PM underscores export-oriented industries in SEZs

PM Imran Khan said on Tuesday while terming timely completion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as one of the government’s foremost priorities that measures were being taken for the promotion of investment in the export industry in the country’s special economic zones (SEZs).

Speaking during his official engagements, including a meeting with a delegation of public representatives from Mianwali district, the prime minister showed his confidence that more industries would be established in the wake of economic-friendly policies of the government.

“Export industries besides providing jobs, increasing economic volume and the precious foreign exchange will ensure the access of “Made-in-Pakistan” brand in the international market,” Imran said, while presiding over a review meeting on foreign investment in export industries under CPEC.

Federal ministers Shaukat Tarin, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Sheikh Rashid, Asad Umar, Khusro Bakhtiar, Ali Zaidi, Adviser on Commerce Razak Dawood, special assistants Waqar Masood, Moeed Yousuf and CPEC Authority Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa were taking part in the meeting. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Raza Baqir joined via a video link.