A delegation of Liberty Small Traders Association calls on Ch Pervaiz Elahi

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister  Ch Parvez Elahi  has said that his party stands with traders on their demand about  with-holding tax  and will raise voice against this oppression on them both inside  and outside the assembly.

He said while talking to a 20 members delegation of Liberty Small Traders Association, headed by Babar Butt, which called on him at his residence here today.

Ch Parvez Elahi said that traders are backbone of national economy, PML  irrespective of its being in govt or not  always attaches  importance to traders and gives preference to solution of their problems whereas N-League after coming into power by securing their votes instead of providing them incentives promises and solving their problems they are entangled in new problems, By imposing  with-holding tax such an oppression has been done with them that entire traders community is protesting but their genuine complaints are being ignored,he added

He said that the entire weight of the govt is on jangla bus service  though after rains  its stations give look of water tanks.

Delegation members  while appreciating services of Ch Parvez Elahi for traders said that  that during his tenure Model Liberty Centre  was established with provision of Rs 16 crore whereas for common and poor man number of welfare projects including Rescue 1122, free medicines and free education  were launched, traders regarded the Chief Minister House as their own home  and their problems were solved in just one meeting.

Delegation included  Ansar Zahur Butt, Rana Ikhlaq Ahmad, Humayun Mir,  Dr Burhan Ahmad,, Ch Islam, Hakim Allah Rakha Salfi,  Ghulam Bashir Piya,  Mohammad Haroon, Shahid Iqbal Moosa, Ch Asif Siyal,  Ch Bashir Virk, Ghulam Hussain Awan, Mian Haroon,  Mohammad Adnan, among others. Main Market Raja Centre Chairman  Ghulam Hussain was also present.