Business activities picking up pace in Balochistan: official

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QUETTA: Chief Executive of Balochistan Board of Investment and Trade Farman Zarkoon has said that business and economic activities are picking up pace in Balochistan thanks to improved law and order situation. He said a large number of domestic and foreign investors were showing interest in investment in different projects in the province.

Presiding over a meeting here on Wednesday, he said law and order situation had improved a lot, boosting up confidence of businessmen to invest here.

He said Gwadar and CPEC projects had also played an important role in boosting up the confidence of the businessmen for investment in the projects.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2021

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