Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair has assured that a meeting between Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) along with other relevant officials will be held soon at Governor House in order to discuss and resolve the issues being faced by the business community of Karachi due to massive discretionary powers and constant harassment by FBR Officers.
Governor Sindh gave the assurance to a delegation of Karachi Chamber, which was led by Chairman Businessmen Group & former president KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli during a meeting at Governor House on Tuesday. Besides Siraj Teli, KCCI delegation also comprised of Vice Chairman BMG Tahir Khaliq, President KCCI Shamim Ahmed Firpo, Senior Vice President KCCI Asif Nisar, Vice President KCCI Muhammad Younus Soomro, Former Presidents KCCI AQ Khalil, M. Haroon Bari, Haroon Agar & Younus Muhammad Bashir, Chairman Special Committee for Small Traders-KCCI Majeed Memon, Chairman Special Committee for My Karachi Exhibition Muhammad Idrees and former vice president KCCI Nasir Mehmood.
KCCI delegates appreciated Governor's full support and co-operation to Karachi Chamber and assured the same from KCCI's platform. KCCI delegation drew the attention of Governor Sindh towards constant harassment being suffered by the business and industrial community of Karachi because of massive discretionary powers conferred to FBR officials even at lower level.
Unnecessary raids were being conducted to harass businessmen and industrialists whereas the situation has terribly shattered the confidence of entire business community, they added. KCCI delegation also invited Governor Sindh to inaugurate 14th My Karachi Oasis of Harmony Exhibition scheduled to start at the Expo Center from April 7. They informed that this three-day long event was regularly being organised since 2004, when Chairman BMG Siraj Teli came up with a brilliant idea to promote the positive and soft image of Karachi.
In response, Governor Sindh immediately accepted the invitation to inaugurate 14th My Karachi Exhibition in April and also assured to visit Karachi Chamber in March as well so that the issues being faced by business and industrial community could be discussed in detail.-PR