Agha Shahab invites Razzak Dawood at KCCI to discuss controversial TOO-2013 - Press Release issued by Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Karachi -- October 11, 2019 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)

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President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan has invited Advisor to Prime Minister for Commerce and Textile Abdul Razzak Dawood to visit KCCI so that they could get an opportunity to present their point of view about the controversial Trade Organizations Ordinance (TOO) 2013 and convince the government to revalidate TOO-2007, besides listening to PM Advisor's plan of action on how to completely cleanse FPCCI from bogus trade bodies which, if done, would surely go in favour of the entire country.

In a letter sent to Advisor Razzak Dawood dated October 11, 2019, President KCCI drew the attention of PM's Advisor towards the controversial Trade Organizations Ordinance 2013 which provided enough space to the Qabza Group at FPCCI through fake and bogus trade bodies to stay in control and deprived the genuine representatives of the business and industrial community of their fundamental right of having some say in FPCCI's affairs.

"We firmly believe that TOO-2013 has to be rescinded and replaced with TOO 2007 which must be implemented in letter and spirit in order to unshackle FPCCI from the clutches of Qabza Group", he added.

In this regard, he recalled a meeting with PM's Advisor in his office with KCCI's delegation which was led by Chairman Businessmen Group and Former President KCCI Siraj Kassam Teli and Former President KCCI Junaid Esmail Makda who presented a detailed comparison of TOO-2007 with TOO 2013 to the Advisor so that he could better understand the serious loopholes in TOO-2013 and accordingly take steps to deal with this pressing issue.

Agha Shahab said that the Karachi Chamber struggled really hard to get Trade Organizations Ordinance 1961 abolished during Musharraf's regime in 2007 when Humayun Akhtar Khan was the Commerce Minister. At that point in time, TOO-2007 was formulated which was endorsed by all Trade Associations, Chambers and even the FPCCI that resulted in eradicating almost all the fake/ bogus...