Coronavirus lockdown: KP real estate delegates ask for special relief package

PESHAWAR: A delegation of real estate sector urged the provincial government to announce a special fiscal relief and tax relief package as the sector has adversely affected during the coronavirus lockdown.

President of Al-Khidmat Tajaraan and Real Estate Business Forum, Haji Rahmat Ali, along with other office-bearers of the forum met with Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Engineer Maqsood Anwar Pervaiz here at the chamber on Saturday.

The business forum office-bearers included Imadad Hussain Hashmi, Abid Khan, Sheikh Abdul Rehman, Faizyaab Awan, Iqbal Siddique, Iftikhar Khan, Shah Pur Salaam and Sultan Gul.

The delegation informed the SCCI president in detail regarding issues of the traders associated with the real estate sector. The meeting was told that the ban was imposed on transfer of property, transfer of inheritance along with issuance of number, new registry during the coronavirus lockdown because of which a large number of people attached with the sector rendered jobless. The real estate owners demanded the provincial government to take measures for revival and development of the construction industry.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020