PESHAWAR
Advisor to KP CM on Information & Public Relations, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif and Special Assistant on Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Abdul Karim Tordher inaugurated a private IYI Luxury Hotel at Bagh Dheri, District Swat.
Local member of the provincial assembly (MPA) Mohammad Naeem and MNA Sohail Sultan welcomed the guests.
On this occasion, the management of the hotel gave detailed briefing to advisor and special assistant and told that the facility comprising tents and concrete has cost Rs.700 million. Besides, Director (Business Facilitation) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KP-BoIT) Iqbal Sarwar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hotel, Ab, Abdul Mateen, government officials, investors and a large number of local notables also attended the inaugural ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Special Assistant to KP CM on Information and Public Relations, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif said that every kind of such steps towards progress and development is their national and religious responsibility. He congratulated both the investors and KP-BoIT for construction of the unique IYI in Swat.
He said that investors like Abdul Mateen are their heroes as when there is a brain-drain of shifting of mind and wealth they still trust in the future of their country and the establishment of the millions of rupees investment of IYI is an ample proof of it.
Barrister Saif that from Waziristan to Swat our province is facing hard time. However, he said Almighty Allah has taught the skill of how to come out of the darkness. He assured the people of Swat of the provincial government support and not only attracting domestic tourists from across the country rather foreign tourists from all parts of the world.
He said, the promotion of tourism is the priority of the government and vision of the PTI founder Imran Khan. He said that the promotion of tourism could not only promote the soft image of the country rather play vital role in the strengthening of the national economy.
In his address, Special Assistant to KP CM on Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Abdul Karim Tordher appreciated the efforts of the KP-BoIT for making possible the huge investment of Rs.700 million in the hotel industry of the province.
He said that the board has extended full cooperation to the investors’ groups during all phases of the project and expressed his hope that it would prove a modern and high standard facility for the arrival and stay of tourists in Swat. He also termed a big success towards the promotion of tourism and hotel industry in the region.
The Special Assistant said that the provincial government is extending all possible cooperation and facilitation to investors and KP-BoIT is extending support to investors in all phases of their businesses. He said that the promotion of own resources for economic development is the vision of the provincial government.
He said that they are fully focused on the uplift of all sectors of the economy and tourism and hotel industry are big economic potentials of the province.
Abdul Karim Khan said that Swat is the electricity corridor which in future will generate 600megawatt hydel power and invited investors to invest in the green investment.
Speaking on the potentials of economic development of Swat, he said that small scale industrial units would be established in the area, which is also suitable for tea cultivation to meet a big share of the national requirements.
