Provincial Industries and Investment Minister Muhammad Ajmal Cheema has said that a well-knitted plan has been initiated for further accelerating the pace of export activities in the Punjab.
Talking to Business Recorder here on Sunday he said that under the plan special steps had been taken for setting up "Export Processing Zones (EPZ)" at Multan and Sargodha shortly.
The step was being taken for bringing big boom in the export of mangoes and kinno and to provide maximum facilities to the mango and kinno growers in their respective areas, he added.
Ajmal Cheema said there was a great demand of Pakistani mangoes and kinnos in European and Middle East countries. In order to fulfill the growing demands of Pakistani fruits, all basic facilities would be ensured to the growers in those EPZs, he added.
The Industries Minister said the Textile City was being developed on 3,000 acres of land in Faisalabad where all modern facilities would be provided to the business community engaged with the textile industry.
The proposed Textile City would be ready in next year, and its regular functioning would bring revolutionary changes in the textile industry and help boost the export of textile products, he added.
Ajmal Cheema said that adequate efforts were also being made for promoting non-traditional products including wooden furniture in the Punjab, for which a "Wood Seasoning Centre" had been established at Chiniot, which is a hub of wooden furniture, he disclosed.
The Minister said that necessary machinery was being installed in wood centre and would be operational in near future, adding the centre would provide maximum facilities to the manufacturers engaged with furniture.