our correspondent
ISLAMABAD
Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, MNA and Chairperson NA Standing Committee on Interior, assured the business community that he would try his best to present the amended bill of rent control act for Islamabad in the next session of the National Assembly for passage.
He said this while addressing the business community during his visit to Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI). He said that the NA Standing Committee on Interior has already passed the bill and all possible efforts would be made to present it in the next session of the National Assembly for its passage.
He said that ICCI should send him written issues of the business community related to CDA, Police, IESCO and other departments and assured that he would play a role for their redress. He said he would try for the inclusion of president ICCI in the CDA Master Plan Revision Committee to get the input of the business community.
Nawaz said that efforts are afoot to form a transport authority for Islamabad to address the transport issues of the citizens. He said that the flyover in Bhara Kahu would be constructed in next financial year as some technical reasons have caused its delay this year. He said that a ring road for Islamabad would be developed for which survey is in progress.
He said that the business community is a major stakeholder in the economy and the government is focused on promoting ease of doing business for them. He said that in collaboration with the business community, Islamabad would be developed as a model city.
President ICCI Muhammad Ahmed Waheed appreciated the construction package of the government that has the potential to turn around the economy. However, he stressed that the government should extend its last date from December 31 this year to June 30, 2021 so that maximum investors could invest in the construction industry.
