A delegation of Pak–America Business Forum called on the LCCI President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh on Tuesday. President of the Forum Riaz Hussain was leading the delegation while LCCI Vice President Mian Zahid Jawaid Ahmad also spoke on the occasion.
LCCI Executive Committee members Haji Asif Sehar, Fayyaz Haider and Haris Attiq were present.
LCCI President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh said that Pakistan was a land of opportunities for the foreign investors and it is the right to invest here in the potential areas including pharmaceuticals, leather, light engineering, surgical instruments, processed food, financial services, retail sector, agriculture technology, poultry and meat etc. He said that Pakistan and United States were steady trading partners and USA comes at 1st and 4th place respectively among the top exporting and importing countries for Pakistan around the globe.
USA happens to be the biggest export market for Pakistani products and in 2018, almost 16pc of our exports made their way to US market.