PESHAWAR: Zahidullah Shinwari has been elected president of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Thursday.

According to a statement, Mohammad Naeem Butt and Malik Niaz Mohammad were elected senior vice-president and vice-president respectively. All the office-bearers were elected unopposed.

The announcement was made by the chamber`s election commission comprising Sofi Bashir Ahmed Durrani,Ziaul Haq Sarhadi and Mohammad Ishaq, stating that these businessmen succeeded unopposed as no one had submitted nomination papers against them till last day of nominations.

The newly elected office-bearers will take charge of their offices on Oct 1, 2017. It was stated that for the corporate group of the SCCI, Zahidullah Shinwari, Haris Mufti, Mohammad Arshad Siddiqui, and Minhajud Din while for Associate Group Malik Niaz Mohammad, Javaid Akhtar, Akbar Sheraz and Suhail Javaid and for a reserved seat of female Shabnam Munir, for Association of Trade and Industry Bannu Mohammad Ashfaq had already been elected unopposed as members of SCCI executive committee. All of the office-bearers belong to the Businessman Forum.