MUHAMMAD RIAZ
LAHORE (March 05 2010): Jamaat-i-Islami
Ameer, Syed Munawar Hasan has said
transparency and good governance are very
important for the revival of country's
economy, progress and prosperity. He was
speaking at a meeting held in connection
with
the Lahore Chambers of Commerce and
Industry's National Economic Agenda 2010-30.
The meeting was organised by the LCCI here
on Thursday.
The Jamaat Ameer said that if the framework
given by the Jamaat-i-Islami was implemented
in letter and spirit the country
would not only have self-sufficiency in all
fields but it would be standing prominent in
the comity of nations. While
stressing the need for redefining of the
meaning of development, he said the
government would have to focus on the
welfare of
masses.
There is a dire need to work simultaneously
in five areas including social,
administrative, economic and strategic. He
said
that the private sector's role has prime
importance to improve the social
infrastructure in the country. However, to
maximise
the involvement of the private sector in
national policy making, special initiatives
should be taken.
He also called for a tailor-made strategy to
expedite equity circulation, increase
investment and enhance exports to give
boost to the economic activities in the
country. He said that they would have to
promote the culture of research and
development to get the benefit of most
modern techniques in vogue and to enhance
the productivity. The burden of foreign
loans on the country had risen by US $15
billion during the last two years and the
development budget had been slashed by 45
percent but no relief had been provided to
the common man, he asserted.
He accused the federal government for
negligence regarding India's persistent
water aggression against Pakistan. He said
that
Jamaat-i-Islami would extend every possible
help and support to the LCCI in finalising
of National Economic Agenda 2010-30.
Speaking on the occasion, LCCI Vice
President Faisal Iqbal Sheikh said the LCCI
was taking all the political parties and
leading economists onboard to have National
Economic Agenda 2010-30 that would be
independent of the political force running
the country as the business community
suffered the most whenever the government
changes in the country.
He said that National Economic Agenda
2010-30 would not only consider issues
related to trade and industry but it would
also
cover agriculture, LIVESTOCK and POULTRY,
mining, seaport and tourism sectors.
Sheikh said special focus would be given to
bringing more area under cultivation. A set
of proposals would also be
incorporated in the National Economic Agenda
2010-30, he said. The LCCI Vice President
Faisal Iqbal Sheikh, former President
Mian Anjum Nisar, JI Secretary General
Liaquat Baloch and Dr Farid Ahmad Piracha
also spoke on the occasion.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2010
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