{"id":58231,"date":"2019-12-02T17:55:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58231"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T09:27:41","slug":"groundbreaking-of-first-cpec-sez-in-december-umar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/groundbreaking-of-first-cpec-sez-in-december-umar.html","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking of first CPEC SEZ in December: Umar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Asad Umar has announced the government\u2019s intention to host the groundbreaking of the first special economic zone (SEZ), developed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project framework, in December \u2013 a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-planning-break-ground-three-sezs-within-current-tax-year.html\">Govt planning to break ground on three SEZs within current tax year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Umar, the government is focused on the development of the SEZs to increase industrialization and provide more jobs in the country. Earlier on Thursday (November 28), the federal minister held meetings with various economic ministries to review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cpec-panel-seeks-formation-authority-expedite-sezs-development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">work progress on CPEC<\/a>. He directed the ministries and all related departments to expedite development work pace on SEZs.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-directs-quick-establishment-sezs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PM directs for quick establishment of SEZs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further, Umar emphasized that effective evaluation and monitoring of projects launched under the CEPC is vital for ensuring their timely completion. With regard to the development plan for the second phase of CPEC, he said that development of value chains and business linkages and enhancement of economic cooperation would remain the government\u2019s focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Asad Umar has announced the government\u2019s intention to host the groundbreaking of the first special economic zone (SEZ), developed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project framework, in December \u2013 a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Govt planning to break ground on three SEZs within current tax year According to Umar, the government is focused on the development of the SEZs to increase industrialization and provide more jobs in the country. Earlier on Thursday (November 28), the federal minister held meetings with various economic ministries to review work progress on CPEC. He directed the ministries and all related departments to expedite development work pace on SEZs. Read:\u00a0PM directs for quick establishment of SEZs Further, Umar emphasized that effective evaluation and monitoring of projects launched under the CEPC is vital for ensuring their timely completion. With regard to the development plan for the second phase of CPEC, he said that development of value chains and business linkages and enhancement of economic cooperation would remain the government\u2019s focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":41526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14236],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-groundbreaking-of-first-cpec-sez-in-december"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Groundbreaking of first CPEC SEZ in December: Umar - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Asad Umar has announced the government\u2019s intention to host the groundbreaking of the\" \/>\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\/groundbreaking-of-first-cpec-sez-in-december-umar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Groundbreaking of first CPEC SEZ in December: Umar - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Asad Umar has announced the government\u2019s intention to host the groundbreaking of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/groundbreaking-of-first-cpec-sez-in-december-umar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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