KP industrial policy 2020: Bilour says Sarhad Chamber ignored

PESHAWAR: President of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Sherbaz Bilour has expressed grave concern over ignoring the chamber in the 15-member committee meant to ensure implementation of the provincial industrial policy 2020 under the action plan. He completely rejected the proposed body.

Without SCCI representation and taking relevant stakeholders on board, he said the gaining desired objectives of the provincial industrial policy would not only be difficult but also impossible.

Sherbaz was chairing a meeting of industrialists here at the chamber house on Tuesday.

The SCCI chief informed that the provincial government has approved industrial policy 2020, which aims to give six industrial estates established in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a status of special economic zones and revive sick industries in the province.

However, he said that the provincial industrial policy 2020 would be proved unproductive, owing to lack of representation of the chamber in the proposed body, which was incomprehensible and strongly condemnable.

Sherbaz criticised the provincial government for failing to implement the previous industrial policy 2016, so how can the new policy for 2020 be executed, he asked.

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