Pakistan to expedite work on SEZs to accelerate industrialization, says Iftikhar Malik

ISLAMABAD, Jan 02 (APP): United Business Group (UBG) Central Chairman Iftikhar Ali Malik Thursday said Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will bring industrial revolution in Pakistan. It would also accelerate economic development besides attracting a great chunk of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) which will help generating new job opportunities, he added. He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of traders across here Thursday. He said that Pakistan has become a profitable land to do business because of government’s tailored and well-consulted policies,” says a press release issued here Thursday. Iftikhar Malik said Allama Iqbal Industrial City of prioritised SEZ under CPEC is a game changer project in Punjab and foreign investment could steer the country out of prevailing economic crisis as the government under dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan was trying its utmost to facilitate investors by taking steps for ease of doing business. He said that the federal government has announced an excellent economic package for increasing economic activities while Punjab government has given new industrial policy which will help to revolutionize the industrial sector. He said that the national economy and industrial sector were interlinked as the industrial growth … Continue reading Pakistan to expedite work on SEZs to accelerate industrialization, says Iftikhar Malik