SCCI chief calls for steps to promote business, trade

PESHAWAR: Reiterating opposition to the imposition of two percent cess on export, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) president Fazal Moqeem Khan on Saturday said the provincial government’s move was not only adversely affecting exports but also causing huge financial loss to exporters.

He was speaking at a meeting with a delegation of Frontier Custom Agents Association (FCAA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar president, led by PAJCCI senior vice-president and executive member of the SCCI Ziaul Haq Sarhadi at the chamber house here.

Fazal Moqeem asked the federal and provincial governments to take pragmatic steps to facilitate the businesses, trade and export.

“The traders have been facing difficulties owing to lack of facilities at Azakhel Dryport,” he added.

The delegation members congratulated the newly elected office-bearers of SCCI and apprised them about hurdles in Pak-Afghan mutual trade, transit trade, export, especially lack of facilities at Azakhel Dryport,

The SCCI chief assured the delegation to take up all issues with relevant authorities to streamline business, trade and export.

Fazal Moqeem also called for revival of a cargo train from Peshawar to Karachi and Good in Transit to Afghanistan (GITA) and provision of facilities at all trade routes.