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A meeting
was held on 7th April, 2006 at Chief Minister House,
which was presided over by the Chief Minister Sindh, Mr. Umer
Ahmed Ghuman Minister of State for Privatization, Investment and
Special Initiatives was also present in the meeting besides officers
of Land Utilization Department and the Directors of Prime Transport
Limited. The Minister of State who is also Chairman Board of
Investment explained that the project of Prime Transport Limited was
one of the initiatives on investments. He also informed that
another company intends to establish the Buses, Trucks and Cars of
famous Mercedes brand in Pakistan and they will also put-up their
plant at Karachi. The Government of Pakistan attaches great
importance to these projects which will not only improve the
economic conditions of the country but would also provide employment
opportunities to the masses. It was decided in principle to
establish a new Industrial Estate comprising of an area of 13,000
acres at Dhabeji and allocate 400 acres of land to Prime Transport
Limited for establishing a car assembly/manufacturing plant and
allied facilities including residential colony for its employees at
the proposed Industrial Estate at Dhabeji. The Land Utilization
Department accordingly issued Provisional Allotment letter to Prime
Transport Limited. The Chief Minister graciously visited the area
and announced establishment of a new Industrial Estate at Dhabeji.
He also visited the site earmarked for allotment to PTL together
with the Federal Minister of State and Chairman of Board of
Investment Mr. Umer Ahmed Ghuman and Mr. M. Dawood Khan Chief
Executive PTL.
Prime
Transport Limited envisages establishing a Car
Assembly/Manufacturing plant for assembly/manufacture of the famous
Black Cabs of U.K. in Pakistan with rated capacity of 6,000 units
per annum on single shift basis. The vehicles will be operated by
PTL as Satellite Controlled Taxi Service in all major cities of
Pakistan and exported to various countries from Pakistan. |
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