Political parties urged to make public their agenda

LAHORE: Progressive Group in the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called upon the political parties to make public their economic agenda because the next general elections are around the corner.

Progressive Group President Khalid Usman, LCCI and PG executive committee member Chaudhry Arshad, Ihsan Ullah and others in a statement issued here Wednesday said that they had time and again in the recent past asked the political parties to share their economic agenda and fiscal priorities with the trade and business leadership so that they can analyse it and make their own plans according the political vision. They said “our collective focus should be on economy as the future progress and prosperity lie in strong economy”.

All political parties must unite and make coordinated efforts to showcase Pakistan as investment-friendly country to the global community, they said. They said that opposition for the sake of opposition must be avoided and the next government and opposition must work together to nullify the negative perception about Pakistan.