Chief executive of leather company M/s. MIMA Leather (Pvt) Ltd. (Karachi) Mr S M Naseem has been elected central chairman of the Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) for the fifth time. Mr Sadiq Saeed Masood of M/s. Khas Industries (Pvt) Ltd. (Karachi) and Khawaja Ilyas of M/s. Khawaja Tanneries (Pvt) Ltd. (Multan) have been elected vice chairmen of the Central Executive Committee for 2006-07.

Members of the Central Executive Committee of PTA elected for 2006-07 are Aziz Malik (Leathertex Gloving, Lahore); Ejaz Ahmed Shaikh (Bombal Leather, Karachi); Mansoor Iqbal (M/s. Dada Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd., Lahore); Naeem Javed (M/s. Leather Master (Pvt) Ltd., Sialkot); S Anjum Zafar (M/s. Eastern Leather Co. (Pvt) Ltd., Lahore); Shahid Mahmood (M/s. Hafiz Enterprises, Karachi); Shahid Usman (M/s. A. A. Leather (Pvt) Ltd., Lahore); Tanveer Aslam Chawla (M/s. Chawla Tanneries, Kasur); Tanweer Ahmed (M/s. M Mohamed Shafi & Co., Karachi); Zahid Haleem (M/s. Leather Craft, Karachi); Mr M Afzal Hussain (M/s. Hussain Leather Craft, Karachi); Shaikh Muhammad Naeem (M/s. Shafi (Pvt) Ltd., Lahore) and Khawaja M Yousuf (M/s. Mehr Dastgir Leather & Footwear Industries (Pvt) Ltd).