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LAHORE - Management of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI), on Friday, announced Amnesty Scheme 2011 for its corporate and associate class, who has discontinued membership after 2005.
According to the LCCI spokesman, all business houses, which were members of LCCI in 2004-05 and could not get their membership renewed, can now get membership renewal up to December 31, 2011. This would require deposit of a single fee i.e. Rs 4,100 for corporate class and Rs 1,600 for

LAHORE - Speakers at the economic dialogue arranged by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry were united in calling for good governance, strong institutions and sound macroeconomic management as the drivers of economic growth. They stressed that government needs to roll up its sleeves to break the vicious economic crisis.
LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik, PIDE Vice Chancellor Dr Rashid Amjad, former Chief Economist Planning Commission Dr Pervaiz Tahir, former World Bank

LAHORE - In an attempt to explore all available options to the ongoing economic crisis, the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is holding an economic dialogue today. Leading economic experts, policy makers and business leaders will give their insights on how to introduce transparency in decision making in the government and the private sector.
The decision to initiate an economic dialogue has been taken as the gap revenue and expenditure has grown, increasing the

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Saturday took FPCCI onboard on all its major initiatives planned for the year 2011 and discussed pros and cons of each project.
LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik and Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad gave a presentation to the FPCCI delegation led by its Zonal Chairman Tariq Shafi and Regional Vice President Amir Atta Bajawa. LCCI Vice President Sohail Azhar, former LCCI Presidents Mian Tajammal Hussain,

LAHORE - The LCCI Acting President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad and Vice President Sohail Azhar have congratulated newly elected Lahore Press Club President Sarmad Bashir, Vice President Zahid Abid, Secretary Azam Chaudhry, Treasurer Afzal Talib and governing body members.
The LCCI office-bearers, while giving a press statement on Thursday, said that newly elected office-bearers of Lahore Press Club possess vast experience and are well aware of issues being faced by the country. The

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday appreciated the Federal Government's move of withdrawing the increase in prices of petroleum products and termed it a bold step in the larger interest of the people.
In a statement issued here, the LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik, Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad and Vice President Sohail Azhar said that the withdrawal in prices of petroleum products would not only give some relief to the inflation-hit

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz, while giving an SOS call to the government, expressed fears that the Punjab industry would wipe out if due facilitation in energy supply, cut in interest rates and a duty-free market access was not ensured at the earliest.
He said this while speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday. The APTMA chairman claimed that the industry possessed the potential to create two million

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) will conduct joint economic, sectoral and country-specific studies in a bid to formulate a joint action plan for attracting new investment in the province.
The decision was taken at a meeting between LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik and PBIT CEO Sadaat Muzaffar. LCCI Director General (Research and Development) Dr Amjad Bashir was also present in the meeting.
Both

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) while welcoming the appointment of Salman Siddique as Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has urged him to convene a meeting of all the chambers and other trade bodies. It raised concern over the true implications of the proposed reformed General Sales Tax (GST).
In a statement issued here, the LCCI stated that Salman Siddique was a seasoned bureaucrat and enjoyed excellent relations with the business community. It

LAHORE: Pakistan Today's expose on 'visa nepotism' inside the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has triggered a detailed inquiry and a massive reshuffle in the delegation department of the chamber. Sources indicate that this is a bid to suppress the leakage of classified information related to foreign delegations and visa referrals. The LCCI has taken strong action on the news story appeared on Friday, December 10, 2010, albeit in the wrong direction. Instead of trying to

LAHORE: A seminar, jointly organised by Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Pakistan Institute of Cost and Contracts (PICC), on the growth of construction industry and contribution of ancillary manufacturing industries was convened.
The seminar was attended by a large number of representatives of various institutions and government departments. The chief guest, University of Lahore Rector Dr Saleem Shuja, thanked participants and expressed his satisfaction of the

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The SBP annual report is a revelation for both policy makers and stakeholders calling for a fresh approach to policy formulation with a new implementation mechanism with avowed aim to regain macroeconomic stability within a year.
The LCCI leadership pointed out that the underlying structural weakness of the economy, as hinted by the State Bank of Pakistan, demands strict macroeconomic discipline and systematic reforms to adress the fragility of the economy.
It

On a solemn note, the newly elected President of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Shahzad Ali Malik, voiced his fears that the economy and the nation as a whole are passing through a particularly difficult stage in the troubled history of Pakistan. Prudent policy decision and implementation on part of the government and the active participation of the private sector were essentially intrinsic to any sustainable solution to Pakistan's tribulations.
While

The Netherlands has generously offered to bear at least 60 percent of the cost of funding SME projects in Pakistan, which may cost up to of 1.5 million euros, at a time when resources are badly needed elsewhere.
The offer was renewed by Mr. Ahmad Dodou, Head of Economic Affairs of Embassy of the Netherlands and Paul Schoenmakers while speaking at the Lahore Chamber of commerce and Industry (LCCI). The event was well attended by members of the body
The officials informed the