Businessmen hail Indo-Pak trade accord

KARACHI, April 30 (Daily Times): The businessmen have welcomed the trade talks between Pakistan and India and termed them as new milestone to have better trade relations of the two neighbouring countries. President of Pakistan-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry and patron in-chief, Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), SM Muneer, hoped this would liberate the trade of the two countries. He welcomed the announcement of opening up border trade particularly from Khokrapar and Monabao s as well as at the Wagah Border. The KATI business leaders said government should consider the import of cheap electricity in order to overcome power crisis and minimise the load shedding in the country. They furrier welcomed the import of POL products from India. SM Muneer while commenting on the visa problem being faced by the Pakistani business community said a high powered delegation would also visit Pakistan very soon to address this problem.