PESHAWAR
\nTraders demanded of the government to take pragmatic steps for improving law and order situation.
\nThey urged federal and provincial tax departments\/ authorities to respect dignity during actions and enforcement of rules and regulations and orders.
\nBusiness community asked to end issuance of illegal notices, harassment and unnecessary actions by concerned authorities.
\nTraders want permanent solutions to border-related issues. They demanded steps to make a fully functional dry-port. The government should pay attention to developing small and medium scale business and industry, along with the mining, marble sector, they stressed.
\nThe traders asked the government to retain tax-exemption for erstwhile FATA\/merged district and Provincial Administered Tribal Areas (PATA).
\nThey made these demands during a joint meeting of various trade bodies and associations of Peshawar held under chairmanship of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Fuad Ishaq here at the chamber house on Saturday.
\nOn the occasion, almost all the trade unions in Peshawar have placed their trust in the Businessman Forum (BF) leader former senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour and pledged their support to BF for the upcoming election of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI).
\nThe meeting was attended by Businessman Forum leader former senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour, former FPCCI president Ghazanfar Bilour, Anjuman e Tajran KP president and former president of the chamber Haji Muhammad Afzal, the SCCI senior vice president Sanaullah Khan, vice president Ejaz Khan Afridi, Peshawar Fruit Market President Haji Alif Khan, Haji Mushtaq Hussain, IAP president Ayub Zakori, Peshawar Jirga Chairman Habibullah Zahid, Saraf Bazar Andar Sher President Sherfarzand, SIEA Kohat Road Peshawar President Wahid Arif Awan, executive members of the chamber Javed Akhtar, Fazal Muqeem, Pervez Khan Khattak, Ismail Safi, former president Faiz Muhammad Faizi, Engr Maqsood Anwar Pervez, Sherbaz Bilour, former SVPs of the SCCI Ziaul Haq Sarhadi, Naeem Butt, former VP Shuja Muhammad, Aftab Iqbal, Ihsanullah, Muhammad Asghar, Haji Naseer, Gohar Islam, President Shoba Bazar Malik Miraj, President Khyber Bazar Khalid Mehmood, President Karimpur II Khurram Shahzad, Chairman Tajir Itehad University Road Haji Amir Nawaz, Abdul Rashid, traders, industrialists, importers and exporters were present.
\nTraders apprised meeting about issues relating to border closure, police, excise, custom, pesco, SNGPL, tax-authorities, KPRA, obstacles in export, trade and harassment, illegal actions by the federal and provincial relevant departments. They asked SCCI to take up all issues with the government and authorities to resolve them.
\nIlyas Bilour said BF is the only forum which has played a vital role in resolution of business community issues. He urged community vote and support for the forum in the upcoming SCCI\u2019 elections.
\nFuad Ishaq speaking on the occasion said SCCI has played a role in resolution of business community issues by proactively taking up with authorities at central and provincial level.
\nHe said SCCI believes in self-less services to the business community and for the last 25 years, the businessman forum won elections with heavy margin and mandate and continued services to the traders. He urged the community to vote in favour of BF to continue this sequel of indiscriminate services.
\nGhazanfar Bilour, Haji Muhammad Afzal and other traders\u2019 leaders also spoke on the occasion and shed light on traders\u2019 issues and SCCI role toward their amicable resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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