OPF to set up industrial estate

Islamabad: Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) is working to set up an industrial estate for Overseas Pakistanis at Motorway Chakri Interchange Rawalpindi to provide investment opportunities to overseas investors. In this regard, the Foundation had already inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Punjab government, official said.

He said the Industrial Estate would spread over 1000 acres in first phase on Pakistan Motorway. The Punjab government would provide land while OPF would develop and provide complete infrastructure facilities, he added.

Official said that Federal government would guarantee the provision of all basic utilities for the scheme like water, gas, electricity and telephone and also ensure similar incentives for this Industrial Estate as allowed to Chinese specific zone in the country.