{"id":103243,"date":"2025-09-08T12:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103243"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:06:50","slug":"cargo-airport-planned-in-di-khan-to-boost-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cargo-airport-planned-in-di-khan-to-boost-trade.html","title":{"rendered":"Cargo airport planned in DI Khan to boost regional trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dera Ismail Kha: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday announced that Pakistan\u2019s second largest cargo airport will be constructed in Dera Ismail Khan, following the Gwadar International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to various delegations, he said the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had briefed him on the project, noting that the new airport would function as an international trade junction along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the facility will not only benefit the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but also adjoining regions of Punjab and Balochistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/land-acquisition-for-peshawar-di-khan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Funds allocated for land acquisition for Peshawar-DI Khan Motorway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fazlur Rehman said land acquisition for the project had already been initiated under Section 4, while technical teams were preparing detailed reports to determine the runway\u2019s location and alignment. A CAA team, he added, would soon present progress updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further shared that an industrial zone is planned alongside the airport, with a focus on agro-based industries to generate economic opportunities for local populations and strengthen regional trade connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to questions, the JUI-F chief emphasized that law and order challenges remain a significant hurdle to development and called for addressing them with wisdom, foresight, and careful consideration of ground realities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dera Ismail Kha: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday announced that Pakistan\u2019s second largest cargo airport will be constructed in Dera Ismail Khan, following the Gwadar International Airport. Speaking to various delegations, he said the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had briefed him on the project, noting that the new airport would function as an international trade junction along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). According to him, the facility will not only benefit the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but also adjoining regions of Punjab and Balochistan. Read: Funds allocated for land acquisition for Peshawar-DI Khan Motorway Fazlur Rehman said land acquisition for the project had already been initiated under Section 4, while technical teams were preparing detailed reports to determine the runway\u2019s location and alignment. A CAA team, he added, would soon present progress updates. He further shared that an industrial zone is planned alongside the airport, with a focus on agro-based industries to generate economic opportunities for local populations and strengthen regional trade connectivity. In response to questions, the JUI-F chief emphasized that law and order challenges remain a significant hurdle to development and called for addressing them with wisdom, foresight, and careful consideration of ground&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":103244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[1952,1786,67809,3886,26006,67810,6951,47122,67808,1375,1008,65732],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-balochistan","9":"tag-caa","10":"tag-cargo-airport","11":"tag-cpec","12":"tag-dera-ismail-khan","13":"tag-fazlur-rehman","14":"tag-industrial-zone","15":"tag-infrastructure-development","16":"tag-jui-f","17":"tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","18":"tag-punjab","19":"tag-regional-trade","20":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cargo airport planned in DI Khan to boost trade - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Land acquisition for the project had already been initiated under Section 4, while technical teams were preparing detailed...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cargo-airport-planned-in-di-khan-to-boost-trade.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cargo airport planned in DI Khan to boost trade - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Land acquisition for the project had already been initiated under Section 4, while technical teams were preparing detailed...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cargo-airport-planned-in-di-khan-to-boost-trade.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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