President of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Muhammad Arshad has assured members of All Pakistan Paper Merchants Association (APPMA) that the LCCI will continue its efforts for the early resolution of their problems. He said this while speaking at an annual general meeting of the All Pakistan Paper Merchants Association (APPMA) at the LCCI, here on Tuesday.
Sheikh Muhammad Arshad urged the newly elected office-bearers of the APPMA to forward their proposals to the Lahore Chamber so that the issues being faced by them could be taken up with the government circles concerned. Speaking on the occasion, newly elected APPMA office-bearers urged the government to curtail import duty on the paper and paperboard and it should be included in the category of semi-finished material for printing and packaging. They said that the government should allow duty-free import of paper used for printing of text books. They said that it would help the students to get text books on cheaper rates.
Khamis Saeed Butt presented the annual report of the association and also detailed about his association's performance during the outgoing year. Former president Mian Anjum Nisar, newly elected Senior Vice Chairman Khamis Saeed Butt, APMA President Khawaja Nadeem Saeed Wain, Senior Vice President Zeeshan Sohail Malik, Vice Presidents Haji Liaquat Ali, Muhammad Shafqat Chaudhry, Secretary General Khawaja Muhammad Abbas, Joint Secretary Farman Malik, former president Zahid Maqsood Butt and Finance Secretary Abrar Butt.