Lauding the government’s initiative for exempting imports of heavy machinery for oil and gas exploration and development from customs duties and other levies, he said the government should extend similar concession to the import of industrial machinery in the next mini-budget to upgrade the industrial sector and bring it at par with developed countries.
He stressed that the government should allow duty free import of technology and machinery of local industry in the next mini-budget that would help in producing value-added products and putting Pakistan on the path of accelerated progress and prosperity.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2019.
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