Pak, Iran trade relations need to be strengthened, diversified: Governor

KARACHI: Sindh Governor, Muhammad Zubair has called for concerted efforts to further streamline and strengthen trade relations between Pakistan and Iran.

Talking to a delegation led by Chairman of Iran's Foreign Affairs Committee and a former foreign minister, Kamal Kharazi, he said strong cultural and historical ties between the two countries needed to be diversified through trade and business ventures.

"Pragmatic measures are also urgently required to improve our bilateral trade relation focused on raising volumes for mutual benefit of the two economies," he said.

Mentioning that Pakistan has rendered tremendous sacrifices in the war against terrorism, Sindh Governor said the ongoing internal fight among different tribes and clans in Afghanistan has also burdened Pakistan's economy.

Arrival of millions of refugees from Afghanistan had severely affected our structure of public services, he said mentioning that things, however, during past five years have markedly improved.

Sindh Governor said due to CPEC related projects special measures have been adopted, on priority basis, for infrastructure development that will ultimately contribute turn CPEC a game changer for the region and extensively benefit its inhabitants.

"This will definitely help in bringing about an economic revolution in Pakistan," Muhammad Zubair said.

The delegation led by Kamal Kharrazi included Rasul Islami, Mehdi Mustavi, Baqir Khurram Shad, Abdul Raza, Saifullah Tahiri and Consul General of Iran, Ahmed Muhammadi along with Deputy CG, Muhammad Nasir and Abdul Raza Sultan.