{"id":68561,"date":"2020-07-28T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68561"},"modified":"2020-07-27T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T09:51:05","slug":"south-punjab-feature-pakistans-largest-sez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/south-punjab-feature-pakistans-largest-sez.html","title":{"rendered":"South Punjab to feature Pakistan\u2019s largest SEZ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab Ministry for Industry, Trade and Investment has finalised a plan for the establishment of the country\u2019s largest special economic zone (SEZ) in South Punjab at the Muzzafargarh-Layyah Road in Chaubara, a news source reported on July 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faisalabad-sezs-near-m-4-connected-m-3-via-super-expressway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faisalabad SEZs near M-4 to be connected with M-3 via \u2018Super Expressway\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The existing SEZ in Chaubara had spanned over 20,000 acres of land. Now, this will be expanded to 50,000 acres \u2014 with a labour colony to be established at the site as well. According to Provincial Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment Aslam Iqbal, the labourers returning from the Gulf countries that have lost their jobs due to the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be adjusted in these zones. In addition, the factories that require relocation will also be adjusted in the said SEZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/establishment-of-13-sezs-to-create-millions-of-jobs-punjab-cm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Establishment of 13 SEZs to create millions of jobs: Punjab CM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister further said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had received a project briefing in this regard, and that he would soon issue his approval for the project to expand the Chaubara SEZ \u2014 making it the country\u2019s largest economic zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Ministry for Industry, Trade and Investment has finalised a plan for the establishment of the country\u2019s largest special economic zone (SEZ) in South Punjab at the Muzzafargarh-Layyah Road in Chaubara, a news source reported on July 23. Read: Faisalabad SEZs near M-4 to be connected with M-3 via \u2018Super Expressway\u2019 The existing SEZ in Chaubara had spanned over 20,000 acres of land. Now, this will be expanded to 50,000 acres \u2014 with a labour colony to be established at the site as well. According to Provincial Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment Aslam Iqbal, the labourers returning from the Gulf countries that have lost their jobs due to the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be adjusted in these zones. In addition, the factories that require relocation will also be adjusted in the said SEZ. Read: Establishment of 13 SEZs to create millions of jobs: Punjab CM The minister further said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had received a project briefing in this regard, and that he would soon issue his approval for the project to expand the Chaubara SEZ \u2014 making it the country\u2019s largest economic zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":60309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[35723,35722,35724,35725,35727],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-labourers-from-gulf-countries","9":"tag-sez-in-chaubara","10":"tag-sez-on-muzzafargarh-layyah-road-in-chaubara","11":"tag-sez-south-punjab","12":"tag-south-punjab-to-feature-pakistan-largest-sez","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>South Punjab to feature Pakistan\u2019s largest SEZ - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The labourers returning from the Gulf countries that have lost their jobs due to the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be adjusted...\" \/>\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\/south-punjab-feature-pakistans-largest-sez.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Punjab to feature Pakistan\u2019s largest SEZ - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The labourers returning from the Gulf countries that have lost their jobs due to the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be adjusted...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/south-punjab-feature-pakistans-largest-sez.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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