1100 plus jobs announced at Thar Block-1 mining project under CPEC

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting and Chairman CPEC Authority, Lt. Gen (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Thursday that as many as 1100 new job opportunities had been announced for various categories under Thar Block-1 mining project. In a tweet he said Shanghai Electric at Thar Block-1 had announced the jobs. He said locals would get preference in jobs, subject to criteria and qualification.

August 27, 2020: Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar on Thursday said that the government is utilising all available resources to revive Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and develop the underprivileged areas of the country.

Talking to a private TV channel, he said that the government is taking practical steps to make SEZs instruments of industrial production, economic growth, export promotion and employment generation.

Hammad Azhar said that the government wants to introduce a one-window operation in SEZs to facilitate local and foreign investors. He said that the government has made serious efforts to promote tourism as an industry in the country in order to generate revenue and provide employment opportunities to the local population.