Our Correspondent
Faisalabad
Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday urged Pakistan’s businessmen and exporters to invest freely in the country as the government was fully focused at reviving industrialisation via maximum facilitation to the manufacturing sector.
“Invest more on exports without worry. The government will resolve all of your issues. You should not be afraid of any policy shift to affect your investment. Our job is your facilitation, which will lead to creation of wealth and jobs,” the prime minister said while addressing here a gathering of exporters and industrialists.
Imran Khan said that his government was focusing on improving conditions of the industrial and construction sectors of the country.
The premier maintained that places like Faisalabad and Karachi were industrial hubs of Pakistan and the government would help uplift these cities.
Imran Khan inaugurated the Kashmir Underpass on Canal Road, Model Police Station Civil Lines and community kitchen outside the railway station during his visit to Faisalabad.
The premier further added that the PTI-led government was bringing a system where every city will have its own elected mayor. “After 1960s it is the first time a government has decided to improve on the industrialisation of the country,” he added.
Imran also requested the businessmen to help improve the conditions of the labourers and factory workers. For a city to be successful, it has to be run like a country, said Prime Minister Imran Khan.PM Imran said that it was the primary responsibility of the government to provide facilities to its people adding that Faisalabad can never be fixed from provincial development funds.
“If we think we can run Lahore from the development funds of Punjab, it will leave the rest of Punjab far behind,” he said. While giving examples of New York, Tehran and London, the premier said that the world’s successful cities operate independently.
