PESHAWAR: Mohammad Ishaq of the Businessman Forum was elected president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) for 2022-23. Shahid Hussain and Ejaz Khan Afridi were elected unopposed as senior vice-president and vice-president of the chamber, respectively, The announcement was made by the election commission during a meeting, according to a statement issued here on Saturday.

Members of the commission Malik Niaz Ahmad, Abidullah Yousafzai and Haris Mufti were present in the meeting.

According to the election commission, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahid Hussain andEjaz Khan Afridi were elected unopposed to the offices for the next term as no one had submittednomination papers against them. The newly-elected officebearers of the SCCI will take charge of their of fices on October 1.

Earlier, Shahid Hussain, Hamza Ibrahim Butt, Kashif Amin, Hafaf Ali Khan and Faisal Afzal, who had filed nominations from the Businessman Forum, were elected to the SCCI executive committee for the Corporate Group.

Forum`s members Mohammad Ishaq, Abdul Hakim Shinwari, Munawar Khurshid, Javed Ahmad Khan and Lala Badshah were elected to the chamber`s executive committee for the Associate Group.-Bureau Report