LAHORE: Businessmen Panel, an opposition group in the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has written a letter to the Director General Trade Organization (DGTO), requesting him to ensure transparent and impartial election of the apex trade body under its complete supervision.
This was stated by BMP Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar, who is also the presidential candidate of the FPCCI upcoming elections of 2020, while addressing a press conference here at BMP office on Tuesday.
Mian Anjum Nisar asked the DGTO to supervise the whole election process of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry for 2020, rejecting the hand-picked election commission due to its partiality and favoritism for a particular group.
He announced to move the court against the FPCCI general secretary for his contempt, as he has not been implementing the Islamabad High Court directives to de-notify the membership of current vice president due to his bogus documents.
The Chairman Businessmen Panel stated that the honorable court had ruled against two UBG candidates of vice president, including Noor Ahmed Khan and Muslim Mohammadi, directing the FPCCI general secretary to de-notify them but he is not following the court orders in their true spirit.
Mian Anjum Nisar, who is also the presidential candidate of the FPCCI elections 2020, observed that the candidates of the United Business Group, this year too, are not from the business community and they are preparing to contest elections on bogus documents and fake NTN. “As the general secretary is under the influence of this ruling group, he does not scrutinize its candidates’ papers properly and always favors them against the rules,” Mian Anjum Nisar added.
He said that the platform of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) should be used for the solution of proper and genuine issues of the business community through interaction with the government departments but the ruling group has turned this apex body of the country into a ‘mafia and club’ for personal benefits and gains.
The Businessmen Panel chairman said that today national chambers of commerce of the country has lost its identity in the public sector as well as among the international bodies due to lack of seriousness in policy making and research & development.
He noted that the other national chambers of the world are playing major role in economic policies of their respective countries but unfortunately the role of FPCCI is almost zero in this regard, leading to stagnant exports and poor economic conditions.
Anjum Nisar said that that presently the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry has regrettably distanced itself from its national duty of projecting Pakistan’s potential at international trade, investment, and economic events. All over the world the responsibility of economic diplomacy and development has largely been shifted from governments to private sectors’ institutions. It has become a global trend to utilize the strength and capacity of such private sectors’ representative bodies for economic and political diplomacy.
He suggested the ruling group of FPCCI to learn from its counterpart organization of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) which has been playing a significant role for the success of Indian foreign policy, besides contributing significantly in the Indian Planning Commission.
Mian Anjum Nisar noted that UBG came to power promising a change but it has disappointed business community due to compromising on every issue, misuse of funds and efforts aimed at personal welfare.
The repute of FPCCI has been damaged to an extent that now the government ignores this institution in every important meeting of policy making.
Input with INP
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