SIALKOT, Jun 09 (APP):Ireland Ambassador to Pakistan Mary O’Neill, on Tuesday visited the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) and met the local business community and discussed the ways to increase bilateral trade. SCCI President Syed Ahtesham Mazhar, Senior Vice President Mohammad Murad Arshad and Vice President Salman Sheikh welcomed the distinguished guest. Briefing the Ambassador, the SCCI President said that trade between the two countries had reached 700 million euros. He proposed …
Irish Ambassador visits SCCI
SIALKOT, Jun 09 (APP):Ireland Ambassador to Pakistan Mary O’Neill, on Tuesday visited the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) and met the local business community and discussed the ways to increase bilateral trade.
SCCI President Syed Ahtesham Mazhar, Senior Vice President Mohammad Murad Arshad and Vice President Salman Sheikh welcomed the distinguished guest.
Briefing the Ambassador, the SCCI President said that trade between the two countries had reached 700 million euros. He proposed setting up direct business-to-business (B2B) links, exchanging trade delegations, and signing an agreement with an Irish chamber to help Sialkot export more sports goods, surgical instruments, textiles, and leather products.
Ambassador Mary O’Neill, praised Sialkot’s famous self-help industry. She highlighted that many traditional Irish sports items (like hurling balls and Gaelic footballs) and musical instruments were already made in Sialkot, and major Irish retailers source their goods from here.
She shared that Ireland’s high-tech economy offers Pakistani businesses a great gateway to the 350 million-strong European market.
The meeting featured presentations from Dr Mariam Noman, President of the Women Chamber (WCCIS), on supporting female entrepreneurs.
SCCI Vice President Salman Sheikh also proposed starting regular online B2B matchmaking meetings to easily connect business owners from both sides, an idea highly supported by the Irish delegation.
The event ended with an exchange of corporate souvenirs and a vote of thanks by President SCCI, Syed Ahtesham Mazhar.
The meeting was attended by Senior Vice President, Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry Sialkot (WCCIS) Gulzaib Waqas Awan, Vice President WCCIS Rubina Naveed and Sialkot business community.
