Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah will launch Sindh Business Registration Portal (SBRP) on February 20. Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah said this in a meeting that was held with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Textile Industries Abdul Razak Dawood to discuss means for ease of doing business in Sindh province.
Federal Additional Secretary Board of Investment Farina Mazhar, Provincial Secretaries for BOI, Excise, Planning and Law departments and other officials attended the meting. Mumtaz told the meeting that Sindh Business Registration portal would beneficial for inverters and industrialists with regard to registration and taxation procedures.
"This portal will be one-window solution which will reduce time from 7 to 1 day," he said. The CS said that the Sindh Building Control Authority had reduced its time to issue permit for construction from 60 days to 30 days. "Sindh Board of Revenue has also reduced property registration time from 207 days to just 7 days" he said, adding that Sindh Environment Agency had reduced process for Environment Checklist from 30 days to 15 days while KW&SB was also now providing new commercial connection just in 21 days instead of 61 days.
Mumtaz Shah said that due to efforts of Sindh government, Pakistan's ranking has improved to 136th in DB 2019 Report, an unprecedented improvement scaling up from 147th position in 2018 - this effort must go on consistently with full impetus.
The PM's adviser Abdul Razak Dawood said the federal government was providing its all assistance to facilitate the foreign and local investors to invest in Sindh. He said all out facilities and conducive environment were being provided to investors and businessmen community for more investment in the province.