PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has acquired a piece of 10000-Kanal land at Rashakai near Mardan for establishment of industrial zone under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
A report, quoting a spokesman for provincial government, said initially 15 industrial units of food processing, textile and marble will be set up in the zone.
A Chinese delegation recently visited the site and expressed satisfaction over it. Two hundred and fifty youth will be sent to China for technical training. They will be provided jobs in the industrial zone after the completion of the training.
The sources added that those, having reservation that no share has been given to KP province in the economical revolutionary project of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, must keep in mind that two new industrial estates have been established in the first cap of development.
The economic situation of KP province has been developed in the last four years and a number of industries have been reestablished in order to provide support to the economic uplift of the province.
Earlier, the economic estate was inaugurated at D I Khan.
