Traders Given Assurance Of More Facilities.

LAHORE -- Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday met with a delegation headed by FPCCI President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh at the CMO in which matters pertaining to resolving the problems of the traders' community and the industrialists came under discussion. The chief minister gave assurance to the delegation to immediately resolve the problems of the traders' community and the industrialists. 'Our government, soon after coming into power, has created ease for the traders in doing business. He said that the timing restriction ban on doing business has been lifted across the province and permission has been granted to open the business centres and shops the entire week.' He said that the government would provide more facilities to the traders and the industrialists in the province. He disclosed that state-of-the-art Special Economic Zones will be set up in the province and they will get benefit from a successful model of the world in this regard. Parvez revealed that an agro-based economy will be promoted in the province adding that if the agricultural sector thrives then the economy will be strengthened. He maintained that we would take decisions in consultation with all the stakeholders adding that the process of meetings with the traders community and the industrialists would go on with continuity. The chief minister further stated that a focal person will be appointed in the CMO in order to resolve the problems of the traders...