TC Sep-Oct 2022 Issue

TRADE CHRONICLE Sep - Oct - 2022
Faraz-ur-Rehman elected unopposed
President of KATI for FY 2022-23
New office bearers
of the Korangi
Association of
Trade and Industry
(KATI) were elected
unopposed for 2022-
2023 in the annual
general meeting.
According to the
details, Faraz-ur-Rehman, a wellknown
businessman, was elected as
KATI President, while Nighat Awan
was elected Senior Vice President, and
Muslim Mohammadi was elected as
Vice President.
Patron-in-Chief of KATI SM Muneer
hoped that Faraz-ur-Rehman, Nighat
Awan and Muslim Mohammadi
PRGMEA elects new
office-bearers
Pakistan Readymade Garments
Manufacturers and Exporters
Association (PRGMEA) has elected
Mubashar Naseer Butt as its new
central chairman, Amir Lakhani as
senior vice chairman, and Waseem
Akhtar Kham as vice chairman for the
year 2022-23, a statement said recently.
The association has elected Butt for
second time as central chairman. He
Mian Ahmed elected as APSEA
Chairman unopposed
Mian Muhammad Ahmed has been
elected Chairman All Pakistan Solvent
Extractors’ Association (APSEA) for the
years 2022-23.
Jahangir Abdullah Rasheed and Dr
Kh Muhammad Saqib were chosen
unopposed to the positions of Vice
Ahsan elected new
MAP President
Muhammad Azfar Ahsan, founder
and CEO of Nutshell Group, has
been elected as new president of The
Marketing Association of Pakistan
(MAP).
Other office bearers elected to the MAP
this year include Saqib Saleem from Arif
Habib Investments as vice president
MAP, Jahangir Rasheed from Dalda
Foods as honorary secretary, and Asim
economy.
would play a key role in
developing the Korangi
Industrial Area and
the improvement of the
It may be noted that Faraz-ur-Rehman
is the son of Fazal-ur-Rehman,
founder, a long-time associate of KATI
Patron SM Muneer, and the brother of
former Chairman Farhan-ur-Rehman.
He became a regular member of
the KATI in 2003 and has served in
various capacities in the Pak-Vietnam
Business Council. At the same time,
the newly elected Senior Vice President
Nighat Awan has previously served as
the Vice President of KATI, whereas the
newly elected Vice President Muslim
Mohammadi has also served as the
Vice President in FPCCI.
was elected first in 2018-
19. Butt paid tribute
to outgoing central
chairman Shaikh Shafiq
Jhok Wala, senior vice
chairman Sheikh Luqman Amin and
vice chairman Muhammad Yaseen.
Speaking on the occasion, he said
high cost of doing business, issues of
market access, and the exchange rate
were hindering the country’s exports
growth. The government would have
to work on the issues in consultation
with the stakeholders, he added.
Chairman (Southern Zone) and
Vice Chairman (Northern Zone),
respectively.
Mian Muhammad
Ahmed, Jahangir
Abdullah Rasheed,
Shahid Ahmed, Mian M Jahangir
Muggoo, Mian Bakhtawar Tanvir
Sheikh were elected as Member
Executive Committee.
Shafiq from Abbott
Laboratories as
honorary treasurer.
Commenting
on the ocassion,
Ahsan said his
priority would be
to strengthen and
expand the platform
of the association across the country,
with induction of new members and
new chapters from genres of traditional
marketing and emerging digital space
alike.
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PHMA elects Babar Khan
as Central Chairman
Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers &
Exporters Association (PHMA) has
elected its office-bearers unopposed
for the term 2022-23.
Muhammad Babar Khan, Naseer
Ahmad Butt and Khizer Mehboob have
been elected unopposed as Central
Chairman, Senior Vice-Chairman and
Vice-Chairman, respectively for 2022-
23 period.
New Rangers Chief
assumes command
The new Director
General of Pakistan
Rangers Sindh, Major
General Azhar Waqas
recently assumed his
new responsibilities
as the head of the
paramilitary force.
Bakhtawari elected
President of ICCI
The nominated presidential candidate
of Founders Group, Ahsan Zafar
Bakhtawari has secured record 987
votes and achieved historical victory
in the annual election 2022-23 of the
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (ICCI).
In the annual election 2022-23 of the
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, the Founders Group won all
the seats of the executive committee
with a huge majority. Founders Group’s
presidential nominated candidate
Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari set a record
by taking more 987 votes and the
turnout in the election was also a
record of more than 80%, in the history
of the chamber, no candidate has ever
received so many votes.
Speaking on the occasion, upcoming
President of ICCI Ahsan Zafar
Bakhtawari said that he will play
his full role in bringing Islamabad
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
to the international level and
connecting the business community
with international markets.