Pakistan, Aug. 30 -- Adviser to Prime Minister (Federal Minister) for Industries & Production Haroon Akhtar Khan has said on Saturday that government was taking several steps to promote industrialisation, revive sick industrial units, reduce the cost of doing business and provide easier financing to the private sector.

He said new policies were being prepared for Battery Energy Storage Systems, solar panels, mobile phone manufacturing, electric vehicles, agricultural machinery, fertiliser, automobiles and other sectors. The aim, he added, was to promote local manufacturing and reduce dependence on imports. He said a new Auto Policy was also in its final stages, which would include special incentives for electric two-, three- and four-whe...