President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Khawaja Masud Akhtar urged the federal government to be cautious of the tough conditions of the IMF considering the already crises stuck economy and its indicators. Talking to reporters on Sunday the President SCCI was of the view that if the federal government was to join the IMF programme, it should be without any conditions to avoid further problems to the industry.

Pakistani business community is striving hard to bring the country out of economic turmoil in line with the vision of the Prime Minister and required necessary facilitation from the government in the dimensions of ease of doing business, he said.

The SCCI President further stated that enhancing Export Competitiveness and Rationalization of Tariff Structure. He expressed satisfaction that the Government, under the leadership of the Prime Minister is focused to extend support to the industry for which, various measures have been taken, however, tough IMF Conditions may be avoided.

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