Bringing country out of current crisis: Rauf for consultations with stakeholders

Sindh Minister for Industries and Commerce M. A. Rauf Siddiqui has emphasised on the need of preparing short and long term economic policies in consultation with all the stakeholders for bringing the country out of prevailing economic crisis. Speaking at a meeting of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and later talking to newsmen here on Tuesday, he said that the country was facing serious economic crisis.
He said that country needed to create more jobs to absorb young generation passing out from universities and collects. This gap between jobs and unemployed youth can only be filled with mass industrialisation, he opined. Rauf Siddiqui said that the investors needed safety and security of life, property and their investment. He further said that the government was making efforts to improve law and order situation and construct walls around all industrial estates in the province to protect and provide safe working environment to industrialists.
He pointed out that construction of wall around Site Industrial Estate was initiated with the co-operation of industrials and Rs 50,000 contribution by each industry. However, the work has been stopped due lack of funds, he added He advised industrialists to contribute Rs 50,000 per industry so that the work could be initiated around all the five industrial estates of the city.
Recalling a meeting with Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik and industrialists, he said that in the meeting it was decided that all the five industrial estates of the city would have separate police station managed by SSP and DSP to deal with law and order issues of the industrial estates. He said that work on the plan was underway. The minister once again warned allottees of plots in different industrial estates to utilise these otherwise these would stand cancelled.
Some of the industrial plots were allotted some 10 years ago but were still unutilised. He announced that in future industrial plots would not be auctioned. Rauf Siddiqui announced establishment of a complaint cell at Site Limited. Complaint can be lodged through e-mail or fax and secretary industries and director industries have to look into the complaints and addressed it.
The minister informed that water supply project of Nooriabad had been completed and hoped that availability of water would help boost industrialisation there. President KCCI, Saeed Shafiq emphasised on the need to resolve the internal and external problems impeding the wheels of industry. He noted that high cost of doing business, deteriorating law and order situation and power and gas crisis are some of the problems hindering the industrial and trade activities in the city.