LAHORE: All the secretary generals of the chambers and trade associations have met in a two-day 7th conference here under the auspices of CIPE to discuss issues, related to business community.
CIPE Deputy Country Director Hammad Siddique opened the All Pakistan Secretary Generals’ Conference started here at a local hotel. Addressing the inaugural session, Hammad emphasised on the role of trade bodies for the economic well-being. He stressed the need for capacity building of the Chambers and trade associations to achieve the goal of progress and prosperity. He said that this was the seventh conference wherein the participants were given awareness about their role in their respective institutions.
He expressed the optimism that after the conclusion of the conference, the participants would be well equipped to face the upcoming challenges. Huzaifa Shabbir Hussain threw light on his experience of working with small chambers of commerce and industry and brought to the limelight the weaknesses in their working and gave quite a few very valuable suggestions.
