KARACHI - The general body of Pakistan Tanners Association (SZ) elected Aziz Ahmed of AMA. Leather Industry unopposed as Chairman and Hamid A Zahur of Noor Leather Garments, as Vice Chairman for year 2010-2011. The newly elected members managing committee for the next two years are M. Saleem Ahmed, Khwaja Masood Ahmed, Faraz Mannan, and Danish Naseem. Aziz Ahmed has also been elected Vice Chairman of PTA central. Addressing the PTA members on the occasion of AGM, the newly elected chairman said that the country is passing through a very crucial phase and the economy is in shambles. He said that the leather sector too, would be facing a crisis like situation due to the massive floods and loss of hundreds of thousands livestock due to which raw material is feared to become dearer and to fulfill the commitment with the buyers would be an uphill task for the leather manufacturers in days to come. He vehemently rejected the recent moves by the government to impose taxes on the pretext of floods.