SIALKOT: The prolonged gas and power loadshedding has crippled the small industries in Sialkot, Wazirabad, Gujrat and Daska, as the government has allegedly failed to heal the wounds of the small traders and industrialists.
Expressing grave concern over this nasty and critical situation, Chairman All Pakistan Cutlery Association Muhamamd Bilal Bhutta said that the small industries were crippling and we were giving the SOS calls to the government to save these industries from collapsing. He said that the unending energy crisis, wrong and ineffective policies of the government were the main cause behind this collapse.
He said that the government’s permission of direct imports of the ready products of all the kinds was also leaving bad impacts on the small industries in Sialkot, Wazirabad, Daska and Gujrat as the cost of production of the products of the light engineering sector has also increased.
The situation was also resulting into the termination of the thousands of the daily waged labourers and industrial workers.
All Pakistan Cutlery Association has urged the government to ensure the early end of the load shedding of electricity and gas to save these small industries from collapsing. The industries can be saved by providing the interest-free soft business loans, skills development training, early provision of raw material on cheaper rates, special subsidy on export and up to 40 percent increase on import duties.
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