Nomination for FPCCI top slot: UBG chief calls for termination of pact with BMP

Business Recorder reported that Zubair Tufail, president of the United Business Group (UBG), wants a pact with the Businessmen Panel (BMP) scrapped. Tufail made the call while congratulating S.M Tanveer, UBG's patron-in-chief, after the group unanimously put him forward as its candidate for the presidency of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI). He proposed that the decision to team up with BMP or with Anjum Nisar be withdrawn or revoked.

Tufail objected to messages from BMP Secretary General Haji Ghulam Ali, saying Ali had disclosed a copy of the accord between the two groups. He also alleged that Ali was now stirring discord, a development that had caused resentment among UBG members. Tufail argued that BMP figures were not reliable, citing a two-year term at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he said BMP broke its commitment after winning it. He further said BMP had also violated an arrangement with Lahore Chamber president-elect Ali Hussam Asghar.

Tufail said the group ought to trust voters within the commercial sector and fight the polls itself, instead of leaning on partnerships with figures whose credibility is doubtful. He added that UBG would not align itself with people seen as untrustworthy, lacking in integrity or without firm principles.