LAHORE: FPCCI Leader and Patron-in-Chief UBG, Mr. S. M. Tanveer, has expressed serious concern over a bill tabled in the National Assembly seeking to amend the Trade Organization Rules (TORs) 2013. Any such confinement of trade bodies to municipal city limits may exclude industrial estates, SME clusters in tehsils, and rural export-oriented businesses from proper representation, he apprehended. Mr. Tanveer emphasized that altering the TORs 2013 would cause massive discouragement and disappointment, severely impacting trade bodies representing women entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises. “The movers of this idea are planning to reverse this theory in Pakistan to serve their vested interests,” Mr. Tanveer lamented. The Patron-in-Chief UBG urged lawmakers to reject the bill, allowing district chambers to continue serving as the backbone of the economy.

Source: The Patriot February 24, 2026 21:42 UTC