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Business community will play its pivotal role to make the city beautiful: Atif Ikram

Business community will play its pivotal role to make the city beautiful: Atif Ikram

Umar Hayat Khan May 23, 2024 Add Bol News as a trusted source

President Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Atif Ikram Shaikh met Chairman CDA Muhammad Ali Randhawa along with his delegation and Congratulate him on taking charge of the post. Chairman CDA Muhammad Ali Randhawa said on this occasion that he is determined to make the federal capital free from encroachments and will create a mechanism that will generate revenue.

The powers of the Assistant Commissioner for removal of encroachments will be extended so that he can take decision on the spot. After the shift of the katchety there is a lot of cleaning work in F8 Markaz, it will be improved soon, the parking problems of other centers including I8 center, Blue Area will also be solved. He said that the IT sector will be promoted on a priority basis. Ease of doing business is among my priorities. Give the concerns and difficulties regarding plot auctions in writing.We are working on that before the auction, NOC Will be issued.

On this occasion, President Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Atif Ikram Sheikh said that the business community will play its pivotal role to make the city of Islamabad beautiful.One window operation is a good initiative for further improvement, weekly meetings should be held and FPCCI should also be represented in the committees.

Atif Ikram, mentioning the problems faced by the business community, said that in CDA auctions, 50 to 70 percent of the payment is made, but the position and location are not clear. The transfer of ownership rights is greatly hampered, FAR issues should be resolved in industrial area,IT sector is a very important sector and steps should be taken to promote it,

There is a need to carry out development work after the shift of the katchery in the F8 Markaz. There are parking problems in other centers including i8 markaz, blue area and they should be resolved. In the diplomatic enclave there are also many problems of transportation of goods and labor which should be resolved so that the ongoing projects there are not delayed. In the auction of the plots, the agreements get delayed a lot, in obtaining the Nadra certificate, there are also many difficulties to be faced these things should be speed up.

The delegation included Chairman Capital Office Karim Aziz Malik, Chairman Coordination Malik Sohail Hussain,Conveyor Diplomatic Committee Ahmed Waheed,Conveyor Police and Administration Committee Yahya Sheikh, Mian Akram Farid, Tariq Sadiq,President Rawalpindi Small Chamber Tariq Jadoon, Mian Shaukat Masood, Ijaz Abbasi, Chaudhry Naseer, Arif Jeewa, Sardar Tahir. , Mahmoud Waraich, Rafaat Farid and others were also present there.

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