ISLAMABAD, March 1: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed the Sindh government and the Board of Investment (BoI) to urgently set up a joint working group to maximize their resources for the benefit of investors in the province.

Official sources told Dawn here on Saturday the working group, comprising members from both the public and private sector, would develop a new corporate strategy and an action plan to effectively help the investors of Sindh.

The purpose, the sources said, was to accelerate the growth and industrialization by offering new incentives and removing genuine problems of the businessmen and the investors in Sindh.

The working group would also propose how to improve law and order situation in Sindh with a view to having new industries and offering more job opportunities, specially to the educated youth and skilled workers.

The working group, which will enjoy all support of the prime minister and the chief minister, Sindh, will ensure that issues raised by the Sindh investors should be resolved locally without bringing them before any federal authority, they added.

In case of non-compliance, issues cornering Sindh, will be taken on priority to the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCoI) and the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC).

The prime minister has directed the officials of the Ministry of Finance and Commerce that with the exception of strategic matters, major policy issues and matters that require the approval of the federal government, should be left on the provincial authorities so that the investors and the businessmen do not face problems, specially in establishing their new factories and companies.