LAHORE: Ali Hassam Asghar has been elected President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) unopposed while Sardar Usman Ghani and Khadim Hussain have been elected Senior Vice President and Vice President, respectively, as no other candidates filed nomination papers for the three top offices.
The nomination papers were filed on September 26 and scrutinised until September 28. The papers submitted by Ali Hassam Asghar, Sardar Usman Ghani and Khadim Hussain were found in order, paving the way for their unopposed election to the three principal offices.
The LCCI Elections 2026 were conducted in two phases with polling for the Corporate Class held on September 23 and for the Associate Class on September 24. The Election Commission subsequently compiled the results of both polling phases.
In the Corporate Class, 15 candidates were elected. They were Ali Hassam Asghar, who secured 1,700 votes; Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim, 1,638; Hamid Raza, 1,605; Syed Yousaf Jameel Hussain Rizvi, 1,588; Azim Iftikhar, 1,585; Mardan Ali Zaidi, 1,570; Tariq Mahmood, 1,562; Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry, 1,549; Hamad Mahmood, 1,544; Chaudhry Muhammad Fargham, 1,541; Muhammad Ali, 1,535; Muhammad Umar Abdullah Chaudhry, 1,512; Chaudhry Tahir Manzoor, 1,478; Amir Ata Bari, 1,460; and Hamza Majeed, 1,455.
In the Associate Class, 15 candidates from the Vision Alliance were elected. They were Syed Azmat Ali, who secured 5,428 votes; Zaman Naseeb, 5,421; Shahab Basharat, 5,416; Maqbool Siddique, 5,390; Adil Babar Khan, 5,385; Khadim Hussain, 5,382; Shehzad Mahmood, 5,370; Naveed Ayub, 5,355; Sahir Mushtaq, 5,351; Sardar Usman Ghani, 5,344; Muhammad Ijaz Ghori, 5,306; Muhammad Yasin, 5,305; Ali Raza, 5,305; Shah Bahram, 5,166; and Shehzad Ali Shah, 4,990.
With the completion of polling for the Corporate and Associate Classes and the subsequent prescribed process for the three principal office-bearers, the LCCI election process has been completed in accordance with the applicable election rules and schedule.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026