Minister assures leaders of establishing new industrial zones in Hyderabad

KARACHI - Provincial Minister for Industries & Commerce and Anti-Corruption & Cooperative Department Jam Ikramullah Dharijo said on Tuesday that success against coronavirus is a national goal.  Sindh government in collaboration with industrialists will expedite the vaccination of factory workers, he said at a joint a meeting with industrialists on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Secretary Industries Riazuddin, representatives of industrial organisations Siraj Manoo, Raja Hussain, Pervez Fahim Noorwala and others. The meeting also considered vaccination measures against coronavirus of factory workers, and decided to increase the working hours of vaccination in industrial zones and also increase the number of health staff.  Dharejo asked the representatives of the industrialists to get as many factory workers vaccinated as possible at earliest and also set up a vaccination centre for the factory workers at the Social Security Hospital, Hyderabad.  He further said that vaccination centres would be set up in the factories where there are thousands of workers while a joint meeting of the Labour Department and Industries Department would be held to resolve the problems of the factory owners. He said it was a national cause to get success against coronavirus and to save people from it.  Everyone has to work together. He said that the request of industrialists for setting up of new industrial zones in Hyderabad would be considered. Meetings with the industrialists on coronavirus vaccination would be held every fortnight. 

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