CM Usman Buzdar vows to create jobs for youths

LAHORE: A delegation of All Pakistan Mines & Minerals Association, led by its President Mir Behroz Baloch, called on Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office Monday.

Talking to the delegation, the chief minister pledged to develop the mineral sector and create job opportunities for youths. He said Pakistan is enriched with numerous mineral resources and there was a lot of potential in the mineral sector of the Punjab province. It was a need of the hour to utilise the mineral resources for overall betterment of the country, he added.

Usman Buzdar pledged to develop the mineral sector and create job opportunities for youths. He said various reforms had been introduced by the government to establish the mineral sector on modern lines.

He observed that the environmental impact of local coal utilisation should also be monitored as smog and pollution had emerged as a major challenge.

A composite policy has been devised for leasing out mines and ease of doing business policy had been adopted in the province, the CM said and promised that necessary facilities would be provided to the mining sector.

He said that a committee comprising officials of mines, environment, industries and forests departments would submit recommendations for solution to problems being faced by the mining sector. He said a decision would be made in the light of the recommendations submitted in this regard.

The delegation apprised the chief minister of the problems being faced by the mining industry and the chief minister pledged to solve the genuine problems on a priority basis. The delegation comprised of Lakhra Coal Field, Sindh Chairman Mir Abdul Samad, Haji Zar Nawaz Khan, Pir Bakhsh Rajan, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Pervaiz Laeeq, Fateh Shah Arif, Noor Badeeni, Sheikh Aziz, Sheikh Inam, Haji Rahat, Amjad Khan Jagwal and others.