Sardar Tahir Mehmood: Founder Group’s Performance Will Speak in ICCI Elections

ISLAMABAD ( WNAM REPORT ): Sardar Tahir Mehmood, President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), has said that the ICCI Founder Group is entering the 2026–28 election with a clear record of performance, practical initiatives and tangible delivery, seeking the business community’s mandate on the basis of what it has accomplished rather than mere promises.
In an interview here on Tuesday, he said the election for the ICCI Executive Committee for the 2026–28 term is scheduled to be held on September 16, 2026, and expressed confidence that the business community would recognize and support a leadership that has consistently worked to strengthen the Chamber’s role as an effective voice and facilitation platform for the private sector.
Sardar Tahir Mehmood said the Founder Group believes that the real strength of a Chamber lies not in slogans but in performance, continuity, credibility and delivery. “We believe in serving the business community through practical initiatives, strong advocacy and measurable results. He said that during the current tenure, ICCI has intensified its efforts to improve the ease of doing business, reduce regulatory bottlenecks and build stronger institutional linkages between the business community and government departments. The Chamber has consistently raised issues relating to taxation, energy costs, CDA regulations, property and commercial matters, infrastructure, parking, business facilitation and other challenges affecting investment and enterprise.
The ICCI President highlighted the Chamber’s growing role as a business facilitation and problem-solving platform, including engagement with government institutions, regulatory bodies, diplomatic missions and international business organizations. He said that facilitation initiatives and dedicated engagements with institutions have helped create more direct channels for the business community to resolve operational issues and access government services.
Sardar Tahir Mehmood said ICCI has also significantly expanded its international outreach and commercial diplomacy, organizing business delegations, business opportunity conferences, B2B engagements and investment-focused activities with important international markets. The objective, he added, is to connect Pakistani entrepreneurs with global markets, attract foreign investment and create new avenues for exports and joint ventures.
He stressed that the prosperity of the business community and the prosperity of Pakistan’s economy are inseparable. “When businesses grow, investment increases, employment is created, exports rise and government revenues improve. Therefore, supporting the private sector is not a concession—it is an investment in Pakistan’s economic future,” he observed.
Sardar Tahir Mehmood said the Founder Group would continue to advocate policy consistency, lower cost of doing business, competitive energy prices, simplified taxation, efficient regulation, stronger infrastructure and greater access to finance so that businesses can expand with confidence.