Punjab Minister for Revenue Malik Muhammad Anwar has said that the PTI-led government has been undertaking various initiatives to improve “ease of doing business” and provide the investors enabling and conducive environment to carry out profitable business ventures in the province.
The Revenue Minister was talking to a group of delegation comprising investors and growers from Attock who called on him at his office chamber today. The Minister flanked by senior officers of Board of Revenue and Punjab Land Records Authority (PLRA) maintained that the government in collaboration with Chinese investors has made a spade work to finalise establishment of a plant for pre-fabricated housing structures for rapidly construction of low-cost houses. He said that a number of foreign investors have shown their keen interest in Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme which would create thousands of jobs to the people, besides promoting investment culture in the province. Malik Anwar said that all the revenue officers at district level have been directed to prepare feasibility reports for establishment of government-owned welfare schemes. He appraised the delegation of the performance of PLRA about their mechanism of revenue generation in the province.
Expressing concerned over damaging crops due to heavy rains, the Revenue Minister said that all the departments concerned have been asked to carry out losses of crops in their areas and submit reports to the government so that effective mechanism could be evolved to compensate the growers for their loss of crops due to extended spell of rains accompanied by hail storm and sever windstorm.