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PESHAWAR, Jul 12 (APP):Special Assistant to Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Abdul Karim Tordhair has directed that the interested foreign investors in various potential sectors of the province should be provided with possible facilities at essential stages.
He issued this directive while presiding over a meeting regarding the provision of no objection certificates (NoCs) and other facilities to foreign investors here in the Committee Room of the Industries Department on Friday.
Besides Deputy Commandant Special Security Unit Tariq Iqbal, Chief Planning Officer Industries Department Basit Khalil, Director (Business Facilitation) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade Iqbal Sarwar and other managers of the board Akhtar Ali and Gul Muhammad, Chief Operating Officer (COO) KP Economic Zones Development and Management Company (EZDMC) Adil Salahuddin, Deputy Secretary Home and Tribal Affairs Department Azizullah Jan and other authorities attended the meeting.
For this purpose, he said that all concerned departments and agencies must have an effective coordination among themselves so instead of unnecessary delay all facilities including issuance of no objective certificate (NoC) are provided to the investors in time.
He further said that a complete checklist should be made available on the easy business web portal of the Board of Investment and Trade (BoIT) for the convenience of investors in all respects regarding the documents and requirements to ensure the provision of all matters including the required documents through an easy platform.
Various matters and proposals regarding possible foreign investment in the potential sectors of the province also come under discussion during the meeting.
Speaking on the occasion, the Special Assistant emphasized provision of all possible facilities to the investors under a useful and easy procedure. He said that several sectors of the province are very attractive for foreign investment and investors are taking special interest in investing here.
He said that the government is determined to provide all possible facilities for investment in this regard. Therefore, he urged all concerned departments and agencies promote coordination amongst themselves to make the complicated and lengthy process easy as per their responsibility.
He said that an updated list of required documents for investors including all the steps, time-lines required for submission of documents and other requirements should be made available on the Easy Business Portal of the Board of Investment.
He said for creating awareness other required standard operating procedures (SOPs) regarding NOC for investors should also be put on the portal.