Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday announced a number of IT projects for the province, including a second Arfa Karim Tower at a height of 21 storeys.

Presiding over a meeting on IT City and Lahore Knowledge Park, the chief minister said IT, education, and film city projects would be started in Lahore at the earliest, adding that business opportunities would be provided to the best IT companies from all over the world in Lahore's IT City.

21-storey Arfa Karim Tower-2 will be built in Lahore: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif

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She also expressed her satisfaction that Microsoft, Oracle, and other big companies had given their consent to establish offices in the IT City, Lahore. She directed the authorities concerned to invite major Chinese IT companies as well to set up their offices here.

Moreover, the CM was briefed that campuses of world-renowned international universities will be built in Lahore Education City for students from all over Pakistan, including Punjab. She directed to present a comprehensive plan in this regard at the earliest after consulting the managements of these universities.

CM Maryam also approved the launch of a free Wi-Fi pilot project in Lahore and directed to start the free service preferably in educational institutions, at airports, railway stations, and bus stands. Under the project, in free Wi-Fi would be provided at 10 locations in Lahore within two weeks in the first phase.

In total, free Wi-Fi sites will be established at 516 locations in Lahore. Earlier, the chief executive officer of the Central Business District project, Imran Amin, gave a detailed presentation on IT City and Lahore Knowledge Park projects.