Nepal wants direct flights with Pakistan to promote bilateral trade.

Islamabad -- Ambassador of Nepal Tapas Adhikari said that Pakistan and Nepal have great potential to enhance trade and economic cooperation and stressed that PIA should explore the possibility of starting direct flights with Nepal that would help in promoting two-way trade between the two countries.

He said that trade promotion would help both countries to reduce unemployment and improve living standards of their people.

He said that Pakistan and Nepal have great scope to enhance cooperation in tourism sector as both countries possessed highest peaks in the world.

He said that Pakistani business community should visit Nepal while he would also try to bring a delegation of Nepalese businessmen to Pakistan for promoting business linkages between both countries.

He said that Nepalese people have great love for Pakistan and they wanted to further promote trade relations with Pakistan. He was addressing the business community during his visit to Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The delegation of Chaman Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by President Jalal Khan was also present at the occasion.

Speaking at the occasion, SardarYasirIlyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that Pakistan and Nepal should focus on developing strong business linkages between their private sectors in order to explore all untapped areas of bilateral trade and economic relations as the current volume of trade was far less than the actual potential of both countries.

He said that Pakistan could provide many products to Nepal including machinery and parts, pharmaceuticals, electronic appliances, textiles products, leather goods, furniture products, fruits and...