Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has announced that it would hold two exhibitions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-made products at national level and two exhibitions at international level. The announcement was made during the executive committee meeting of the chamber, chaired by the SCCI president Haji Mohammad Afzal Khan. Former president Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Sharafat Ali Mubarik, Khan Gul Awan, Kamran Ishaq, Imran Sawal, Muhammad Naem Butt, Sohail Raof, Abdul Jalil Jan, Mohammad Sajjad and Noman-ul-Haq also attended the meeting.
Afzal Khan while addressing to participants of the meeting said that after the conduct of two successful exhibitions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-made products in Islamabad, they have planned to hold two more exhibitions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-made products at national level and two exhibitions at international level, aiming at to introduce the province's products in the international market as well as to build a soft-image of this region in rest of the world.
The chamber president said that these exhibitions would bring economic prosperity for the people of this poverty-hit province. He said that the products of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will also help to portray soft image of the peace loving people of this militancy-hit province.
Regarding China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Afzal Khan said that this project is the lifeline of Pakistan and a game changer for the region, saying that recommendations have been forwarded to the provincial government for its due share in this project of vital importance.
The SCCI chief said that Chinese language courses would soon be started at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry with support of TEVTA. He also expressed deep concern over the losses of precious lives due to recent rain and asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to compensate the affected families. The executive committee of the chamber also gave approval to form election commission comprising Sofi Bashir Ahmad, Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi and Muhammad Ishaq. The meeting also approved schedule for the election of 2017-2018.