Released on = December 5, 2005, 11:48 pm

Press Release Author = Muhammad Luqman/TUSDEC

Industry = Government

Press Release Summary = Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company
(TUSDEC) is setting up eight skill development centres in earth-quake hit areas of
Pakistan

Press Release Body =
TUSDEC

Technology Up-Gradation and Skill Development Company
State Cement Corporation Building, Kot Lakhpat, Township, Lahore.
Phone : 0092-42-5142145 (ext.105), Cell: 0300-4858295
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PIDC board approves Rs 200 million for SDCs in earthquake hit areas
LAHORE, Dec 06: The board of directors of Pakistan Industrial Development
Corporation (PIDC) here Monday approved an amount of Rs 200 million for the
establishment of eight Skill Development Centres (SDCs) in earthquake hit areas of
Azad Kashmir and NWFP.
The meeting presided over by Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special
Initiatives, Mr. Jahangir Khan Tareen was attended by Federal Secretary Industries
and Production, Syed Zaheer Ali Shah, Chairman Technology Upgradation and Skill
Development Company (TUSDEC) , Mr. Almas Hyder, Chief Executive Officer, PIDC, Abdul
Bari Khan and other board members.
"These centres will become operational by April to train youth in different skills
and trades especially in construction and tourism and hospitality," Mr. Tareen said
while talking to mediamen after the meeting.
He said that the project to be executed by TUSDEC in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Balakot and
Batgram , would not only contribute significantly to the reconstruction activity in
the areas affected by October 8 tremor but also be helpful in bringing down the
incidence of poverty.
He said that the Muzaffarabad centre would also have the facility for training in
the skill of furniture manufacturing.
Tareen said that these centres would be run by the local executive committees.
He said that pre-fabricated steel structures would house these skill development
centres.
He hoped that more than 4000 youth would get training in eight different skills in a
period of one year.
Talking about the efforts being made by the government to upgrade technology in the
industrial sector, he said that TUSDEC would set up a Tools, Dies and Moulds Centre
(TDM) in Karachi and added that foundation stone laying ceremony of this centre
would be held next month.
He said that similar centres would be set up in Gujranwala and other industrial
towns of the country.
Earlier, General Manager (Skill Development), TUSDEC Col (rtd) Syed Anwar Ali
Pervez gave briefing on the projects being initiated by the company for technology
upgradation and skill development in the country.

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TUSDEC




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Contact Details = Muhammad Luqman, State Cement Corporation Budilding, Kot Lakhpat,
Lahore, Pakistan
0092-42-5142145
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