Islamabad: The leadership of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has announced an emergency meeting of all industrialists and traders of Islamabad on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at the Chamber House. The session aims to chalk out a decisive future course of action against the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in light of its ongoing unjustified raids on industries and commercial establishments across the capital.
The Chamber noted that the business community is already deeply frustrated and disheartened due to the unilateral, oppressive, and anti-business actions being taken under the directives of the Chairman CDA which have led to the closure and shifting of industries, ultimately causing irreparable financial losses and long-term damage to Islamabad and country’s economic landscape.
ICCI leadership said it appeared as though the Chairman CDA was deliberately undermining the pro-business policies of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, acting on one pretext or another to disrupt industrial and commercial operations instead of facilitating them because whenever the economy is on the verge of takeoff some hidden hands come out to hinder it.
During the last three days alone, the CDA’s Enforcement Directorate has conducted multiple raids without any prior notice, sealing industrial units in an abrupt and heavy-handed manner. These coercive actions have caused severe financial harm, created an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty, and resulted in immense disrespect and harassment for the business community.
The Chamber strongly condemned these measures, calling them unacceptable, unjustified, and detrimental to the already challenging business environment in the federal capital.
The emergency meeting will be addressed by ICCI President Sardar Tahir Mehmood, Chairman Founder Group Sheikh Tariq Sadiq, President Islamabad Industrial Area Association Shaikh Abdur Razzaq, President All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajraan and Traders Action Committee Islamabad Ajmal Baloch, Secretary General Khalid Chaudhry, Presidents of Traders Welfare Associations and other leading representatives from the industrial and trading sectors. The leadership will discuss and finalize a unified and robust response, which may include a shutter-down strike, a sit-in outside the CDA headquarters, and other peaceful protests to safeguard the rights, dignity, and economic interests of the business community.
ICCI reaffirmed its unwavering support for the traders and industrialists of Islamabad and urged the CDA to immediately halt such hostile actions and adopt a consultative, transparent, and business-friendly approach in the larger interest of economic stability and national progress.
Sohail Majeed is a Special Correspondent at The Diplomatic Insight. He has twelve plus years of experience in journalism & reporting. He covers International Affairs, Diplomacy, UN, Sports, Climate Change, Economy, Technology, and Health.
