President ICCI appointed as Honorary Business Advisor in FOSPAH
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry has been appointed as Honorary Business Advisor in Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace (FOSPAH), Islamabad. Kashmala Khan, Federal Ombudsman, FOSPAH invited President ICCI and presented him the letter of his appointment during a ceremony. Muhammad Faheem Khan Vice President ICCI, Khalid Iqbal Malik Chairman Founder Group, Mian Akram Farid, Tariq Sadiq, Zafar Bakhtawari & Baser Daud former Presidents ICCI, Malik Sohail Hussain, Ms. Nasira Ali, Ms. Neelam Khalid Chaudhry, Ms. Zehra Villiani and others were also present at the occasion.
Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) thanked Kashmala Khan, Federal Ombudsman for Protection against Harassment for appointing him as Honorary Business Advisor in FOSPAH and assured her that he would work closely with the with private sector to ensure safer workplaces for women in industrial and commercial establishments. He said that women were almost half of our total population, but only 25 percent were in the workforce due to which the country could not realize its full economic potential. He stressed that the government should take strong policy measures to bring more women into working life so that they could play their due role in the economic development of the country. He assured that he would keep advising FOSPAH on matters that are important for providing comfortable workplaces to women in the private sector in order to improve their confidence and productivity.