By Rafiq Vayani
KARACHI: Consul General of Malaysia in Karachi Khairul Nazran Abdul Rehman has vowed that the timber border between Pakistan and Malaysia.
A delegation of 25 traders will visit Malaysia soon. We will solve the problems and difficulties of timber traders.
He expressed these views while addressing a luncheon hosted by Karachi Timber Merchant Group President Sharjeel Goplani and other officials during his visit to Karachi Timber Market. Time to visit Karachi Timber Market, Sharjeel Goplani, who was confused among the traders, presented shield to the Malaysian Consul General and expressed his happiness.
Karachi Timber Merchant Group President Sharjeel Goplani suggested to Malaysian Consul General Khairul Zaman Abdul Rehman to promote timber import from Malaysia to Pakistan so that we can be self-sufficient in re-export: Playing a key role in promotion Pakistan has been importing timber from Malaysia since 1971. At present, 2% of timber is being exported from Malaysia to Pakistan in commercial goods.
The Malaysian Consul General should personally hold talks with Pakistan and Malaysia at the governmental level to resolve the issues facing timber import and export.
Shahid Javed Qureshi, President, Pakistan-Malaysia Friendship Association, said that the Pakistan-Malaysia Friendship Association was playing a bridging role in promoting trade between Pakistan and Malaysia, removing barriers to trade at the diplomatic level between the two countries.
President Sharjeel Goplani provided details of Malaysian companies that defrauded Pakistani businessmen to Malaysian Consul General Khairul Nazran Abdul Rehman.
On the occasion, the Malaysian Consul General assured him that he would talk to the Malaysian government to resolve the issue and soon a 25-member delegation of the Timber Merchant Group would visit Malaysia and meet Pakistani businessmen, Malaysian government officials and businessmen.
President Sharjeel Goplani and General Secretary Hanif Qutb Jodiawala said that Pakistani traders want to increase timber imports from Malaysia from 7.2% to 7%. Malaysia should play its role in this regard. Pakistan wants to save its forests. For the next 20 years, we will be dependent on timber imports, so we have to import timber from other countries
Mushtaq Wali Mohammad, convener of the import committee of Karachi Timber Merchant Group, told Malaysian Consul General Khairul Nazran Abdul Rehman that the timber from Malaysia.
Former President Karachi Timber Merchant Group Mukhtar Dosani, Arif Data, Saeed Bastia, Maqsood Ahmed, Ahmad Ali Poonawala, Sajjad Ali Soomro, Ismail Khair Bay, Munir 4M Traders, Mustafa Qutbuddin, Shiraz, Shehzad, Meez Anjanwala, Sabir, Hassan Jafrani, Matin, Mazhar, Asif Pasta, Bilal Jafrani, Rafiq Jafrani, Usman Jafrani, Yasir Jafrani, Hassan Jafrani and others participated.
