FPCCI Businessmen Group elects office-bearers

KARACHI: The Businessmen Panel of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has elected Mian Anjum Nisar as its central president and Senator Ghulam Ali as secretary general, a statement said on Tuesday.

The Businessmen Group has been restructured so as to be better prepared for the upcoming FPCCI elections. In its process of restructuring, members of the group elected their central office-bearers for a period of two years, and besides president and secretary general Mian Zahid Hussain (senior vice chairman) and Mian Usman Zulfiqar (secretary finance) were also elected.

The restructuring process was approved by the central executive committee of the group during a meeting chaired by its patron in-chief Tariq Sayeed. During the meeting Khawaja Shahzeb Akram, Adnan Jalil, Zakria Usman (former presidents of FPCCI) and Naveed Jan Baloch (former vice president of FPCCI) were chosen to head the group members of Punjab, KP, Sindh and Balochistan, respectively.

The FPCCI members belonging to the group during the meeting expressed their reservations about the performance of their opponent group.

Vowing to resolve the issues related to the business community, the group members expressed reservations on not awarding representation in FPCCI standing committes.