Staff Reporter
Lahore
Punjab Governor Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar has said that the government is committed to provide all possible facilities to the business community and continue its consultation with them to formulate key economic policies with a view to enhance country’s exports volume. He said that the government is well aware of the problems being faced by the trade and industrial sectors and it is undertaking every possible measure to provide a level-playing field to the business community.
He was addressing a grand reception of the Businessmen Panel hosted in honour of its chairman Mian Anjum Nisar.
The Businessmen Panel, on this occasion, announced the candidates for the forthcoming election of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) 2020 for all vice presidents seats, while former provincial minister Mian Anjum Nisar and Abdul Ghani Usman have already been nominated for the slots of president and senior vice president respectively.
PIAF Chairman Mian Nauman Kabir announced the names of candidates for the election of vice presidentship including Khurram Ijaz, Dr Muhammad Arshad, Col (R) Tauqirul Islam, Sheikh Sultan Rehman, Qesar Khan, Malik Sarfaraz Nazim Awan and Abdl Qayum Qureshi.
The meeting was attended by Tariq Sayeed, Mian Anjum Nisar, Haji Ghulam Ali, Mian Zahid Hussain, Zakria Usman, Shaukat Ahmed, Sheikh Aslam, Mirza Abdul Rehman, Shahzeb Akram and Adnan Jalil, besides representatives of country’s all major chambers and trade associations. On this occasion, the representatives of majority of chambers and associations from all four provinces announced unconditional support to the Businessmen Panel in the upcoming elections of the FPCCI.
Chaudhry Sarwar appreciated the role being played by the private sector, particularly the Businessmen Panel of the FPCCI, in the country’s economic development.
He said it was government’s strategy to reduce trade deficit by curbing import of non-essential and luxury items. The government was also striving to reduce the cost of doing business by ensuring supply of gas at concessional tariff for export-oriented industry, he added.
