KARACHI: Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah has assured the delegation of business community that all-out efforts would be made to redress the genuine grievances of the business community on top priority.
This he said while presiding over a meeting of 28 members “Industrial Liaison Committee (ILC)”, which was constituted by the Sindh Government under the chairmanship of chief secretary Sindh and consisting of the secretaries / senior officials of all the important departments / agencies and representatives of Sindh based chambers of commerce & industry and associations of trade & industry.
The meeting was attended by the Additional IG Karachi Ghulam Nabi Memon, Secretary Labor Abdul Rasheed Solangi, Secretary Investment Syed Najam Shah, Secretary Industries Naseem Ghani Sahito, Secretary Energy Musaddiq A. Khan. MD SITE Mehdi Shah, MD KWSB Assadulah Khan, Noor Ahmed Khan Vice President of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce Karachi and representatives of Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce, Sukkur Chamber of Commerce, Larkana Chamber of Commerce and others.
Meeting discussed issues being faced by the 9 SITES and 17 Sindh small industrial units of the provinces. Industrialists have expressed their concerns over infrastructure of industrial areas and other problems being by the industrialists.
On the occasion the chief secretary Sindh directed the secretary industries and MD site to prepare separate PC-1 for the development of the industrial areas. “The objective of the meeting of the ILC is to resolve issues confronted by the Trade & Industry; take effective measures for their earlier resolution and facilitating the business community with a view to increase economic activity in the province” said the Chief Secretary Sindh. The Chief Secretary also stated that the industrial community of Karachi should visit Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Hyderabad and Khairpur for establishing new industries there. The Chief Secretary stated that law and order situation and road infrastructure in Sindh have improved.
The member of Larkana Chamber of Commerce demanded of government to declare Larkana as special economic zone, on this the Chief Secretary directed secretary investment to move a proposal for Chief Minister Sindh in this regard. The Chief Secretary has also assured the delegation that allotments of those people would be cancelled who have not developed industries on plots they received for the industrial purposes.
FPCCI delegation appreciated the efforts of the provincial government and hoped that the Committee would go a long way in facilitating the business community members in undertaking hassle-free business activities in Sindh province and improving ranking in ease of doing business.
