Malik Muhammad Farooq, Ambassador-designate of Pakistan
to Poland visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and held a
meeting with Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President to discuss matters for
further improving bilateral trade and economic relations of Pakistan with Poland.
Saif ur Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI, Baser Daud, Muhammad Aslam
Khokhar, Khalid Chaudhry, Naveed Malik and others were present at the
occasion.

Speaking at the occasion, Malik Muhammad Farooq said that Pakistan’s trade
with Poland was negligible as compared to actual potential and stressed that
business community should focus on further enhancing trade and exports in
Polish market. He assured that he would fully cooperate with them in these
efforts. He said that around 90 percent of Pakistan’s exports to Poland were
comprised of textiles products and stressed that business community should
focus on exporting other products to Poland to achieve better results. He said
that both countries have good potential to cooperate in IT sector as Polish
companies could contribute towards growth of 5G and telecom infrastructure in
Pakistan. He said that Pakistan could import heavy machinery and high tech
products from Poland. He said that Poland had cooperated with Pakistan in
establishing PIA and other institutions and Pakistan could achieve more
beneficial results for its economy by developing close cooperation with Poland.

Speaking at the occasion, Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President, Islamabad
Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) said that foreign missions of Pakistan
have important role in improving Pakistan’s trade and exports with other
countries. He emphasized that Pakistan’s Embassy should identify new
opportunities for Pakistani products in Polish market that would help in
improving Pakistan’s exports with Poland. He said that embassy should also
share information on regular basis with ICCI about prospects of JVs and
investment for Pakistan’s private sector in Polish market that would be helpful in
developing strong business linkages with Polish counterparts. He stressed that
Polish investors should also be convinced to setup JVs in Pakistan in textile and
other sectors that would enable Pakistan to realize actual value of its exports.

Saif ur Rahman Khan Vice President ICCI, Baser Daud, Muhammad Aslam
Khokhar, Khalid Chaudhry, Naveed Malik and others also spoke at the occasion
and shared ideas for further increasing bilateral trade and economic relations
between Pakistan and Poland.