At least seven delegations from different parts of Pakistan are expected to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit which will beheld from January 18-20, 2019, reported the Indian Express.
This would be for the first time since 2013, that business delegations from Pakistan will visit India.
The report added that it will be the largest contingent ever from Pakistan at the summit.
Pakistan will be among the 52 delegations representing commerce and trade bodies from various countries who have confirmed their participation for the Global Conclave of International Chambers, which is one of the events at the summit.
In 2013, a 22-member delegation from Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry had arrived for the summit and attended a pre-event buyer-seller meet on January 9-10. However, with bilateral tensions rising following the killing of two Indian soldiers in a ceasefire violation at the Mendhar sector of J&K’s Poonch on January 8, the delegation left without attending the main summit on January 12-13.
The state government officials refused to comment on the issue.
However the report added that official documents show that Pakistan will be represented by two delegations from Faisalabad, and one each from Islamabad, Peshawar, Karachi, Punjab province and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Quoting D Thara, vice-chairperson and managing director of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), the report said that Pakistan was one of the countries from where representatives of trade chambers have been invited.
Asked for details, she said: “All I want to say on this issue is that most of the chambers are coming for the first time.”
