'Self-reliance main key to get economic progress'

Self-reliance is the main key to get economic progress for any country. Pakistan has great potential so with all available resource this potential can be exploited to ensure the economic development.
It was expressed by Tariq Sayeed Chairman Businessmen Penal Group, while addressing in a dinner arranged by Iftikhar Ali Malik Vice President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the honour of newly elected office bearers of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry in which President Senator Haji Ghulam Ali, Vice Presidents Muhammad Tariq Shafi, Chaudhry Amer Ata Bajwa, Dr Shehla Akram Javed, Dawood Usman Jhakora, Akbar Khan and Fazal Elahi were also present.
He said the negligence of government to resolve the issues of business community is really painful. Even Community pays tax regularly and respects the law. But we are being avoided by administration and government is being seemed as failure to develop comprehensive strategies to dig out solutions. While informing about his visit to China, he said the increase in population is not big problem but the unskilled people, is only a crowd, it is big crisis. He gave the example of China in this regard.
He said FPCCI has opened the office in Sichuan the province of China. So the Business Community of Pakistan should use this platform to get benefits from Chinese Markets, and make efforts to attract Chinese investors in Pakistan it will definitely enhance the exports of Pakistan.
President FPCCI Senator Haji Ghulam Ali said that 5 days gas closure is ruining the industry very badly. It is very far away to achieve export targets in present scenario. Millions of people are being unemployed so how the economic stability can be attained. He said Punjab is the biggest province of Pakistan but the discriminatory approach is being adopted in gas supply to industry of this province, it must be abolished.
He said industry friendly policies could be helpful to boost up the economy. And it will restore not only confidence of Country's Businessman but also foreign investors as well. He said all stakeholders must be taken in confidence, while policy making.
Speaking on the occasion, Iftikhar Ali Malik Vice President SAARC Chambers of Commerce and Industry said present scenario is not so fair for industry to run and it has happened first time in the history of Pakistan. Therefore the concerns of business Community must be entertained seriously and understand the stance of this Community. Because business Community is also patriotic, as others it provides the jobs to millions of people. So in this regard government should reset its priority.-PR