The leadership of Businessmen Group (BMG) and Office Bearers of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) congratulated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on his party’s overwhelming victory in the General Election 2018. BMG leadership and KCCI representatives issued a statement on Thursday in which they expressed the hope that Imran Khan would prioritize some of the urgent economic issues being faced by the country and pay special attention to the problems being suffered by the business and industrial community of Karachi upon assuming charge of the country’s state of affairs. BMG Chairman Siraj Kassam Teli, while complimenting Chairman PTI on his party’s victory, said that the business and industrial community of Karachi Chamber was fairly optimistic about PTI’s victory. He hoped that PTI chairman would fulfill all the commitments he made to the business community of KCCI, particularly his pledge towards improving the infrastructure of Karachi and resolving the issues being faced by the business and industrial community of the metropolis. “It is not going to be an easy task, but Imran Khan will have to stay focused and honor all his commitments at any cost. Only then would the confidence of Karachi’s business community be restored,” he said, adding that if Imran Khan actually proved that he was a ‘man of his words’, the KCCI would continue to extend its full support to him throughout his tenure. Siraj Teli said that after assuming charge Imran Khan must gather a team of economic experts and reliable members of the business community, who possessed knowledge about the issues being faces by different sectors of the economy including Textile, Construction and Real Estate, Financial, Services, Agriculture, Automobile, Electronics, FMCG sectors. “The proposed team comprising of genuine representatives of business and industrial community would surely be able to prudently guide the government in formulating numerous policies directly or indirectly affecting the trade and industry. This step would create a win-win situation and would be warmly welcomed by the entire business and industrial community”, he added. Commenting on the victory of numerous political parties from National and Provincial Assemblies seats in Karachi, Siraj Teli hoped that all these political parties would set aside their differences and make collective efforts to revive the city’s business climate. Published in Daily Times, July 27th 2018.