LAHORE: The Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT), on the directives of the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, in consultation with the Iranian Consulate in Lahore organized a three-day visit to Iran.
Minister for Food Bilal Yasin will lead the delegation, while Minister for Agriculture Farukh Javed, Director General Agriculture extension Muhammad Anjum, Chairman PBIT Abdul Basit, Secretary Livestock and Industries Nasim Sadiq were part of the delegation while the purpose of the delegation’s visit was to plan the upcoming visit of the chief minister Punjab to Iran.
The delegation had meetings with General Trading Corporation of Iran, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Minister for Industries Iran, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, and sideline meetings with the relevant business entities.
Iranian’s have agreed to lift the ban on rice imports from Pakistan and from October 2015 Pakistani rice can be exported to Iran.
It was also discussed with the general trading corporation of Iran that more goods would be imported from Pakistan, to which they agreed upon.
During the visit, Pakistani High Commissioner in Iran Khalid Aziz Babar also hosted a dinner for the delegation.
