PIAF for lowering the cost of production
Business
Urges govt to solve problems through dialogue
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Chairman Fahimur Rehman Saigol urged the government to solve their problems on a priority basis in consultation with the traders. PIAF’s mission was to create a stable economy and prosperous business community, he added.
He also called for promoting industrialization and enhancing exports through lowering the cost of production, paying early refunds to solve liquidity crunch and relaxing import policy for industrial raw material.
During a visit to various markets in Lahore, he said the business community was facing problems like unannounced load shedding, parking, departmental proceedings, overbilling and expensive electricity and gas in the markets.
He asked the government to appreciate the role of trade, industry and exporters, providing mass employment to the jobless population of the country.
Saigol suggested introduction of One-Window Operation for the replacing the lengthy procedures that involve interaction of manufacturers with various agencies. The government agencies were harassing the trade and industry every day, he said and called for merging different taxes and deducting the same at the source.
