CAP appoints Syed Afzalur Rahman as chairperson

LAHORE: Syed Afzalur Rahman has been elected unopposed as the chairperson of the Constructors Association of Pakistan (CAP), while Ahmad Habib Chaudhary has been elected as senior vice chairman for the term 2024-26. Syed Afzalur Rahman previously served as chairperson from 2013 to 2014.

Members of the association also elected Naeem Akhtar Chaudhary unopposed as vice chairman (Punjab); Arif Raza Kazmi as vice chairman (Sindh), Pir Zarif Shah as vice chairman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Engr Fazal Karim as vice chairman (Balochistan), and Engr. Muhammad Azhar ul Islam as vice chairman (Islamabad).

Other members elected unopposed to the executive committee include Muhammad Asadullah Khan, Engr Akber Sheikh, Engr MS Asad Mukhtar, Engr Syed Iqbal Yunas, Muhammad Muqeemuddin, Muhammad Ayub Sheikh, Rana Khadim Hussain, Sheikh Saeedullah, and Engr Nadeem Siddiqui Malik from the corporate class.

From the associate class, Malik Muhammad Kaleem Ullah, Farooq Azam, Muhammad Hanif Gohar, Ali Imran Saleemi, Saifullah Ghumman, Muhammad Zafar Hayar Lak, Raja Haroon Rashid, Chaudhary Abdul Khaliq, Chaudhary Muhammad Arshad, Engr Abdul Jabbar Shaikh, Rao Abdul Sattar Sarjeet, and Mir Niaz Ahmad were elected as executive committee members. Ms Tahira Saleem was elected as a representative for women entrepreneurs.

The outgoing chairperson, Engr Syed Ashfaq Hussain, welcomed the new team and expressed hope that it would work diligently to address the issues faced by the contractor community and the construction industry.