PESHAWAR: The schedule for annual elections of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry was announced on Thursday under which polling for the election of president, senior vice-president and vice-president will be held on Sept 23.

According to a statement here, the election commission, set up for conducting the chamber’s elections for the session 2019-20, held its maiden meeting to review arrangements for the elections.

The EC members, including Malik Niaz Ahmad, Mohammad Iqbal and Abidullah Khan, discussed the relevant issues.

According to the schedule, nomination papers for election of the executive committee members would be submitted by August 26, which could be withdrawn till Sept 12.

The election for executive committee for year 2019-20 would be held on Sept 17.

It stated that nomination papers for the seats of SCCI president, senior vice-president and vice-president would be submitted by Sept 19 and the elections for these three top slots would be held on Sept 23.

The annual general body meeting will be held on Sept 30.

Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2019

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