KARACHI: The ongoing projects in Bin Qasim Industrial Park (BQIP) will be facilitated fully by the provincial government, Chief Executive Officer of Sindh Special Economic Zone Authority Abdul Azeem Uqaili said on Wednesday.

BQIP is Pakistan’s second special economic zone (SEZ) and currently has projects worth more than Rs30 billion. Presiding over a meeting with industrialists, top management of K-Electric (KE), Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), National Industrial Parks (NIP), Board of Investment and other stakeholders, Mr Uqaili stressed the provincial SEZ Authority was committed to resolving investors issues regarding the provision of electricity, gas and infrastructure on priority basis.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2018

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