PESHAWAR:A group of around 100 businessmen have formed `Progressive Group’ for Industrial Estate Peshawar with the objective of ending the authority of a specific coterie of industrialists in running affairs of estate and overcome exploitations of past 30 years.
According to a press statement issued here on Tuesday, the Progressive Group was formed during a meeting of industrialists held under the leadership of Bakhtiar Afridi and former President Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Muhammad Ishaq.
The participants of the meeting also took a consensus decision of taking part in next elections of Industrial Estate Peshawar.
They also agreed over continuing election campaign despite of their inability to submit nomination papers due to stay order by High Court over holding of upcoming elections.
In the meeting, it was also decided that a grand gathering of business community of Peshawar will be held for larger consultation about the working of the group and increasing its membership.
During the meeting, a six-member committee was also constituted under the chairmanship of Bakhtiar Khan for supervising the affairs of newly formed Progressive Group.
Other members of the committee are Muhammad Ishaq, Dr. Muhammad Yousaf, Faisal Kakakhel, Siraj-ud-Din, Jurjees Ahmad Siddique and Malik Sajjad.