Tarin says industrial input must be at affordable prices

Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday stressed the need for providing industrial inputs, such as cement and steel, at affordable prices to carry forward the momentum of economic recovery amid Covid-19 as well as in the post-Covid-19 scenario.

He emphasised the need to reduce the prices of cement as the cement industry was of paramount importance due to its backward and forward integration with the construction sector as a whole.

He said this while chairing a meeting with representatives of cement manufacturers, said a press release issued here.

Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdum Khusro Bakhtiar, Secretary Ministry of Industries and Production, the secretary of Finance Division and other senior officers attended the meeting.