Bubar Badat, former Chairman of Pakistan's logistics association PIFFA was elected to the presidency of FIATA in the General Meeting held in Cairo during the Global Congress, according to a press release issued by FIATA Tuesday. He has been a VP & Board member of FIATA since 2007 and has now been elected unopposed to the Presidency as the Senior Vice President, bagging a seat for Pakistan on the Presidency of this global logistics organisation.
FIATA founded in 1926 is headquartered in Zurich and is the worlds largest non-governmental organisation in the field of international freight logistics & transportation, it represents thousands of logistics & International freight forwarding organisations employing approximately 10 million people across 150 countries. EJATA represents the logistics Industry with Government authorities & organisations across the world including the World Trade Organisation (WTO), International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC), International Road Transport Union (IRU), International Air Transport Association (IATA).
International Union of Railways (UIC) and has consultative status with the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) and Economic & Social Councils of United Nation (BCOSOC, BCE, ESCAP). FIATA is also a referral source on international regulations governing the logistics industry and co-ordinates greater assimilation between the industry on a global level.-PR