PESHAWAR, Aug 25: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said the government, because of satisfactory law and order situation and its attractive industrial policy, has made the province an ideal place for investment.

Investors would be provided with all possible facilities under one roof in the province, Mr Durrani said while talking to Tariq Malik, chairman of banking and insurance sub-committee of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), at the Frontier House here on Thursday.

He added that investors were showing great interest in the exploration and exploitation of precious resources.

He said he would explain the investment potential in various sectors of the NWFP to industrialists and investors during his visit to Karachi. Investment opportunities in minerals, power and tourism sectors will figure prominently in his presentation.

Mr Durrani said that procedures for making investment in the province had been made free of corruption. The government provides foolproof security to investors.

Financial irregularities had frustrated investors in the past. That is why, “our province lagged behind in industrialisation despite having precious natural resources, which resulted in unemployment and poverty,” he said.

He hoped that the industrial policy of the NWFP would provide an industrial base to the province and boost its economy.

The chief minister added that plenty of gas reservoirs had been explored in the NWFP, adding that their province got Rs560 million as gas royalty and this amount was expected to reach Rs1 billion. Gas supply to six southern districts of the province had also been approved and work on this project was under way, he said.