Special Assistant to KP Chief Minister, Abdul Karim Khan has said that projects for showcasing in Beijing Road Show regarding China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been short-listed. For this purpose, Industries & Technical Education, Information Technology and Science & Technology Departments have evolved a comprehensive strategy and presented a report; sincere efforts would be made to make the plan a formal part of CPEC in the road show.
This he stated while presiding over a meeting of the CPEC working group constituted of the departments of industries, commerce, technical education, information & science technologies on Tuesday.
Those who attended included Secretary Industries, Farah Hamid, Chief Strategy & Business Planning Hassan Ansari, Manager Director (MD) Information Technology Board, MD TEVTA, Mohibullah Khan, Assistant Economic Advisor, Mian Khalid, MD Small Industries Development Board (SIDB), Raheed Paindakhel, President, Mardan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), Mohammad Sajjad and others.
The meeting discussed different development schemes in those sectors and reviewed matters to make them more useful for the province in the context of CPEC. During the meeting the special assistant was also briefed regarding different ongoing projects.
Speaking on the occasion, the Special Assistant while appreciating efforts for shaping up these projects said that all CPEC related projects are of high importance. However, the projects of the collective interest should be planned on priority basis.