Dawn
GUJRAT: Despite completion of most of the infrastructural work in the Wazirabad Small Industrial Estate, local manufacturers have been awaiting possession of their plots due to the unavailability of electricity, gas and other basic facilities there.
Hundreds of manufacturing units of cutlery and stainless utensils have been operating from residential areas in Wazirabad city, causing a great deal of inconvenience to the residents as well as manufacturers for over five decades.
In 2014, the then Punjab government had launched the small industries estate project for the cottage industry on public-private partnership.
Khalid Mughal a former chairman of the Pakistan Cutlery and Stainless Utensils Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told Dawn that the local industrialists had already spent Rs1 billion on land and infrastructure. At least 272 manufacturers had been given allotment letters by the government, but they were yet to get the possessions due to a lack of basic f
Cutlery industry unable to meet export targets due to labour shortage
National
December 16, 2020
LAHORE: Cutlery sector of Wazirabad is unable to meet the millions of dollar exports orders due to shortage of skilled labour and other production related issues.
This was disclosed by a delegation of Pakistan Cutlery and Stainless Utensils Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCSUMEA) during a meeting with Minister for Industry, Commerce and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal here at Civil Secretariat on Tuesday.
The delegation was headed by senior vice-chairman of association Mirza Amir Ullah along with Vice-Chairman M Azeem, former Chairman Hamza Shakeel Bhutto, Chairman Board of Management Small Industrial Estate Wazirabad M Khalid Mughal and other members of the sector. Deputy Secretary Commerce Yasir Rehman and concerned officers were also present in the meeting.
Cutlery industry assured of solution to problems
Lahore
December 16, 2020
LAHORE:Cutlery sector of Wazirabad is unable to meet the millions of dollar exports orders due to shortage of skilled labour and other production related issues.
This was disclosed by a delegation of Pakistan Cutlery and Stainless Utensils Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCSUMEA) during a meeting with Minister for Industry, Commerce and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal here at Civil Secretariat on Tuesday.
The delegation was headed by senior vice-chairman of association Mirza Amir Ullah along with Vice-Chairman M Azeem, former Chairman Hamza Shakeel Bhutto, Chairman Board of Management Small Industrial Estate Wazirabad M Khalid Mughal and other members of the sector. Deputy Secretary Commerce Yasir Rehman and concerned officers were also present in the meeting.