Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association
Born: N/A
Profession: Business Man
Affiliation(s): APTMA
Mr. Aziz happens to be one of the most enigmatic entrepreneurs of the country, which is evident from the success of the group and confirmed by his services in the North-West Frontier provincial cabinet as the minister for trade and industry (year 2002). He is also currently serving as a director on board of the state bank of Pakistan. He has also served as chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) for the period 1999-2000, in which capacity his efforts for the textile sector were acknowledged nationally. He has remained on the board of Habib Bank (Ltd) the largest bank in Pakistan, as well as Chairman Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and industry (SCCI) for the period 1987-1988.
Mohsin Aziz has been elected as central Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) for 2011-12. The newly-elected Chairman APTMA is a renowned and seasoned businessman from Khyber Pakhtunkha (KP). He has already served APTMA as central Chairman in the past and is re-elected from the province of KP on the basis of rotation. Sheikh Muhammad Akbar and Tariq Saood are elected as Vice Chairman Punjab and Sindh-Balochistan region respectively.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers for the APTMA offices held Wednesday and the Businessmen Group candidates secured all APTMA offices and made a clean sweep as no other nomination paper was filed against them. The Businessmen Group which Group is being led by Gohar Ejaz, Shahzad Ali Khan and S M Tanvir.
APTMA is the premier textile industry association and has regained strength as an association under the leadership of Gohar Ejaz, the outgoing Chairman. His policies on industry issues would still remain the prime focus of new management throughout 2011-12. The five-point APTMA agenda presented by him to President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari includes free market mechanism, energy security, market access, globally competitive interest rate and end of the divide between policy as a way forward for textile industry in Pakistan.