PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Sherbaz Bilour urged the government for pragmatic steps to promote entrepreneurship and skilled development programs to create employment opportunities in the province.
Chairing a meeting during visit of KP Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education, Shahram Khan Tarakai on Tuesday, Mr Sherbaz Bilour termed the SCCI’s web portal/ Investment Facilitation Centre project is not only step towards digitization, but it would also promote E-businesses that can help shift phenomena of job seeking to job creator.
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Sherbaz Bilour emphasized the need for promotion of industrialization and facilitating the businesses overcome with unemployment issues. He asked the government to incentivize the COvid-19 hit traders and avoid taking anti-businesses steps, because taxpayers have an enormous contribution toward economic development of the country.
The SCCI chief also called for consultation with the chamber and relevant stakeholders for formulation of sustainable economic policies that would help to flourish businesses. He added if the business community would prosper then the economy can also be boosted up.
Sherbaz Bilour also stresses the need for promotion of education on modern lines to meet growing challenges amid evolving and changing scenarios throughout the world.
Later, the provincial minister Shahram Tarakai while speaking on the occasion asked the business community to pay special attention toward promotion of trade with the Central Asian Republic as the present government under the dynamic leadership of Imran Khan had practically undertaken measures to enhance exports by further cementing trade and economic ties with regional countries.
The Minister also emphasized the building strong linkages between academia and industries to create opportunities to enhance the skills of graduates from different educational institutions and universities.
He said the incumbent government was taking practical steps to incentivize the Covid-affected businesses and industries and provided special relief in the construction and textile sector, meant to boost up the country’s export. On the occasion, the minister said the peaceful and prosperous neighbouring Afghanistan is essential for Pakistan, saying that our country, especially of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region had paid a huge price and rendered matchless sacrifices during the prolonged Afghan war.