BMG retains rule over Karachi Chamber

All 30 members of ruling group win by wide margin

KARACHI:

The Businessmen Group (BMG) emerged victorious in the annual elections of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) as all of its 30 candidates secured the highest number of votes, 92,954 to be precise, while its rival Businessmen Alliance (BMA) could win only 21,613 votes.

As per provisional results announced by Election Commission members Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra, and Abdul Nasir Rangoonwala, BMG's Jawed Bilwani secured the highest individual votes (3,148) while his rival BMA's Saleem Kapadia bagged only 794 votes.

On the occasion, BMG Chairman Zubair Motiwala, Vice Chairmen Tahir Khaliq, Anjum Nisar, Jawed Bilwani and Mian Abrar Ahmed, General Secretary AQ Khalil and KCCI President Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh, Senior Vice President Altaf A Ghaffar and Vice President Tanveer Barry congratulated the newly elected Managing Committee members and expressed gratitude to the business & industrial community of Karachi for reposing confidence and trust in the BMG.

"By the grace of Almighty Allah, BMG has been winning all the elections since 1998 without losing a single seat," Motiwala said.