Chitral Expo: CM aide vows to tap natural resources to fight poverty

CHITRAL: Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Industries Abdul Karim Tordher on Saturday said Chitral had tremendous potential for economic development and

this could help fight poverty in the region.

He was speaking at the two-day Chitral Expo which was jointly held by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KP BOIT) and Chitral Chamber of Commerce.

He said the basic agenda of the government was to explore the local natural resources of an area to provide employment opportunities to maximum people for which investors were being encouraged to invest in different ventures.

Abdul Karim said efforts were being made to bring investments to Chitral through public private partnership.

“We have to live and die in Pakistan. We cannot even think of leaving the country and that is why we are making viable and sustainable economic policies that will help the people. More benefits can be obtained and recently the chief minister announced several schemes for the welfare of the people in which businesses can be started through easy loans,” he said.

Earlier, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Director General Muhammad Naseer said that his organization decided to organize a trade expo for trade branches at the international and regional levels. He said that Chitral was chosen as the first destination due to its immense resources. Chitral Chamber of Commerce Vice President Liaquat Ali also spoke at the event and highlighted the problems of the local traders.