PM Imran Khan inaugurates Sialkot-Kharian motorway project

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan has inaugurated the sixty-nine kilometer long Sialkot-Kharian motorway project in Islamabad on Thursday.

Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of Sialkot-Kharian motorway project, PM Imran Khan has said that this is an important and viable motorway project as it will promote connectivity of the industrial area with the rest of the country. He said it is important to incentivize the industrial sector for wealth creation which will help retiring the country’s debt.

The Prime Minister further stated that the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is focusing on ease of doing business and hurdles in the way of Small and Medium enterprises are being removed.

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On the occasion, the PM Imran Khan was appreciative of the idea of involving the private sector in the motorway project. He said that this will help the government divert resources to other areas. He was confident that more private capital will flow into the road infrastructure projects in future.

The Premier has said that the Swat motorway has opened the whole area for tourism. He said Pakistan has immense potential for tourism but it was not developed in the past.

“Projects such as second phase of Swat motorway and Dir Motorway will help encourage both domestic and foreign tourism at the picturesque places,” he added.