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UN to finance projects in south Punjab
July 17, 2021
MULTAN: The United Nations has shown a keen interest in the uplift of the remote region of south Punjab and it would finance in health, education, environment, water management, human resource and infrastructural development.
The UN envoys including UN Resident Head Islamabad Shah Nasir Khan and UN Joint Secretary Nelufar Zahid said this while addressing a capacity-building workshop on Development Program 2023-2027 jointly organised by UN and South Punjab Administrative Secretariat here on Friday.
The UN envoys said they would enhance cooperation in fields of environment, water management and human resources.
The next annual development program will also ensure transparent utilisation of UN grants for South Punjab projects.
The acting FPCCI chief suggested that corporate courts should be established in the country to counter and balance the weak policies of the successive governments and ensure protection to SMEs. Dawn/File
KARACHI: The acting president of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Nasir Khan, has urged the Supreme Court to protect the business community as the “discretionary” powers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) have been expanded in the federal budget of the current financial year.
Speaking at a press conference at the Federation House on Wednesday along with other businessmen, he said Section 203A (powers to arrest) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, would only result in increase in corruption and harassment.
July 15, 2021
KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Wednesday demanded intervention of the government for not including its recommendations in the budget for 2021/22.
Addressing a press conference Wednesday, FPCCI Acting President Nasir Khan said the government had not incorporated practical, business-friendly and growth-promoting proposals of FPCCI in the budget.
âIt was gross negligence on the government s part to ignore the apex representative body of Pakistanâs business, industrial and trade community,â he said.
Khan also criticised the Section 203A of the budget which empowers and expands the discretionary powers of FBR. He added that it would only result in an increase in corruption and harassment. Although Section 203A has been amended through introduction of slabs, powers to arrest and prosecute will create a fearful and discouraging environment for SMEs.
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