KP traders urge govt to take up wheat movement issue with Punjab

PESHAWAR: Members of the business community urged the provincial government to take up the illegal and constitutional ban on movement of wheat from Punjab to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the centre to prevent creating the flour crisis in the province.

The business community stressed the business community must be consulted before formulation of policies, particularly taking actions for enforcement rules and orders to avoid creating an atmosphere of confrontation and harassment.

Businessmen called for abolishment of double taxes at provincial level and pragmatic steps to facilitate traders’ community and framing of business-friendly policies.

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These demands were made by SCCI President Junaid Altaf during a meeting with Commissioner Peshawar Riaz Mehsud, while leading a high-level delegation of businessmen.

SCCI Senior vice president Muhammad Nadeem, vice president Sabir Ahmad Bangash, former president and lifetime president of Anjuman e Tajran Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Muhammad Afzal were among the traders delegation.

The meeting discussed matters relating to Pak-Afghan border closure, ban on wheat movement from Punjab to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local administration and policy, police and local government and other issues, and PESCO, TESCO, WSSP, SNGPL and PTCL and Peshawar Expo Centre.

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