The 'trade for peace' train steams ahead
On April 18, 2012, the CII and PBC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aman ki Asha, Jang Group and Times of India, agreeing to host annual conferences alternately in India and Pakistan.
The forthcoming conference in Lahore will be the first under this partnership.
The first meeting in May 2010 brought together some 250 Indian and 60 Pakistani businessmen and women whose joint statement highlighted achievable objectives and identified six sectors with the highest potential for mutual cooperation: Textiles, Information Technology (IT), Agriculture, althcare, Energy and Education.
They had urged both governments to ease visa restrictions, especially for the business community and to lift the ban on cell-phone roaming between India and Pakistan.
Business visas are being relaxed, but delegates will not be able to use their Indian mobile phones in Pakistan, unless the governments lift that restriction prior to the meeting in Lahore that starts on May 7, 2012.
At the last Indo-Pak Business Meet two years ago, Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee delivered the inaugural address and Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik, was among the luminaries who attended the event and stayed till the very end, leaving with positive feedback.
The forthcoming 'Dividends' conference is expected to be even more high-powered than the previous one, with three federal ministers addressing the gathering, Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Sheikh, Hina Rabbani Khar, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, and Makhdoom Amin Faheem, Federal Minister of Commerce. Keynote speakers include Razzak Dawood, Chairman Descon, Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman Hero Corporate Services and Indian parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyer.
Other prominent personalities expected to make presentations and participate in discussions include Indian High Commissioner Sharat Shabarwal, CII President Adi Godjrej, Rakesh Bharti Mittal, MD of Bharti Enterprise Ltd, Vikram S. Mehta, Chairman Shell Group India, Mian Muhammad Mansha, Chairman MCB Bank, Mohan Kaul, Co-Chair, Commonwealth Business Forum, Jehangir Siddiqui, JS Group, Zakir Mahmood, President Habib Bank Limited, and Bashir Ali Muhammad, Chairman Gul Ahmed Textiles.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
It's all systems go for 'Dividends', the Second Aman ki Asha Indo-Pak Economic Conference, Lahore, May 7-8, 2012
Taking forward the 'trade for peace' agenda initiated with its groundbreaking Indo-Pak business conference in May 2010, Aman ki Asha is organising 'Dividends', the Second Indo-Pak Economic Conference in Lahore, on May 7-8, 2012 in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and the Pakistan Business Council (PBC).On April 18, 2012, the CII and PBC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aman ki Asha, Jang Group and Times of India, agreeing to host annual conferences alternately in India and Pakistan.
The forthcoming conference in Lahore will be the first under this partnership.The first meeting in May 2010 brought together some 250 Indian and 60 Pakistani businessmen and women whose joint statement highlighted achievable objectives and identified six sectors with the highest potential for mutual cooperation: Textiles, Information Technology (IT), Agriculture, althcare, Energy and Education.
They had urged both governments to ease visa restrictions, especially for the business community and to lift the ban on cell-phone roaming between India and Pakistan.
Business visas are being relaxed, but delegates will not be able to use their Indian mobile phones in Pakistan, unless the governments lift that restriction prior to the meeting in Lahore that starts on May 7, 2012.
At the last Indo-Pak Business Meet two years ago, Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee delivered the inaugural address and Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik, was among the luminaries who attended the event and stayed till the very end, leaving with positive feedback.
The forthcoming 'Dividends' conference is expected to be even more high-powered than the previous one, with three federal ministers addressing the gathering, Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Sheikh, Hina Rabbani Khar, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, and Makhdoom Amin Faheem, Federal Minister of Commerce. Keynote speakers include Razzak Dawood, Chairman Descon, Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman Hero Corporate Services and Indian parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyer.
Other prominent personalities expected to make presentations and participate in discussions include Indian High Commissioner Sharat Shabarwal, CII President Adi Godjrej, Rakesh Bharti Mittal, MD of Bharti Enterprise Ltd, Vikram S. Mehta, Chairman Shell Group India, Mian Muhammad Mansha, Chairman MCB Bank, Mohan Kaul, Co-Chair, Commonwealth Business Forum, Jehangir Siddiqui, JS Group, Zakir Mahmood, President Habib Bank Limited, and Bashir Ali Muhammad, Chairman Gul Ahmed Textiles.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
SECOND Indo-Pak Economic Conference
Indian and Pakistani business tycoons met at the historical city of Lahore under the auspicies of Aman k .....more
Hope, zeal dominate Indo-Pak business meet
Indian and Pakistani business tycoons met at the historical city of Lahore under the auspicies of Aman k .....more
SECOND Indo-Pak Economic Conference
Indian and Pakistani business tycoons met at the historical city of Lahore under the auspicies of Aman k .....more
Hope, zeal dominate Indo-Pak business meet
Indian and Pakistani business tycoons met at the historical city of Lahore under the auspicies of Aman k .....more
Pak-India Economic Conference concludes with positive hopes
LAHORE: The second Pak-India Economic Conference held under the banner of Aman Ki Asha, a joint initiative of Jang Group Pakistan and Times of India, concluded after cont
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LAHORE: The second Pak-India Economic Conference held under the banner of Aman Ki Asha, a joint initiative of Jang Group Pakistan and Times of India, concluded after cont
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Friendship is the only option for Pakistan and India: Shahbaz Sharif
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Time for reformed Indo-Pak relationship: Imran Khan
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader said on Tuesday that Pakistan and India need to trust each other in order to progress and the time has come to see change in the b
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LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader said on Tuesday that Pakistan and India need to trust each other in order to progress and the time has come to see change in the b
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Pakistan to phase out negative list if NTBs removed
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LAHORE: Pakistan has linked the phasing out of its negative list by December 2012 with the removal of non-tariff barriers (N .....more
Mansoor Ahmad and Munawar HasanLAHORE: Pakistan has linked the phasing out of its negative list by December 2012 with the removal of non-tariff barriers (N .....more
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