PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) has established an industrial facilitation centre (IFC) at the Hattar economic zone to provide services to industrialists and keep liaison with the relevant government departments under one roof.

According to a statement issued here on Tuesday, the centre was inaugurated by Abdul Kareem Khan, special assistant to the CM on industries.

The IFC has been set up on the pattern of two facilitation centres established at the Peshawar and Gadoon industrial zones.

A separate desk has been created to cater to the needs of industrialists. The IFC will receive applications from industrialists and directly coordinate with the government departments to reduce the time taken to complete a task.

The initiative will enable industrialists to focus on their industries while KPEZDMC will cater to their needs for NOCs, issues at utility companies and other government departments.

This concept will reduce bureaucratic hurdles and will be introduced to all economic and special economic zones in KP.

CEO KPEZDMC Javed Khattak, company’s member BoD Haji Iftikhar and members of Board of Management of Hattar SEZ were also present on the occasion.

The CM’s assistant Abdul Kareem said top priority of the government was to bring investment to the province. For achieving the goal of industrialisation, he said industrialists would be fully facilitated.

Javed Khattak said industrialists were backbone of the economy and deserved full support of the government.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2020