Government urged to simplify export-related regulations, procedures

Acting president of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Shahid Hussain while speaking at an awareness seminar on "FX Operations and State Bank Online Portal," jointly organized by the SCCI and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) at the chamber house, here on Friday urged the government to simplify complicated regulations and documental procedures related to exports to ease their difficulties and to give further boost the export of locally manufactured products to regional countries.

The seminar was attended by Managing Director Service Corporation State Bank of Pakistan, Muhammad Ashraf, Group Head Foreign Exchange and Finance Department SBP, Shaukat Zaman, Director Exchange Policy Department SBP Arshad Mehmood Bhatti, Chief Manager SBP Peshawar, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Regional Head North SBP, Sajjad Ali Shah, former president SCCI Haji Muhammad Afzal, executive members, Aftab Iqbal and Ihsanullah, APCEA former chairman, Engr Manzoor Elahi, Sardar Gul, Fazal Wahid, traders, exporters and importers, managers and representatives from public and private sector commercial banks and others.

Shahid Hussain said that traders and exporters are being faced difficulties due to complicated regulations and lengthy documental procedures which had adversely affecting trade between Afghanistan and Central Asian Republic countries.

He further said that SCCI and SMEDA have jointly established Business Facilitation Centre in the chamber house to resolve business community issues under "One window operation" service.