S.M Muneer, Patron in Chief of United Business Group (UBG), has said that the group will select the candidates for the post of president and senior vice president to take part in FPCCI election 2022, a meeting of the working committee on August 28 at the residence of Iftikhar Ali Malik in Lahore.
He said that the most influential founding group of Lahore Chamber had joined United Business Group under the leadership of Sheikh Asif.
He said UBG would start the election campaign this month, while UBG chairman Iftikhar Ali Malik has said that with the election of Ali Asghar Hussam as chairman of UBG Lahore, Lahore has become an active part of UGB.
The meeting was attended by Khalid Tawab, Sheikh Muhammad Asif, Sohail Altaf, Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Hanif Gohar, Tanveer Sheikh, Ali Hussam Asghar, Amjad Chaudhry, Amir Ata Bajwa, Dr Muhammad Noman Idrees Butt, Malik Sohail Hussain, Haji Irfan Yusuf, Zubair Ahmed Malik, Ahmed Chinoy, FPCCI Vice President Arif Yousuf Jewa, Mazhar A. Nasir, Noor Ahmed Khan, Mian Zafar Iqbal, Pervez Lala, Rehman Aziz Chan, Khawaja Khawar Rashid, Ms Alia Khan, Ms Rizwana Shahid, Hameed Akhtar Chadha, Mian Zahid Javed, Qazi Akbar, Shehzad Saadat Chaudhry, Rehmatullah Javed, Waqar Ahmad Mian, Haji Sohail Anjum Ansari, Asad Mashhadi, Zahid Latif Khan, Khurram Aftab Sheikh and other leaders participated.
Addressing the meeting, S.M Muneer said that United Business Group is the representative group of the country’s business community, and we will participate in the next elections to the best of our ability and ensure the success of UBG.
He alleged that the group occupying FPCCI had spent Rs. 14 crores out of Rs. 16 crore. Our group has left Rs 16 crore for the construction of the FPCCI building in Lahore.
The FPCCI building can be constructed, but the people of the group in the federation are fighting among themselves, and the business community is doing nothing.
Iftikhar Ali Malik said that Lahore had been a critical player in the country’s political, cultural and social life, and now the Lahore Chapter has played an active role within UBG.
He said that he has set up many chambers and associations across the country, including SAARC Chamber
UBG President Zubair Tufail said that the business community across the country is facing various problems, and the ruling group which has come to power has come up with no solution to the issues of the business community.
No significant progress has been made, and the United Business Group will fully represent the business community after the election the way they have been doing business for the past five years.