LAHORE: Third Annual General Meeting of Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) was held here at PCJCCI office on Wednesday, in which election results for the chamber’s office-bearers/Executive Committee members for year 2017-18 were announced and was confirmed by Election Commissioners appointed as per Trade Organizations Act/Rules 2013.
AGM was followed by the cake cutting ceremony in the admiration of China National Day. The meeting was chaired by Wang Zihai, outgoing President PCJCCI, whereby PCJCCI’s brief report of achievement was presented and later the elections results were announced according to which S.M. Naveed, Director Din Group, was declared as unopposed President; Dr Iqbal Qureshi, CEO Tech Nexus, as Senior Vice President and Rana Mehmood Iqbal as Vice President. Members of the executive committee comprised of Wang Zihai, Moazzam Ghurki, Dr Iqbal Qureshi, Abdul Waheed Sandal, Rizwan Nisar, S.M. Naveed, Daud Ahmed, Rana Mehmood Iqbal, Khurram Shafiq and Muhammad Irfan.
Shah Faisal Afridi, the founder PCJCCI president expressed warm wishes to the new president and EC members. He appreciated initiatives and implications of Wang for making this Chamber a more dynamic and effective organization. He also extended greetings to Chinese nationals for the upcoming China National Day. He said that on this occasion of festivity the appointment of S.M Naveed on such an important designation would amicably bring more success to Pak-china Chamber of Commerce.
In his speech, Wang Zihai wished good luck to S.M. Naveed for taking hold of all ongoing and upcoming developments of Chamber. “We are confident about his abilities and understanding towards the cause of PCJCCI that is the mutual cooperation and prosperity of both countries,” he remarked.
While, S.M. Naveed acknowledged the massive positive developments undergone under the presidentship of Wang Zihai. “It is due to the capable leadership of Wang that today PCJCCI has achieved high targets and now heading towards the bigger goals,” he viewed. There was a tradition of this Chamber that once who became President of PCJCCI remained a president forever, and Wang would be the president of this Chamber forever, he added.
S.M. Naveed strongly affirmed that due to his prominent position in business community, he would utilize all his business relations and expertise for the progress of this Chamber. He reiterated that he would represent PCJCCI in all business gatherings, forums, associations and would interact with the delegations seeking information and also give media interviews and statements for the information of general masses and promotion of the cause of PCJCCI.
The executive committee members including Senior Vice President Dr Iqbal Qureshi and Vice President Rana Mehmood Iqbal also extended best wishes to S.M. Naveed and the new members in the team.
PCJCCI Secretary General M. Salahudin Hanif said that friendship between China and Pakistan had now transformed into strategic partnership that had provided Pakistan with an invaluable opportunity that nations often come across in centuries. He said that PCJCCI team was quite optimistic that the new leadership would work with the same spirit of sincerity and diligence for building, promoting and maintaining the friendly relations between Pakistan and China.
