FPCCI president leads 65 member delegation to India

ISLAMABAD: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry FPCCI, president Zubair Ahmed Malik on Wednesday left for India to participate in the meeting of south Asian business leaders.

Zubair is leading a 65 member delegation comprising leader of the Businessmen Panel Tariq Sayeed, VP Saarc Chamber, Iftikhar Ali Malik, president elect FPCCI Zakria Usman and others.

The largest ever delegation from any south Asian country would participate in the fifth South Asia Business Leaders Conclave starting Jan 16th in New Delhi.

Besides, trade and commerce ministers from all the Saarc countries including Pakistani Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan would also participate in the event while Indian commerce minister would hold the inauguration.

Khurram Dastagir is scheduled to visit New Delhi to attend the SAARC Business Conclave and hold meeting with his Indian counterpart on the sidelines of the conclave Business leaders and representatives of different governments would hold meetings to reduce tensions enhance political and economic cooperation among the Saarc countries.

Zubair Ahmed Malik said that the business community could bring about revolutionary changes and further foster the pace of regional integration in South Asia. Many important policies that are supposed to boost trade are forwarded to concerned quarters but implementation take a long time which result in wastage of the effort he added.

The FPCCI chief hoped that important decisions would be taken during the conclave.