A meeting was held in the Civil Secretariat under the chairmanship of Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal in which the issues of colonization and improvement of infrastructure of Export Processing Zone Sialkot were reviewed.
It was decided to constitute a board of EPZand the Board will look after the improvement of infrastructure in the Export Processing Zone.
Provincial Minister for Special Education Chaudhry Akhlaq Ahmed, Secretary Industry and Commerce Dr. Wasif Khurshid, Chairman Export Processing Zones Authority Saifuddin Junejo, MD PSIC, members of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry and concerned officers attended the meeting. Addressing the meeting, Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal said that industrial units should be set up on acquired plots in Export Processing Zone otherwise the plots would be cancelled. Plot owners should start construction by paying their dues.
He said that 100% colonization of industrial zones was the policy of the government and there would be no compromise on it.
