Businessman Forum sweeps SCCI’s election 2026-28

Business Recorder reported that the Businessman Forum, also known as the Ilyas Bilour Group, swept the election of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) in Peshawar. All 20 of its candidates were elected to the executive committee for 2026-28, defeating the rival Peshawar Business Alliance by a wide margin.

Polling was held for 10 vacant seats in each of the corporate and associate categories, from 8am to 5pm at the chamber premises. Turnout stood at 75.57 percent in the corporate class, where 396 votes were polled from 524 registered voters, and at 57.45 percent in the associate class, where 1977 ballots were cast from 3,441 registered voters. Police were deployed inside and outside polling stations, and an officer from the Directorate General of Trade Organisation was appointed as observer.

Asif Shahzed led the corporate class with 326 votes, while Hasnain Sherza topped the associate class with 1420 votes. Group leaders, including Ghazanfar Bilour, Haji Muhammad Afzal and Shaukat Ali Khan, thanked the business community and said the result reflected its trust in their service.