The Businessmen Panel (BMP) of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Saturday stressed the need for reducing cost of doing business, besides evolving a new price control mechanism, as huge taxation, rising oil prices
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Point News / Online - 07th December, 2019) The Businessmen Panel (BMP) of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Saturday stressed the need for reducing cost of doing business, besides evolving a new price control mechanism, as huge taxation, rising oil prices and constant jump in electricity and gas tariffs have lifted the inflation to nine-year high level to 12.7 percent in November.BMP Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar warned the authorities that inflation above 6 percent can hurt economic growth and a careful policy is required to keep it in control.
He said that the pace of inflation is skyrocketing at a time when the economic activity is slowing down, which has made it difficult for the people to cope with the situation, as country is facing a situation of stagflation because economic growth rate is slow while unemployment and prices of goods and services are high.