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Dubai: Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoum Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the welfare of overseas Pakistanis is the top priority of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government.
Foreign Minister Qureshi said that Pakistani expatriates are backbone of their country’s economy and a major source of foreign remittances. “We give them top priority when it comes to their welfare and solving their problems,” Qureshi told a group of prominent community members at an Iftar reception hosted by Pakistan Business Council in Dubai on Saturday.
The Foreign Minister also instructed the Pakistan Ambassador and the Consul General to focus on attending and solving the community issues. He said that all community complaints should be addressed without fail. “Specially those who are in trouble due to COVID-19 pandemic should be provided with immediate help,” he stressed.
Pakistan Business Council eyes ambitious economic plans
13 Dec 2020
Inayat-ur-Rahman, Deputy Business Editor
The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has announced an ambitious business growth strategy for 2021-2022 bucking the global trends.
The Dubai’s most active trade body PBC at its 17th edition of elections which were held in Dubai chose the best and the most popular members as Board of Directors to run the office for 2021-2022.
Council members exercised their right to vote between the contestants of the United Business Panel and the four independent candidates. The United Business Panel won the election with a sweeping turnout.
Thereafter, the newly elected Board of Directors unanimously elected the veteran entrepreneur Ahmed Shaikhani as its new president for 2021-2022 tenure at a ceremony held at The Address Boulevard Hotel Dubai.
Pakistan Business Council Dubai elects new president
A group photo of the newly-elected Pakistan Business Council members (Supplied photo)
Elections were held at the newly-built auditorium of the Pakistan Association Dubai
The Dubai chapter of the Pakistan Business Council has unanimously elected Ahmed Shaikhani, managing director of Shaikhani Group and senior vice-president of the council, as its new president for 2021-22.
Elections were held at the newly-built auditorium of Pakistan Association Dubai, where elections were held for seven positions for the board of directors. Candidates who were elected to the board were Sultan Mahmood, Imran Chaudhary, Ahmed Shaikhani, Muhammad Iqbal Dawood, Mustafa Altaf Hussain, Shabbir Merchant and Mustafa Hemani.