Land lease policy for special economic zones approved

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BoI) has approved the Land Lease Policy for establishing special economic zones (SEZs) and an action plan to streamline these zones.

The BoI’s Approval Committee met on Tuesday with Investment and Privatisation Minister Abdul Aleem Khan in the chair. It was also informed about completing a survey of 35 industrial zones nationwide.

The survey dealt with identifying primary reasons for non-industrialisation and infrastructure development, assessing the availability of utilities...