PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) declared their dedication to collectively raise concerns being dealt with by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa service neighborhood with main federal government.
SCCI President Fuad Ishaq and FPCCI President president Atif Ikram Sheikh established the agreement after a conference held here, stated in a declaration provided here on Sunday.
Both sides accepted start cumulative efforts to raise KP organization neighborhood problems especially achievement of the province humans rights about electrical energy, gas and other natural deposits and concerns relating cross-border trade.
The conference talked about KP business people concerns, especially the obstacles in trade and service, acquiring civil liberties on gas, electrical power and other natural deposits.
The individuals promised to use up all matters with federal government and appropriate authorities and fix them agreeably.
Business neighborhood verified to start energetic battle for KP rightful share on gas, electrical energy, oil and other natural deposits.
Atif Ikram Sheikh who accompanied by Chairman Coordination of the FPCCI Malik Sohail Hussain, previous president SCCI Zahidullah Shinwari and Sohail Javed informed the conference that continuous electrical power and gas supply to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is constitutional right and guaranteed FPCCI will use up this matter with federal government effective way.
Highlighting numerous concerns of KP’ company neighborhood, Fuad Ishaq stated gas, electrical power, mine and mineral reserves and trade with Afghanistan are the essential capacities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He stated KP has the very first right to exploit its native natural deposits, oil, gas and electrical energy under short article 158 of the constitution of the nation.
He, nevertheless, regreted that in spite of being a net exporter and surplus gas production, KP has actually been taken into the RLNG basket and providing rates to KP equivalent to significant provinces, which is completely unreasonable and inappropriate.
In the dominating scenario, Mr Ishaq stated commercial development has actually been decreased and numerous production systems were near to closure which might set off more joblessness in the province.
The SCCI chief required drawing out natural deposits by utilizing modern-day strategies and innovation to enhance their quality and requirement, stating that promo of this essential sector would create additional financial activities and job opportunity in the province.
He required the evaluation of IPPs contracts to conquer the energy crisis in the nation.
Fuad Ishaq notified that the Peshawar Expo Centre task was started in his previous governmental period, which remains in procedure of near conclusion and would need Rs3.45 billion to finish the task.
In this regard, he stated SCCI is using up the problem of the needed funds for Expo Centre Peshawar.
In the on the other hand, the business owner online forum hosted a supper in honour of United Business Group Patron in primary S.M Tanveer and FPCCI President Atif Ikram Sheikh kept in the house of SCCI’ president Fuad Ishaq.
The supper was gone to by business person online forum leader previous senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour, previous president FPCCI Ghazanfar Bilour, leading entrepreneur Senator Mohsin Aziz, Senator Nauman Wazir, SCCI SVP Sanaullah Khan, Vice president Ejaz Khan Afridi, FPCCI Coordinator and previous president of the chamber Haji Muhammad Afzal, ex-president FPCCI Zubair Tufail, previous vice president Zafar Bakhtawari, previous vice president ICCI Khalid Chaudhry, members of the SCCI executive committee Affaf Ali Khan, Hamza Ibrahim Butt, Faisal Afzal, Monawar Khurshid, previous presidents Zahidullah Shinwari, Riaz Arshad, Malik Niaz Ahmad, Haji Muhammad Asif, Faiz Muhammad Faizi, previous SVPs of the SCCI Imran Khan MOhmand, Muhammad Iqbal, and previous vice president Junaid Altaf, and members of service neighborhood, traders, importers and exporters.