PESHAWAR – In a bid to uplift the remote region, the provincial governmentof Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to set up an economiczone in Chitral.
According to details, the commercial launching of the ‘Chitral EconomicZone’ covering over 140 acres will be available by the end of next month.
The decision was taken during a meeting (Tuesday) on a three-yearindustrial roadmap which was chaired by KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.
The CM was briefed that the master plan for the 89 acres Ghazi EconomicZone has been completed which will be ready for a commercial launch inDecember this year.
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It was further said that a tender had been floated for the establishment of3,125 acres of the Daraban Economic Zone, situated just two kilometres fromthe China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route, which would be thelargest economic zone of the province with an expected investment of Rs56billion, with over five million direct and indirect employmentopportunities.
