LAHORE, Dec 28: Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal said that the ongoing development work in Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) and Faisalabad Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) industrial centres should be completed by December 31, 2022.
He stated this while chairing a meeting held in the Civil Secretariat on Tuesday during which the progress on schemes of the Department of Industry and Commerce under the annual development program was reviewed.
It was decided to further expedite the utilization of development funds and implementation of schemes and all the wings of the department were assigned targets for completion of development schemes and utilization of funds.
Addressing the meeting, Mian Aslam Iqbal said that the ongoing development work in PIEDMC and FIEDMC industrial centres should be completed by December 31, 2022. Chunian Industrial Estate will be inaugurated on January 15, Bahawalpur on February 15 and Muzaffargarh Industrial Estate on March 15.
World-class development work in these industrial estates will be completed expeditiously, he added. He said that the colonization of industrial estates would usher in a new era of industrial development in Punjab. The department will have to work hard to the targets from the traditional.
Mian Aslam Iqbal said that the Department of Industry and Commerce and its subsidiaries should fight for the achievement of their goals. There is no room for any kind of tolerance and negligence, he concluded. The meeting was
informed that 67% development funds have been utilized on 28 schemes under ADP. Secretary Industry and Commerce Dr. Wasif Khurshid, DG Industries, Senior Economic Adviser and concerned officers attended the meeting.
