Load-shedding hits productivity

SIALKOT—President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Dr. Khurram Anwar Khawaja has said that due to unscheduled load-shedding and low pressure of sui gas have badly hit the productivity in Sialkot. Addressing a joint press conference called by the trade bodies here on Friday, he alleged that Sui gas authorities had disconnected 37 industrial connections of Sialkot without serving any notice. According to a rough statistics the local industrial sector was facing losses amounting more than to Rs.300 million daily due to long load shedding and low pressure of Sui gas, he added. Under the prevailing situation, he said it is pretty difficult to achieve the export fixed target of US One billion dollar. Speaking on the occasion Aamir Riaz Bhinder former Chairman Surgical instrument Manufacturers Association (SIMA) Pakistan informed that surgical industry has faced US five million dollar loss during past three days due to unscheduled load-shedding and low pressure of Sui gas. Aamir Bhinder stressed upon the concerned authorities that immediate steps should be taken for protecting the industrial sector of Sialkot from its total collapsing.—Online