Punjab Minister for Trade and Investment, Mian Mohammad Shafique has said that industrial department of the UNO has lauded the ongoing industrial development in the province and based on the said development, a programme has been launched to enhance production capabilities on modern lines and overcome the problems in this regard.

During a meeting with a delegation of traders in his office on Dec.11th 2007 he said, that a modern trade city is being established in Lahore over an area of six kilometers where every kind of industry would be allowed to set up and local and foreign industries would be able to introduce their products. The project will eliminate poverty and unemployment from the province as 3,000,000 people will be provided training and job opportunity while 70,000 people will get employed at local level, he added.

Souce: The News