ISLAMABAD: Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has said that he will use his full potential to represent the traders and industrialists of Islamabad and use his full energies to make the Islamabad Chamber a prominent place. He expressed these views while addressing a reception hosted by former Vice President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari and Waqar Zafar Bakhtawari in honor of the newly elected officials and outgoing officials of the chamber in Islamabad today. And said that our team thanks Ahsan Bakhtawari.Like his father Ahsan Bakhtawari always seeks excuses to honor and respect his friends.
He said that the Islamabad Chamber is of utmost importance as it is the center of diplomatic, government and parliamentary institutions and he would provide positive suggestions and advice for the development and prosperity of the country in all these institutions.
The outgoing president of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce, Sardar Yasir Ilyas, said on the occasion that he had done his duty of representing the traders before the President and the Prime Minister and would continue to do so in his personal capacity.
Sardar Yasir Ilyas further said that I am very happy that when I came, I was first embraced by Zafar Bakhtawari and today as we are leaving, our farewell party is also being given by Zafar Bakhtawari and his son’s.
Khalid Javed, former president and former chairman of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce, said in his address that we can solve our problems through unity and solidarity in the business community. He also invited the opposition party of the chamber to work together for the solution of the problems of the traders.
Former Vice President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari in his address said that traders and industrialists are the backbone of the country’s economy but they have not yet found such a role in the society. This position is to be achieved by serving the people with honesty, patriotism and sincerity.
Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari expressed his best wishes for the newly elected President Shakeel Munir, Senior Vice President Jamshed Akhtar Sheikh, Vice President Fahim Khan and assured his cooperation.
Fasihullah Khan, a member of the Executive Committee of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Senior Vice President of Jinnah Supermarket, thanked the Bakhtawari family for their excellent service to the traders of Islamabad and said that Zafar Bakhtawari is an icon of the business community and his sons are also following his footsteps.
Senior Vice President of the Chamber Jamshed Akhtar Sheikh and former Presidents of Islamabad Chamber Zubair Ahmed Malik, Khalid Iqbal Malik, Ahmed Hassan Mughal, Shaukat Masood, Chaudhry Waheed-ud-Din, Amir Waheed, Nasir Qureshi, Sardar Tahir, Fatima Azeem, Sheikh Nadeem were present on the occasion. , Chaudhry Nadeemuddin, Zahid Rafique, Khalid Chaudhry, Shahid Ghafoor Paracha, and Amjad Kayani also grace the occasion.