PESHAWAR
\nSarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry acting president Ijaz Khan Afridi urged the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to establish a facilitation desk for the business community at chamber house.
\nHe urged the government and relevant authorities to take pragmatic steps for ease of doing business and special incentives and facilities should be offered to businesspersons to improve the national economy.
\nIjaz Afridi was speaking at an awareness seminar on \u2018Ease of Doing Business and Inclusion of Women in Business\u2019 jointly organized by Sarhad Chamber in collaboration with Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) at SCCI\u2019s house.
\nThe seminar was attended by members of the SCCI executive committee Ms Qurtul Ain, S Minhajuiddin, Hamza Ibrahim Butt, former vice president Abidulllah Yousafzai, Faiz Rasool, Saddar Gul, Fazal Wahid, Ihsanullah, Faiz Rasool along with traders, industrialists, importers and exporters in a large number.
\nDeputy Registrar Incharge Company Registration SECP Peshawar Division Saqib Aslam during the seminar enlightened the participants through his multi-media presentation regarding registration, licensing process, stock market along with reforms and amendments in laws and regulations made by SECP for ease and facilitation of business community.
\nThe senior official said reforms had been brought regarding company registration, licensing through amending relevant laws and regulations for ease of doing business.
\nSaqib Aslam said the process of digitization and automation has been initiated to ease the difficulties of the business community.
\nHe claimed approximately 200,000 companies had so far registered with SECP under the automatic and swift system.
\nThe Deputy Registrar said human intervention has been reduced by a digitization and automation system.
\nHe said Pakistan\u2019s position in the world ranking index with regard to Ease of Doing Business has been improved.
\nHe said SECP will soon introduce a one window policy to facilitate the business community. He said
\nSenior official said SECP\u2019s project for end-to-end digital transformation and automation is called \u201cLeading Efficiency through Automation Prowess (LEAP) will be launched by the end of October this year.
\nEarlier, SCCI\u2019s acting president Ijaz Khan Afridi thanked the SECP for conducting an awareness seminar on such an important theme.
\nHe appreciated the government, SECP and other relevant institutions for the reform initiatives because of which Pakistan\u2019s position had been improved in the \u2018Ease of Doing Business\u2019 Index globally.
\nIjaz Afridi on the occasion eulogized the role of women in development of the national economy and stressed the need for providing equal opportunities to them for playing their consistent role in economic development of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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