تلخیص
This paper aims to find the specific causes of sick industrial
units of Hayatabad Industrial Estate, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
and their remedial measures. Data was collected through
questionnaires from 36 industrialists of sick industrial
units. In addition to this, interviews were conducted with
officials of Sarhad Development Authority, Small and
Medium Enterprises Development Association and
Industrialists Association Hayatabad Industrial Estate. The
data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and
exhibited in cross tabs, graphs, charts, showing
percentages and other numerical results. The results
showed that lack of entrepreneurial skills, unskilled labor,
unavailability of raw materials, weak promotional
activities and misuse of financial resources are the specific
causes of sick industrial units of Hayatabad Industrial
Estate, Peshawar.