Islamabad—President Pakistan Businessmen and
Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President AKIA, Senior Vice Chairman of the
Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on
Saturday lauded President FPCCI Abdul Rauf Alam who saved thousands of jobs by
saving ship breaking industry from closure.
Gadani shipbreaking yard employs around
twelve thousand labourers while contributes around five billion rupees in taxes
besides providing raw material to the local steel industry, he said.
Mian Zahid Hussain aid that police mishandled
the situation after a ship caught fire in the yard which resulted in loss of
precious lives. On one hand top government officials claimed to initiate probe
while on the other hand police started arresting people illegally.
He said that police failed to nab the owner
of the ship therefore it rounded up the President of Ship breakers association
Dewan Rizwan Farooqi. he arrest of Mr Farooqi resulted in unrest and the ship
breakers decided to observe strike for indefinite period.
Meanwhile, he said, the Businessman Panel of
FPCCI contacted FPCCI’s President Abdul Rauf Alam who in turn spoke to the
Chief Minister of Balochistan Sanaullah Zahri. he conversation between
president of the Apex Chamber and the CM led to the release of Mr. Farooqi
which has gone down very well with the business community, he said.
Source: Pakistan
observer. 06 November 2016
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