KARACHI: Engr Nisar Ahmed Khan, President SITE Superhighway Association of Industry (SSHAI), has urged the Prime Minister Imran Khan to take action to address irritating issues related to EOBI and specially deferring the audits of EOBI and other institutions at least for two years till the restoration of sustainable and normal economic activities.
The appeal was made after the complaints made by a number of members of the association that the EOBI officials pressing hard and issuing notices to the industries which are already trying hard to restore their business activities.
"In the view of the severe economic crisis due to Covid-19, all the businesses are struggling to survive since February 2020 and all the industries had suffered extensively and still not in position to recover completely, while energy crisis further aggravated the situation despite support packages offered by federal and provincial governments", he opined.
He further stated that the industrialists also discussed some initiatives in a recent meeting with PM Imran Khan.
Engr Nisar Ahmed further said that he would like to make a request to the Prime Minister to issue directives to the institutions for deferment of the audits for at least two years so that businesses can revive and contribute into the national economy and retain workforce.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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