PESHAWAR
A notable businessman Shahid Hussain has been elected unopposed as the vice-president of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) for the year 2022-23 in the annual election.
The announcement was made by the Election Commission during a meeting held here on Friday. Members of the commission Malik Niaz Ahmad, Abidullah Yousafzai and Haris Mufti were present in the meeting. It is to note here that Muhammad Ishaq of businessman forum was also elected as president of the SSCI for the year 2022-23.
According to election commission, Muhammad Ishaq, Shahid Hussain and Ejaz Khan Afriidi were elected unopposed to the offices for the next term as no one had submitted nomination papers against them. The newly-elected office-bearers of the SCCI will take charge of their office on October 01.
Earlier, Shahid Hussain, Hamza Ibrahim Butt, Kashif Amin, Hafaf Ali Khan, Faisal Afzal of businessman forum candidates were elected to the SCCI executive committee for Corporate Group.
Muhammad Ishaq, Abdul Hakim Shinwari, Munawar Khurshid, Javed Ahmad Khan and Lala Badshah of BF candidates were elected to the SCCI executive committee for the Associate Group.
Qurat ul Ain of the BF was also elected unopposed on a woman reserved seat as no one had submitted nomination papers against her, according to the election commission.
