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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan today (Monday) asserted that the PTI-ked federal government was fully determined to involve private sector in the development process as it is very crucial, keeping in view of the public need.
He expressed his views while chairing a meeting in which he was given a briefing over different ongoing, completed and nearing completed public-private partnership projects carried under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).
Speaking on the occasion, the premier said Board of Investment was being fully activated to provide facilities to the foreign and local investors. He also directed Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial governments to submit progress details of development projects.
The prime minister was apprised that that work on about 50 different public-private partnership model development projects worth Rs2000 billion was underway in different phases.
The meeting was informed that 14 other projects worth 978 billion rupees would get approval in the next three months. It was further apprised that two important projects including Sialkot-Kharian motorway and Sukkar-Hyderabad motorway had been approved.
The prime minister was apprised that six more projects worth 710 billion rupees would be approved by August in this year. These projects in the public-private partnership models included communication, health, science and technology, social sector and other related sectors.