Leading businessmen of the country on Thursday formed a new group called "United Businessmen Panel". It would be headed by Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (FPCCI) former president Iftikhar Ali Malik. It was announced during a meeting held at a local hotel.
The members of the panel include S. M. Muneer, Mian Zahid Husain, Senator Haji Ghulam Ali, Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, Haji Ghulam Qadir Sherwani, Zubair Tufail, S. M. Naseer, Jamil Mehboob, Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Tanweer Shaikh, Mian Idrees, Engineer Dawood Khan, Riazuddin Shaikh, Aijaz Khokhar, Mumtaz Shaikh, Shaikh Riaz, Shaikh Younus, Hameed Akhtar, Haroon Rashid. The leader of the newly-formed United Businessmen Panel, Iftikhar Ali Malik, said that the efforts would be made to bring `true' democracy in FPCCI through ballot.
He also announced that regular elections would be held in United Businessmen Panel after every two years. Speaking on the occasion, S. M. Muneer said that Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf and Punjab's Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif have reposed their confidence in him and that was why that they had appointed him as chief executive of the TDAP. He said that he was neither drawing any salary nor using TDAP vehicles. He said that the group would introduce merit in the affairs of the FPCCI. Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan also spoke on the occasion.