The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has elected veteran poultry industry leader Khalil Sattar as new central chairman for the year 2020-21.

Rana Ghullam Mustafa was elected as Senior Vice Chairman while Raja Attique ur Rehman and Ghulam Khaliq as regional chairmen of North and South regions respectively. The PPA has also elected Executive Committee Members for the year 2020-21.

The newly-elected chairman Khalil Sattar, while addressing the meeting, thanked the members for reposing confidence on him to lead the PPA. He said that it was an honour for him to assume the office of the chairman for the year 2020-21.

He said that PPA would give priority to the issues like the high cost of energy, rising taxes and high cost of doing business.

He stressed the need to overcome the numerous challenges faced by the poultry industry and assured the members that the new Executive Committee will continue working as a vibrant and active body, in spite of a very difficult economic environment and many hurdles faced by the industry.  

The newly-elected chairman thanked the outgoing chairman and appreciated the work done by the previous Executive Committee. He said that former chairman and his team had tried to resolve the poultry industry issues to a great extent.