ICCI urges focus on marble industry

Stresses that the government should cooperate with the marble industry

ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Sheikh Amir Waheed has called upon the government to focus on the marble industry as it has the potential to transform Pakistan into a rapidly growing economy through export promotion of marble and granite products. While speaking at a ceremony, Waheed pointed out that all provinces of the country, including Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, possess massive deposits of marble and granite but the country’s marble industry was still using old quarrying methods due to which, the standard quarry wastage in Pakistan was up to 73% of the gross produce and the country was suffering hefty losses on this account. He stressed that the government should cooperate with the marble industry for introduction of latest machinery and technology.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 19^th, 2018.

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