KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that his province’s economy has remained under stress which could be assessed from fact that poverty ratio has been recorded at 43 percent with 75.5 percent in rural areas. It will be tackled with 6-7 percent per annum growth.

“My government’s strategy is to grow economy from six to seven percent so that over 600,000 jobs could be created every year to reduce poverty, but strategy has been affected by floods 0f 2010, 2011, Covid-19 and floods of 2022.” Addressing 49th Specialised Training programme/25th Initial Command Course 35 ASPs including nine females here he said that his government has undertaken significant reforms to improve overall ease of doing business environment in province.

Sindh government has been working to create dedicated special economic zones as models to foster investment and industrial growth through ‘Special Economic Zones Management Company (SEZMC)’.

Government started mobilising limited resources to undertake immediate rescue and relief operations. Federal, provincial and local governments were working in unison as we transition from rescue and relief towards rehabilitation for flood affectees, he added. He said that his government has undertaken significant reforms to leverage ‘public-private partnerships across infrastructure, production and social sectors to improve service delivery.

Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Commandant National Police Academy AD Khwaja, IG Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, Chairman P&D Hassan Naqvi, Home Secretary Saeed Mangnijo and PSCM Fayaz Jatoi attended.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 09 2022

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