LAHORE: PIAF- Founders Alliance will make a clean sweep as it has always done its utmost to resolve issues and grievances of business community of Lahore while the opposition stands nowhere as mere chanting of slogans does not work. The Alliance on the other hand has taken up on priority basis issues whether it is concerning with taxes, energy crisis, law and order or their security.
These comments were made by PIAF-Founder Alliances central leadership while talking to Customs Today following the inauguration ceremony of PIAF Founder Alliance election campaign and declaration of its candidates for Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Election 2015-16 here. On the occasion, an overwhelming majority of traders was present here at a local hotel.
PIAF Founders Alliance Chairman Irfan Iqbal Sheikh said that the Alliance has been making a clean sweep for the last 12 years and this year it will follow the suit with a vast majority.
The opponent group is standing nowhere as it is as weightless as a paper, he lamented, adding that it will be proved during the elections that PIAF-Founder Alliance is real voice of the Lahore business community.
LCCI presidential candidate Sheikh Arshad said he had never expected such a large and superb majority of traders and industrialist in the LCCI election inaugural campaign. He believed that PIAF-Founder Alliance will secure a thumping victory. He said I beg from the Almighty Allah to grant us the strength to serve the business community and be able to do justice with our positions.
Irfan Qasir Sheikh sated that the Alliance has been winning elections for the last 12 years with tremendous majority of traders and industrialist. It is the testimony of the alliances has worked for the business community and its leaders are popular amongst the traders and industrialist. He said that Alliance will make its mark on September 21 and 22 by winning the LCCI Election 2015-16.
Mian Anjum Nisar told this scribe that PIAF- Founder Alliance has provided a visionary leadership to the business community of Lahore and I am hopeful that this time also the Alliance will make a difference. He added that this time also a very tried and tested majority of candidates have been nominated by the Alliance.
He believed that the Alliance has been serving the community with full zeal and zest and the Alliance candidates will make a clean sweep.
On the other hand, Muslim League traders wing President Nasir Saeed has extended his full support for the PIAF Founder Alliance.
“Not only the business community of Lahore but also traders, industrialists hailing from across Punjab will vote and support the Alliance,” Saeed said.
He said that Alliance will make a clean sweep in LCCI election 2015-16 like it has been doing for the past 12 years in both corporate and associate classes as the Alliance has enormous achievement for the business community of Lahore to its credit.
Sheikh Asif said that the PIAF-Founder Alliance victory is above board and this is because the Alliance leadership is committed to serve the business community of Lahore.
“We stand committed and duty bound to resolve the issues of business community. We have no connection with politics. We are concerned with Federal Board of Revenue, Commerce Ministry and Finance Ministry and we never hesitated to take up the community’s grievance with these departments of the state, he concluded.