United Business Group and newly formed National Businessmen Group has opened the Election Office for FPCCI 2020 polls. The candidates for major seats were also announced at the occasion.
United Business Group (UBG), headed by prominent business leader S M Muneer, f, and newly formed National Businessmen Group (NBG), led by Mian Zahid Hussain, would contest jointly against Businessmen Panel in FPCCI annual elections scheduled on December 30, 2020.
During a press conference, both the top leaders S M Muneer and Mian Zahid Hussain along with presidential candidate Khalid Tawab said that the alliance is aimed to make FPCCI, the apex trade body of the country, purely professional forum with strong voice and active participation in the formulation of economic policies by the government.
They said that both the allied groups, with senior business leaders on board, had devised a joint economic charter for pursuance on FPCCI platform after their coming into power for next year.
“We would-be elected body would focus on high industrial growth through setting up new industrial units and expansion of the existing ones, giving boost to exports and proving better services to the trade and industrial communities of the country. Besides, FPCCI would be endeavoring for reducing un-employment by creating new jobs and lowering inflation with increased domestic production mainly of the essential items,” they said.
During the press conference they also formally announced that former vice president FPCCI, S Khalid Tawab would be joint presidential candidate and similarly other senior business leader Rauf Mukhtar for the post of senior vice president.
Other prominent leaders representing UBG were former president FPCCI Zubair F Tufail, former vice presidents Hanif Gohar, Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, former vice president Tariq Haleem. From NBG were former vice president FPCCI Sqib Nisar Magoon, Allauddin Mari and Shahid Ahmed Laghari.
UBG’s Patron-in-Chief, S M Muneer appreciated Mian Zahid and Allauddin Mari’s positive gesture by joining hands with his group in the greater interest of the business community, and for strengthening of economy and development of the country.
He pledged that UBG would come up to the expectation of the business community and the general public by reshaping their teams and conceiving working better plans, and by effective pursuance of their goals.
On this occasion, the FPCCI leadership appreciated Prime Minister Imran Khan’s efforts to cope with the economic and social effects of Covid-19 pandemic on the country by bringing the best possible schemes and packages.
The nominated presidential candidate S Khalid Tawab also praised the government’s economic policies and decisions for the revival and strengthening of the economy, which had resulted in improved economic indicators including drastic reduction in trade deficit, increasing foreign exchange and remittances.
