{"id":62316,"date":"2020-03-06T10:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T05:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62316"},"modified":"2020-03-06T10:18:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T05:18:28","slug":"pm-approves-10-sezs-for-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-10-sezs-for-provinces.html","title":{"rendered":"PM approves 10 SEZs for provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday provided his approval to the establishment of 10 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details revealed by the PM Office, five of these SEZs will be set up in Punjab (Bahawalpur, Bhalwal, Rahim Yar Khan, Vehari and Allama Iqbal SEZ), two in Sindh (Naushahro Feroz and Bhulari), two in Balochistan (Bostan and Hub) and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-rashakai-sez-project-create-200000-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rashakai (opens in a new tab)\">Rashakai<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-planning-break-ground-three-sezs-within-current-tax-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt planning to break ground on three SEZs within current tax year (opens in a new tab)\">Govt planning to break ground on three SEZs within current tax year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this\neffect, the premiere stated that the purpose of establishing these SEZs was to provide\nincentives to the country\u2019s business community. He said that the government wanted\nto provide an investment-friendly environment to boost economic activity in the\ncountry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the Board of Investment (BoI) secretary stated that the government had notified the establishment of 13 SEZs in the country; adding that it was working to establish 12 such facilities in the public sector and six in the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/piedmc-asks-investors-develop-factories-sezs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PIEDMC asks investors to develop factories in SEZs (opens in a new tab)\">PIEDMC asks investors to develop factories in SEZs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that\nthe process of amending the law to provide incentives in the SEZs had been completed.\nMoreover, he briefed the participants with regard to the industries expected to\nbe included in the new special economic zones. It was decided that all the\nmatters pertaining to the SEZs\u2019 establishment would be resolved in consultation\nwith the provincial governments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To facilitate this measure, PM Khan directed the official concerned to formulate a working group comprising the planning and energy ministers, the commerce advisor and others in order to devise necessary legislations and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-set-up-four-sezs-2020-umar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt to set up four SEZs in 2020: Umar (opens in a new tab)\">Govt to set up four SEZs in 2020: Umar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nworking group will submit its recommendations to the PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday provided his approval to the establishment of 10 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), according to news sources. As per the details revealed by the PM Office, five of these SEZs will be set up in Punjab (Bahawalpur, Bhalwal, Rahim Yar Khan, Vehari and Allama Iqbal SEZ), two in Sindh (Naushahro Feroz and Bhulari), two in Balochistan (Bostan and Hub) and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Rashakai). Read: Govt planning to break ground on three SEZs within current tax year To this effect, the premiere stated that the purpose of establishing these SEZs was to provide incentives to the country\u2019s business community. He said that the government wanted to provide an investment-friendly environment to boost economic activity in the country. In response, the Board of Investment (BoI) secretary stated that the government had notified the establishment of 13 SEZs in the country; adding that it was working to establish 12 such facilities in the public sector and six in the private sector. Read: PIEDMC asks investors to develop factories in SEZs He said that the process of amending the law to provide incentives in the SEZs had&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":62317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,20385],"tags":[21999,21997,21998],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-pakistan-special-economic-zones","10":"tag-sezs-in-pakistan","11":"tag-sezs-in-punjab","12":"cat-15012-id","13":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM approves 10 SEZs for provinces - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday provided his approval to the establishment of 10 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in\" \/>\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\/pm-approves-10-sezs-for-provinces.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM approves 10 SEZs for provinces - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday provided his approval to the establishment of 10 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-10-sezs-for-provinces.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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