lahore - At a time when the business community is striving to accelerate economic activity in the country, the bureaucracy is all out to decelerate it and a Punjab Local Government notification dated April 5, 2013 is a classic example to this regard.The LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar said that an ...
LAHORE :-Strong fiscal policies backed by long-term stability, sizeable budget for energy projects, cut in spending, tax on agri incomes, rationalization of taxes and decrease in duties on imported raw materials and increase in tax revenues are prerequisites to sustainable economic growth of the ...
lahore - The business community as a whole is fully tax compliant and to increase the number of assessees is the responsibility of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). A large number of businessmen pay taxes honestly while a small fraction either pay less tax or no tax and that too is in the ...
The All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran has asked the Punjab interim government to arrest the cough syrup companies’ owners responsible for deaths of dozens of people, taking them to justice for spurious drug manufacturing.A group of traders also flayed the role of LCCI to support such criminal ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday decided to expedite work for promotion of trade between Pakistan and United States through utilization of all available tools including collection of data of tradable items, a strong liaison with US Ambassador and exchange of trade ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has congratulated the newly appointed Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Ansar Javed and invited him to visit LCCI to share his future plans with the business community.In a letter to the FBR chairman on Wednesday, the LCCI President ...
LAHORE - Punjab Employees Social Security Institution, while admitting the long delay in issuance of registration cards to industrial workers, has decided to form mobile teams to issue PESSI cards to industrial workers.The decision was announced by the Commissioner PESSI Dr Sajid Yousafani while ...
LAHORE - Expressing concerns over slow economic growth and increasing fiscal deficit, the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said that the country’s economy is at a high risk and remains vulnerable to internal and external shocks.In a statement issued on Saturday the LCCI President ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomed inauguration of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project and hoped that the project would proceed expeditiously and would be completed well in time.In a statement issued here, the LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar said that the Lahore Chamber of ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday called for regionally competitive interest rates and urged the State Bank to bring its key policy rate down to 8 per cent to counter weak growth and revive fresh, private investment in the economy to create jobs.In a statement issued ...
LAHORE – The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry Wednesday strongly protested harassment of pharmaceutical manufacturers at the hands of Provincial Drug Inspectors. In a statement issued here, the LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar said that the harassment of pharmaceutical manufacturers by ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry is greatly anguished at suspension of day-old new visa regime by the Indian Prime Minister and Army Chief remarks, terming them a severe blow to trade normalization process being pushed by the business community.In a joint statement issued here ...
LAHORE – Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Lahore Stock Exchange have congratulated the newly-elected Lahore Economic Journalists Association (LEJA) President Fakhir Malik, Vice President Sadiq Bloach, Secretary General Muhammad Luqman, Finance Secretary Shabbir Sarwar and Members ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has made downward revision of its services charges for its members.According to details, the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Executive Committee in its meeting decided to bring down the charges for Visa Recommendation Letter, Visa ...
LAHORE – The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Friday called for establishment of a fully equipped Business Centre at Wagha and other land borders to cope with trade with India that is going to register a quantum jump after Dec 31st.In a statement issued here, the LCCI President Farooq ...
LAHORE – The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Thursday supported the latest drive of Federal Board of Revenue who has made it mandatory for the businesses to display their National Tax Number (NTN) at their place of business.In a statement issued here, the LCCI President Farooq ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday observed Malala Day with a renewed pledge to work for the promotion of education of girls.In a message, LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar, Senior Vice President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh and Vice President Mian Abuzar Shad said that Malala ...
LAHORE – The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has demanded of the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Ali Arshad Hakeem to extend deadline for filing income tax returns up to November 15th. In a statement, the LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar said that the FBR was already facing multiple ...
LAHORE - The newly-elected LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar, Senior Vice President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh and Vice President Mian Abuzar Shad have spelt out their priorities for the coming year at the annual general meeting held here on Saturday.The AGM was presided over by Election Commissioner Mian ...
LAHORE – President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari will be the Chief Guest in the LCCI Achievement Awards 2012 being held today (September 14). Top government functionaries, politicians, diplomats, bureaucrats and businessmen will participate in The Achievement Award is annual feature of the ...
LAHORE - LCCI here Wednesday criticized Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) decision to revise the prices of petroleum products on weekly basis and said that it would not only double the inflation figures but also create operational difficulties for the manufacturers.LCCI President Irfan ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, while expressing deep concern over awful and continuous prolonged loadshedding, has demand of the government to ensure equitable power cuts in all parts of the country. In a statement issued here Thursday, LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and Industry have decided to establish a mechanism for exchange of trade related information that is the biggest hurdle to enhanced bilateral trade.The decision was made at meeting of 37-member LCCI delegation, ...
LAHORE - The Federal budget 2012-13 is lacking incentives to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), especially in industrial and employment generating activities, which is critical for economic development of the country.This was the crux of a debate on ‘post-budget’ arranged by the ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Friday called a well thought-out and well-designed strategy to diversify exports to other emerging markets as Europe and North American markets continue to face downward pressures since the beginning of global economic downturn.In a statement ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Friday welcomed delay of SRO 191(I)2012 and appreciated Finance Minister for giving patient hearing to all LCCI demands.In a statement issued here, LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said that decision to delay SRO 191 till budget would go a long ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Monday made it clear that MFN Status to India would be of little benefit to Pakistan unless and until all Pakistan-specific NTBs are removed and the core issues are addressed.This was stated by the LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh while talking ...
LAHORE – The LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh Wednesday complimented Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal’s Sweet Homes Project for giving honour, dignity and respect to orphan children and termed it a unique initiative aiming at bringing them to mainstream of society. The LCCI President was talking ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday appealed to Prime Minister to disband National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) for its failure to protect interests of consumers under clause 31 of Nepra Act.The LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh took a strong exception to ...
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tuesday warned the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of nationwide agitation if the SRO 191(1) 2012 was not withdrawn immediately. Business leaders from a number of trade and industrial associations, including Anjuman-e-Tajiran Pakistan, Qoumi Tajir ...






