PESHAWAR: FF Steel playing vital role in labour welfare and become a leading company to ensure 100% compliance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Social Security Act 2021. The efforts made by FF Steel Management in this regard are highly commendable. This was stated by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Labour, Culture, Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shaukat Ali Yousafzai at a new enrollment ceremony at FF Steel Head office Hayatabad Industrial Estate Peshawar, says a Press release.
Shaukat Yousafzai mentioned that industrialization process will yield results only with labour welfare and management with new innovations. He appreciated FF Steel’s new initiatives taken in the field of Industrial relations, expansion of networking and capacity building of workers. Earlier chairman FF Steel Nauman Wazir and CEO FF Steel Zarak K. Khattak received the Minister and briefed about activities and achievements in last more than three decades under the slogan of Stronger and Safer Pakistan.
Zarak Khattak briefed the Minister about educational and motivational initiatives taken by FF Steel for the labour, students and trainers to further strengthen the steel industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular and the country in large.
The Minister was informed that FF Steel is the fastest growing steel organization in Pakistan with two manufacturing plants you to please get this matter resolved on priority basis,” he said.
He said despite the fact that the pictures of electricity meters are printed on the bills, the problem of over-billing is still persisting. More than actual units are often wrongly entered in the system that generates the excessive bills accordingly. He said that over-billing adds to their cost of production besides causing great inconvenience. A concrete strategy needs to be adopted to resolve this issue for once and all.
Chan said that unscheduled load shedding is another concern of the business community which halts the process of production that results in waste of time and resources. This matter should also be resolved. He said that the businesses are also facing the issue of voltage fluctuation especially during summer season. This causes serious damages to the electronic machinery and appliances both at industrial and residential places. LESCO should find a long-term solution to this issue. – TLTP
