WCCIM (SPWCCI) updates, by Fariha Munir Shah

The group photo WCCI-MD, Women's chamber of commerce and industry Multan division, proudly continues its democratic tradition of electing new office bearers and president, every year. According to results of recent (2015) elections, Mrs Razia Shah has become the new president.  The annual (inaugural) general meeting and oath taking ceremony took place on 30th September, at Ladies club Multan. The agenda of the meeting included annual account matters, progress of the chamber and oath taking ceremony of the newly elected board members. Mrs. Farrukh Mukhtar (patron in chief WCCI-MD) presided over at the occasion, as chief guest. She was presented a bouquet of flowers on arrival and was seated on the stage, alongwith former president Mrs. Humera Batool , new president Mrs. Razia Shah, official spokesperson and former president Masooma Sibtain. The program started with recitation of holy Quran by secretary general, Mr. Saeed Agha. Who then went on to share details of succes...

Group photo with few of the attendees Women's chamber of commerce and industry Multan division (WCCIM) recently arranged training workshops for its members in collaboration with CIPE  (Center for International Private Enterprise )  which  is a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  CIPE   provides management assistance, practical experience, and financial support to local organizations to strengthen their capacity to implement democratic and economic reforms.  On 2nd May 2015,  Mr. Hammad Siddiqui , Deputy country Director (Pakistan) and Mr. Huzaifa Shabbir , two distinguished and highly professional trainers from CIPE , presided over the occasion. Divided into two parts, these workshops were separately meant for training executive board members to provide them better understanding of running chamber as business and for ordinary members to help start and develop and strengthen their businesses. Agenda for Part #1 :  This Train...

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...

Mrs. Farrukh Mukhtar chairing the meeting. On 8th March 2014, inorder to mark, ''international women's day'', a special meeting was called by the patron in chief of SPWCCI, Mrs. Farrukh Mukhtar, at her residence.  Convener media committee  Fariha Munir Shah , President SPWCCI Fatima Leghari, senior vice president  Ambreen Abbass Khan , alongwith those members, who are going to participate in upcoming exhibition 'Wexnet' attended this meeting. Including  F ilza Akbar , Shazia, Samina Waqar, Humera Batool, Seerat. All the members seemed enthusiastic and determined about the upcoming events. One great news was about the launch of a separate blog, dedicated completely to the activities of SPWCCI , created by Fariha Munir Shah, whose efforts and dedication greatly admired by the patron in chief, Mrs. Farrukh Mukhtar and all the members. President SPWCCI, Fatima Leghari Khokar, provided an insight about the merger of APWA with SPWCCI. And how is she going i...