{"id":68213,"date":"2020-07-20T12:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T07:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68213"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:54:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T07:54:35","slug":"lcci-asks-govt-reduce-frequency-labour-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lcci-asks-govt-reduce-frequency-labour-taxes.html","title":{"rendered":"LCCI asks govt to reduce frequency of labour taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh recently remarked that the government should reduce the collection frequency of its various labour taxes to once a year \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 20). The president made these comments while chairing a LCCI meeting that was also attended by Punjab Labour Secretary Muhammad Aamir Jan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-punjab-waives-pkr-18-bn-taxes-special-packages-expected-daily-wagers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 Punjab waives off PKR 18 bn taxes, special packages expected for daily wagers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the occasion, Sheikh further said that in order to reduce the cost of labour and its transportation, as well as improve overall competitiveness, the government should allow industrial setups to utilise 10% of their lands to establish labour colonies. He also called for improving the online system of the Labour Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial labour secretary also addressed the meeting, and said that labour policies had been developed to ensure a satisfied workforce that could work optimally to contribute to national growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-calls-collective-comprehensive-strategy-labour-issues.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM calls for collective, comprehensive strategy on labour issues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the labour department was working as a facilitator to ensure the provision of the maximum facilities for trade and industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh recently remarked that the government should reduce the collection frequency of its various labour taxes to once a year \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 20). The president made these comments while chairing a LCCI meeting that was also attended by Punjab Labour Secretary Muhammad Aamir Jan. Read: COVID-19 Punjab waives off PKR 18 bn taxes, special packages expected for daily wagers On the occasion, Sheikh further said that in order to reduce the cost of labour and its transportation, as well as improve overall competitiveness, the government should allow industrial setups to utilise 10% of their lands to establish labour colonies. He also called for improving the online system of the Labour Department. The provincial labour secretary also addressed the meeting, and said that labour policies had been developed to ensure a satisfied workforce that could work optimally to contribute to national growth. Read: PM calls for collective, comprehensive strategy on labour issues He added that the labour department was working as a facilitator to ensure the provision of the maximum facilities for trade and industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":62620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[35088,21723,35090],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-labour-taxes","9":"tag-lahore-chamber-of-commerce-industry-lcci","10":"tag-lcci-asks-govt-to-reduce-frequency-of-labour-taxes","11":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LCCI asks govt to reduce frequency of labour taxes - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh recently remarked that the government should reduce the collection frequency of its various labour taxes to once a year \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 20).\" \/>\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\/lcci-asks-govt-reduce-frequency-labour-taxes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LCCI asks govt to reduce frequency of labour taxes - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh recently remarked that the government should reduce the collection frequency of its various labour taxes to once a year \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 20).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lcci-asks-govt-reduce-frequency-labour-taxes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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