Punjab govt to provide land for woman business incubation center: FWCCI.

FAISALABAD -- The Punjab government has agreed in principle to provide a piece of land to the Faisalabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FWCCI) for setting up the first state-of-the-art woman business incubation centre and other projects.

This was disclosed by FWCCI President Ms Tehmina Pasha in a press release, issued here on Thursday.

She had a meeting with Provincial Minister for Industries Mian Aslam Iqbal and discussed various issues to overcome the negative impact of corona with specific focus on female entrepreneurs.

The minister agreed in principle to provide land for the projects at subsidised rate. The minister said that women have 52% share in our total population, but they remained inactive in economic terms. He gave a patient hearing to the problems of the female entrepreneurs and promised help to resolve them on priority basis.

The minister said that the industrial sector was facing acute shortage of skilled workforce and women could easily fill that gap of 'demand and supply'.

Ms Tehmina Pasha said that the government had announced various policy measures to overcome the negative impact of corona. She demanded that the government must provide additional facilities to the female entrepreneurs. She said that in order to encourage women, the FWCCI had...