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Junaid Altaf elected president SCCI unopposed, Nadeem Rauf, senior vice president and Sabir Ahmad Bangash, vice president also elected unopposed
Incumbent office bearers submitted resignations, accepted in an emergent meeting of SCCI executive committee
Press Release
September 25, 2025
PESHAWAR: Junaid Altaf, Nadeem Rauf, and Sabir Ahmad Bangash here on Thursday elected unopposed as president, senior vice president and vice president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The incumbent SCCI President Fazal Moqeem Khan, Senior Vice President Abdul Jalil Jan, and Vice President Shehryar Khan submitted their resignation with the office of secretary general of the chamber, said in a statement issued here on Thursday.
Following the resignations, the Secretary General of the chamber under the relevant rules of Directorate General of Trade Organisation (DGTO) called an emergent meeting of the SCCI executive e committee, during which the resignations of president, senior vice president and vice president were presented.
The Executive committee unanimously endorsed the resignations. During the EC meeting, the secretary general has issued a schedule for election on presidential positions and set up an election commission in this regard, consisting on Malik Niaz Ahmad, Faiz Muhammad Faizi and Zulfiqar Ali Khan.
After receiving the nomination papers for president, senior vice president and vice president, the secretary general suspended the proceedings of the EC meeting for two hours and conducted scrutiny of the nomination papers.
On recommencement of the proceeding, the meeting informed that Junaid Altaf was submitted nomination paper for president, Nadeem Rauf for senior vice president and Sabir Ahmad Bangash for vice presidents slot. The Election commission declared the nomination papers of the candidates valid and approved.
According the election commission, no nomination paper received against Junaid Altaf, Nadeem Rauf and Sabir Ahmad Bangash, so that the elections commission formally announced Junaid Altaf, Nadeem Rauf and Sabir Ahmad Bangash elected unopposed as president, senior vice president and vice president of the chamber respectively and issued a notification in this regard, and its copy also sent to DGTO.
Formal announcement of the newly elected office bearers of the SCCI would be made in the upcoming general body of the chamber. It is noted to mention here that the Executive Committee only accepted resignations on presidential slots of the chamber and three office bearers would continue as members of executive committee, including other executive body members and newly elected office bearers would complete their tenure till September 30, 2026.
Earlier, an emergent meeting of the executive committee of the chamber was held under chairmanship of the outgoing president Fazal Moqeem Khan.
The meeting was attended by outgoing senior vice president Abdul Jalil Jan, outgoing vice president Shehryar Khan, along with member of the executive committee Ziaul Haq Sarhadi, Abdul Naseer, Muhammad Ashfaq, Aftab Iqbal, Shams ur Rahim, Hassan Zahideen, Abbas Fuad Azeem, Sajjad Zaheer and Adnan Nasir,
On the occasion, FPCCI former president and leader Businessman Forum Ghazanfar Bilour, Anjuman e Tajran Chairman Peshawar Shaukat Ali Khan, former presidents SCCI Fuad Ishaq, Riaz Arshad, Hasnain Khurshid, Zahidullah Shinwari, former senior vice presidents Inayat Khan, Sanaullah Khan, former vice president Haris Mufti, Secretary General Muqtasid Ahsan, and Faisal Afzal, Sohail Javed, Saddar Gul, Faiz Rasool, Fazl e Wahid, Ishtiaq Muhammad Paracha and others participated in the executive committee meeting as observer.
SCCI former presidents and members of the executive committee lauded the outgoing president, senior vice president and vice president selfless services for business community under the guidance and leadership of the Businessman forum and congratulated the newly elected president Junaid Altaf, Senior Vice president Nadeem Rauf and Vice president Sabir Ahmad Bangansh.
They expressed hope that the newly elected office bearers will discharge all energy to carry forward the mission of the businessman forum, achievement of set goals and resolution of traders and industrialists issues. By following the footprints of the outgoing office bearers, the new cabinet will complete the ongoing and new projects and business welfare initiatives on priority grounds.
Muqtasid Ahsan,
Secretary General,
Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry
