ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has assured the business leaders that the government will provide all possible assistance to the business community for economic stability and growth by bringing forward a business- and people-friendly budget for the fiscal year 2023-24.

A delegation from the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a meeting with Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif at the FBR (Headquarters) on Wednesday.

The delegation thanked the finance minister for inviting the budgetary proposals from the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry. They discussed the current economic condition of the country with the finance minister and informed him about the range of issues being faced by them.

To this end, they presented suggestions for those issues in the form of budgetary proposals to the finance minister to be considered in the upcoming federal budget. They also assured the finance minister of their continuous assistance to the government to improve the situation of economic and business activities in Pakistan.

Dar appreciated the budgetary proposals of the delegation and expressed the resolve of the government in overcoming the issues being faced by the business community to ensure economic growth of the country.

He also assured the business leaders that government will provide all possible assistance to the business community for economic stability and growth by bringing forward a business- and people-friendly budget for the fiscal year 2023-24.

SAPM on Finance, Tariq Bajwa, SAPM on Revenue, Tariq Mehmood Pasha, RRMC Chairman Ashfaq Tola, chairman FBR and senior officers of the Finance Division and the FBR attended the meeting.

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