PESHAWAR (DNA) -Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Investment Opportunities Conference and Business Excellence Awards function in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, Minister for Information, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Ambassador of Pakistan in Azerbaijan, Saeed Khan Mohmand participated as chief guest in the function.

A total of 16 companies were awarded gold medals in industrial, commercial, services, and retail sectors, while 10 firms were honoured with export trophy awards in the KP Investment Opportunities Conference (KPIOC) 2019 and Business Excellence Awards (BEA) for 2017-18, said in a press release issued here on Sunday. Faiz Muhammad Faizi, President Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former president FPCCI Ghazanfar Bilour, the chamber senior vice president, Engr Saad Khan Zahid, vice president Haris Mufti, KPIOC and BEA 2019 Chairman, Zahidullah Shinwari, Ambassador of Pakistan in Azerbaijan, Saaed Khan Mohmand, SCCI executive committee members, KPBOIT, awards winners, along with businessmen, importers and exporters were present in a large number in the mega event.

Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, Shuakat Ali Yousafzai, and Saaed Khan Mohmand during the ceremony awarded gold medals to companies for demonstrating outstanding performance in industrial, commercial, services, construction and retail sectors, which include Gadoon Textile Mills Limited, Associate Industries Limited, Wasay Laboratories Pvt Limited, UNISA Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited, Deans Industries, International Marketing Company, Al Imdad General Trading Company, Swat Agro Chemicals, Travel and More, City University of Science and Information Technology, Haris Mehmood Pvt Limited, Makka Agency, R-Sheen Fashion Paradise, AYS International, Toyota Khyber Motors, and Zahid Traders.