PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that his government was making strong endeavours to provide congenial atmosphere to the investors and industrialists for the industrial uplift of the province and addressing their problems on priority basis.
He was talking to representative delegations of Cherat Cement, Lucky Cement and other industrial units led by Salman Farooq, Usman Jhagra and Humayun Khan here at CM House Peshawar. The delegations apprised him of their certain problems and demands faced by them. Pervez Khattak said the government was also making sincere efforts to utilize the natural resources of the province to the optimum level on its development alongside the other available resources and on the well being of the masses. "We are trying to give an attractive package and atmosphere to the investors for the promotion of investment in the province which also includes tapping the hydel resources for generation of inexpensive electricity," he added.
The chief minister said as many as six new industrial zones are being established at various parts of the province whereas all these industrial estates are also being handed over to the private sector in a bid to properly look after the interests of the industrialist community. He said unfortunately majority of the population of KP was faced with poverty and unemployment and held the previous regimes for this neglect.
He told that the KP government was also endeavouring for the creation of a society where rich and poor were treated at par and every citizen was bound to go by rules and regulations. "The political interference in government departments and the tradition of red-tapism have been abolished and pursuing a policy wherein speedy development was ensured," he added. Pervez Khattak assured the delegation that their genuine problems would be addressed on priority basis however at the same time he also directed them to take solid measures for halting emission of poisonous chemicals and smoke from their industrial units as it created health hazards in their respective areas.