ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior central leader and former senator Syed Zafar Ali Shah has called upon the government to take measures for the early promulgation of the new Rent Control Act in Islamabad to meet the long-standing demand of the traders of the federal capital.
He said this while exchanging views with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) Senior Vice President Muhammad Naveed during his visit to the chamber house.
Zafar Ali Shah said that traders of Islamabad have been demanding since long for a new rent law but the long delay in its enactment had created frustrations in them. He stressed that the current government should arrange the passage of the amended bill of the rent law from the Parliament, and should enforce the bill in its current tenure so that traders of Islamabad could take a sigh of relief.
He further said that for promoting business activities, traders needed a peaceful and secure environment, adding that the promulgation of new rent law would help in realising these objectives.
Speaking on the occasion, Muhammad Naveed said that in consultation with all the stakeholders, an amended bill of rent law for Islamabad was prepared and presented a long time ago in the National Assembly. However, no action has been taken so far to pass the said bill into law and delay in its enactment was creating frustrations in the trading community, he added.
He further said that the prime minister, in a meeting with local business leaders, had assured that he would use his influence for the passage of the amended bill from the Parliament, but so far nothing had been done in this regard and appealed to the prime minister to honour his promise.
ICCI Vice President Nisar Mirza stressed that the government should pass the bill without wasting further time so that traders could promote business activities with a sense of security and peace of mind. He also thanked Syed Zafar Ali Shah for lending support to this important cause of the traders’ community.
