KARACHI:
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government is working to boost the industry and agriculture sector by bringing in foreign investment by offering attractive incentives.
This he said while talking to the Consul Generals of China Yang Yundong, Japan HATTORI Masaru, Turkey Cemal Sangu, and Russia Andrey Fedorov who called on him separately here at the CM House.
The consul generals congratulated him on his election as the chief minister and wished him all success. Apart from discussing matters of mutual interest, they discussed investment and exchange of delegation to promote trade and commerce.
The chief minister and consul general of China discussed CPEC projects, the Karachi Circular Railway, and agriculture. The CM said that some lines of the BRT bus system have started operation while two are under construction. “The KCR would be the feeder of the BRT lines and with its construction, the transport issue would be resolved in the city,” he said.
The CG said that the KCR was a priority project of the CPEC and it would be approved shortly.
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Murad said that during the last tenure of President Asif Ali Zardari various projects of agriculture were discussed and MoUs were signed. Now, the time has come to implement agriculture projects under which scientific methods of agriculture would be adopted to get better yield of the crops.
In his meeting with the Japanese consul general, the chief minister discussed investment opportunities in different sectors including electronics and automobiles. It was decided that a meeting between the Sindh Investment Department and the consulate’s top officers would be organised shortly to finalise the sectors for investment.
The consul general of Turkey in his meeting with the CM told him that they wanted to expand their education system in the rural areas. Currently, the Turkish schools are operating in Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas.
The chief minister said that he would organise a meeting of the education minister with him [the consul general] to establish more Turkish schools in rural areas.
Murad said that President Asif Zardari was interested in establishing Sufi University at Bhit Shah. He added that Turkey has a strong Sufi culture, and Turkish scholars could help to establish Sufi universities. At this, the CG assured the CM that he would arrange a delegation of Sufi scholars to visit Sindh and discuss modalities of the Sufi university to mature the university project.
The Russian consul general, in his meeting with the CM discussed matters of mutual interest.
