1,450 new industrial units set up in 24 small industrial estates: Mian Aslam Iqbal.

LAHORE -- Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal said on Thursday that 1,450 new industrial units had been set up in 24 small industrial estates of the province.

He was presiding over a meeting in the committee room of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) to discuss affairs and development projects of the department.

The minister ordered for speeding up development work in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and said that development work at industrial states should be completed by working day and night.

He said that a new board of Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) should be formed and all matters of the board should be set right within a month, adding that the PBIT would decide the applications for SEZ enterprises' status within three days. He said that delay would not be tolerated under any circumstances in this regard.

He ordered for speeding up the pace of colonization in industrial states and said that the development work of export processing zone Sialkot should be completed on priority basis.

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