Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pakistan Stone Development Company (Pasdec), a company established by the Ministry of Industries & Production to promote the marble & granite sector, Zahid Maqsood Sheikh, offered array of projects of marble and granite to Sindh government which will have a long lasting effect on provincial exports in particular and the country in general.
He was giving a presentation to Provincial Minister of Minerals Sohail Anwar Khan Sial on marble and granite sector development at a meeting. He highlighted the potential of dimensional stone sector of the province and said Pasdec had expertise in the development of marble and granite sector for over a decade which the company was ready to offer. Zahid Maqsood Sheikh also brought up the matter of development of Marble City at Karachi to channelise industrialization and encourage investment in Sindh province.
While discussing the matter to finance the marble and granite sector, the CEO Pasdec suggested to the minister to take up the said matter with the Bank of Sindh, so that the genuine financial needs of the sector could be met, especially the BMR which could enable the stakeholders to compete with the international market. The Minister asked the Secretary of Minerals Department, present at the meeting, to put up a proposal for consideration of the cabinet.