The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), an apex body of chambers in the country on Sunday warned that suicide attacks are playing havoc with the national economy and also affecting life of the common man.
Condemning the recent suicide attacks at Data Ganj Bakhsh shrine and other parts of the country, President FPCCI Sultan Ahmad Chawla on Monday said that killing of innocent people by unwarranted suicide attacks in various parts of the country was not the answer to solutions within the tenets of Islam.
He said that prudent economic policies being pursued by the government and restoration of the confidence of foreign investors had started yielding positive impact on national economy. He said that business community was above all other considerations than economy. It has the firm conviction that if the tendency of suicide attacks was not checked forthwith, it would reverse the entire economic progress.
He said that political parties must extend their whole hearted co-operation to the government to help create conducive environment for the growth of further economy and Pakistan's image abroad.
Veteran trade leaders, former President FPCCI, Co- Chairman Businessman Panel, the largest alliance of the chambers and traders in the country, Iftikhar Ali Malik said that it was high time for people from all strata of the society especially political parties to forge unity in their ranks to thwart the nefarious designs of anti-state elements who bent upon sabotaging peaceful atmosphere.
He said that in the prevailing scenario world wide, it was an admitted fact that survival of any nation or country rested on sound economy. He said nations like former Soviet Union faced the music and had to be dismembered because of bleak and fractured economy.
Malik said that for smooth flow of foreign investment in every sphere of life and all sector, peaceful growth oriented atmosphere coupled with better law and order was a pre-requisite.
He said that one day strike call, nation suffers billions of rupees of loss and most of the export orders could not be shipped to their desired destination besides rendering millions of daily wagers jobless.
He made an impassioned appeal to all political parties especially religious parties and groups to be united on the agenda in the greater national interest and play their active role to stamp out the menace of suicidal attacks and acts of violence and frustrate the evil designs of anti-Pakistan forces.