Trade Chronicle Sep - Oct - 2020 issue

TRADE CHRONICLE
New Chairman of PDA
Mr. Ali Ahmed Khan
Mr. Ali Ahmed
Khan, CEO,
FrieslandCampina
Engro Pakistan
Ltd has been
unanimously
elected Chairman
of Pakistan Dairy
Association (PDA)
for the term 2020-
2021. Syed Mazhar Iqbal, CEO, Haleeb
Foods Limited and Mr. Haseeb Aslam,
CEO, Fauji Foods Limited have been
elected as Senior Vice Chairman and
Vice Chairman PDA respectively.
Newly elected Chairman PDA, Mr.
Ali Ahmed Khan, Managing Director,
FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan
Limited (FCEPL) has a vast experience
of 25 years as a senior level Executive.
His previous roles include CEO at
IFFCO Dubai, General Manager, Reckitt
Benckiser Pakistan, Marketing and Sales
Director Pakistan Tobacco Company
and Head of Marketing Pepsi Cola
International. Mr. Khan has an MBA
degree from the Institute of Business
Administration, Karachi University. He
joined FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan
in March 2017.
Mr. Ali Ahmed Khan, on being elected
as the Chairman of PDA, stated: “It is
an honor and a privilege to be elected
as the Chairman of the Pakistan Dairy
Association. By working together, we will
ensure Pakistan’s dairy sector scales
new heights. The unification of expertise
on a singular platform will enable rapid
transformation and deliver unprecedented
value to the dairy sector, our citizens and
our economy”.
Soap makers get new chief
Saeed Ahmed has been elected
as Chairman of Pakistan Soap
Manufacturers Association (PSMA) while
Sheikh Hassan Munawar and Sheikh
Waseem Ahmed have been elected as
senior vice chairman and vice chairman,
respectively for 2020-21, said a press
release.
KCCI elects new President
At the 59th AGM of the Karachi Chamber
of Commerce & Industry (KCCI), while
highlighting the successful journey of
Businessmen Group, Siraj Teli said that
thanks to the overwhelming support
extended by the business & industrial
community, the BMG had completed 23
years at KCCI.
While congratulating the newly elected
Office Bearers,
he advised
them to work
honestly, give
maximum time
to the Chamber
and dedicatedly
serve the
business &
industrial
community
and also the
Karachiites
under BMG’s
policy of Public
Service. “
Newly elected
President KCCI
Shariq Vohra, in his address, pointed
out that Pakistan’s GDP by the end of
2020 will be 270 billion dollars, which
was more than US$310 billion in 2018.
Unfortunately, even in the next three
years by 2023, this will not reach more
than US$280 billion, which is worrisome.
“It seems that crises are in the making
as Pakistan is a country with 220 million
Saleem Uzzaman, Zaki
Ahmed Sharif and Nighat
Awan have been elected
unopposed President,
Senior Vice President and
Vice President respectively
of Korangi Association of
Trade and Industry (KATI).
Patron-in-Chief of KATI S M
Muneer, outgoing President
Sheikh Umer Rehan, SVP
Muhammad Ikram Rajput,
VP Syed Wajid Hussain,
Senator Abdul Haseeb
Khan, Zubair Chhaya, SM Yahya,
people, of which 60 population is less
than 30 years old and because of poor
economic performance, the lesser
employment opportunity was available
to a huge chunk of the population
below 30 years of age. “Unemployment,
depreciation of the currency and a
stagnant economy are dangerous threats
looming on our heads.”
“I would endeavour to take KCCI’s voice
to the corridors of the parliament. If they
want to do something for Pakistan, it is very
necessary to do
something for
Karachi, which
represents
10 per cent
of Pakistan’s
and 36 per
cent of Sindh’s
population and
The group photo shows Chairman Businessmen Group &
Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Siraj Kassam Teli along with newly elected President the
Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M.
Shariq Vohra, Senior Vice President Saquib Goodluck and
Vice President Shamsul Islam after assuming their offices
for the year 2020-21.
Saleem-uz-Zaman elected unopposed
President KATI
this city alone
generates 70
per cent revenue
to the national
exchequer and
95 per cent
revenue to
provincial kitty”,
he said.
Shariq Vohra stressed that Karachi
must be given its share according to
its population. This city must be given
at least 10 per cent from the national
revenue and around 36 per cent from the
provincial revenue. “Don’t give us what
we deserve but at least give us the share
in proportion to our population, which is
our fundamental right.”
Farhan-ur-Rehman,
Gulzar Firoz, Shaikh
Fazl-e-Jalil, Syed Johar
Ali Qandhari, Ehtisham
Uddin, Syed Farukh Mazhar,
Tariq Malik and members of
the Executive Committee
of KATI congratulated the
new elected office bearers
hoped that the new elected
office bearer would play their
role to resolve problems of
the business community
and effectively represent
industrial community.
Saleem-uz-Zaman has also
Saleem Uzzaman previously served as Senior
Vice President of KATI and
regarded as an expert on environmental
issues.
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