LAHORE: Engr. Syed Ashfaq Hussain and Engr. Arshad Dad have been elected unopposed as Chairman and Senior Vice Chairman respectively of the Constructors Association of Pakistan (CAP) for the year 2020-2021.
Members of the Association also elected unopposed Naeem Akhtar Chaudhary as Vice Chairman (Punjab), Muhammad Adnan Waheed as Vice Chairman (Sindh), Muhammad Farooq as Vice Chairman (Baluchistan) and Saifullah Zia as Vice Chairman (Islamabad).
Others who were elected unopposed as members of the executive committee are Engr. M. S. Asad Mukhtar, Chaudhary Ahmad Habib, Faisal Mahmood, Engr. Mian Sultan Mahmood and Muhammad Hanif Gohar from corporate class. While Rauf Ahmad, Malik Muhammad Kaleem Ullah were elected unopposed as executive committee members in associate class.
Results of the elections will be announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Constructors Association of Pakistan to be held in the last week of current month.
Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah, a man of high principles and discipline, is one of the most promising engineer produced by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. With over 45 years of professional experience. He has the knowledge, capability and experience to create marvels in the field of engineering. Basically a Mechanical Engineer but his true calling was Civil Engineering Projects and with more than four decades of experience he can truly be known as a genius in Civil Engineering Projects, said CAP spokesman here.
Meanwhile the outgoing, Chairman Muhammad Asadullah Khan welcomed the new team and hoped that it would work with full force to resolve the issues being faced by the contractor’s community and construction industry.
Constructors Association of Pakistan is only Construction industry in Pakistan is the largest sector of Pak economy after agriculture. Total value of construction spending in Pakistan is about Rs. 20,000/- billion (10% of GDP). Constructors Association of Pakistan (CAP) licensed under Section-3 of the Trade Organizations Act by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan and registered under Section-42 of the Companies Ordinance is the only association representing the constructors in Pakistan. CAP is engaged in representations regarding problems of constructors on several issues.