Ali Hussam Asghar calls for improved connectivity between Pakistan and Maldives.

Lahore -- Ambassador of Maldives to Pakistan Ahmed Saleem has urged the Pakistani business community to focus on improvement of contacts with their counterparts in Maldives which would be proved favourable for the two countries.

He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry. LCCI Senior Vice President Ali Hussam Asghar and Vice President Mian Zahid Jawaid Ahmad also spoke on the occasion while LCCI Former Senior Vice President Amjad Ali Jawa, Executive Committee members Haji Asif Sehar, Ch. Khadim Hussain, Haris Attique, Aqib Asif, Fiaz Haider, Wasif Yousaf, Arshad Khan, Zeeshan Sohail Malik were also present.

The Ambassador said that unfortunately, bilateral trade volume between the two countries is squeezing. He said that Maldivian businessmen are very much interested in enhancing economic cooperation and bilateral trade with Pakistan. He said that there is a huge potential in tourism sectors of the two countries. Tourism offers not only huge opportunities to Pakistan and Maldives but would also bring both the countries more close to each other. He said that Maldives has a huge potential of tourism and has 1.5 million tourists visit Maldives annually.

LCCI Senior Vice President LCCI Ali Hussam Asgher said that there is also a huge scope of export of Pharmaceutical products, Rice, Halal Food Industry from Pakistan to Maldives. Besides that, some perishable items like fruits and vegetables can also be exported.

He said that the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has already declared Export Emergency to give a quantum jump to the national exports.

He said that Maldives and Pakistan enjoy close bilateral relations and are also members of international organizations such as SAARC and OIC. It will not be wrong to say that both countries could not succeed in establishing good trade and investment relations. For instance, in 2018, the size of two way trade was just 6 million...

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