Leather designing centre on the cards

Published February 28, 2007

SIALKOT, Feb 27: Pakistan Gloves Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PGMEA) chief Sheikh Muhammad Younas and Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) chairman Manzar Shamim inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a ceremony held at Leather Product Development Institute (LPDI) here on Tuesday.

LPDI project director Shujauddin Siddiqui and project manager Muhammad Atif were also present on this occasion.

Under the MoU, the TUSDEC will shortly establish a well-equipped computerised designing training centre at LPDI Sialkot in active collaboration with the business community. The centre will train industrial workers in advanced designing which will benefit the leather industry.

SCCI: The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has criticised the recent 10 per cent increase in electricity tariff.

Talking to newsmen here on Tuesday, SCCI president Sheikh Abdul Waheed Sandal said the increase would slow down exports, besides enhancing the production cost.

Mr Sandal said the decrease in gas rates would be futile in the wake of the increase in power tariff.

He sought more reduction in gas prices and urged the government to withdraw the recent increase in electricity rates in the larger interest of the public and the business community.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....