FPCCI rice body appoints convener

KARACHI: Rafique Suleman, former chairman, Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP), has been appointed as the convener of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Central Committee on Rice (2019).

He has already served as FPCCI Committee on Rice Exports chairman during the year 2015 and 2016. Additionally, Muzammil Chappal and Faisal Anis have been appointed as deputy conveners in this committee.

Suleman has served as chairman, as well as senior vice chairman and treasurer of REAP. He belongs to a business family, and has been a leading rice exporter for the last many years.

He said that currently rice export trade was facing many local and international challenges.