LAHORE: President, SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ismail Asif on Tuesday pinned high hopes that forthcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Pakistan may help revive Indo-Pak trade ties.
He stated this while talking to Vice President SAARC CCI,Pak chapter and veteran trade leader Iftikhar Ali Malik by phone from Maldives.
He said that with this visit trade and investment ties were expected to yield positive results. SAARC Chamber chief said that trade was one of the powerful channels to enter into a viable and durable bilateral relationships.
He said that he was optimistic the visit would help normalise the flow of trade and give peace another chance to flourish in the region,besides strengthening the bilateral relations.
Iftikhar Ali Malik said that durable peace was pre-requisite for stable and sustainable economic prosperity and long term development in the region.
He said: “We are proud of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif who always attached great importance to peace in the region without compromising supreme national interests and core issues”.
He said that private sector of SAARC member countries was also fully committed to play its due role for strengthening trade ties and promotion of economic activities among the all states.
He said that it was the sole objective of SAARC Chamber to help flourish and accelerate trade activities in the region for betterment of people.
