WCCIM (SPWCCI) updates, by Fariha Munir Shah

Group photo The new president of women's chamber Multan, WCCIM, Ms.  Seerat Fatima  passionately follows membership drive of   this platform for female entrepreneurs . Not only she wants an increase in the number of members, but is doing her best to add advantages to their membership scheme as well.  The day she took over as president, she proposed her idea of value added membership cards for WCCIM members, which would get them discounts at different places. Vice president  Novaira Fahad  went on to work hard to get famous restaurants,  parlors and grocery stores on the panel. Supported by the senior vice president  Uzma Burana  and others, now these membership cards are ready. Being a believer of women empowerement, there could not be a better day to launch this project, other than ' international women's day'. On 8th March 2019, all the members of WCCIM, were invited to a formal launching ceremony, at...

Tweet by World Chambers, shows Masooma holding the flag of WCCIM high Gone are the days, when sons were believed to be the reason of pride for their families. Nowadays, competent and accomplished daughters of the nation, like Masooma Sibtain are keeping the flag high. Although, Masooma is the current Vice President for Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry but WCCI-Multan is proud of her, as she actually belongs to this platform. She is among its founder members and has also served as president there. Her eloquence and passionate attachment to this cause, attributes her the role of a permanent spokesperson and advocate. Masooma was recently invited at the 10th World Chamber Congress held from 19th to 21st September at Sydney, Australia. Masooma was the speaker from Pakistan and gave a presentation on the Work Place Diversity. She shared her experiences of Women Entrepreneurs all over Pakistan. Masooma had prepared a presentation to show the progressive women...

The attendees The current president of WCCIM,  Mrs. Naseem Raheem  believes in the significance of trainings and educational workshops for the enlightement of all the members of the chamber. Therefore, her tenure has seen maximum of trainings, workshops and meetings. With the consent of Mrs. Naseem Raheem, a  special training workshop was arranged for the executive members of WCCIM on 'public policy advocacy', in collaboration with CIPE at Ramada hotel Multan. Which was followed by an aftaar, as it was the holy month of Ramadan. As mentioned earlier in previous blogposts, four of the members attended workshops on advocacy. Masooma Sibtain (former president & spokesperson WCCIM, current vice president FPCCI) is one of them. A great motivating spirit that she has and she wants all the active members to be well equiped and well informed. Therefore, she decided to share her knowledge acquired about 'advocacy' with rest of the team of executive member...

SPWCCI members together with guests from Peshawar    Women Business Development Center Peshawar (WBDCP), as part of its business development initiatives, organizes exposure visits to larger markets. The main purpose of these visits is to establish linkages of women entrepreneurs with stake holders from other markets including; local business people, skilled craftsmen, raw material suppliers, whole sellers and retailers. Women Business Development Center Peshawar in collaboration with Pakistan Transition Initiative  organized a two week Business Exposure Visit for twenty Women Entrepreneurs to four cities of Punjab including Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan & Bahawalpur for linkage meetings, capacity building and market exposure. For the purpose, South Punjab Women Chamber of Commerce & Industries ( SPWCCI) was requested a meeting at chamber on 13th March 2014 with their members.  Along with instructions to arrange, a training session by the...

Group photo of the attendants of the meeting with the president. A meeting of the General Body  of SPWCCI was held on 20 th    February in APWA Multan. The main agenda was to discuss the affiliation of SPWCCI with APWA. Sharing information about WEXNET exhibition and planning, how to go about it.  Mrs Fatima Leghari presided over the meeting, alongwith Mrs. Tahira Zaffar Sheikh, chairperson of APWA. Fariha Munir Shah , Ambreen Khan , Humaira Batool also attended the event. The process started with the recitation of holy Quran.  Important points of the meeting:     The participation in WEXNET exhibition was discussed.  Its timings, other important information regarding the event was conveyed to the participants.   Fatima Leghari shared the information that a Saudi Princess is coming for  inauguration  of WEXNET.   A common resolution was passed  that members should not give discounts on their products at t...