SIALKOT: Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umer has assured full support and patronage to the business community by the government for the proper economic growth and increase in the national exports.
He said that the government is successfully taking the national economy towards the goal of national economical stability. He said that the government was also successfully removing all the impediments from the way of smooth economic growth by giving boost to national exports as well.
Asad Umer said that the economical and industrial boost was on the top economical agenda of the government.
Asad Umer hinted out the possibilities of legislative changes in the coming budget to facilitate the business community by taking all the stake holders into confidence.
He said that the government was actively considering simplification of all the taxes’ collection and making it easier as well.
“Government was taking tough decisions to boom up the national economy, as it did not put any additional burden on the shoulders of the common people in this mini budget”, he added.
He said that government was making hectic efforts to boom up national economy and strengthening the national commerce and trade besides removing all the hurdles from the smooth way of national economical stability in the country.
He stated this while addressing an important meeting of the Sialkot exporters held at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) here today, here in this evening. SCCI President Khawaja Masud Akhtar presided over the meeting.
Finance Minister Asad Umer asked the business community of Pakistan to adopt the unique export culture of Sialkot to boom up national exports. He said that government was making all out sincere efforts to ensure doing business easy in Pakistan.
He urged the Sialkot exporters to make strategic thinking to boost the national exports. “Government will support Sialkot business community in every matter”, he pledged.
Asad Umer added the government was evolving positive and effective strategies to boost exports through the direly needed reduction in cost of doing business in Pakistan as well.
Federal Finance Minister narrated that the government was fully aware of the perturbing problems being faced by the business community, saying that the government was making all out sincere efforts for the early amicable solution to these problems by taking the businessmen into confidence as well.
PM’s Special Assistant on Youth Affairs Usman Dar revealed that the government was making proper planning , evolving effective and positive policies to boost industrial sector, besides, taking business community into confidence for ensuring complete implementation on business and investment-friendly policies in country.
Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Dr. Jehanzaib Khan said that the tax system was being made easier to facilitate the business community.
Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Dr. Jehanzaib Khan, State Minister for Revenue Hammad Azhar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar, Provincial Minister for Industry and Production Punjab Mian Aslam Iqbal, Provincial Minister for labour Punjab Ansar Majeed Niazi, SCCI SVP Waqas Akram Awan, Vice President Aamir Hameed Bhatti , Chairman Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) Nadeem Anwar Qureshi and the representatives of Sialkot’s all the main trade bodies also attended the meeting…#
