SIALKOT: Sialkot-based leading exporter Mian Muhammad Riaz was unanimously elected as chairman of the Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) during a ceremony held here. Earlier, he had worked as the president of Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI).
Another financial tycoon Haji Aftab Barlas was also unanimously elected as senior vice chairman of SIAL. Earlier, he had been the chairman of Pakistan Gloves Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PGMEA) and vice president of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI).
The SCCI hosted a prestigious welcoming ceremony at SCCI Auditorium in honour of the newly elected SIAL office-bearers. SCCI President Fazal Jillani, SVP Mir Alamgir Meyer, VP Malik Naseer Ahmed, Pakistan Gloves Manufactures and Exporters Association Chairman Muhammad Younas and SVC Sheikh Ejaz Ahmed Jammu were also present.
Addressing the participants, SIAL newly elected Chairman Mian Muhammad Riaz pledged to make efforts to make the Sialkot International Airport as a model airport of Pakistan and Asia as well.
Riaz said that the airport had been a hallmark of sincerity, dedication, enthusiasm and unity of the Sialkot exporters, who had established it on self help basis.
He said that the airport had a great potential of doubling the city exports from persisting $1.8 billion annually, besides opening new vistas of socio-economic and human development in Pakistan’s first ever “golden export triangle” comprising Sialkot, Gujrat and Gujranwala districts as well.
