{"id":63954,"date":"2020-04-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63954"},"modified":"2020-04-10T17:39:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T12:39:37","slug":"covid-19-lockdown-multan-aiwan-e-sanat-o-tijarat-puts-forth-its-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-multan-aiwan-e-sanat-o-tijarat-puts-forth-its-demands.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Lockdown: Multan Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat puts forth its demands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Multan: In order to improve the economic condition of people hard-hit by the post-Coronavirus lockdown , Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat has shared its demands with the provincial government, according to a news source. As per the publication, the forum issued a combined statement \u2013 approved by its senior members \u2013 and requested immediate imposition to help avoid bigger losses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/will-decide-on-easing-lockdown-after-seeking-input-from-provinces-pm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Will decide on easing lockdown after seeking input from provinces: PM (opens in a new tab)\">Will decide on easing lockdown after seeking input from provinces: PM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A meeting in this regard was held on Thursday (April 9) under\nAiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat President Mian Fazal Ilahi Sheikh\u2019s supervision. The\nmeeting members discussed the problems faced by the business community amid the\nlockdown and finalised the following list: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The State Bank of Pakistan should offer\ninterest-free loans to industrialist for paying salaries to their employees \u2013\nrepayment of the loan will be in installments of 18-months starting next year<\/li><li>There should not be any further extension in the\nlockdown period<\/li><li>Markup on loans issued earlier be postponed for\none year<\/li><li>Fines imposed on late payments of electricity\nbills be waived off<\/li><li>All businesses, manufacturers, traders and\nretailers be opened with complete supply chain arrangements in place<\/li><li>Special COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)\nshould be issued for each sector<\/li><li>All markets and business be allowed to operate\nbetween 10 AM and 4 PM. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multan: In order to improve the economic condition of people hard-hit by the post-Coronavirus lockdown , Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat has shared its demands with the provincial government, according to a news source. As per the publication, the forum issued a combined statement \u2013 approved by its senior members \u2013 and requested immediate imposition to help avoid bigger losses. Read: Will decide on easing lockdown after seeking input from provinces: PM A meeting in this regard was held on Thursday (April 9) under Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat President Mian Fazal Ilahi Sheikh\u2019s supervision. The meeting members discussed the problems faced by the business community amid the lockdown and finalised the following list: The State Bank of Pakistan should offer interest-free loans to industrialist for paying salaries to their employees \u2013 repayment of the loan will be in installments of 18-months starting next year There should not be any further extension in the lockdown period Markup on loans issued earlier be postponed for one year Fines imposed on late payments of electricity bills be waived off All businesses, manufacturers, traders and retailers be opened with complete supply chain arrangements in place Special COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be issued for each sector All markets and business&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":60458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[25978,25977],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-businesses-demand-relief-from-government","8":"tag-multan-aiwan-e-sanat-o-tijarat-demands-for-businesses"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 Lockdown: Multan Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat puts forth its demands - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Multan: In order to improve the economic condition of people hard-hit by the post-Coronavirus lockdown , Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat has shared its demands\" \/>\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\/covid-19-lockdown-multan-aiwan-e-sanat-o-tijarat-puts-forth-its-demands.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 Lockdown: Multan Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat puts forth its demands - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Multan: In order to improve the economic condition of people hard-hit by the post-Coronavirus lockdown , Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat has shared its demands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-lockdown-multan-aiwan-e-sanat-o-tijarat-puts-forth-its-demands.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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