Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) President Sheikh Amir Waheed said that Asad Umar had assured traders of the federal capital to arrange the promulgation of new rent control act in Islamabad within the first 100 days of PTI government and called upon him to honour his assurance to resolve the long standing issue of local business community.

He said this while congratulating the newly elected office bearers of Traders Welfare Association (TWA), Jinnah Super Market, Islamabad. He visited Jinnah Super Market leading a delegation of ICCI.

ICCI Senior Vice President Muhammad Naveed Malik, ICCI Vice President Nisar Mirza, Zubair A Malik, Khalid Javed, Muhammad Ejaz Abbasi, Khalid Chaudhry, Malik Sohail, Tahir Ayub, Qazi Ilyas, Tahir Mahmood and others were in the delegation.

Traders group nominees Malik Rab Nawaz was elected unopposed as president, Abdul Rahman Siddiqui general secretary, Asad Aziz SVP, Chaudhry Ashraf VP, Fasiullah Khan joint secretary, Ibrar Ahmed finance secretary and Dile Khurram as press secretary of TWA, Jinnah Super Market, F-7 Markaz, Islamabad.

ICCI President Sheikh Amir Waheed said that ICCI had made great efforts during the tenure of previous government for the new rent law and an amended bill of rent restriction act was presented in the National Assembly through Asad Umar and former Member of National Assembly Mian Abdul Manan, but unfortunately, no progress was made on that bill. He hoped that Umar would play a role for promulgation of the new rent law in Islamabad to address the longstanding issues of local traders.

Published in Daily Times, August 1^st 2018.