Landowners may get compensation

Acting G-B CM says the owners whose land was required for the economic zone will be given proper compensation

GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Acting Chief Minister Akbar Taban said on Thursday that the government will remove all concerns of land owners and pay them the required compensation before establishment of Economic Zone at Maqpoondas. Talking to the media people, the acting CM said establishment of economic zone would help generate employment opportunities besides promoting industrialisation and business activities. Taban said those owners whose land was required for the economic zone would be given proper compensation and all concerns and reservations of landless people would also be removed.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 11^th, 2017.