Sialkot Chamber calls for relief package.

SIALKOT -- The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) on Tuesday urged the government to announce a relief package for exporters and ensure early clearance of refunds.

The manufacturing and export sectors were ignored in budget 2020-21, even though the industry was suffering a financial crisis and now a pandemic, a press release issued by the chamber said.

SCCI Senior Vice President Khurram Azeem Khan said the Covid-19 pandemic had triggered recession and the value-added export sector is affected severely.

'The export industry was expecting some relief from government in this budget to overcome their financial problems. However, no such support or relief was announced for the export sector in this budget,' he said.

'Huge liquidity of the exporters...