ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate a newly-constructed dry port in Azakhel area of Nowshera on Friday (today).
According to the official sources, the Dry Port that has been completed at a cost of Rs 510 million will boost trade and economic activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the entire region.
Azakhel Pirpiai Dry Port will be the largest such facility in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the second largest in the country. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak and Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad would also accompany the prime minister for the inauguration ceremony.
Meanwhile, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed said on Thursday that after Gwadar, Peshawar would become the centre for national railways.
“We have reduced the train fares for half for our Pashtun brothers for the next 65 years, besides offering free travelling facilities for the elderly citizens aged 75 and above.”
