Staff Reporter
Punjab Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal has said that the government will disclose its plans upon the resignations of the opposition, saying that resignation-stunt will fail like public meetings and rallies of the opposition because the people have no interest in negative politics.
Speaking during his visit to Small Industrial Estates in Gujranwala on Thursday, he said the government is duty-bound to solve the genuine problems of the industrialists on a priority basis. Mian Aslam Iqbal asserted that complete colonization of the industrial estates is a government policy and emphasized that all those given industrial plots in 1992 should immediately start industrial units or their plots will be cancelled.
The provincial minister further said that small industrial estate-IV is being set up over an area of 150 acres and industrial plots of 5 marlas to 44 acres are available for the industrialists while development work is going to be completed soon. He hoped that the project will promote cottage industry and trade and economic activities will be boosted offering new opportunities to the locals.
He said that no NOC was issued since 2010 for setting up a new cement plant in Punjab and the incumbent government has restricted the NOC’s issuance process to 90 days. 10 NOCs have been issued and huge investment will be made in the cement sector, he added. Along with it, Sialkot Motorway – Gujranwala Link Road will be constructed to facilitate the local industry, he announced.
Earlier, Mian Aslam inspected four industrial estates in Gujranwala and directed to expedite the development work. President Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry Umer Ashraf Mughal and a large number of local businessmen were also present.
