FPCCI Vice President Haroon Rashid Sheikh welcomed all the delegates and thanked them for visiting Federation House. He briefed the participants of NDU National Security Workshop on the role and functions of FPCCI, and also gave an overview of Pakistan's recent economic performance.
He also informed about impediment to industrial growth in Pakistan, and said three main factors that impeded economic development of Pakistan were energy crisis, deteriorating law and order, and strikes shutter down of markets that cost billion rupees to the country. While answering to a question Tariq Sayeed, Vice President, CACCI, founder and former president SAARC, CCI and former president FPCCI, informed that Karachi was severely affected due to deteriorating law & order.