KARACHI: Punjab Minister for Energy, Industry, Trade, Investment, Skills Development and Patron General of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) S M Tanveer has said that the business community is the biggest stakeholder of Pakistan as it has always contributed to the national economy.
“We will live and die for Pakistan and we feel that the economic policies of the country should be made in consultation with the representatives of the business community, who are real frontline economic soldiers,” he said while addressing a meeting of the UBG Sindh Core Committee.
According to central spokesperson for UBG Gulzar Feroz, Punjab Minister S M Tanveer said that the business community had been deprived of honest and excellent leadership, resulting in a lack of a strong voice for the business community in the apex trade bodies.
He emphasized on the need to intensify struggle to reinvigorate the United Business Group in the Federation and to encourage the representatives of the business community.
Networking and exchange of communications with trade bodies is the need of hour which demands to speed up across the country so that the problems of business community can be brought to the government’s notice. He said that the business community has been facing big challenges and despite adverse conditions it has so far kept the economy moving.
However, Shahzad Ali Malik said that United Business Group is fully active and geared up and will soon initiate its personal one-on-one meeting with representatives and leaders of trade bodies. He announced that UBG central core committee meeting will soon be held in Lahore in which revolutionary decisions will be taken.
President UBG Zubair Tufail said that the UBG is united to face all the challenges ahead and the people associated with the group that came to power through unfair means have tarnished the reputation of FPCCI. It has been painfully destroyed, but the United Business Group after coming to power will not only improve the image of FPCCI at national level but on international level, as well. He added that the current administration of FPCCI will also be held accountable.
Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan said that Munir Bhaijan was our only leader and we were proud of his decisions. He used to unite the business community but today the business community is divided in the Federation House.
Chairman Sindh Zone Khalid Tawab said that we are united. In case of success in the election, we will once again complete the mission and dream of our leader SM Munir and make the Federation not only financially successful but also an exemplary organization.
Hanif Gohar said that the voters of Sindh are with the UBG; we will close the doors of rigging in the upcoming elections of the Federation so that the supremacy of truth and justice prevail.
Akhtiar Baig said that UBG members should be active all over Pakistan to fully participate in forthcoming FPCCI elections.
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