Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President, Islamabad Chamber
of Commerce & Industry has said that Police Reconciliation Committees were
very effective in resolving out of court disputes and said that Islamabad Police
should give significant representation to business community in these
Committees for timely redress of their key issues. He said this while exchanging
views with Omer Khan, SSP (Saddar Zone), Islamabad Police who visited ICCI
along with ASP Hamza Amanullah and ASP Rana Abdul Wahab.

Muhammad Ahmed Waheed said that ICCI has already sent a proposal to IG
Police Islamabad for establishing a Police Facilitation Desk at Chamber and
hoped that its availability would help in timely solution of business community
issues.

Tahir Abbasi Senior Vice President and Saif ur Rahman Khan Vice President ICCI
stressed for close liaison between ICCI and Islamabad Police to further improve
security arrangements in commercial and industrial areas. They said that
Islamabad Police should further increase patrolling in G-11 and other commercial
centres of Islamabad to ensure peaceful environment for business activities.
They said that about 20 years ago, Islamabad Police had entered into an
agreement with traders for non-interference in markets and emphasized for re-
activation of said arrangement.

Speaking at the occasion, Omer Khan, SSP (Saddar Zone), Islamabad Police said
that business community would be provided proper representation in the Police
Reconciliation Committees. He said that businessmen were playing key role in
the economic development of the country and assured that Islamabad Police
would fully cooperate in resolving their major issues. ASP Hamza Amanullah and
ASP Rana Abdul Wahab said that in time of need, business community should
directly contact them on phone and they would try their best to address their
complaints.

Muhammad Ejaz Abbasi Vice President FPCCI, Khalid Iqbal Malik, Zafar
Bakhtawari, Aslam Khokhar, Ch. Zahid Rafique, Sheikh Abdul Waheed, Khalid
Chaudhry, Ch. Abdul Ghaffar, Yousaf Rajput and others also highlighted various
police related issues and gave useful proposals to redress them.