PESHAWAR: The Businessman Forum, known as Ilyas Bilour Group, has swept the election of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), by defeating the rival Peshawar Business Alliance.
According to the election commission, all the 20 candidates of Businessman Forum won the executive committee elections of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Commerce (SCCI) for 2026-28, by a huge margin.
Polling was held on 10 vacant seats of Corporate and Associate seats each on the chamber premises from 8am to 5pm.
The voters and supporters gathered inside and outside the polling stations.
Special camps and help desks by members and workers of all groups were set up for guidance of voters.
A fool-proof security arrangement was made with the deployment police inside and outside the polling stations to maintain law and order situation.
In order to conduct transparent and fair elections, the Directorate General of Trade Organisation (DGTO) had appointed an officer as observer.
The overall election process was monitored by SCCI Secretary Muqtasid Ahsan.
According to the election commission, total registered voters in Corporate Class was 524, out of which 396 votes were polled, and one was cancelled, according to which the voters’ turnout in the Corporate Class remained 75.57 percent.
Similarly, total registered voters in Associate Class was 3,441 out of which 1977 ballots were polled, and one was cancelled, according to which the voters turn out in Associate Class remained 57.45 percent.
All candidates of the Businessman Forum on 10 Corporate and 10 Associate Class won with historic margin, by defeating its rival group candidate Peshawar Business Alliance, according to results announced by Election Commission.
In the 10 corporate class candidates of the Businessman Forum, the Asif Shahzed secured 326, while Farhad Asfandiyar 318, Nadeem Shahzad 312, Abidullah Khan 310, Naeem ur Rehman 305, Abid Pervez Awan 304, Musarat Shah 304, Mazhar Jamil 301, Sikandar Iqbal 289 and Zahid Khan 278 votes.
Similarly, in the 10 Associate class candidates of the Businessman Forum, Hasnain Sherza gained 1420 votes, while Asim Azam 1418, Amir Azam 1412, Bakht Mir Jan Durrani 1405, Malik Imran Ishaq 1407, Khalid Khan 1403, Malang Khan 1395, Sarfraz Khan 1378, Shah Muhammad 1367 and Shahid Hussain 1318 votes.
The businessman forum leaders and supporters celebrated the historic victory.
The BF leaders including Ghazanfar Bilour, Haji Muhammad Afzal, Shaukat Ali Khan, prominent/senior members, former presidents and others while talking to reporters after the clean sweep in the election thanked the business community for vote and support.
The leaders said the landslide victory in the election was a testimony of selfless service from the Businessman Forum platform.
They reaffirmed commitment to continue indiscriminate service to the business community in the future.
Former FPCCI president and Businessman Forum leader, Ghazanfar Bilour congratulated the leaders, members of the Businessman Forum, saying that the overwhelming victory in SCCI executive body polls of the forum was a reflection of business community trust and fruit of services to the community.
He thanked the business community for the active participation and peaceful holding of elections and the overwhelming victory of the Businessman Forum.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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