Turkish team

Published February 15, 2002

ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: A 16-member delegation, led by Turkish ministers Sukru Sina Gurel and Prof. Dr. Suayip Usenmez, currently on a visit to Pakistan will hold a meeting with Privatization Minister Altaf M. Saleem in Karachi on February 17.

The delegation includes high-level office-bearers and representatives of Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges and Foreign Economic Relations Board, Turkey-Pakistan Business Council, Turkish International Chambers of Commerce, Union of International Contractors and Turkish envoy to Pakistan, Ali Vural Oktem.

The meeting will discuss the broad range of Pak-Turkish business and economic relations, including the economic situation and planned privatization of the state entities.

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