Govt assures support to Gilgit-Baltistan

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has assured all out support to the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government for the installation of fruit processing plants and industrialization of the area aimed at generating more employment opportunities and help boost the living standards of the area.

In a meeting with the GB governor Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan the federal minister for Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi said, “Ministry of Industries and Production will help the Gilgit Baltistan government in installation of fruit processing plants, for poverty alleviation in the area, and that the Ministry and its companies like Furniture Pakistan, James and jewelry and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SEMEDA) will play their best efforts for industrial development of Gilgit-Baltistan.”