LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday announced that it will work with the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) for the promotion of trade, industry and business community.

The decision was taken at a meeting between LCCI Vice President Faheemur Rehman Saigal and KCCI President Junaid Esmail Makda.

It was also agreed that the chambers would evolve a unified strategy on issues of common interests, besides sharing and exchanging all trade-related data for increasing the competitiveness of goods and reducing cost of doing business.

LCCI and KCCI would also cooperate in preparation of proposals for economic uplift of the country and would conduct joint research studies to develop industries in Lahore and Karachi.

Mr Saigal said that overseas Pakistanis should be given maximum facilities by the government as they were playing a key role for economic uplift of the country by sending precious foreign exchange.

Mr Makda agreed that collaboration between the chambers would go a long way in resolving issues being faced by the business community.

The two sides agreed that there was a dire need to boost Pakistan’s exports.

Published in Dawn, December 7th, 2018