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KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Hours after the federal government came up with its fresh energy conservation plan, traders and restaurant owners rejected the measures announced, terming the policy.
Restaurants seek govt nod for dine-in facility
Say sales revenue has dropped sharply because of restrictions
PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Restaurant owners have appealed to the government to reopen dine-in facilities immediately with appropriate standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place.
All Pakistan Restaurants Association (APRA) Chairman Babar Nehal and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo on Wednesday held a press conference to express deep concern of the restaurant industry over the restrictions.
“The restaurant sector is in dire need of government support and facilitation as it has been gravely affected by Covid-19,” they said. “Its operations have been suspended and sales and revenues have declined steeply.”
A year of unprecedented loss
Services sector records negative growth of 0.6% for first time since 1960s
Year 2020 had been like no other year, especially in terms of digital transformation witnessed in Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS
Growth in much of the world’s services sector was anaemic in 2020 as industries were worried about the economic destruction caused by the Covid-19 pandemic across the globe.
In Pakistan, one of the most hard-hit areas was the services sector, which for the first time since the 1960s recorded a contraction of 0.6% from July 2019 to March 2020, revealed the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2019-20.
Terming services a supporting sector for the economy, senior economist Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan said the negative growth came on the back of dismal performance of the manufacturing and agriculture sectors.
Careem reduces its commission to 5% in support of the restaurant industry
>Careem, the Super App of the greater Middle East and Pakistan has announced to slash its restaurant commission fees to 5% with the second wave of COVID-19 hitting Pakistan and the closure of indoor dine-in. This announcement was made on Careem’s social media assets encouraging people to order more.
The restaurant industry needs you to be loud.
Eat out loud. Speak out loud. Support out loud.#MulKholKarKhao Careem s food delivery services are available in Karachi and limited areas of Lahore. Will be launched soon in more cities. pic.twitter.com/d7zUxeouFD