KARACHI The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry has set up a think tank, comprising the country's top economic minds, governance specialists, industrialists, entrepreneurs, investors and exporters.
The body will be called FPCCI’s Think Tank on Pakistan’s Economic Revival & Growth (FPCCI-PERG); and, will be chaired by Gohar Ejaz, former caretaker minister for finance, revenue and investments, a statement said on Friday.
Atif Ikram Sheikh, president FPCCI, said the entire business, industry and trade community of Pakistan is united for the economic revival of Pakistan; and, being the apex body, FPCCI has assembled an ensemble group of Pakistan’s brightest minds.
The members of FPCCI-PERG will includesenior business leaders including Bashir Jan Mohammad, Arif Habib, Mohammad Ali Tabba, Mian Muhammad Idrees, Ghazanfar Bilour, Nouman Idrees Butt, Zubair Motiwala, Asif Inam and Shahzad Ali Malik.
Shahid Abdullah, Fawad Mukhtar, Maqsood Ismail, Farooq Naseem and Shahzad Asghar Ali will also be the part of FPCCI-PERG. In-depth analysis and informed discourse will be the core values of the think tank.
The objectives of the think tank are conducting research on economic challenges & opportunities; formulating evidence-based policy recommendations for sustainable economic growth and facilitating dialogue among the quadrilateral alliance of policymakers, industry, academia & civil society.
Sheikh apprised that all major sectors and industrial regions of the country will be represented by their best of the best - and, FPCCI is all-willing to kickstart a result-oriented consultative process with the government on federal budget 2024 - 25 and charter of economy in the light of the recommendations of its think tank.
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