PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that revival of the industrial and economical activities and producing maximum attraction for investment in various sectors of the province was prime objective of his government adding it would only guarantee economic health as well as providing precious opportunities to the youth to demonstrate their talents.
He was talking to ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Pakistan, S. Babur Girgin who called on him here Wednesday. Matters relating to mutual cooperation in energy generation, housing, solid waste management and municipal services, skills development, tourism and other sectors were discussed.
The Chief Minister informed that considerable progress has been made in this regard during the last one year wherein the public institutions have been made subservient to the masses after introducing reforms and legislations therein bringing about tangible and encouraging results.
A new era of peace has been started in the province whereas the graph of crimes was also being gradually dropped due to giving free hand to police force.
He further stated that introducing independent monitoring system in education sector was one of our hundreds of institutional reforms that ensured attendance of the teachers and students in the schools in wake of the proven fact that education was the only key to a bright future of a nation.
The Turk Ambassador was also accompanied by Kamil Kolabas Advisor to Turk Prime Minister on International Aid and Giray Tezel Country Director of Turk Development Agency while Honorary Consul General of Turkey in Peshawar Saleem Saifullah Khan, Deputy Chief Mission Malik Riaz Advocate, Mohsin Aziz Vice Chairman Board of Investment and Trade (BoIT), Syed Zafar Ali Shah Secretary Planning & Development, Special Secretary to Chief Minister and Secretary Information Muhammad Israr Khan and other concerned authorities were present on the occasion. He also invited Pervez Khattak for official tour of Turkey upon which the Chief Minister replied that he will only proceed on foreign trip when he saw some returns for his people.
Talking to the Turk ambassador, the Chief Minister invited the Turk investors to invest in the various sectors in the province including energy and housing and assured all type of facilities and guarantees in this regard.
He said that the provincial government intended to cherish green and clean Peshawar project as well as to complete mass transit system including modern bus service between Peshawar and Hayatabad so that the rush of traffic could be minimized in the city as well as cheap and quick facilities of transport could be provided to the people.
Pervez Khattak maintained that the provincial government was working on setting up of two new cities under Peshawar Model Town that would be four times bigger than Hayatabad and education city near Col. Sher Khan Interchange on Motorway. The investors of Turkey and all the friendly countries are encouraged and invited to invest in the same.
He while also welcoming offer of Turk govt of cooperation in technical training said we want our youth to be well equipped with education and skills so that they could easily find jobs both in land and abroad.
Pervez Khattak said that six new industrial zones were being established in the province at the divisional level whereas cheap electricity would be provided to its factories under gas to energy and hydel generation plans. He said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was in-fact unfeasible for industries due to geopolitical factors in the present circumstances whereas cheap electricity was the only source of attraction for setting up of industries over here. On this occasion it was decided to arrange separate departmental briefing for Turk diplomatic mission and investors in the coming weeks.
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