PESHAWAR
\nSarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed reservations over the recent massive increase in rents of Auqaf properties and bringing them equal to private properties rents.
\nFuad Ishaq president of the chamber warned unrest among traders\u2019 community and law and order situation will be created if this matter won\u2019t be resolved with mutual consultation.
\nAccording to details, a delegation of traders headed by president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Fuad Ishaq held a meeting with Secretary Auqaf, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asadullah Khan in his office on Thursday.
\nThe SCCI former presidents Haji Muhammad Afzal and Riaz Arsahd and others also present in the meeting.
\nMembers of the SCCI delegation strongly opposed 100 per cent increase in rents of Auqaf properties and bringing them equal to private sector properties rents and stated that economic and business situations are highly fragile and unstable under the prevailing circumstances.
\nThey, therefore, urged the government and Auqaf department to review the unprecedented increased rents of properties and take initiatives for sorting out a viable and endorsable solution of this matter so the traders\u2019 community continue earning livelihoods for their families and the wheel of economy and business will continue to run as well.
\nThe delegation made it clear that the forced eviction of the traders\u2019 community on pretext of increase in rents of Auqaf properties was intolerable and unacceptable.
\nAsadullah Khan, Secretary Auqaf, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while talking during the meeting assured that to extend full cooperation to sort out a workable solution to this matter in consultation with SCCI and traders community.
\nThe senior official furthermore, assured concerted efforts would be initiated to address this matter till the next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed reservations over the recent massive increase in rents of Auqaf properties and bringing them equal to private properties rents. Fuad Ishaq president of the chamber warned unrest among traders\u2019 community and law and order situation will be created if this matter won\u2019t be resolved with mutual consultation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-365689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n