{"id":60028,"date":"2020-01-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60028"},"modified":"2020-01-20T04:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T04:15:15","slug":"govt-set-up-four-sezs-2020-umar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-set-up-four-sezs-2020-umar.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to set up four SEZs in 2020: Umar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Federal Minster for Planning, Development, &amp; Special Initiatives Asad Umar recently revealed that the government was committed to setting up four special economic zones (SEZs) in the country within this year&#8217;s time frame, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sezs-to-change-the-fates-of-citizens-punjab-cm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SEZs to change the fates of citizens: Punjab CM (opens in a new tab)\">SEZs to change the fates of citizens: Punjab CM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a meeting with a delegation of the Rawalpindi Chamber of\nCommerce &amp; Industry (RCCI), the minister said that the establishment of\nthese facilities would help promote joint ventures between Pakistani and\nChinese companies working in the manufacturing sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umar added that their focus was to enhance Pakistan\u2019s industrial\ncapacity via joint ventures in priority areas, along with relocation of labour-intensive,\nexport-led industry, Small &amp; Medium Enterprises (SME)\u2019s collaboration, and\nboosting vocational training capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister directed the RCCI delegation to prepare a\nthree-year roadmap for industrialisation, as well as formulate a strategy for\nthe export sector by March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per reports, Pakistan and China have finalised an agreement to develop nine SEZs across the country. Among these, both sides have agreed to complete three SEZs on a priority basis, which include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-industrial-units-faisalabads-sez-begin-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Allama Iqbal industrial Estate in Faisalabad (opens in a new tab)\">Allama Iqbal industrial Estate in Faisalabad<\/a>, Rashakai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Dhabeji in Sindh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/development-of-rashakai-other-sezs-kp-govts-top-priority-cm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Development of Rashakai, other SEZs KP govt\u2019s top priority: CM (opens in a new tab)\">Development of Rashakai, other SEZs KP govt\u2019s top priority: CM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the Rashakai, M-1, Nowshera, and Dhabeji SEZs are\nexpected to operationalise in April 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Federal Minster for Planning, Development, &amp; Special Initiatives Asad Umar recently revealed that the government was committed to setting up four special economic zones (SEZs) in the country within this year&#8217;s time frame, a news source reported. Read: SEZs to change the fates of citizens: Punjab CM In a meeting with a delegation of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (RCCI), the minister said that the establishment of these facilities would help promote joint ventures between Pakistani and Chinese companies working in the manufacturing sector. Umar added that their focus was to enhance Pakistan\u2019s industrial capacity via joint ventures in priority areas, along with relocation of labour-intensive, export-led industry, Small &amp; Medium Enterprises (SME)\u2019s collaboration, and boosting vocational training capacity. The minister directed the RCCI delegation to prepare a three-year roadmap for industrialisation, as well as formulate a strategy for the export sector by March 2020. As per reports, Pakistan and China have finalised an agreement to develop nine SEZs across the country. Among these, both sides have agreed to complete three SEZs on a priority basis, which include the Allama Iqbal industrial Estate in Faisalabad, Rashakai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Dhabeji in Sindh. Read: Development of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[15075],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-govt-to-set-up-four-sezs-in-2020-umar","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to set up four SEZs in 2020 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The government was committed to setting up four special economic zones (SEZs) in 2020.\" \/>\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\/govt-set-up-four-sezs-2020-umar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to set up four SEZs in 2020 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government was committed to setting up four special economic zones (SEZs) in 2020.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-set-up-four-sezs-2020-umar.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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