Capital Cabinet and members of the central leadership of Pakistan Health Parliament visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry. They presented the white paper on anxiety and depression in the city of Islamabad produced by the Research Council and Capital Cabinet to the President of ICCI Mr. Ahsan Bakhtawari for more than 5,000 corporate members of ICCI. This groundbreaking white paper has policy recommendations for businesses to prevent anxiety and depression among human resources to increase business efficiency and work performance.

Mr. Sikandar Zaman, Chairman of Pakistan Health Parliament, and Mr. Nadim Salim, member of the Central Executive Committee Pakistan Health Parliament had an insightful discussion with Mr. Zafar Bakhtawri, General Secretary of United Business Group and Chairman of D. Watson Chemists on health advocacy.

President of ICCI, Mr. Ahsan Bakhtawri admired the efforts of Pakistan Health Parliament and the study conducted on this contemporary issue and assured the circulation of this study to their members which is going to help hundreds of thousands of people at workplaces in the capital city.

This will be major step towards a change in the policy making by Pakistan Health Parliament in the realm of healthcare of corporates, businesses and local industries.

Pakistan Health Parliament was represented by Dr. Sabahat Hameed – Co-Chairperson of the Mental Health Council, Ms. Mahwish Sheraz – Secretary of Capital Cabinet, Ms. Javeria Munawar – Vice President of Capital Cabinet, Mr. Waqas Ramzan, Secretay General of Capital Cabinet and Ms.Fatima Uneza, Secretary of Capital Cabinet.

Health Parliamentarians also had an interaction with Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh, President of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and gave him an overview of the health policy work performed by Pakistan Health Parliament. He appreciated the policy design of Pakistan Health Parliament and requested to design the policy recommendations for the city of Karachi and for Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry.