Efforts initiated to set up SEZ in G-B.

ISLAMABAD:  Efforts initiated to set up SEZ in G-B. Ali Amin Gandapur, Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan stated that the federal government has acquired land for setting up a special economic zone in G-B under CPEC Project.

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Gandapur stated while talking to a delegation of the G-B’s ministers that
“Efforts are afoot to start development work on the special economic zone,

The delegation consisting of multiple ministers of the Gilgit-Baltistan government counting Wildlife and Forest Minister Raja Muhammad Zakirya Khan, Excise and Taxation Minister Haji Shah Baig, Tourism Minister Raja Naseem, Food Minister Shams Lone, Local Government Minister Abdul Hameed, Health Minister Gulbar Khan, and others. In between the meeting, the federal minister called for extensive efforts to fulfill the huge mandate, given by the people of G-B to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the recent elections.

In the G-B elections, held in November 2020, the PTI bagged 22 of 33 seats of the G-B Assembly, according to the region’s election commission. In the elections, the PTI emerged victorious on 10 seats, while seven were won by independent candidates. The JUI and Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) won one seat apiece.

Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur on Saturday said the federal government had acquired land for setting up a special economic zone in G-B under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project.

“Efforts are afoot to start development work on the special economic zone,” Gandapur said while talking to a delegation of the G-B’s ministers, who called on him here to discuss the future strategy for carrying out uplift work in the area. The delegation comprised of multiple ministers of the G-B government – including Wildlife and Forest Minister Raja Muhammad Zakirya Khan, Excise and Taxation Minister Haji Shah Baig, Tourism Minister Raja Naseem, Food Minister Shams Lone, Local Government Minister Abdul Hameed, Health Minister Gulbar Khan, and others. During the meeting, the federal minister called for extensive efforts to fulfill the huge mandate, given by the people of G-B to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the recent elections.