Caretaker Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Muhammad Adnan Jalil on Monday directed the authorities concerned to take effective measures to revive sick industries and also solve the problems being faced by the industrialists in the province.
He said that steps should be taken to resolve the issues of the industrialists in the industrial estates falling under the K-P Economic Zones Development and Management Company and the Small Industries Development Board as well.
He issued these instructions during a meeting at the Peshawar Civil Secretariat wherein he was briefed by all the attached entities of industries, commerce, and technical education department.
The minister was given a detailed briefing by the K-P Board of Investment and Trade, Directorate of Industries, Small Industries Development Board, and other relevant departments while implementation of the decisions taken in the previous meeting was also reviewed in the meeting.
The provincial minister was informed about the steps taken so far for resolving the problems of industries established across the province.
During the meeting, the minister directed that the entities should present their proposed development plans for the improvement of industrialisation in the province, while he will make pragmatic efforts to get them approved from relevant forums. The minister also directed the officers to carry out rationalisation in order to improve the efficiency of the departments concerned, ordering the officers to fulfil the performance targets given to them in a timely manner.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 18th, 2023.
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