The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) office bearers and the Executive Committee members have been elected unopposed for 2017-18. According to the official sources; Mr Ali Pervaiz has been elected unopposed as Chairman APTMA Punjab for 2017-18. Also, the whole executive committee of APTMA Punjab including Adil Bashir as Senior Vice Chairman, Aamir Sheikh as Vice Chairman, Shargeel Khalid as Treasurer and Asad Kamal, Ashar Khurram, Azhar Majeed, Faisal Shafi, Muhammad Siddique, Zaeem Ahmed, Imran Ghafoor and Umair Umar have been elected as members unchallenged.
Mr Syed Ali Ahsan, the outgoing Chairman APTMA Punjab, congratulated the newly elected office bearers and members, wishing them successful journey ahead. For the said positions, no other contestant filed for the nominations against the six empty seats from Punjab region for the Central Executive Committee CEC. Therefore, Gohar Ejaz, S. M. Tanveer, Ahsan Bashir, Tanvir Gulzar and Fazal Ahmed Sh were selected from Punjab for the CEC APTMA.
All the new elected members and office bearers of the Executive Committees will take charge of their office on 29th September 2017.This is the ninth consecutive year of ruling group in the annual elections of APTMA. During the subsequent year, the APTMA management and leadership has secured Rs180 billion textile industry package from the government and presently working for its implementation in true letter and spirit.
Expected is that the upcoming team will be able to take the industry ahead so far as the restoration of the viability and growth in the exports related to textile is concerned. Speaking about the matter, Mr Gohar Ejaz expressed deep gratitude to Allah Almighty or bestowing upon his group the 9th consecutive win. “The unopposed victory of my group is a clear manifestation of the confidence reposed by the APTMA members on their leadership,” he said. The also gave best wished to the newly elected members are the central and zonal level, urging them to give their best in the larger interest of the industry and the association.
