PTIgovernment for uplift of AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan.In a bid to promote domestic and international tourism in the country, theministry has hiredservices of three international companies to identify new tourism sites inthe region of Gilgit- Baltistan.The Gilgit-Baltistan has great potential in the tourism sector and thefederal government was working on a comprehensive programme to projectvarious scenic destinations in the areas.In its recently published ranking, Forbes has enlisted Pakistan among the’10 Coolest Places to Go in 2019’ along with Bhutan, Columbia, Mexico,Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Rwanda, The Turkish Rivera and Portugal.Replying to a question, the sources said two economic zones would also beestablished under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to provide jobopportunities to locals for development and progress of the areas.
Besides, work on 200 kilometer corridor in Azad Jammu Kashmir is inprogress to attract tourists, they said.
