People, press to be involved to make privatisation transparent, says Qamar
By Asad Cheema

ISLAMABAD—Federal Minister for Privatisation and Investment and Ports & Shipping Syed Naveed Qamar has indicated that the government would fully involve the people, press and the parliamentarians to make the privatisation process very open and transparent.
Chairing a meeting of the Privatisation Commission here on Tuesday, the Federal Minister said that the privatisation of SOE transactions would be carried out in the interest of the 160 million people of Pakistan who were the real owners of these assets.
The Minister emphasized that the Privatisation Program will be made people and workers friendly, which will contribute to the overall economy by generating more taxes and employments, increasing production and improving quality and efficiency.
Syed Naveed Qamar said that Trade Unions remained on board during the privatisation process conducted in the earlier government of Pakistan Peoples Party but unfortunately this liaison lacked during the previous government.
The strong relations with the Trade Unions would be rebuild and they would be again made partners in the privatisation process of the State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in order to safeguard their legitimate interests, he added.
Syed Naveed Qamar directed the Privatisation Commission officials to put up realistic timeline for the privatisation of public sector entities in a professional manner.
Earlier, Secretary Privatisation Commission Ahmed Jawad made a presentation regarding the status of the ongoing and upcoming transactions, which would be further reviewed sector wise.