Trade Chronicle Sep-Oct 2015

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(L to R) Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa, Lt Gen Sadiq Ali, Lt Gen Umer Durrani and Lt Gen Aamer Riaz.
Four major generals
promoted
Pak Army recently announced
promotion of four major generals,
including chief of the Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR), to the rank
of lieutenant general.
Those promoted are (Director
General ISPR) Maj Gen Asim
Saleem Bajwa, (GOC 35 Div –
Bhawalpur) Maj Gen Sadiq Ali, (Vice
Chief of General Staff) Maj Gen
Umer Durrani and (Director General
Military Operations) Maj Gen Aamer
Riaz, a statement by ISPR said.
The four generals have been
promoted in place of the lieutenant
Ch Shafique elected
chairman Rice Exporters
Association of Pakistan
Ch. Muhammad Shafique has been
elected un-opposed as chairman
Rice Exporters Association of
Pakistan (Reap) for the year 2015-
2016.
In addition, Noman Ahmed Sheikh
from Karachi has been elected
Senior Vice Chairman (SVP), Abdul
Rehman Shah from Quetta Vice
Chairman (VC) and Ali Hussam
Asghar from Lahore as Treasurer
Reap.
generals, whose retirement is coming
up – Lt Gen Nasir Janjua
(Commander Southern Command),
Lt Gen Navid Zaman (Corps
Commander Lahore), Lt Gen Tariq
Gilani (Chief of Logistic Staff) and
Lt Gen Ijaz Chaudhry (Inspector
General Arms).
Pak Army also announced the postings
of the newly promoted generals,
besides reshuffling a few other
positions. The DG ISPR will retain his
position. Lt Gen Bajwa would be the
first three star general to head the
military’s public affairs wing.
Gen Amir Riaz has been appointed
as the new commander of the
Quetta-based Southern Command,
Gen Sadiq Ali as Corps Commander
PSMA elects Chairman
Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas, Zafar
Mahood and Khawaja Salim Ahmed
have been elected as Chairman,
Senior Vice Chairman and Vice
Chairman of Pakistan Soap
Manufactures Association (PSMA)
for the year 2015-16, respectively.
New MCCI president
Mian Fareed A Sheikh was elected
president of Multan Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (MCCI)
unopposed, for 2015-16. Mian Ata
Shafi and Muhammad Tariq Khan got
elected as senior vice president and
vice president respectively.
Lahore, and Gen Umar Farooq
Durrani as Corps Commander
Mangla.
Others whose postings have been
changed include Inspector General
Training and Evaluation Lt Gen
Ikramul Haq, who has been posted
as Corps Commander Gujranwala;
Corps Commander Mangla Lt Gen
Hilal Hussain as Commander Army
Strategic Force Command; Director
General Personnel Services at the
Adjutant General’s Branch Lt Gen
Malik Zafar Iqbal as Corps
Commander Rawalpindi; Corps
Commander Gujranwala Lt Gen
Ghayoor as Chief of Logistic Staff;
and Commander Army Strategic
Force Command Lt Gen Obaid as
Inspector General Arms.
Cowasjee elected
PSAA Chief
Ava A Cowasjee was elected as a
chairperson of Pakistan Ships
Agents Association (PSAA) for
FY2015-16. Tariq Haleem and
Younus Vayani were elected as
senior vice chairman and vice
chairman of the body during the
annual election held recently. The
executive committee members of
PSAA elected included Captain
Javed Iqbal, Captain Nusrat Iqbal,
Captain Muhammad Inam, Bilal-ur-
Rehman, Kareem Ispahani, Khalid
Wasim Khokhar and Jawed Iqbal.
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