Bureau Report
MUZAFFARABAD : Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani has pledged to provide a secure and investor-friendly environment to promote industrial development, attract investment and create employment opportunities across the liberated territory.
Chairing a meeting of the Industries and Mineral Resources Department, the prime minister said industrial growth was essential for strengthening the local economy and generating economic activity.
He announced that a one-window operation would be introduced to simplify registration procedures and facilitate investors by providing essential services at a single point.
Gilani directed the Mineral Resources Department to streamline procedures for granting large and small mining leases and simplify the registration of industrial plots and related formalities. He said investors’ concerns would be addressed on a priority basis.
Reaffirming the government’s commitment to expanding the industrial sector through investment-friendly policies, the prime minister instructed the department to focus on exploiting Azad Kashmir’s mineral potential.
The meeting received a briefing on the affairs and performance of the Industries, Commerce and Mineral Resources Department.
Minister for Industries, Commerce, Mineral Resources and Tourism Chaudhry Abdul Rehman, Principal Secretary and Secretary Industries Sardar Adnan Khurshid, Deputy Secretary Raja Zaheer Mukhtar and other relevant officials attended the meeting.
