{"id":63765,"date":"2020-04-07T16:34:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T11:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63765"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T11:39:46","slug":"icci-urges-govt-open-businesses-from-april-14-protective-protocols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/icci-urges-govt-open-businesses-from-april-14-protective-protocols.html","title":{"rendered":"ICCI urges govt to open businesses from April 14 with protective protocols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Muhammad Ahmed Waheed has urged the federal government to open businesses from April 14 with protective protocols for limited periods daily, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/water-consumption-lahore-surges-30-wasa-sets-up-helpline-address-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Water consumption in Lahore surges by 30%; WASA sets up helpline to address complaints (opens in a new tab)\">Water consumption in Lahore surges by 30%; WASA sets up helpline to address complaints<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, Waheed said that the current lockdown \u2014 that is in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 had affected businesses and industries across the country. He said that this was the reason why Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had approved of the decision to allow the construction sector be opened from April 14. In He added that the district administration had also given a concession to some businesses and allowed them to perform with protective protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahria-town-islamabad-dha-lahore-launch-disinfection-drive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Bahria Town Islamabad, DHA Lahore launch disinfection drive to contain coronavirus spread (opens in a new tab)\"> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahria-town-islamabad-dha-lahore-launch-disinfection-drive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Bahria Town Islamabad, DHA Lahore launch disinfection drive to contain coronavirus spread (opens in a new tab)\">Bahria Town Islamabad, DHA Lahore launch disinfection drive to contain coronavirus spread<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICCI president said that banks had not relaxed their policies regarding loan instalments and mark up to businesses, and that the banks had also not deferred the payment of loans. He urged the government officials concerned to ensure that bank loans are deferred along with mark up for a few months to save businesses from immense losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lake-city-lahore-announces-alternative-payment-options.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lake City Lahore announces alternative payment options to clear dues (opens in a new tab)\">Lake City Lahore announces alternative payment options to clear dues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waheed further emphasised that the business community should follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the government authorities regarding protective protocols so that customers and workers could be saved from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/president-alvi-launched-mohafiz-application-spread-awareness-about-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"coronavirus infection (opens in a new tab)\">coronavirus infection<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Muhammad Ahmed Waheed has urged the federal government to open businesses from April 14 with protective protocols for limited periods daily, a news source reported. Read: Water consumption in Lahore surges by 30%; WASA sets up helpline to address complaints As per the publication, Waheed said that the current lockdown \u2014 that is in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 had affected businesses and industries across the country. He said that this was the reason why Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had approved of the decision to allow the construction sector be opened from April 14. In He added that the district administration had also given a concession to some businesses and allowed them to perform with protective protocols. Read: Bahria Town Islamabad, DHA Lahore launch disinfection drive to contain coronavirus spread The ICCI president said that banks had not relaxed their policies regarding loan instalments and mark up to businesses, and that the banks had also not deferred the payment of loans. He urged the government officials concerned to ensure that bank loans are deferred along with mark up for a few months to save businesses from immense losses.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":62814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[25414,24075,25509,24209,21895,25510],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-coronavirus-infection","9":"tag-covid-19-pandemic","10":"tag-icci-urges-govt-to-open-businesses-from-april-14","11":"tag-islamabad-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-icci","12":"tag-prime-minister-pm-imran-khan","13":"tag-protective-protocols","14":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICCI urges open businesses April 14 protective protocols - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Muhammad Ahmed Waheed has urged the federal government\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/icci-urges-govt-open-businesses-from-april-14-protective-protocols.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICCI urges open businesses April 14 protective protocols - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Muhammad Ahmed Waheed has urged the federal government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/icci-urges-govt-open-businesses-from-april-14-protective-protocols.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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