Trade Chronicle Sep-Oct 2015

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54th annual general meeting
Collective efforts, truthfulness needed for resolving
business community issues: Siraj Teli
Chairman Businessmen Group
(BMG) and Former President of the
Karachi Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (KCCI), Siraj Kassam Teli,
while underscoring the need to make
collective efforts, advised the newly
elected KCCI office bearers to work
dedicatedly and exhibit truthfulness
throughout their tenure in order to
resolve issues being faced by the
business and industrial community of
Karachi.
Chairman Businessmen Group & Former President of the Karachi Chamber of
Commerce & Industry Siraj Kassam Teli speaks at 54th Annual General Meeting
held at Majeed Bawany Auditorium recently.
Speaking at the 54th Annual General
Meeting of the Karachi Chamber of
Commerce & Industry, BMG
Chairman urged all BM giants to work
really hard for the betterment of the
country, Karachi city and the business
& industrial community. “Collective
vision and collective efforts are
needed to resolve issues. If we work
dedicatedly and remain truthful, we
will surely succeed in resolving all
issues being faced by small traders,
businessmen and industrialists of
Karachi”, he added.
Congratulating the newly elected
President Younus Muhammad Bashir,
Siraj Teli said, “We expect a lot from
the newly elected President and I am
fairly optimistic that Karachiites and
the Karachi Chamber would surely
benefit from the vast experience of
Younus Bashir who has been
associated with the Chamber and
SITE Association of Industry for a
long time.”
Speaking on the occasion, the newly
elected President KCCI Younus
Muhammad Bashir said that it was a
matter of grave concern that the
federal government was not paying
any attention to Karachi Chamber
which represents majority of the
business and industrial community and
was the largest chamber of the
country. “During my tenure as
President, it will be one of my top most
priority to deal with this pressing issue
so that the federal government could
start paying heed to KCCI’s
recommendations and demands”, he
added.
He pointed out that law and order
situation has improved during the past
two years but a lot more needs to be
done while the business community
must also be taken on board in order
to ensure long lasting peace and
stability in Karachi which is capable
enough to make Pakistan ‘the Asian
Tiger’.
He said that although the government
grants numerous incentives to foreign
investors who want to set up their units
in Pakistan but unfortunately, the
existing local businessmen and
industrialists, who have been running
their businesses for the past many
decades in Karachi, were largely
being ignored and they continue to
face hardships due to the dilapidated
infrastructure, gas, electricity and
water shortages.
Younus Bashir assured to work
enthusiastically for the rights of entire
business and industrial community of
Karachi, particularly for resolving
issues being faced by small traders
of the city.
The outgoing President KCCI,
Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra, while
highlighting some of the important
happenings during his tenure as
President, appreciated the support
and cooperation extended by BMG
leadership, his colleague office
bearers, Managing Committee
members and KCCI Secretariat in
dealing with numerous issues.
Earlier, Secretary General KCCI, S.
M. H. Rizvi announced the election
results of members of the Managing
Committee as well as office bearers.
The nominees of Businessmen Group
namely Younus Muhammad Bashir,
Zia Ahmed Khan, Muhammad
Naeem Sharif were declared elected
unopposed as President, Senior Vice
President and Vice President
respectively.
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