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20/03/2017

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak called upon the working groups of different provincial government departments to finalize their projects to be marketed in the upcoming Beijing Road Show.

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak called upon the working groups of different provincial government departments to finalize their projects to be marketed in the upcoming Beijing Road Show. He directed to be on target and all departments should show their preparedness. Each department would be represented by two representatives in each meeting. The Chief Minister directed to finalize all pre-requisites for greater Peshawar circular Railway project by end of May. He was presiding over a meeting of different working groups of the provincial government departments here at Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar. All quarters concerned attended. The meeting was told about the 15 projects in Mines & Mineral and Industrial sectors, 17 projects of special Economic Zones in the province to be marketed in the Beijing Road Show. The Chief Minister directed to acquire land and fulfill other requirements for Rashakai Industrial Estate. He also asked for land acquisition and other updates for D.I.Khan Industrial Estate. The meeting was told about four IT related projects that included Technology City Rashakai, CPEC Tower Peshawar, IT Tower Abbottabad etc and circular railway project linking 7 districts of the province with a cost of almost 2 billion$. In Housing sector there were six projects out of which two housing schemes namely Peshawar Model Town and Motorway CPEC City had been negotiated with FWO. The meeting was further updated on the Northern section of the Ring Road linking Warsak Road with Jamrud Road that will cost Rs.12 billion. All these projects prepared by different departments would cost Rs.64 billion. The Chief Minister directed for finalizing different Addas to the main terminal and the existing Adda should be developed on commercial lines. Both projects should be handed over to one company with the timelines for shifting and relocation of these Addas into main terminal. The meeting was told about the 10 projects of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority to be marketed in the upcoming Beijing Road Show in April. There are seven projects in Agriculture and livestock, 10 projects in hydel power generation that have been finalized for Chinese investment. The provincial government was about to sign an agreement with reputed firm for the production of 2000 Mega Watt of electricity. The meeting was told about the 16 projects in the culture and 10 projects in education sector. Pervez Khattak directed for training and producing skilled manpower who would contribute towards different projects in the context of CPEC.