Pakistan-Tajikistan trade potential to increase

Lack of private sector interaction limiting business.


March 08, 2011

ISLAMABAD:


Implementation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) will help increase bilateral trade between Tajikistan and Pakistan, according to Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Acting President Muhammad Tauseef Zaman.


Speaking at a meeting with a Tajik business delegation on Tuesday, Zaman said, “the Tajik government should ask Afghanistan for implementation of APTTA, which would help both countries in emerging trade activities by providing a land route to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).”

Zaman said that trade activities between the two countries had been limited due to lack of business delegations and interaction between the private sectors. He also urged companies to collaborate and inititate joint venture investments.

Tajik delegation leader Nekroy Zabirov said Tajik businessmen were interested in investing in sectors like cement, steel and energy as these showed great earnings potential.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 9th, 2011.

COMMENTS (3)

muhammad mudassar | 13 years ago | Reply you must see that they have visited pakistan not pakistan delegation has gone there so any one who has needs come to place so if pakistan can facilitate any country in trade it is good so these are policies and never talk against pakistan who is artificial and who is not history will define @Afghan:
Afghan | 13 years ago | Reply The only artificial country is Pakistan and needs to be dismembered once and for all to get rid of the cancer per se and terrorism, inshallah. Beyond, there's nothing special in Takikistan in terms of trade and investment and nor Pakistan has the least predisposition and technical/industrial/commercial/investment etc. advantage be it in trade or any kind of investment. Steel and cement, ok, but but can Pakistan beat Russia and Iran who is already there? As for energy that means you buy their electricity which you desperately need. Seriouly there's nothing in CA for Pakistan. Why wouldn't India be the first to exploit what ever you think you're going to?
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