Secretary Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Aamir Afaq has said that Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) should allocated land for cold storage in the new industrial estate as a common facilitation centre. These directives were issued by him on Thursday during a briefing here at SIDB headquarters. Managing Director (MD) SIDB, Habib Ullah Arif gave him a detailed briefing the operation of the board. The briefing session was also attended by Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) Zulfikar Ali Sahibzada and Nauman Fayyaz, Director (Finance) Mohammad Sher and Assistant Director Attiq-ur-Rehman.

Aamir Afaq said that though traditional industries were running successfully in the province, but there was a need to promote industries in the new sectors also. He said that the purpose of their efforts was to attract investors towards industrialization and provide them the required facilitation. So, to not only usher economic development rather also generate employment opportunities for the people. During the briefing MD SIDB informed the Secretary Industries that construction work on all new projects particularly Industrial Park Peshawar was in full swing and investors have given robust response in making investment and more response was expected when the results of the construction of the new state were revealed.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan