More than 70 exhibitors from Pakistan would participate in the second edition of “The Pakistan Show”, organised by PHD Chamber in association with the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Chandigarh from 26-30 March.
The first edition of the show was held at Amritsar in association with Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Pakistan last year.
Dalip Sharma, Director, PHD Chamber said that more than 70 brands of fashion wear, textiles, handicrafts, home interior goods form Pakistan shall be on display for the next 5 days in Chandigarh.
The recent back to back trade delegations would usher in a new era of mutual buoyancy to expand their areas of mutual co-operation, which now remains premised on their new mantra of mutual accommodation and mutual benefit. “The aim”, said Sharma, “is to build people to people (P2P) connect and then from people to P2P to B2B relations.
“Being a part of the integrated approach towards better trade ties, such interactions play the role of a catalyst”, echoed Khurshid Barlas, Chairman, Regional Trade Committee and Executive Member, Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry “And these efforts have to be continuous, rigorous and regular”, stressed Barlas.
The economic success of the two countries had, for a long time, remained a mutually exclusive exercise thus slowing down its pace of progress and its global impact remarked Barlas.
Barlas added that credit goes to such exhibitions and expos as these, which go a long way in confidence building. Bilateral trade is perhaps the only such thing which can pave way to peaceful and harmonious co-existence of the allies.
“It is very satisfying that the vision with which PHD Chamber started the series of international trade expos in Amritsar in 2005, facilitating the industry and business on both sides of the border with a common platform to boost trade across border, has met befitting rewards. The explicit exhibition of sentiments by the industry & trading community on both sides, coupled with the significant pro-active measures from both the governments, have already started bearing positive results. Indo- Pak trade ties have come a long way with the trade going up substantially”, said Sharma.
