LAHORE, May 28 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting at his office on Tuesday in which various proposals regarding promotion of economic activities and generation of job opportunities were reviewed. The future roadmap in the backdrop of meetings held on the occasion of the visit of the Chinese Vice President also came under discussion. The Punjab government decided to devise an effective strategy for the CPEC …
CM chairs meeting for promoting economic activities
LAHORE, May 28 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting at his office on Tuesday in which various proposals regarding promotion of economic activities and generation of job opportunities were reviewed.
The future roadmap in the backdrop of meetings held on the occasion of the visit of the Chinese Vice President also came under discussion.
The Punjab government decided to devise an effective strategy for the CPEC and the Chief Minister directed the line departments that CPEC-related strategy should be given final shape as soon as possible adding that strategy should be devised early so as to take maximum benefit of the CPEC
projects.
He said that CPEC Cell should be made more effective and expanded in the P&D department and added that Chinese collaboration would be further utilized in different sectors including the vocational training, agriculture, education and energy.
He said CPEC was a golden opportunity for the durable development of Punjab and the rest of the country and it would be fully benefited upon.
China made unprecedented steps for overcoming the poverty and the Punjab government would benefit from their model, he added.
He further said that Chinese investors would be given all kinds of facilities in the Punjab for attracting investment.
Usman Buzdar said that Punjab government was setting-up’Special Economic Zones’ and Chinese investment in these zones would be welcomed.
CM said that CPEC would promote economic activities which would generate new employment opportunities adding that there was a great demand for skilled labour and it was needed to give special attention to the both technical and vocational training to fulfill these demand.
Human development has been focused in the new Pakistan,he added. The Chief Minister was given a briefing about the generation of new job opportunities.
Provincial Minister for Finance Hashim Jawan Bakhat,Economic Advisor Dr Salman Shah, Chief Secretary, Chairman P&D and others attended the meeting.
