Mian Anis Ahmed Sheikh and Khawaja Muhammad Hussain have been elected unopposed as President and Senior Vice President of Multan Chamber of commerce and Industry respectively for 2011-12. Mian Anis Ahmed Sheikh is younger brother of FPCCI's former President Tanvir Ahmed Sheikh.
Member of Executive Committee (Corporate Class) are Muhammad Shamim Khan, Mian Iqbal Hassan, Mian Muhammad Alamgir Jamil Khan, Khawaja Muhammad Hussain, Dr Amna Mehmood Awan, Saleem Nasir. (Associate class) members are Mian Anis Ahmed Sheikh, Khawaja Muhammad Ali, Haseeb khan saddozai, Muhammad Asghar, Mirza Ali Ahmedand Ejaz Ahmed. A formal announcement, however, would be made at the annual general meeting scheduled for September 30.
The newly elected MCCI head, Anis Ahmed Sheikh while talking to this scribe said that the main objective of the chamber was the promotion of trade and industry and all available resources would be utilised for economic turnaround as the economic meltdown had now started taking its toll and everybody was suffering badly.
He said that the business community would have to spend its energies for increasing exports, particularly the exports of non-traditional items. Sheikh said that high mark-up was crushing the whole industrial sector and this needs to be taken care by the concerned authorities. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) should also focus on simplification of taxes, as existing procedures were cumbersome in comparison with other economies of the world.
Anis Sheikh said that research and development was an area, which if was given proper attention would be very beneficial. He said that the LCCI would, in collaboration with business community, work for the promotion of research culture in Pakistan.
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