President of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Engr Maqsood Anwar Pervez has assured the traders community that SCCI will make all-out efforts to resolve their issues on priority basis. He urged the government to reshape its economic policies for bringing economic stability and practical steps to resolve business community problems.

He said this while chairing a high-level meeting of traders' leaders here on Friday.

Furthermore, the SCCI chief assured they will take issues with relevant authorities regarding different taxes, including property, professional, trade, excise and taxation, besides the traders issues will also take up with subordinate departments of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

The meeting was attended by the SCCI Senior Vice President, Shahid Hussain, Chairman Anjuman-e-Tajaran Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shaukat Ali Khan, chamber former president and president of Anjuman-e-Tajaran Peshawar, Haji Muhammad Afzal, former president, Zahidullah Shinwari, Faiz Muhammad Faizi, Nadeem Rauf, Abidullah Yousafzai, Saddar Gul, Hamayun Fazal, Javed Akhtar, Jamaluddin, Faiz Mohibullah and other members.

Engr Maqsood asked the trader leaders to promote close liaison and relations with traders' community at bazaar level and present their proposals for resolution of their issues in order to resolve them through the SCCI platform. He said SCCI is a representative forum of the business community and resolution of traders and industrialists issues through this platform included among its top priority of the chamber.

He vowed that they will take business community on board regarding key decisions and will devise strategy for resolution of their issues by making proper consultation and will not disappoint them.

He said the business and industries have closed down due to business-hostile policies of the present government. He said the additional burden of taxes on existing taxpayers has created gulf between government and traders.

Shaukat Ali, Haji Muhammad Afzal, Zahidullah Shinwari, Shahid Husain, SCCI SVP and others also spoke on the occasion and gave different proposals for amicable resolution of business community problems.