Country needs qualified officers to boost exports

Trainee trade and commerce officers interact with businessmen

FAISALABAD: Progress and prosperity of Pakistan is directly linked with economic development and trade and commerce officers will play a key role in achieving this objective, remarked Ayesha Makhdoom, Director Administration Institute of Trade and Commerce, Islamabad.

Speaking to members of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) on Thursday, Makhdoom said Pakistan was facing an economic crisis and it needed highly qualified and professional officers who could contribute to strengthening the economy along with increase in national exports.



She pointed out that the trainee officers, who were on a study tour of Faisalabad, were receiving theoretic knowledge from the institute and for practical experience such study trips were arranged regularly.

“These tours provide them with an opportunity to interact with the business community and discuss the issues they are facing,” she said.

She emphasised that some of the officers would be appointed as commercial counsellors in different countries where they would have to play a proactive role in enhancing Pakistan’s exports.

“It is imperative to bridge the widening gap between our imports and exports,” she said, adding Pakistani exporters before visiting any country must look for real and serious buyers in addition to ensuring their presence during their trip.



Speaking on the occasion, FCCI President Shabbir Hussain Chawla stressed that the real economic strength of Faisalabad was its small and medium enterprises.  He dismissed the observation that only leftover and surplus products were exported to other countries and clarified that some industrial units manufactured domestically consumable goods while others produced exclusively for exports.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 24^th, 2017.

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