PESHAWAR: All the 10 candidates of Businessman Forum won the executive committee elections of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Commerce (SCCI) for next term 2021-22. Polling was held on five seats of Corporate and Associate seats each on the chamber premises from 8am to 5pm.

For Corporate seats, Hussnain Khurshid Ahmad, Farhad Asfandyar, Muhammad Arshad Siddique of the Businessmen Forum secured 235 votes each. Minhajuddin from the same group polled 231 ballots and Pervez Khan Khattak remained successful by obtaining 230 votes, according to election commission, while releasing results.

Similarly, all candidates of the Businessman Forum for the Associate seats also won the elections. Imran Khan Mohmand obtained 792, Javed Akhtar 788, Ejaz Khan polled 772 votes, Ghulam Hussain begged 767 and Naeem Qasmi remained successful by securing 740 votes respectively.

Muhammad Ashfaq was already elected unopposed on a vacant seat of Bannu Township while Mubarak Bagem was also elected unopposed on a women reserved seat. After the victory in the SCCI executive body for 2021-22, the Businessman Forum leader, former senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour congratulated the members of the Businessman Forum, saying that overwhelming victory in SCCI executive body polls of the forum was a reflection of business community trust and fruit of services to the community.

Former FPCCI president and Businessman Forum leader, Ghazanfar Bilour also greeted the business community for the peaceful holding of elections and the overwhelming victory of the Businessman Forum.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2021