Meeting finance ministry: KCCI expresses concern over delay

KCCI has already dispatched a comprehensive budget proposals’ document for federal budget 2014-15 to the government.

KARACHI: Presidents of various regional chambers across Pakistan including the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), who have jointly compiled comprehensive budget proposals, expressed sheer disappointment over unnecessary delays by the Finance Ministry in organising an important joint meeting between federal finance minister, Ishaq Dar and presidents of various chambers of the country in order to effectively discuss key budget proposals for the federal budget 2014-15. The KCCI said that all chambers of commerce and industry across Pakistan reposed their confidence on KCCI by authorising it to compile a comprehensive document carrying budget recommendations of various chambers. In this connection, the Karachi chamber staged the first all Pakistan chambers’ pre-budget conference on February 4, 2014 which was followed by the second by Faisalabad chamber on April 20, 2014. KCCI has already dispatched a comprehensive budget proposals’ document for the federal budget 2014-15 to the government.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2014.

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