Balochistan has to use all its resources properly to benefit from CPEC: Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri

Quetta: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri has said that Balochistan will have to use all its resources properly to benefit from the fruits of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

“CPEC is a game-changer in the region from which Balochistan will have to use all its resources properly to benefit from the fruits of CPEC,” she remarked in a meeting with local investors and notables.

She hoped that Balochistan will benefit the most from the recent Reko diq Agreement. “This project will provide innumerable employment opportunities for the people of Balochistan in a few years and at the same time, the share received by Balochistan will help Balochistan to go on the path of rapid development,” she added.

Senator Zahri told the delegation that Balochistan had a vast sea, which can be used to earn a large foreign exchange and by developing fisheries related issues on better and modern scientific methods.

“There are also attractive opportunities for foreign investors in this sector which will not only benefit the people involved in this sector but also earn a lot of foreign exchange for Pakistan and Balochistan,” she elaborated.

Apart from this, she stressed, there were many sectors in Balochistan in which there are excellent and attractive opportunities for investment. “Investment in these sectors will not only provide employment to the local people of Balochistan, but also new ways of long-term and rapid development in Pakistan and Balochistan will open,” she maintained.

Under the CPEC projects, she mentioned, there were wide and attractive investment opportunities for national and foreign investors in Balochistan.

She pointed out that the nature had enriched Balochistan with many natural treasures and the “world’s most abundant natural resources are found here.”

The lawmaker said that the people associated with industry and trade have bright prospects for increasing national production and providing wide employment opportunities and accessing the commercial markets of neighboring countries.

She underlined that Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo was paying full attention to the vision of bringing Balochistan at par with other provinces and the same rapid development in all areas of the province is the first priority.

“We have to give full attention to the functioning of technical institutions in the province and to teach modern skills to the new generation so that the industrial and commercial sectors can be developed on modern lines,” the Senator underscored.