PTI chief, CM urged to save local printing industry

PESHAWAR: The Printers and Publishers Association of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has asked Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to save the local printing industry which is in crisis after introduction of the new tender policy.
Speaking at a news conference, president of the Khyber Printers and Publishers Association Iqtidar Ali Akhunzada said a total of 80 printing units had been closed after the KP government introduced the new tender policy.
Flanked by other printers and publishers, he said hundreds of workers had lost jobs while about 30 percent raise in the prices of textbooks had been recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the new tender policy.
Iqtidar Ali said this policy introduced by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department suited the Punjab printers as the local printers lacked the latest machinery and materials. “We can’t compete with printers from the Punjab on account of money and machinery,” he said.