The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is the Chamber of Commerce for Karachi, Pakistan.
They aim to improve Pakistan's business environment and economic well-being, especially in Karachi. They seek to provide advocacy and opportunity to their thousands of members. KCCI issues statements to the news media, making recommendations and expressing its views over current economic and financial issues in Karachi and Pakistan .Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry urges K-Electric to improve performance The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published on 30 July 2015, Retrieved 28 October 2017
History
The KCCI was formed in 1959 through amalgamation of four existing trade bodies, Pakistan Merchants Association, Buyers and Shippers Chamber, Chamber of Commerce Pakistan, and All Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry.Profile of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry on hamariweb.com website Retrieved 27 October 2017 It was officially registered under the Trade Organization Ordinance in 1961.
Composition The Chamber is affiliated with the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
It has two classes of membership: Members, and Town Associations. As of 2019 the Chamber had approximately 17,000 direct members, both industrialists and traders. Seven Industrial Town Associations affiliated with the chamber, S.I.T.E. Association of Industry, Landhi Association of Trade & Industry, Korangi Association of Trade & Industry, Federal 'B' Area Association of Trade & Industry, North Karachi Association of Trade & Industry, S.I.T.E. Superhighway Association of Industry, and Bin Qasim Association of Trade & Industry.
The Chamber's effective membership comes to around 50,000. Due to its location in the commercial, financial and industrial center that is Karachi, it represents mainstream economic activities. Karachi is the largest city in Pakistan. KCCI is the nation's largest business Chamber and is the eighth largest business elective representative body in the world as measured by its membership base.
Management Policies and programs are determined by the 30 member Managing Committee who are elected by the organization's General Body. Tee Korner Committee members retire every year. Two seats are reserved for Women Entrepreneurs with one seat each for representatives/nominations from affiliated industrial town associations. The President is elected by the General Body and the Senior Vice President and the vice-president are elected annually by the Managing Committee.The president controls office staff and directs all matters of the Chamber with assistance of the Senior Vice-president and the vice-president.
Presidents M.A. Rangoonwala, 1959 (Chairman Ad'hoc re-organizing Committee for Formation, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Karachi) JP Sheikh Abdul Khaliq Abdul Razak, 1959–1960 (Baba-e-Biradari and founder Jamiyat Punjabi Saudagran-e-Delhi) Mohammad Hanif, 1960–1961 A.K. Sumar, 1961–1963 M.A. Jawad, 1964–1965 Mohammad Shafique, 1965–1966 M.A. Enam Elahi, 1966–1967 P.G. Allana, 1967–1968 Yusuf H. Shirazi, 1968–1970 Ahmed Abdullah, 1970–1971 Abdur Rehman Haji Habib, 1971–1972 Kasam Usman Kandawala, 1972–1974 G.R. Arshad, 1974–1976 Mohammad Adil, 1976–1978 Abdul Majeed Suleman Bawany, 1978–1979 Abdul Jabbar Khamisani, 1978–1979 Mohammad Muslim, 1979–1980 Shoukat Ahmed, 1980–1981 Haji Razak Janoo, 1981–1983 Jawed Sultan Japanwala, 1983–1984 Tariq Sayeed, 1984–1985 Abdul Karim Rajkotwala, 1985–1986 Aftab Khalili, 1986–1987 Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, 1987–1988 Mohammad Yunus Bandukda, 1988–1989 Khawaja Qutubuddin, 1989–1990 Riaz Ahmed Tata, 1990–1991 Abdul Aziz Haji Yaqoob, 1991–1992 Tahir Khaliq, 1992–1993 Haroon Rashid, 1993–1994 Ahmed A. Sattar, 1994–1995 Haji Shafiq-ur-Rehman, 1995–1996 Mian Shahzada Alam, 1996–1997 Mohammad Hanif Janoo, 1997–1998 Abdullah Ismail, 1998–1999 Mamnoon Hussain, 1998–1999 Javed Muslim, 1998–1999 Amjad Rafi, 1999–2000 Muhammad Zubair Motiwala, 2000–2001 A.Q. Khalil, 2001–2002 Maqbool A. Shaikh, 2001–2002 M. Haroon Bari, 2001–2002 Shaukat Iqbal, 2002–2003 Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo, 2002–2003 Siraj Kassam Teli, 2003–2004A budget for the feudal lords of Pakistan Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 11 June 2016, Retrieved 28 October 2017 Khalid Firoz, 2004–2005 Haroon Farooki, 2005–2006 Majyd Aziz, 2006–2007 Shamim Ahmed Shamsi, 2007–2008 Anjum Nisar, 2008–2010 Abdul Majid Haji Muhammad, 2009–10 Muhammad Saeed Shafique, 2010–11 Mian Abrar Ahmed, 2011–12 Muhammad Haroon Agar, 2012-2013Indian High Commissioner visits KCCI: Free Indo-Pakistan trade key to prosperity Dawn (newspaper), Published 9 December 2012, Retrieved 28 October 2017 Abdullah Zaki, 2013-2014 Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra, 2014-2015 Younus Muhammad Bashir, 2015-2016 Shamim Ahmed Firpo, 2016-2017Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry demands reduction in sales tax on mobile phones The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 30 June 2017, Retrieved 28 October 2017 Muffasar Atta Malik, 2017-2018KCCI new body takes over Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 28 September 2017, Retrieved 28 October 2017
Research and development The Karachi Chamber of Commerce has a Research and Economic Development Department.
Dr. Syed Mehboob produced several research reports and made the base KCCI's research department. He built a large based DATA BANK at KCCI. The department is headed by Uzma Tasleem. The Research & Development Cell was redefined by Mr. Siraj Kassam Teli during 2012–13.
See also Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry Economy of Karachi Economy of Pakistan Karachi
References
External links Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry official website