PESHAWAR
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Budget Advisory Board organized a pre-budget consultative meeting for collecting budget proposals from line departments and business community for inclusion in the upcoming provincial budget.
The meeting was presided over by Advisor to KP Caretaker CM on Finance, Himayatullah Khan. Besides, Caretaker Minister for Industries & Technical Education, Mohammad Adnan Jalil and Officers of the line departments, Coordinator of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), Sartaj Ahmad Khan, and other representatives of the business community also attended the meeting at large. Speaking in the meeting, Coordinator FPCCI Sartaj Ahmad Khan said that during the last 75 years economic growth has never remained the priority of rulers and despite having huge economic potentials we are begging before the international monetary institutes.
He said that now it is the need of the hour to fully focus on economic development and promotion of business activities and allocate at least 20% share in the provincial budget for economic and trade development.
The FPCCI official further stressed on giving special priority to bilateral trade with Afghanistan and Central Asian States and promotion of hydel power, tourism and horticulture sectors. He called for making policy and focusing on it in the annual budget to improve the economy of the province.
He called for the establishment of a women business centre at each district level to utilize the potential of women in the economic development of the province.
