SIALKOT, April 8: A 35-member delegation comprising senior bank officials from 23 countries visited the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) on Saturday. SCCI president gave a detailed briefing on the activities and achievements of the city on self-help basis.

The delegation also visited several industrial units amid tight security.

The delegates called on State Bank of Pakistan’s Sialkot chief manager Saeed Hasan and discussed matters of mutual interest.

The delegation comprised on officials from 23 countries including Japan, China, Libya, Turkey, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Sudan, South Korea, Iraq, South and West Africa, Mali, Uganda and Tajikistan.

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