FIEDMC chairman meets CM Buzdar, donates Rs4 million to Corona Fund

LAHORE (92 News) – Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) chairman Mian Kashif Ashfaq called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office and presented a cheque worth Rs40 lakh to the CM Fund for Corona Control on behalf of industrialists of Faisalabad. He also presented a donation of N95 and surgical masks, PPEs, disinfection material and other equipment amounting to Rs35 lakh on behalf of two Chinese companies Time Ceramics and Henan DR. Usman Bazdar lauded the philanthropic passion of industrialists and Chinese companies and thanked Kashif Ashfaq for his enthusiasm in this difficult time. He said that contribution of Faisalabad’s industrialists in Corona Relief Fund is commendable. “Pakistani industrialists have always come forward for assistance in the time of trials. The Punjab government has allowed some industries to operate but the observance of SOPs has been declared mandatory for those industries,” he said. FIEDMC chairman Kashif Ashfaq briefed the chief minister about the progress made on Allama Iqbal Industrial City project. He said that the industrialists fully support the government's efforts in dealing with coronavirus. Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmeen Rashid, representatives of Chinese companies and FIEDMC CEO Amir Salimi were also present. Meanwhile, CM Usman Buzdar has fulfilled the promise of providing job to a physically handicapped youth Bilal Ahmad who met him during a recent visit to Chishtian and requested for employment. The CM directed the Bahawalnagar DC to immediately arrange a job for him. Now, the youth has been given employment in THQ Chishtian and the employment letter has also been handed over to him by the DC.