Tehran is to review trade policies related to Pakistan later this month in a conference to hammer out all issues hampering trade and boost bilateral trade, a top official of Iran said.
Pakistani business community should participate in the moot to help formulate appropriate trade policy for ensuring sustainable trade between the two countries, said head of the visiting Iranian delegation Alaeddin Broujedri, Chairman National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
Speaking to business community at FPCCI Capital Office, Broujedri said that all the issues being faced by Pakistani business community will be forwarded to Parliament for swift resolution.
Senator Mushahid Hussain, VP FPCCI Mirza Abdul Rehman, Iranian Ambassador Alireza Haghighian, Chairman Coordination Atif Ikram Sheikh, former president FPCCI Mian Habibullah, former VP FPCCI Zubair Ahmed Malik, Chairman Media and Diplomatic Affairs FPCCI Malik Sohail, VP RCCI Ch. Pervaz Ahmed Waraich, Adnan Iqbal President Gujrat Chamber and Presidents and Vice Presidents of ACCI, IWCCI and traders of Blue Area and other markets were also present on the occasion.
Borojourdi said that Iran was committed to the gas pipeline with Pakistan and also offered to help constructing the pipeline in Pakistan as well by providing a total of $500 million dollars.
We are looking forward to the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Tehran on Dec 07 to finalised key agreement on the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline, he informed. He said that once Iran gas starts flowing in Pakistan; it will settle the problem of energy scarcity in Pakistan.
