Businessmen urged to co-operate with RCCI

Hussain Ahmed Ozgen, President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has called upon the business community to ensure positive and full co-operation in chamber's activities for uplift of the trade and commerce activities in the region so that the community could prepare itself for the future challenges emerging from WTO and Safta, besides solution of tax problems.
He was addressing a special meeting with the representatives of different trade associations and unions here in chamber office on Saturday. The meeting was attended by SVP Jawed Bhatti, VP Fazal-ur-Rehman and other senior executives of the chamber.
RCCI chief while expressing his views said, being the senior most chamber of the country, RCCI always played an active role for the betterment of business community and enhancement of trade activities in the region as well as at national level.
He said that it is a matter of great pride and honour for Rawalpindi Chamber that its efforts for the promotion of trade and commerce activities were appreciated not only on national level but also on international level.
He further mentioned that chamber achieved this recognition because of full support and co-operation by the business community of the area.
Ozgen said that business community in general and manufacturers and industrialists in particular had to prepare themselves for further challenges, which need hard work, zeal and devotion to the respective cause.
In this regard, he said the chamber organised seminar and workshops on important issues to impart proper know-how about the issues the business community is confronted with. It is a matter of satisfaction that the chamber has duly achieved its targets by arranging fruitful discussions and training courses, he added.
He asked the traders to give suggestions and proposals regarding projects launched by the business community so that the chamber could make them more focussed and effective.
Expressing their views, the traders showed satisfaction over the performance of RCCI for the improvement and uplift of trade activities and welfare of business community of the area.
They also appreciated training programmes for the business community by the chamber and termed them beneficial for the business community. They also assured full support and co-operation.