{"id":67938,"date":"2020-07-14T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=67938"},"modified":"2020-07-14T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T07:49:01","slug":"establishment-of-13-sezs-to-create-millions-of-jobs-punjab-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/establishment-of-13-sezs-to-create-millions-of-jobs-punjab-cm.html","title":{"rendered":"Establishment of 13 SEZs to create millions of jobs: Punjab CM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Government of Punjab has started work on establishing 13 special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial estates in the province, over a land encompassing 10,000 acres, according to a news source published on July 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-facilitate-local-intl-investors-interested-faisalabads-sez-boi-chief.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt keen to facilitate local, int\u2019l investors interested in Faisalabad\u2019s SEZ: BoI chief<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar revealed that the incumbent government has successfully launched the said project within a time frame of two years and that only three SEZs had been established in the past 73 years. He revealed that the Allama Iqbal Industrial City \u2013 which is to be established in Faisalabad \u2013 would span over 3,000 acres and generate over 300,000 employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistans-hub-sez-create-90000-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balochistan\u2019s Hub SEZ to create 90,000 jobs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Buzdar said that the provincial government is arranging for the international firms to open setups business operations in Pakistan and a one-window centre will be established in the industrial estate to assist the firms. He revealed that the industrial city is being developed to have a capacity to accommodate 550 industrial units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief minister said that the project will create one million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/five-industrial-estates-receive-sez-status.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">employment opportunities<\/a> that will further strengthen the national economy. These industrial uplift projects will pave way for the province\u2019s economic revival \u2013 in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns imposed to curb its spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Government of Punjab has started work on establishing 13 special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial estates in the province, over a land encompassing 10,000 acres, according to a news source published on July 13. Read: Govt keen to facilitate local, int\u2019l investors interested in Faisalabad\u2019s SEZ: BoI chief Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar revealed that the incumbent government has successfully launched the said project within a time frame of two years and that only three SEZs had been established in the past 73 years. He revealed that the Allama Iqbal Industrial City \u2013 which is to be established in Faisalabad \u2013 would span over 3,000 acres and generate over 300,000 employment opportunities. Read: Balochistan\u2019s Hub SEZ to create 90,000 jobs Furthermore, Buzdar said that the provincial government is arranging for the international firms to open setups business operations in Pakistan and a one-window centre will be established in the industrial estate to assist the firms. He revealed that the industrial city is being developed to have a capacity to accommodate 550 industrial units. The chief minister said that the project will create one million employment opportunities that will further strengthen the national economy. 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