Plan to set up industrial zone in Fata, Balochistan

Islamabad: The Provincial President of Awami National Party, Afrasiyab Khan Khattak welcome the plan to set-up industrial zone in Fata and Balochistan.

He said the plan was discussed in the recent meeting held between Richard Boucher and Chief Minister NWFP Ameer Haider Khan Hoti in which Richard Boucher told the Chief Minister that the industrial zone in Fata and Balochistan would be established under the ROZ programme.

The legislation regarding industrial zone has been finalised in the meeting, which is expectedly be approved at the end of this year by the US Congress. US has also shown interest in development work in the tribal areas, he said.

He said the two leaders have also discussed law and order situation in the province and reaffirmed their resolve to further strengthening democracy and establishing peace in the region.

The government is making efforts to control the existing situation, the efforts on military level would not yield results unless political and economic measures are taken besides it, he said.