Newly elected Chairman Pakistan Chemical and Dyes Merchant Association (PCDMA) Haroon Agar has urged the government to reduce mark-up rate, utility tariff and custom duty. Speaking at 37th annual general body meeting of the association on Thursday he said that the government should start process in consultation with stakeholders before finalising the imposition of any new tax or enhance tax rate.
He said that the government must give up its move to further burden taxpayers and work for discovering new avenues for generating revenues. He pleaded that with the reduction of duties and utility tariff, cost of doing business will be reduced which ultimately reduce prices of end products.
He emphasised the need of unity among different groups of business community to face economic crisis. Earlier, Convenor Election Commission, Arshad Usman announced the election results and declared that Muhammad Haroon Agar has been declared elected as chairman and Shaikh Imran Saleem as Vice Chairman of the association.
Others who have been elected as members of the corporate class executive committee members includes Mohammad Haroon Agar, Aftab Ahmed Batla, Arshad Kamal and Humayun Izhar. Thos who have been elected as associate class executive committee members include Shaikh Imran Saleem, Shakeel Fateh, Faisal Fakhar, Mohammad Yahya Arshad and Irfan Salim.