The government has finalised a strategy to gradually reopen all businesses linked with the construction sector in order to overcome the threat of Covid-19 in addition to arresting the growing unemployment in this division, said Faisalabad Divisional Commissioner Ishrat Hussain.

He was talking to a delegation of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) led by its president Rana Sikandar Azam Khan. Ishrat said apart from other countries, Pakistan has to face multiple problems of poverty, unemployment, economic revival and threat to the lives of our people due to Covid-19.

He said government is very cautiously making decisions to tackle all these issues and will take all stakeholders into confidence. He told that govt is now implementing smart lockdown as prevailing lockdowns have failed to yield the required results. The new system will not only help in controlling further spread of Covid-19 but also pave way to tackle the issue of unemployment. He appreciated the cooperation of FCCI and said we will work together to control the Covid-19 in addition to reviving the national economy.

Representing the industrial and trading community, Rana Sikandar Azam Khan said govt has declared construction sector as a full-fledge industry and allowed it to start work from April 14.