London. Arif ChaudharyA ten-member delegation of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by Ikramul Haq is on a visit to the UK under the auspices of the Pakistan High Commissioner for Trade Promotion. Consul General Pakistani Consulate Manchester Tariq Wazir Khan and Trade and Investment Attaché Chaudhry Akhtar gave lunch. British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Pakistan James Daly MP was the chief guest – Minister of Trade Shahzad Ahmed Shahzad appointed to Pakistan High Commission London attended – other participants included Member of British Parliament Afzal Khan – CEO of Pakistan UK Business Council Rashid Iqbal – Armaghan Jilani – Aamir Kapoor – Daniyal Naeem – Naveed Afzal Mir – Salman Aslam – Naseem Malik – Zafar Mehmood – Chaudhry Khalid Hanjara – Chaudhry Nawaz – Arshad Awan – Aamir Khawaja President UK Pakistan Chamber of Commerce Industry – Manager Habib Bank Hamid Saleem – Dr. Dawood – Minister Press Irfan Qazi – Hasan –
A large number of businessmen based in Manchester, among others, attended the event – on which MP James Daly said that Sialkot produced high-quality products and that the UK sports market would become a huge market for manufacturers. Has the potential – He said that as Trade Envoy he wants to put Sialkot prominently on the UK’s trade map – Strengthening the partnership with the UK will further boost business with Pakistan as a strategic long-term partnership. For this there will be a need for strong relations between the two countries – Member of British Parliament Afzal Khan warmly welcomed the delegation of SCCI – He said that 230,000 Pakistanis living in Manchester will become a source of connection with the city of Sialkot – He said. Emphasized the need for exchange of skilled manpower between UK and Pakistan – Shafique Ahmed Shahzad in his welcome address said that bilateral trade between Pakistan and UK is about US$ 3 billion per annum and is mainly based on textiles. – He further said that there is a huge demand for Pakistani products in the UK – The Pakistan High Commission is working tirelessly to increase ties between Pakistani and British businessmen – Ikram ul Haq, leading the SCCI delegation. said that Sialkot’s industries provide materials for more than 100 world-class brands worldwide – Sialkot’s industry accounts for 70% of the world’s football production – and exports products worth billions annually. I thanked the Manchester Chamber of Commerce for hosting them and the Pakistani High Commissioner and Manchester Consulate for facilitating networking with UK-based businessmen – Consul General Tariq Wazir Khan said that we have promoted Pakistani products to UK capital. Cars and buyers have been introduced – Our effort is to make Pakistani products more popular in UK – Commercial and Trade Secretary Chaudhry Akhtar said the conference will be a milestone for promoting Pakistani products in UK – Came from Sialkot Armaghan Jilani-Aamir Kapoor-Daniyal Naeem-Naveed Afzal Mir-Salman Afzal-Naseem Malik-Zafar Mehmood, who joined the delegation said that we got the opportunity to interact with various business people – through which useful information was exchanged – President UK Pakistan Chamber of Commerce Aamir Khawaja – Businessman Chaudhry Khalid Mehmood Hanjara – Chaudhry Nawaz – Arshad Awan and Manager of Habib Bank Hamid Saleem welcomed the delegation from Sialkot – they further said that the trade between UK and Pakistan There is a huge gap in promotion and we will try our best to reduce it. We are optimistic about this
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