‘Business Centres promote trade activities’

LAHORE:Secretary Information and Culture Shahinshah Muhammad Faisal Azim Tuesday the Business Facilitation Centres are promoting commercial and business activities in the province.

During his visit to the Business Facilitation Centre in Al-Falah Building here, Shahinshah said the NOCs of 31 federal and provincial departments are being provided under one roof to encourage investors to launch new businesses.

He also reviewed the one-window services being provided by the Punjab government to facilitate the start-up of new businesses for investors there. General Manager of the Centre Abid Salim told the Secretary Information that NOCs from various departments, including the Department of Industry & Commerce, Environment along with five federal departments are necessary for starting business in the province.

A timeframe of 15 days has been fixed for the issuance of NOCs. Earlier, the NOCs were issued from the offices of various departments to the entrepreneurs so as to start business activities. The process of issuance of NOCs took a span of several months. Delay in obtaining NOCs was causing wastage of time, resources as well as causing discouragement to the investors.

Shahinshah inspected the facilities being provided by various departments at the Centres and directed the staff present over there to provide more facilitation to the applicants. The General Manager presented a newsletter to the Secretary to provide further awareness.