• Federal Minister for Industry and Production appointed as chairman.
• 12 members from private sector included in Industrial Advisory Council.
• The policy will be finalized in light of report of Industrial Advisory Council.

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has formed a 19-member industrial advisory council to introduce the first industrial policy before the general elections.

The government has appointed caretaker Federal Minister for Industry and Production Gohar Ejaz as the chairman of the 19-member Industrial Advisory Council, whose notification has also been issued.

12 members from the private sector have been included in the Industrial Advisory Council while 6 government members will also be added to the Advisory Council. The policy will be finalized in light of the report of the Industrial Advisory Council.

According to the notification, the council includes Muhammad Ali Tabba, Fawad Ahmed Mukhtar, Raza Mansha, Amir Fayyaz Sheikh, Waqar Ahmed Malik, Abdul Samad Dawood, Ahsan Bashir and Sameer Chinoy from the private sector.

The council includes all the provincial chief secretaries including the chief secretaries of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

The caretaker government has planned to bring the first industrial policy before the general elections, for which it has been decided to take suggestions from all sectors.

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Sources said that a lively industrial policy will be formed for the sustainable economic development of the country, the aim of which is to run the industries at 100% production capacity.