ISLAMABAD: Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) hosted farewell reception in honour of Muhammad Bello Abioye High Commissioner of Nigeria to Pakistan at his residence here.

Ambassadors of Morocco, Ethiopia, Algeria, Somalia, Mauritius and Director General Foreign Affairs Shahid Ali Bhutto, Asif Luqman Qazi and dignitaries and notables of city were present.

Muhammad Bello Abioye said that Africa was being termed as continent of future by trade experts and Pakistan should focus on it to promote its trade by developing close cooperation with Nigeria.

He said that direct flights between Nigeria and Pakistan had potential to make significant increases in bilateral trade. He said that Nigeria and Pakistan can cooperate in many sectors including transportation, tourism, trade and commerce and industry.

During his tenure, several steps to facilitate exchange of information, foster business-to-business meetings and implement simplified visa policy to support entrepreneurs were taken.

Ahsan Zafar, Zafar Bakhtawari Secretary General UBG Pakistan said that envoy has spent very good time in Pakistan and would act as an Ambassador of Pakistan in future.

Ahsan Zafar said that Pakistan-Nigeria bilateral trade was just around $ 114 million, which was quite low as compared to actual potential of both countries.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 28 2023

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