PESHAWAR
Former vice president, Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Mohammad Adnan Jalil has urged on the people to pay their taxes with honesty and timely to generate resources for the progress and development.
In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said that the prevailing economic situation of the country will not remain the same and we will soon come out soon of the current crisis.
Mr. Jalil, who has also served as president, Peshawar Chamber of Small Traders and Industries, said that the current situation is not developed in few months, rather was triggered by the Covid pandemic, devastated floods and confrontational politics.
He said that Pakistan is a beautiful country and its various regions and provinces have separate potentials and particularly mentioned the huge potentials of tourism and cheap hydel power generation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Similarly, he said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Riqo Deck are also game changers’ projects to earn billions of dollars and clear our liabilities with international financial institutions.
Similarly, he has also called for the utilization of the oil and gas potentials of districts Kohat and Karak of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to control the energy crisis in the country.
He also called for arrest of the devaluation of the rupee against dollar and asked the central bank to play it due role in this regard to prevent price hike and multiplication of the woes of the people.
He further called for bringing improvement in the governance system to arrest corruption. He also stressed need for political stability and urged all political party to sign a charter of economy on the pattern of Charter of Democracy between to bring the current political instability to an end.
He appreciated the lifting of ban on the opening of the Letter of Credit (LC) and was hopeful that the step will usher positive change and restore the confidence of stock exchange and business community.
