PESHAWAR: Founder President, Malakand Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) and Director A.W Group of Industries, Mohammad Shoaib Khan has called for the merger of Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Economic Zones Development & Management Company (KP-EZDMC) with immediate effect. He made this demand while addressing a meeting here in FPCCI Regional Office here on Tuesday. Besides, Regional Coordinator FPCCI Sartaj Ahmad Khan and Secretary Khalid Haider, a delegation of Chitral Chamber of Commerce & Industry also attended the meeting. The renowned businessman said that KP has remained far behind Sindh and Punjab in industrial and trade development. He complained that massive taxation is creating hurdles in the industrial development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He identified SIDB, a big hurdle in the industrial development and asked the provincial government to take notice of its incompetence and its merger with KP-EZDMC forthwith to pave way for industrial development of the province. On this occasion, Coordinator FPCCI Sartaj Ahmad Khan assured that all problems faced by the business community would be taken up with the Federal Ombudsman and authorities of federal and provincial governments. APP
