SIALKOT:Exports of 4 billion dollars were made from the industrial hub of Sialkot last year.
Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL), AirSial Airline and Dry port projects managed by the private sector were being running in an exemplary manner.
Deputy Commissioner,Sialkot, Abullah Khurrum Niazi expressed these views while addressing the awareness session about Sialkot to the training officers of the 35th Common Mid-Career Management Course from the National Institute of Management (NIM) Peshawar here on Thursday.
He said that the Punjab government had included 118 development projects at a cost of 52 billion rupees in the district. In these projects, work was underway on roads, water and sanitation, higher education and sports department projects.
He briefed that the University of Engineering and Emerging Technology, renovation and up-gradation of Jinnah Cricket Stadium, High Performance Center, Surgical City, Sialkot-Pasrur road, Wazirabad-Sialkot road,e-service center,besides major projects managed by Asian Development Bank for the construction of roads, parks, sewerage, water supply and other projects at a cost of Rs.17000 million were in full swing.
Deputy Commissioner said that this year, the target of wheat cultivation has been set on an area of 4,72,000 acres.
He highlighted that the literacy rate in the district was 65%,adding that there were four universities, 99 public and private colleges and 1787 public and 2023 private schools in the district.
He said that Health Department Sialkot got the first position in Punjab.
Four THQ Hospitals, 6 Rural Health Centers, 88 BHUs were functioning in the district where services were provided to thousands of people every day.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Finance Syed Amina Maududi, Additional Deputy Commissioner General (ADCG) Shahid Abbas were present on the occasion.