RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has welcome the appointment of Miftah Ismail as the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs.
President of RCCI Zahid Latif Khan said the key slot of finance minister had been vacant for almost a month and there was an uncertainty in the country, a statement said.
He said this key appointment would resolve the issue of uncertainty among the business community and “we are hopeful that Miftah Ismail will address the issues faced by business community at his earliest.”
The appointment of Miftah Ismail as the adviser to prime minister with the status of federal minister and Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan as State Minister of Finance in remaining few months of the incumbent government’s term would now clear the situation for the local and foreign investors, he added.
He said business community had great expectations with newly appointed advisor as he earned a masters and doctorate degrees from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in Public Finance and Political Economy as well as he had worked as the head of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade, chairman of the Federal Board of Investment, and as chairman of Privatization Commission.
