President United Business Group Zubair Tufail, the Chairman (Sindh Zone) Khalid Tawab, Secretary General (Sindh) Hanif Gohar, along with numerous members of the Executive Committee of FPCCI and office bearers of trade bodies, and other Leaders of UBG have jointly appealed to the DGTO (Director General of Trade Organizations) for immediate legal action against the present management of FPCCI.
This appeal is rooted in concerns about embezzlement, mismanagement, and biased decisions made during the recent Executive Committee Meeting of FPCCI. Dr. IkhtiarBaig, Abdul Sami Khan, GulzarFeroz, Malik KhudaBakhsh, Mumtaz Ahmed, ZahidIqbalChaudhry, Ikram Rajput and Edgar were also present in the press conference.
In a significant press conference held in Karachi, ZubairTufail, Khalid Tawab, HanifGohar, and other concerned members addressed the issues surrounding the FPCCI management’s actions during the Executive Committee Meeting on October 13, 2023.
The following points outline their concerns, The Executive Committee meeting scheduled for October 13, 2023, was conducted via video conferencing across various cities.
Notably, a considerable number of non-Executive Committee members were allowed to participate in the meeting as special invitees, in direct violation of the DGTO’s orders. Individuals like ANJUM Nisar, ShahzaibAkram, Mohammad Ali MIAN, Mirza Abdul Rehman, Sartaj Ahmed Khan, Amjad Rafi, ZakriaUsman, KhurramSayeed, SaquibFayazMagoon, and Sheikh Aslam were among those who participated.
The meeting notice was issued without providing working papers for the agenda items. Working papers were distributed to Executive Committee members only one or two days before the meeting.