PESHAWAR
\nSenior diplomats of Afghan Consulate in Peshawar invited the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa businessmen to participate in a week-long \u2018trade exhibition\u2019, which will be held in Kabul, Afghanistan next month.
\nThe invitation was given by Commercial Attach\u00e9 Afghan Consulate General in Peshawar Waheedullah Himet and Second Secretary to Commercial Attach\u00e9 Afghan Consulate General in Peshawar Muhammad Tahir Nafaz during a meeting with SCCI acting Ijaz Khan Afridi held at chamber\u2019s house on Tuesday.
\nAfghan consulate officials said after successfully organizing at national level, the second edition of the exhibition dubbed: \u201cImam Abu Hanifa (RH) will organise at international level, in which besides Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan and regional countries will be invited in the expo.
\nThe senior diplomats elaborated the exhibition aimed at bringing closer business communities of regional countries, especially Pakistan\/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to each other, benefit from each other\u2019s experiences and give boost to the bilateral trade volume between the countries.
\nIjaz Khan Afridi, acting president of the chamber on the occasion assured a complete cooperation and support for ensuring maximum participation of the business community at the planned exhibition in Afghanistan.
\nThe SCCI\u2019s president stressed the need for joint initiatives for improving bilateral trade volume between Pakistan and Afghanistan so that would bring economic prosperity and development in the both countries, besides it would create new investment and employment opportunities.
\nAlso, he urged Islamabad and Kabul to keep politics and trade separate and take joint steps to remove difficulties of the business community on both sides of the border.
\nIjaz Afridi emphasized promotion of Pak-Afghan bilateral trade is in dire need, he, however, said pragmatic steps need to be taken to remove hurdles, rationalizing taxes and easing policies\/mechanisms.
\nHe said mutual trade volume between Pakistan and Afghanistan was consistently dropping.
\nHe called for bringing the business community of the both countries closer to each other and taking mutual benefits from experiences.
\nTalking about the upcoming exhibition in Kabul, the SCCI\u2019s acting chief said facilities should be provided for foreign business delegates\/traders to ensure their maximum participation in the exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Senior diplomats of Afghan Consulate in Peshawar invited the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa businessmen to participate in a week-long \u2018trade exhibition\u2019, which will be held in Kabul, Afghanistan next month. The invitation was given by Commercial Attach\u00e9 Afghan Consulate General in Peshawar Waheedullah Himet and Second Secretary to Commercial Attach\u00e9 Afghan Consulate General in Peshawar Muhammad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-339053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n