ISLAMABAD: A group of 26 probationary officers of 44 CTP, undergoing Specialize Training Program (STP) at Foreign Services Training Academy visited Board of Investment (BoI), Islamabad and briefed on the opportunities and challenges of CPEC by Executive Director General (EDG) BoI Fareena Mazhar and DG BoI Rifat Pervez. Shah Jahan Shah, Additional Secretary, while responding to a question said that BoI along with the provincial governments identified 9 prioritized SEZs along with CPEC, 7 approved SEZs and 46 other SEZ location. The benefits and facilities can be availed by those investors who are under the umbrella of the SEZs. He further added that one window operation is the order of the day and well facilities will be provided in a conducive environment to the investors. Shah Jahan shah added that Punjab government took some important initiatives regarding the one window operation. He further said that the Early Harvest Projects will be completed before December, 2018 and 17,000 megawatts of energy would be generated for addition to the already installed capacity of 20000MW. “There is also a shift in the energy mix and this would reduce the cost also.”—PR