Chinese investors to be fully facilitated: CM’s aide

Peshawar: Special Assistant to Khyber Pakhtunkhaw Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Minerals, Arif Ahmadzai has said that the Mineral Department has decided the provision of all facilities to the Chinese investors.

Talking to a delegation of Chinese investors here, the special assistant maintained that the department had taken various crucial steps for provision of maximum facilities to investors through one-window.

He contended that the annual receipts of the provincial government from mineral resources are increasing with the passage of each year, which speaks of the trust of investors in the services of the Mineral Department.

The special assistant assured the Chinese investors that under the leadership of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, the provision of mechanized mining and other modern facilities to investors have been made possible, saying the department welcomes Chinese investors in the mineral sector of the province.

Meanwhile, the Special Assistant on Minerals has also expressed sorrow over an accident with the miners in a coal mine at Akhorwal, Darra Adam Khel wherein six miners have been injured due to discharge of poisonous gas. The conditions of two miners were stated to be critical.

Arif Ahmadzai directed the concerned authorities of district Kohat to ensure the provision of treatment to injured miners and furnishing of a report into the incident as soon as possible to take action against the negligent persons.