Prominent among the participants were Central Chairman of PHMA Javaid Bilwani, Chairman PTA Agha Saidain, LCCI Senior Vice President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, Vice President Mian Abuzar Shad, Chairman PHMA Adil Butt, former LCCI president Sheikh Muhammad Asif, former senior vice president Malik Tahir Javed and executive committee members.
During the meeting, the participants also decided to hold a meeting with the caretaker prime minister against the imposition of a 2% value added tax on all five zero-rated sectors. They also decided to launch a media campaign against the controversial SRO.
Speaking on the occasion, LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar said that all options, including a call for strike, a dharna in Islamabad and hoisting black flags on industrial unit, are open for the business community.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 4th, 2013.
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a very bad move this should have happened in agricultural sector but not the industries who already are paying taxes and employing 100s of people, while still dealing with load shedding.