On Thursday, the country’s top business people urged the government to reform the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), implement ease of doing business policies, dismantle illegal import trade through Afghan Transit Trade, mis-declaration, under-invoicing, and establish compliance.
They presented these recommendations at a meeting of the Industrial Advisory Council, organised by Ministries of Commerce and Industries under the chairmanship of caretaker Federal Minister for Commerce and Industries and Production, Gohar Ijaz, who sought proposals to increase exports to $100 billion over the next few years.
CEOs Fawad Ahmed Mukhtar, Muhammad Ali Tabba, Waqar Ahmed Malik, Abdul Samad Dawood, Raza Mansha, Shahzad Asghar Ali, Samir Chinoy, Amir Fayyaz Sheikh, Shahbaz Yaseen Malik, Ahsan Bashir, Syed Hyder Ali, and Farooq Naseem shared their views on the current state of affairs. They proposed different policy actions to achieve the target.