Executive Committee and General Body Pass Unanimous Resolution to Extend Tenure of Current Office Bearers by 1 Year Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI

Karachi: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) held its
Executive Committee and Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting of FPCCI simultaneously at
Capital Office (Chair), Head Office Karachi and Regional Office Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI & ECO-CCI and Vice
President CACCI and attended by Executive Committee and General Body Members of FPCCI
and other leading businessmen and industrialist.

The house passed the audited accounts of FPCCI for the year 2024 and unanimously
appreciated the performance President FPCCI and national and international level for facilitating
the business community and resolving their issues. During the recent past months, the FPCCI
organized its delegation to UK, Bangladesh, Turkiye, Singapore, Belarus, Saudi Arabia etc and
successfully held meetings at different multilateral forums like CACCI, Islamic Chamber of
Commerce and Development, D-8 Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Commonwealth Trade
and Investment Summit etc. FPCCI first time in history organized Sustainable Tourism Forum
with the collaboration of OIC for promoting tourism potentials and highlighting soft image of
Pakistan and hosted 50 members delegation of ASEAN countries. The house also lauded
launch pad initiative of FPCCI that will support new start ups and innovative ideas of
universities. The President FPCCI also apprised the house about their meetings with Prime
Minister of Pakistan and other important organizations regarding forthcoming budget including
taxation and tariff related issues.

During the meeting, the house expressed their full confidence on President FPCCI and affirmed
their commitment to providing their full support and cooperation in enhancing performance of
FPCCI.

The house also commended the efforts of President FPCCI for the approval of Trade
Organization Amendment Bill, 2025 that will allow two years tenure of Office Bearers of Trade
Bodies with a view to continue their policies and achievement of goals and targets.

The house also unanimously passed the resolution in the Executive Committee and Extra
Ordinary General Body Meeting of FPCCI that allow the Office Bearers of FPCCI to extend and
continue their tenure/ services in the year 2026 in order to align the tenure of FPCCI with the
tenure of other trade bodies. The house believed that the alignment of FPCCI elections with
trade bodies will facilitate the smooth operations in policy advocacy, trade diplomacy and
removal of trade bottleneck. This will also help in policies continuity and representation of
business interest at national and international level.