Zulfiqar Ahmed, Director General, Islamabad, NADRA visited the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) to discuss the feasibility of opening the NADRA Facilitation Desk in ICCI.

Zulfiqar Ahmed said that the role of the business community is very important in the economic development of the country and NADRA is ready to open its Facilitation Desk in ICCI premises to facilitate businessmen in NADRA-related services. He said that the NADRA Desk in ICCI would also provide e-Sahulat services to facilitate the business community in payment and collection transactions. He said that ICCI should also approach the Passport Office to start its services in the NADRA Facilitation Desk so that the business community can also avail of both services in ICCI. The e-Sahulat is a network of active franchisees connected with telcos and banks to facilitate in payment and collection transactions.

Speaking on the occasion, Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry thanked Chairman NADRA for taking prompt action on ICCI's proposal for opening a Facilitation Desk and sending a senior officer to ICCI to study its feasibility. He said that the availability of the NADRA Facilitation Desk in ICCI would be a great positive development for the benefit of the business community. He said that ICCI would also coordinate with the Passport Office to provide services of both organizations from the NADRA Facilitation Desk.

Faad Waheed, Senior Vice President ICCI also welcomed the initiative of NADRA to open its Facilitation Desk in ICCI and said that it would save time of the business community in availing of NADRA services.

Zafar Bakhtawari, former President ICCI, and Secretary General UBG Pakistan said that ICCI has already opened Facilitation Desks of some other organizations, and the opening of NADRA Facilitation Desk would be another great achievement to facilitate the business community.

Mian Akram Farid, Raja Muhammad Imtiaz, Rizwan Cheena, Sheikh Muhammad Ejaz, Khalid Chaudhry, Ms. Shumaila Siddiqui, and others were also present on the occasion.