The traders of Karachi formed the All Karachi Anjuman-e-Tajiran (AKAT) on Wednesday.
Having representation of all small and large markets of the city, the new traders’ association was formed “to gather all businessmen on one platform to launch joint efforts to get their common problems resolved”.
AKAT Convener Javed Sheikh announced the office bearers of the newly-formed association in a meeting on Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by AKAT representatives including members of its cabinet, coordination committee, advisory council and the managing committee.
The AKAT cabinet has 11 members, six coordination committee members, 14 advisory council members and 18 members in its managing committee.
It was also announced that a traders convention would be held soon in which leaders of over 400 markets would participate.
