Pak mulls over setting up agro parks

Karachi: Sindh Minister for Industries and Commerce, Abdul Rauf Siddiqui has said that the government will allocate 100 acres each, land for developing agro based industries, in Hyderabad Sukkur, and Nawab Shah.

He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) annual exhibition 'My Karachi-Oasis of Harmony' here on Friday.

He said that the government has decided to exempt industries, establish in these industrial estates, from all provincial taxes for ten years. The minister said that the provincial government would also approach the federal government to exempt these industrial estates from federal taxes for ten year.