Karachi: Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori inaugurated FPCCI-backed Pak-Iran Expo here. Tessori emphasised that his office will not leave any stone unturned to make Sindh business, investment, industrialisation and trade friendly province. Tessori maintained that FPCCI is right partner for such single-country exhibitions and FPCCI’s network in all parts and industries of country can make bilateral trade with Iran grow to its true potential.

Hassan Nourian Consul General of Iran in Karachi thanked Governor and FPCCI for their full support in making trade exhibition reality and ensuring forthcoming attitude of Pakistani business, industry and trade community towards Iranian products, companies, businessmen and Iranian Embassy’s endeavours to forge trade and commercial alliances between two countries.

Irfan Iqbal Sheikh President FPCCI apprised that being neighbouring counties and having shared border of 909 kilometers Pakistan and Iran can take their bilateral trade to $ 5 billion within short span of 2-3 years through creating interdependencies and complementarities in their trade and economics.

Regional trade accounts for up to 75 percent among regional and geographically-contiguous economic and trade blocs around world; and, that is time-tested key to regional prosperity. 

Suleman Chawla SVP FPCCI stressed that Pakistan needs Iran more than Iran does and reason is their vast fossil fuel resource. We can import fossil fuels through land which is considered cheapest route for imports, he added.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 17 2023

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