Business community has expressed its deep grief and sorrow over sad demise of veteran industrialist Mehtab Uddin Chawla, Chairman and CEO of Al-Karam Towel Industries Pvt Limited, who passed away on Sunday.

Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli and President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan have expressed deep grief and sorrow over sad demise of veteran industrialist Mehtab Uddin Chawla.

They said that Late Mehtab Uddin Chawla, besides being the Chairman and CEO of Al Karam Towel Industries Pvt Limited, also remained actively engaged in serving the business & industrial community from several platforms since many decades and he always supported Siraj Teli's viewpoint and decisions.

Siraj Teli said, "Mehtab Chawla raised strong voice throughout his life for the rights and well-being of the business & industrial community. He was a wonderful and dynamic person who will always be remembered for his dedicated services to the business and industrial community."

While offering sincere condolences to all family members particularly his sons, Chairman BMG and President KCCI prayed that Almighty Allah may place the departed soul in heaven and grant fortitude to his family and friends to bear this irreparable loss.

President Site Association of Industry (SAI) President Suleman Chawla, SVP Saleem Nagaria, VP Farhan Ashrafi, Younus Bashir, Tariq Yousuf, Jawed Bilwani, Saleem Parekh, Patron-in-Chief of Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (KATI) S M Muneer, President Sheikh Umer Rehan, Senior Vice President Muhammad Ikram Rajput and Vice President Syed Wajid Hussain also offered condolences on the demise of Chawla.

Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Jawaid Anwar, has expressed also his deep grief over the sad demise of Mehtab Chawla.