ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) in collaboration with its members has donated an amount of Rs 0.5 million for the Islamabad Lawyers Club. For this purpose, a delegation of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Bar Association led by its president Arif Chaudhry visited ICCI and ICCI President Sheikh Amir Waheed in a ceremony, presenting the cheque of Rs 0.5 million to Arif Chaudhry. Gulf Construction Company Chief Executive Sardar Tanvir Ilyas, Sheikh Amir Waheed, Khalid Javed, Zafar Bakhtawari and ICCI former president Atif Ikram Sheikh contributed in the said amount. Speaking on the occasion, Arif Chaudhry thanked ICCI for donating a hefty amount for the Lawyers Club. He said that ICCI and IHC Bar Association had common objectives to serve the cause of their members and they should develop close cooperation to promote the interests of lawyers and business communities. He assured that whenever needed, IHC Bar Association would fully support business community in better protection of its genuine rights. Waheed said that lawyers and business community were two important stakeholders of the city and they should make joint efforts for a conducive business environment and for a better development of the city. He said lawyers were playing an important role for delivery of justice to the aggrieved parties and business community was playing a key role in the economic development of the country and also stressed that the government should resolve issues of lawyers and business communities on priority basis. ICCI Vice President Nisar Mirza, ICCI former president Muzzamil Sabri and ICCI former secior vice president Khalid Chaudhry also spoke at the occasion and assured that business community would cooperate with IHC Bar Association in efforts aimed at promoting the interests of lawyer community. Published in Daily Times, February 11th 2018.