Kamyab Jawan Program to bring grassroots revolution in Pakistan – Shaukat Tarin ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Shaukat Tarin, Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance said that the government’s flagship project Kamyab Jawan Program (KJP) would bring grassroots revolution in Pakistan and pave the way for making Pakistan a welfareRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Availability of cheap energy played a key role in promoting business and economic activities and the government should focus on enhancing the share of hydropower in the total energy mix that would help reduce manufacturing cost and boost business activities, industrialization & exports. This wasRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) said that the repeated hikes have been made in the power tariffs & petroleum prices during the last 3 years due to which the cost of doing business in Pakistan has increased manifold andRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Pakistan and Indonesia were huge markets with a combined population of over 493 million and they have great potential to cooperate with each other in many fields for enhancing bilateral trade. This was said by Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & IndustryRead More →

ICCI calls for focusing on ASEAN region to promote exports ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) said that ASEAN has emerged as the 5th largest economy in the world with an overall GDP of over USD 3 trillion and Pakistan shouldRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) First Lady Begum Samina Alvi said that one woman in every 13 minutes is diagnosed with breast cancer and about one lakh women are diagnosed with this disease every year in Pakistan, which shows that this disease is spreading dangerously in our country. Therefore, itRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser said that the Prime Minister is giving special focus to the construction sector and had announced an attractive package for the construction industry as a result of which major construction projects have started across the country. He assured that heRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) said that the traders has many reservations on the installation of Point of Sale (POS) in retail outlets and stressed that FBR should first address all their reservations before going ahead with this initiative.Read More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry has kicked off a tree plantation drive by planting a Moringa sapling in Sihala Flour Mill, Industrial Area, Islamabad to support the PM’s vision of promoting clean and green Pakistan. Muhammad Faheem Khan Vice PresidentRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Nilofar Bakhtiar, Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) said that lot of work is to be done to bring women in the mainstream of economy and added that NCSW in collaboration with ICCI would work for economic empowerment of women so thatRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) A delegation of Kahuta Industrial Triangle led by Omais Khattak, Acting President, Islamabad Industrial Association (IIA) visited the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and informed the ICCI Office Bearers that MCI has issued the notice of enhanced property tax to the industrialists of the area, whichRead More →

ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Awaid Irshad Bhatti, Assistant Commissioner, Industrial Area, Islamabad visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and discussed matters for celebration of Eid Milad Un Nabi in cooperation with the business community with fervour and zeal. He said that the government wanted better illumination of marketsRead More →