TC July-August 2021 Issue

TRADE CHRONICLE
People & Events
Qayyum Niazi elected
13th Premier of AJK
Sardar Abdul
Q a y y u m
Khan Niazi of
the Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf
(PTI) took oath
as the 13th
Prime Minister
of Azad Jammu
and Kashmir.
The oath was administered to him
by AJK President Sardar Masood
Khan at a well-attended ceremony at
President’s House in Muzaffarabad.
Shahzain Bugti made
SAPM
In a bid to woo
the estranged
B a l o c h
leaders,
the federal
government
has appointed
Jamhoori
W a t a n
Party (JWP)
chief and MNA Shahzain Bugti as
special assistant to the prime minister
on reconciliation and harmony in
Balochistan.
Khalid Mansoor new
SAPM on CPEC as Asim
Bajwa resigns
The Prime
Minister
h a s
appointed
Khalid
Mansoor
as his
Special
Assistant
on CPEC
Affairs.
Khalid Mansoor brings with him
over four decades of experience
working with multiple organisations in
energy, petrochemicals and fertilizers
industries.
Mahmood elected AJK
President
Murtaza Wahab made
KMC administrator
Sindh Government
has appointed
adviser to the Chief
Minister, Barrister
Murtaza Wahab, as
Karachi Metropolitan
Corporation’s (KMC)
administrator,
relieving Laeeq
Ahmed from the post
with immediate effect.
The appointment has been notified by
secretary to Sindh local government
Sarmad Ali bags PAS lifetime
achievement award
The Pakistan
Advertisers
Society
(PAS) has
bestowed
its Lifetime
Achievement
Award for
2021 on
Sarmad Ali,
Managing
Director of
the Jang
G r o u p
and President of the All Pakistan
Newspapers Society for his
contributions towards the development
of the marketing communications
industry.
Arbab Rahim made PM’s
Special Assistant
affairs.
Pakistan Tehreeki-Insaf’s
regional
president Barrister
Sultan Mahmood is
elected president of
Azad Jammu and
Kashmir after he
secured 34 votes
against 16 by his rival Mian Abdul
Waheed, a joint candidate of the PPP
and PML-N. Soon after his election, the
66-year-old politician vowed to continue
his mission to expose India’s ugly face
before the international community and
also help the government effectively
serve the AJK people.
Prime Minister
Imran Khan recently
handpicked ex-
Chief Minister Sindh
Dr Arbab Ghulam
Rahim as his special
assistant on Sindh
A notification issued by the Cabinet
Division said that “the prime minister
has been pleased to appoint Dr Arbab
Ghulam Rahim as special assistant to
the prime minister on Sindh Affairs”. It
said that the appointment will be in an
honorary capacity.
department which said: “In exercise of
powers, vested U/s 21 (3) of Sindh Local
Government Act 2013, and pursuant
to decision of Provincial Cabinet,
Government of Sindh, expressed vide
Additional agenda Item No 5, para
19.7 (1) at page number 23 of minutes
of meeting dated 4 September, 2020,
and with the approval of competent
authority, Barrister Murtara Wahab,
Advisor to Chief Minister, Sindh for
Law, Environment, Climate Change
and Coastal Development Department
is hereby appointed as Administrator,
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation,
relieving Laeeq Ahmed, with immediate
effect.”
Imran Ahmad elected
MAP president
Syed Imran
Ahmad a veteran
professional
in the field of
international
media marketing
has been elected
as the President
of MAP. He is the
Chief Executive of Pace Media Limited
in Karachi. He is also the founder of
Mera Karachi Group and President
of Bright Educational Society. He will
be assisted by Vice President, Azfar
Ahsan of Nutshell Communications,
Honorary Secretary, Amer Pasha
of Aladin Informatics and Honorary
Treasurer, Mohammad Ali Habib of
Habib Bank Limited.
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