Addressing a public meeting in adjoining village Miyani last night, he said the main objective of the government was to develop backward and ignored areas aimed at brining those areas at par with the developed parts of the country.
The Speaker said the government was utilising huge funds on the provision of basic facilities like electricity, sui gas, telecommunication, education, health and means of communication in far-off and neglected areas.
The government had prepared a plan for village electrification and under the programme every village would be illuminated in the country, he added.
The NA Speaker said that to produce skilled and trained hands the vocational training institutions would be set up at tehsil and districts headquarters, adding the step was being taken for reducing the unemployment graph in the country.
He called upon the business community that they should establish more small and cottage industries in remote areas for generating the job opportunities and help scaling down the unemployment in the country.
The large scale setting up of industries in such areas would not only help in reducing unemployment graph but also supportive in minimising the rural migration towards cities, he was of the opinion.
Amir Hussain said the business tycoons of Sialkot had the capability of setting up small and cottage industries and help in handling the unemployment problem in Sialkot district.
The government, he said, had introduced a liberal and business-friendly polices, as a result of which large number of overseas Pakistanis and foreign investors were taking keen interest in investing different trade fields of Pakistan.
Speaking on the occasion, District Nazim Sialkot Muhammad Akmal Cheema said the district government would focus on the face lifting of the district and for this long and short-term development plans were being prepared.
Muhammad Akmal Cheema said development funds would be utilised evenly in all union councils and development funds would be mobilised in a transparent manner. The promotion of health, education, means of communication and agriculture sectors on top of the agenda of the district government, he added.