KOHAT: A woman chamber of commerce and industry will be established in Kohat under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project funded by the Asian Development Bank.

A decision to this effect came at a meeting between a delegation of the project and different stakeholders here on Wednesday.

Those in attendance were director gender, Ms Shandana, gender coordinator Shehla Gul, skill development specialist Sarmad Hussain, founding president of Kohat Chamber of Commerce and Industry Haji Rasheed Paracha, social mobiliser Saima Shah and others.

The participants called for suggestions to help increase the role of women in business and industry.

On the occasion, Ms Shandana stressed that as women constituted 50 per cent of the total population, increasing their role in commerce and industry was vital for development.

Rasheed Paracha said the Kohat chamber would provide all-out help for women development as entrepreneurs.

WHEELCHAIRS: Wheelchairs have been provided to the police stations to facilitate the persons with disabilities visiting the buildings.

Besides, special desks have also been set up to facilitate the persons with disabilities and the elderly.

Talking to mediapersons, district police officer Abdur Rauf Qaisrani said these steps had been taken to provide maximum relief to the special persons and resolve their complaints in a speedy manner.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2022