Business Recorder - Business & Finance - Industry https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:30:48 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:30:48 +0500 60 UK urged direct market access to Pak products https://www.brecorder.com/news/9954/uk-urged-direct-market-access-to-pak-products <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/april/fpcci-400.jpg" width="400" height="300" />LAHORE: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Monday urged the British Premier 'direct market access' to Pak products on zero rate duty to stabilize the country's economy in the aftermath of catastrophic floods and on going war against terrorism. President Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Senator Haji Ghulam Ali and VP SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, veteran trade leader Iftikhar Ali Malik have urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who would be visiting the country on April 5, to help Pakistan overcome economic difficulties by restoring its quota at par with all the other under-developed countries.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">"The UK and US should buy products from industrial zones in Pakistan and help strengthen the existing industrial zones with the provision of modern infrastructure", he said. He said due to unrest and turmoil in Afghanistan a major chunk of Pak food stocks is smuggled to Afghanistan. The current economic crisis looming worldwide has greatly affected the poor countries, he added.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011</b></i></center></p> LAHORE: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Monday urged the British Premier 'direct market access' to Pak products on zero rate duty to stabilize the country's economy in the aftermath of catastrophic floods and on going war against terrorism. President Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Senator Haji Ghulam Ali and VP SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, veteran trade leader Iftikhar Ali Malik have urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who would be visiting the country on April 5, to help Pakistan overcome economic difficulties by restoring its quota at par with all the other under-developed countries.

"The UK and US should buy products from industrial zones in Pakistan and help strengthen the existing industrial zones with the provision of modern infrastructure", he said. He said due to unrest and turmoil in Afghanistan a major chunk of Pak food stocks is smuggled to Afghanistan. The current economic crisis looming worldwide has greatly affected the poor countries, he added.

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