Taxes system made life miserable for the businessmen : Siraj ul Haq

Lahore : Ameer Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan Senator Siraj ul Haq has said that if the government provided necessary facilities and incentives to the investors, the country could be pulled out of the present serious economic crisis.

He was talking to a delegation of traders headed by well know industrialist Sheikh Abid Mehmud, which called on at Mansoora on Monday.

Siraj ul Haq said that the industrialists and business of the country were imbued with the spirit of patriotism and wanted to serve their people. He said that the government had failed to bring foreign capital in the country. He said that the Pakistani capitalists wanted to invest in different fields and promote businesses and also generate employment, but all types of
hurdles were being created in their way.

He said that the present taxes system was so oppressive and it had not only made life miserable for the businessmen but also for the common man.
The JI chief said that the government failed to effectively implement the SOPs during the lock down due to which, the objectives of the lock down could not be achieved. The closure of business and industry for about two months had created numerous economic problems for the people. Unemployment and price hike were on peak.

He said that if the government remained wavering and undecided, the problems would further increase.

Siraj ul Haq commended the noble spirit of the traders. He said that the Pakistani industrialists, businessmen and philanthropists were among the most charitable people all over the world and they had always helped the needy and deserving country men in every crisis. If the government extended facilities to the businessmen, they would not allow anyone to die of hunger and want.

He also appealed to the businessmen to especially help the
people around them during the month of Ramazan,