Under Vision-2010, a fast track has been prepared to increase export volume of Silakot's surgical industry. This was stated by Surgical Instrument Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (Sima) Chairman Naeem Anwar Qureshi, while talking to newsmen here on Thursday.
He said under "Surgical Instrument Cluster Developing Vision 2010", adequate efforts would be made for increasing export volume of surgical instrument from 180 million dollars to 500 million dollars annually.
The surgical industry would work on a specific "road map" as identified in the Vision-2010 for overcoming the multifarious problems being faced by the industry, he said.
Naeem Anwar said that implementation of Vision-2010 would certainly help address the chronic problems being faced by the industry as well as help bring out the industry of "price war". Under the said programme, efforts would be made for setting up "Surgical Training Institute" for producing maximum trained and skilled workforce for the industry, he disclosed.
Naeem said that extra-ordinary efforts would be made for setting up a common facility centre and upgradation of Metal Industry Development Centre for facilitating the surgical industry, and added that in the absence of surgical training school, the industry was suffering adversely because of non-availability of trade and skilled force. He pledged that with the consultation of the members of the Sima, collective effort would be made for developing a cluster park for the surgical industry.
The Sima would play its pivotal role to help boost the export of surgical instruments and track the industry on modern manufacturing lines, he vowed. The Sima Chairman said that before implementing the Vision-2010, priorities would be fixed for initiating the mission in surgical industry.
Naeem was confident that the implementation of Vision-2010 would surely help in bringing out the industry from multifarious problems and would be supportive for tracking it on modern lines.
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