The Pakistan Single Country Trade Exhibition held with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) in collaboration with the High Commission of Pakistan, Colombo at BMICH, ended yesterday.
The exhibition titled ‘Sharing the Legacy’ offered new business partnership opportunities. Pakistan textile traditions, art and culture were exhibited under one roof. With participation of around 150 exhibitors, the exhibition comprised automobiles, engineering, auto parts, textile & clothing, carpets, pharmaceuticals, agri/food, designer wear, gems and jewellery, traditional textiles, handicraft and marble.
Pakistan is the second largest trading partner of Sri Lanka in the South Asian region. Pakistan, Sri Lanka trade is expected to reach the US$ 1 billion mark.
High Commissioner of Pakistan Syed Shakeel Hussain said the exhibition was launched last year with a view to make it an annual event that should work as a catalyst for cementing deeper economic relations between the two countries.
He said Pakistan has over 200 million people with imports surging to US$ 50 billion and the country’s growth is expected to reach 7 percent in the next two years .
Minister of Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake emphasized the need of more collaboration between the two countries.
Pakistan High Commissioner Syed Shakeel Hussain along with Chief Guest Minister for Sports Dayasiri Jayasekera, Minister for Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake, Minister for Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Gayantha Karunathilaka, Minister for Law & Order and Southern Development Sagala Ratnayake inaugurated the Pakistan Single Country Exhibition 2017.
Pictures by Vipula Amarasinghe
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