Shahab Ahmad elected unopposed Chairman of Pakistan Canvas and Tents Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCTMEA) for year 2011-12, while Usman Aziz and Sultan Ahmad have been elected as Vice Chairmen of the association. Former PCTMEA Chairman Malik Muhammad Saleem took oath from the newly elected office-bearers here on Friday.
Speaking on the Annual General Meeting (AGM), newly elected office-bearers said that PCTMEA is an association of the world’s largest and fastest suppliers of quality relief tents who are constantly helping the victims of natural calamities. They pointed out that PCTMEA is the only licenced body of canvas and tent manufacturers and its members had proved their capability by supplying huge quantity of tents for earthquake victims of October, 2005 and flood affected people of Balochistan in 2007.
They said that PCTMEA members have capacity to produce 10,000 to 15,000 relief tent per day, provided gas and electricity supply is ensured. PCTMEA office-bearers offered the services of their members for the current catastrophic situation in Sindh province and urged the government to ask local tent manufacturers for timely supply of relief tents for flood affected people.
