While talking to a group of businessmen led by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Vice President Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigal, she said that facilitating the business community by all means in clearance of consignment in minimum time and registration of firms on WeBOC is top priority of authorities at the NLC Dry port.
She also vowed to extend all out cooperation in resolving the issue of illegal occupancy of the cleared consignment. "We will take up the issue with the concerned sections of customs," she said, adding that major objective of the customs authorities is to facilitate the business and trade.
Speaking on the occasion, the LCCI vice president called for withdrawal of Punjab Infrastructure Development Cess (PIDC) as it has economically devastating results. The previous provincial government had imposed PIDC on goods imported and cleared on dry ports of Punjab on the pretext to provide resources for maintenance, development and improvement of infrastructure required to cater for load of goods traffic and to deal with other purpose but ground realities are quite different. This cess is discriminatory and will further burden up existing taxpayer instead of broadening the tax net, he added.