First 'Made in India' expo in Lahore from February 11

A six-member team of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry led by its Additional Director, Goutam Gosh called on LCCI President, Irfan Qaiser Sheikh to discuss and finalise modalities for the first-ever 'made in India' show scheduled for February 11-13 at Expo Centre, here. Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim will inaugurate the exhibition while its concluding ceremony would be performed by Indian commerce minister on February 14.
Goutam Gosh said that there would be two components of the exhibition. First, this single country exhibition where 120 to 150 Indian companies would be showcasing their products, while the second important segment would be the CEOs Roundtable as a big delegation of CEOs of Indian companies are accompanying Indian commerce minister on the morning of February 14. "The very objective of the roundtable is to bring the businessmen of two countries further close. It would be a sort of B2B between Pak-India businessmen."
On the occasion, Irfan Sheikh assured the FICCI team of his fullest support and co-operation for the exhibition and said that a special committee comprising LCCI Executive Committee Members would be formed at Lahore chamber to co-ordinate with FICCI to make this exhibition a success. He further said that all the office bearers and executive committees of all the chambers in Pakistan would also be taken on-board for the purpose. He mentioned it is a big success of the business community of Pakistan that it has successfully convinced Indian counterparts for an exhibition in Lahore at a time when both the governments are reluctant to bring together their respective cricket teams at same venue for a match.
LCCI president said that this makes the point that the businessmen have the ability to surmount even the biggest challenges and the first-ever 'made in India' show would help bring the people of two countries together besides further strengthening trade and economic relations. He said that it is now duty of Indian government and the businessmen to remove all Pakistan-specific Non-Tariff Barriers so that direct trade between the two countries could get a jumpstart.