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Lahore, January 09, 2014 (PPI-OT): For a greater interaction with the trade and industry associations and to prepare workable proposals for the upcoming budget for the year 2014-15, Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) constituted five committees.
The decision was made at a meeting presided over by the Chairman PIAF Malik Tahir Javaid. The committees were tasked to come up with solid proposals that would be forwarded to the government in due course. The conveners of these committees would also increase liaison with the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the sake collective approach in all the issues and challenges being faced by the trade and industry.
PIAF Executive Member Mudassor Masood has been appointed Convener of LCCI Liaison Committee, Zafar Mehmood Convener Membership Committee, Khalid Mehmood Chohan Convener Business Development Committee and Nabila Intisar as Convener Women Relation Committee.
The PIAF Chairman Malik Tahir Javaid said that an effort had been made to bring all the sectors of the economy on one platform. He said that the objective to form the committees was to give a clear message to the business community that the PIAF would continue to raise voice to the just cause of the business doing people at every forum and at all the times to come. He said that PIAF has always highlighted business community issues at all forums.
It has a very clear stance on Kalabagh Dam,other water reservoirs, High Markup,High Banking spread,highest ever government borrowing from domestic and international channel, Tax-to- GDP ration, under invoicing,Good Governance,Law and Order,shortage of energy. It has been raising voice on these issues and would continue to do so with full vigor in future as well.
He said that Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar and Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif are making best efforts to expedite economic activities in the country and by taking solid steps, the PIAF wanted to make the Government efforts more fruitful .
He said that PIAF believes in consultation therefore it had always urged the government to take stakeholders on board while evolving economic policies.
He said that the PIAF had always stressed the need for early construction of water reservoirs in the country including rain-fed Kalabagh Dam and today the government has also reached the conclusion that Kalabagh Dam was only solution to ensure availability of cheaper electrcity to the masses.
For more information, Contact:
Khalil-ur-Rehman
Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front
110/s Kot Lakhpat Industrial Estate
Lahore, Pakistan
Phone: (92) 42 5123522
Fax: (92) 42 5123522
Email: Info@piaf.pk