{"id":63813,"date":"2020-04-08T15:44:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63813"},"modified":"2020-04-08T15:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:44:31","slug":"sindh-urged-provide-interest-free-loans-small-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-urged-provide-interest-free-loans-small-traders.html","title":{"rendered":"Sindh govt urged to provide interest-free loans to small traders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi:\nRepresentatives of the city\u2019s traders&#8217; community on Tuesday urged the Sindh\ngovernment to offer easy loans to shop owners and small traders who are on the\nActive Taxpayers List (ATL), according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They requested the provincial government to provide monetary assistance for payment of workers\u2019 salaries, amid the lockdown ensued by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-seeks-punjab-model-construction-industry-revival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President All-City Tajir Itehad (ACTI) Sharjeel Gopalani\u00a0revealed to the media that he had written to provincial Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and had asked him to address the traders\u2019 issues. He suggested for the government to give out PKR 100,000 to small traders each month, in a bid to assist them in the payment of workers\u2019 salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nadra-offers-services-sindh-govt-identifying-citizens-left-jobless-covid-19-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NADRA offers services to Sindh govt for identifying citizens left jobless due to COVID-19 pandemic (opens in a new tab)\">NADRA offers services to Sindh govt for identifying citizens left jobless due to COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his letter, he also urged the CM\nto consider reopening shops under strict precautions to sustain the\nshopkeepers\u2019 livelihood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Agha Shahab recently announced that the Sindh government is presently drafting standard operating procedures (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cm-sindh-seeks-sops-industries-scheduled-resume-operations-from-april-14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SOPs (opens in a new tab)\">SOPs<\/a>) to govern trade and industries so they can resume operations. He also revealed that Siraj Kassam Teli had been communicating the small traders\u2019 grievances periodically, at every meeting of the provincial government. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Representatives of the city\u2019s traders&#8217; community on Tuesday urged the Sindh government to offer easy loans to shop owners and small traders who are on the Active Taxpayers List (ATL), according to news sources. They requested the provincial government to provide monetary assistance for payment of workers\u2019 salaries, amid the lockdown ensued by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read: Sindh govt seeks Punjab model of construction industry revival President All-City Tajir Itehad (ACTI) Sharjeel Gopalani\u00a0revealed to the media that he had written to provincial Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and had asked him to address the traders\u2019 issues. He suggested for the government to give out PKR 100,000 to small traders each month, in a bid to assist them in the payment of workers\u2019 salaries. Read: NADRA offers services to Sindh govt for identifying citizens left jobless due to COVID-19 pandemic In his letter, he also urged the CM to consider reopening shops under strict precautions to sustain the shopkeepers\u2019 livelihood. Meanwhile, President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Agha Shahab recently announced that the Sindh government is presently drafting standard operating procedures (SOPs) to govern trade and industries so they can resume operations. 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