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Karachi, August 12, 2022 (PPI-OT):Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has noted with profound concerns that Pakistan’s regional trade deficit has further widened as Pakistan’s imports from 9 regional countries have increased by 28.84 percent; whereas, exports to the same have increased only by 16.97 percent. President FPCCI explained that these nine countries include all…
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Karachi, August 04, 2022 (PPI-OT):Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has demanded that the government should commemorate the Independence Day this year with austerity; and, divert the funds toward the flood relief operations and rehabilitation of the affectees. He noted with profound concern that more than 500 people have died in Balochistan alone; thousands are…
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Karachi, August 04, 2022 (PPI-OT):Dr. Murtaza Syed, Governor (A) State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced the formation of a committee and appointment of an SBP liaison officer for close coordination with the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and timely redressal of grievances of business committee. He made this announcement during…
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Karachi, August 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has expressed his astonishment that the potentially potent economic and trade bloc of Developing Eight (D-8) has only achieved 4.5 percent regional or intra D-8 trade so far; despite being formed 25 years back and having a D-8 Preferential Trade agreement (D-8 PTA) in place….
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Karachi, July 28, 2022 (PPI-OT):Former Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Muhammad Ali Sheikh on Thursday said playing with the country’s economy for power is very damaging. He said that national assets should not be sold in haste to raise funds and fulfil the demand of international lender….
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Karachi, July 27, 2022 (PPI-OT):Former Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Muhammad Ali Sheikh on Wednesday said the IMF bailout package will bring economic stability to Pakistan by mitigating the current financial crisis. Every government had envisioned short-term plans to suffice their own political agenda and compromised national…
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Karachi, July 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President FPCCI, has demanded that the federal government should decisively proceed towards enabling Sukkur airport for international flights; which happens to be a longstanding demand of the business community of the Sindh province. Mr. Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has apprised that Sukkur has geographical contiguity with eight big…
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