ISLAMABAD: Known entrepreneur Reem Abbasi has been elected unopposed as President of the Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI).
Sofia Akhter has been elected as Senior Vice President while Munazza Arif has been voted as Vice President of IWCCI, said a press release here on Tuesday.
Those who were elected to the Executive Committee of the IWCCI include Hajrah Kashif, Neelum Nayab, Shahida Mazhar, Musarrat Jabeen, Rubina Lahooti, and Nosheen Ali.
Annual General Meeting of the IWCCI was held with chambers outgoing president in the chair.
During the meeting, keeping in view her services, Reem Abbasi was elected as President of the IWCCI. Samina Fazil, founder president of the chamber took the oath from the newly-elected office bearers.
Parliamentary Secretary for Capital Administration and Development Division, Maiza Hameed, the chief guest, speaking on the occasion said that success of nations is tied to the women empowerment.
She said that Government has taken a number of laudable steps to empower women and a lot is yet to be done. Maiza Hameed said that families are healthier, educated and balanced while productivity improves and incomes increase when women are given authority.
Empowering women and reduction in gender gap is the key to change and essential to achieving the objective of poverty eradication.
Women play a vital role in the development of households, society, and the country, therefore, their role cannot be neglected, she added.
Speaking at the occasion, the newly-elected President IWCCI Reem Abbasi thanked the members of IWCCI for reposing confidence in her saying that, We can only become a developed nation when women are encouraged and their skills utilized properly. She said that she will assist women so that they can have a voice and become economically empowered. While lauding the women empowerment initiatives undertaken by the government asking the authorities to do more in this regard. She said that she would follow the steps of Samina Fazil to work for the promotion of businesswomen.
