Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Senior Vice President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry Tahir Abbasi and Vice President Saif ur Rehman Khan have strongly opposed the government move to close the businesses before Eid ul Azha, especially at a time when the spread of Covid-19 pandemic was well under control in the twin cities and in other parts of the country.
They called upon the government to enforce SOPs to curb the coronavirus instead of closing businesses before Eid-ul-Azha as closure of businesses during this important festival would cause great losses to the business community and further weaken our struggling economy.
The SVP and VP ICCI said that the business community have already suffered huge losses due to the enforcement of lockdowns to control the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and the festival of Eid ul Azha provided them a good opportunity to recover some of their losses. However, keeping businesses closed before Eid-ul-Azha would deal a big blow to them and add to their financial difficulties. –APP
