SCCI calls for taking pragmatic steps to boost regional trade

PESHAWAR: Businessmen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have called for removal of impediments to enhance trade between Pakistan and regional countries.

Bolstering of regional trade is essential to stabilizing the local economy, prosperity and improvement of the country’s export, says Sherbaz Bilour president of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry while chairing a meeting of traders, importers and exporters here at chamber house on Wednesday.

Engr Manzoor Elahi, Senior Vice President and Junaid Altaf Vice president of the Chamber and others were present in the meeting.

The participants identified the bottlenecks in the way of Pak-Afghan mutual trade as well as Central Asian Republic (CARs) countries and suggested a number of proposals for their amicable resolution.

It was agreed the proposed recommendations would be sent to diplomatic missions of CARs countries, besides relevant authorities and institutions in order to resolve the obstacle, which were impeding bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan and the regional countries.

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