Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday performed the groundbreaking of Allama Iqbal Industrial Zone in Faisalabad which is part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). 

According to PM's Focal Person on Digital Media, Dr Arsalan Khalid, it was the "first groundbreaking of an industrial estate under CPEC".

Khalid stated that the industrial city "will create 300,000 jobs in the next five years".

"It will attract Rs400 billion worth of investments in automobiles, textiles, food processing, pharmaceuticals, engineering and construction industries," he said.

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated a shelter home in Faisalabad during his one-day visit to the city.

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“The inauguration is part of PM’s on going drive of providing shelter to homeless. In addition to regular shelter homes, temporary shelters have been erected to protect poor from freezing winter,” said the Prime Minister Office in a statement on social media.

The inauguration comes after PM Imran on Sunday directed the chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab to provide temporary shelters to the homeless who cannot be accommodated in the existing Panagahs amid cold weather.

PM Imran had inaugurated the first shelter for the homeless in Lahore last year. The government has set up similar Panagahs to provide food and a roof for the poor.