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Govt taking steps to provide job opportunities to youth: Mahmood
September 20, 2018

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Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan says the provincial government is taking solid steps to provide job opportunities to youth by establishing industrial zones in the province.

 Chairing a meeting of Economic Zone Development and Management Company in Peshawar, he directed the concerned authorities to remove all the hurdles in the way of purchasing sixteen hundred acres land for Rashakai Economic Zone.

The Chief Minister said no country can progress without industries.

The meeting was informed that nine thousand job opportunities have been created in Hattar Special Economic Zone which will improve the socio-economic condition of the people.

Mahmood Khan said the federal government will be approached to include both Hattar and Rashakai Economic Zones into China Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The chief minister also directed to initiate work on the Hattar grid station.