PESHAWAR: Mohammad Ishaq of the Businessman Forum was elected president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) for 2022-23. Shahid Hussain and Ejaz Khan Afridi were elected unopposed as senior vice-president and vice-president of the chamber, respectively,

The announcement was made by the election commission during a meeting, according to a statement issued here on Saturday.

Members of the commission Malik Niaz Ahmad, Abidullah Yousafzai and Haris Mufti were present in the meeting.

Mohammad Ishaq, Shahid Hussain and Ejaz Khan Afridi were elected unopposed to the offices for the next term as no one had submitted nomination papers against them.

The newly-elected office-bearers of the SCCI will take charge of their offices on October 1.

Earlier, Shahid Hussain, Hamza Ibrahim Butt, Kashif Amin, Hafaf Ali Khan and Faisal Afzal, who had filed nominations from the Businessman Forum, were elected to the SCCI executive committee for the Corporate Group.

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2022