FPCCI delegation visits Iran

PESHAWAR: A thirteen-member business delegation led by vice president Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) visited Islamic Republic of Iran. The delegation visited different cities, including Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan and others, said FPCCI Vice President, Zubair Ali, while addressing to a group of media persons here on Monday.

Flanked by few members of the delegation, Khawaja Yawar, Arbab Mohammad Farooq, Attaullah, he said that the business community of Iran shown keen interest investment in various sectors, particularly energy and industrial development. During the meeting, he informed that they had signed different agreements to attract Iranian investment in the country generally and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa particularly. Referring a Memorandum of Understanding, he said that a modern slaughter house would be established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under public-private venture, adding that the government of Iran would provide technical assistance to equip the slaughter house with modern facilities and other important machinery.

He said that the Iranian business community had also shown interest in establishing three-small industrial units, solar grazer system, and plastic industry in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.