Bhimber: (Parliament Times) Reaffirming that Azad Jammu and Kashmir would be part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) president Sardar Muhammad Masood on Sunday said that industrial zones would be setup in Mirpur and Bhimber under CPEC.
He was addressing at a reception and luncheon hosted in his honour by AJK Senior Minister Chaudhry Tariq Farooq. The President said Industrial Zones in AJK would not only accelerate the economic progress in AJK but will also provide more job opportunities to the people in the state.
He said PML-N government under the leadership of Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan is striving hard to reinforce Kashmir Liberation Struggle, provide good governance to the people and the development of the liberated area. He claimed that positive effects of government’s people friendly policies have begun to trickling down to the masses.
Sardar Masood Khan said government is taking various steps for maintenance of the existing roads and construction of new roads to improve the infrastructure, development in health and education sectors, granting the tourism sector a status of industry, achieving self reliance in energy, restoration of merit and rule of law and achievement of economic prosperity to benefit the people of Azad Kashmir without any discrimination.
He said that people of Bhimber are lucky to have person like Tariq Farooq as their representative in the government who is competent, bold and is working day in day out to remove the sense of deprivation among his constituents. The future of the people of Bhimber is bright under the leadership of Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, Presidend added.
He said that he is in favour of establishing universities in  all districts of AJK including Bhimber without making compromise on the quality of education. The reception was also addressed by Senior Minister Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, Minister for finance and Planning and Development, Dr Najeeb Naqi, Chaudhry Jamil Sultan, Hafiz sajid Mahmood. While Member AJK Legislative Assembly Col (Retd) Waqar Ahmed Noor, Member Legislative assembly Chaudhry Rukhsar, Member Legislative Assembly Chaudhry Ali Shan, Member Punjab Provincial Assembly Chaudhry Shabir Ahmed and others were also present on the occasion.