KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Thirty percent of factories have stopped functioning in southeastern Khost province due to electricity outage and non-availability of the industrial park, factory owners said on Saturday.
There are around 240 large and medium factories in Khost where as many as 7,000 individuals are working.
Naseebullah, the owner of a factory in Azadi Mena Township, said his factory stopped functioning from the past six months.
He said continued electricity outage and non-availability of industrial park forced him to stop production.
Saddam Zadran, another industrialist, said besides the lack of other facilities, continued electricity outages were . . .
