Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Business community termed the visit of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to Pakistan a golden opportunity to enhance trade and business relations among Pakistan and Turkey and expressed hope that the trade volume between the both countries can be increased as high as US$ 2 billion with some joint efforts made by public and private sectors of the either countries.
Iftikhar Ali Malik, veteran trade leader and Central Chairman United Business Group Wednesday expressed these views while talking to a delegation of Turkish traders who called on him today ,” said a press release issued here Wednesday.
He said President Erdogan tour to Pakistan was enough to prove that Turkey wants to strengthen its economic ties with Pakistan. He also appreciated Erdogan’s efforts for the safeguarding of Muslim rights at international level and said Pakistan and Turkey under the dynamic leaderships of both Prime Minister Imran Khan and Tayyip Erdogan could work together for the Muslim renaissance.
He also emphasized on the unity of Muslim Umah to pool up their resources and to do maximum research and use modern technologies to cope with global changes, along with fostering unity among their ranks.
Iftikhar Malik said that both the countries have marvelous untapped business potential that needs to be realized by maximizing the involvement of private sectors of the two countries.
He hoped that the economic relation between the two countries would strengthen further to create a win-win situation for Pakistan and Turkey.
He said Pakistani entrepreneurs are ready for joint ventures with their Turkish counterparts in the fields of construction, textile, information technology, carpet and plastic. “JVs would provide Pakistani businessmen an ample opportunity to avail benefit from the expertise of Turkey in these particular sectors,” he added.
