FAIR SHARE: Balochistan to get $7b for CPEC
Industrialist parks will be established in Zhob, Quetta, Khuzdar, Gwadar and other areas
QUETTA:
Balochistan will be receiving over $7 billion in funds of its share from investment related to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the president of Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industries (QCCI), Jamal Khan Tarakai, said on Sunday. Balochistan Chief Secretary Saifullah Chattha has assured the industrialists and traders that Balochistan would get adequate share from investment funds to be spent under CPEC. “Industrialist parks will be established in Zhob, Quetta, Khuzdar, Gwadar and other areas of Balochistan where over $07 billion will be spent to build power plants and heavy industrial units which would generate millions of jobs for the local youth,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2016.
Balochistan will be receiving over $7 billion in funds of its share from investment related to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the president of Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industries (QCCI), Jamal Khan Tarakai, said on Sunday. Balochistan Chief Secretary Saifullah Chattha has assured the industrialists and traders that Balochistan would get adequate share from investment funds to be spent under CPEC. “Industrialist parks will be established in Zhob, Quetta, Khuzdar, Gwadar and other areas of Balochistan where over $07 billion will be spent to build power plants and heavy industrial units which would generate millions of jobs for the local youth,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2016.