FCCI announces election schedule

Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) has announced its election schedule for the year 2015-16. A meeting of the executive committee of the FCCI held here ton Wednesday with Engr Rizwan Ashraf president FCCI in the chair. The executive committee formed a 3-member election commission to conduct the election process in a fair, free and impartial manner. The election commission will be comprised of Shahid Ahmed Sheikh (Senior Member), Chaudhary Muhammad Boota, and Haji Muhammad Saleem.
According to the election schedule, the secretary general FCCI will display the election schedule on notice board in addition to up-loading it on FCCI website. A copy of the election schedule will also be dispatched to the Regulator (Director General Trade Organisation) on July 16, 2015.
The provisional voters list will be issued on July 23, 2015 after updating it after seeking objections etc. The final list will be displayed on notice board and also uploaded on FCCI website on august 22, 2015. Eligible voters could contest the election for the vacant seats of the member executive committee by submitting their nomination papers duly proposed and seconded by registered voters and also signed by the candidate. In the same manner, the women voters could also contest for the two reserved seats of executive committee. They could also submit their nomination papers up to August 26, 2015.
Scrutiny of nomination papers will be completed up to August 27, 2015 and list of valid nominations will also be displayed on the same day. After disposing off objections etc if any the eligible candidates will be allowed to withdraw their nomination up to September 07, 2015 and final list of contesting candidates will be displayed on the same day.
The polling for corporate class will be held at FCCI complex on September 11, 2015 followed by polling for associate class on September 12, 2015. The election commission will also conduct election for the women seats on September 14, 2015. Any elected member of the executive committee could submit his nomination for the election of office bearers (President, senior vice president and vice president) on September 14, 2015. The polling for the office bearers will be held on September 17; however, the final result will be officially announced during Annual General Body Meeting to be held on September 30, 2015.