Monday, March 26, 2012

Brief Profile: Syed Khalid Tawab

Jumbo Editorial Team

Syed Khalid Tawab, who was elected as Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) for the year 2011, has also served as the Acting President of the federation.

He was also the Chairman of FPCCI Working Group on Federal Budget 2011-12. Having been awarded an honorary degree of Ph.D.he was decorated with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, one of the top civilian awards of the country, by the President of Pakistan in 2008. He is also the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Mozambique in Karachi.

A prominent businessman, he has been representing the Pakistan Iron and Steel Merchants Association on the Executive Committee of the FPCCI. He has also served as President of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI).

Khalid Tawab has been an outspoken business leader. He didn’t mince words in stating that the FPCCI remained in favour of normalisation of trade with India but not at the expense of allowing the allow local industry to suffer or close down because already the country was faced with acute unemployment problem.

He was quoted as saying that though the industry welcomed the negative list but the deadline of December 2012 was too short to cope up with the situation because 10-month period was not sufficient to face open challenges for any industry, urging the government to give at least three years for keeping negative list operative.

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