Special Assistant to KP Chief Minister on Industries and Commerce, Abdul Karim Khan has urged upon the investors and industrialists for their recommendations to include in the draft industrial policy.

He was addressing a consultative seminar on the draft KP Industrial Policy 2020-30 here on Monday. Industrialists, investors, bankers, representatives of trade bodies, academia, students and civil society attended the seminar at large.

During the session, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), KP Board of Investment and Trade (KP BoIT), Hassan Daud Butt gave detailed briefing on the new provincial Industrial Policy 2020-30 and pledged that the proposals of investors and industrialists would be made part and parcel of the policy.

The special assistant explained that the purpose of the new industrial policy is the restoration of the trust of investors in the industrial development of the province.

Abdul Karim Khan further urged upon the investors to take benefit of the policies of the provincial government through making investment to generate new employment opportunities.

He said that every district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sufficient investment opportunities and they will get access to the markets of the Central Asian states.

He further pledged that allotment of plots in the industrial zones would be made transparent and action against plot mafia would be initiated shortly.